PSP Ahead Of Rival DS in Japan

This was posted on http://www.psinext.com/itex.php?iid=504

Very good news IMO, so I don't see why anyone would think the PSP is "another GameGear."


"PSP Ahead Of Rival DS
Posted By Richard on January 21, 2005

For the first time in the PSP's short history, it has the lead in weekly hardware sales at 31 percent market share (In Japan). According to our sources, it has risen above the Nintendo DS's 25 percent, marking this as a milestone in the PSP's life.
While the PSP still lags behind in overall sales due to the hardware shortage, production is on the verge to increase. Creating a larger supply of PSP's mean the gap between sales will slowly close in due to the surge of demand for the product.

However, sales in terms of software for the PSP do not look quite as stunning. There were actually only two games on the Top 10 list in Japan. Hot Shots Golf Portable ranked in at number eight and Dynasty Warriors at number ten.

With the rush of the DS finally slowing down and the demand for the PSP still remaining high, there could be a long period that the PSP will stay in the green. We'll keep you informed when later charts are available.

Source: GamesIndustry.biz "

Still doesn't list anything concrete as to the sales figures. Seems like 100% of that is opinion, and I only agree with 80% of that, with 20% going into the toilet, and 10% turning out fine.

C.A.R25 said:

For the first time in the PSP's short history, it has the lead in weekly hardware sales at 31 percent market share (In Japan).

With the rush of the DS finally slowing down and the demand for the PSP still remaining high, there could be a long period that the PSP will stay in the green. We'll keep you informed when later charts are available.

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Read those two lines of text, and figure out what it means.

"Very good news IMO"
I'd be more inclined to believe the claims if the post didn't start off with an obvious slant.

However, I don't think it's a surprise to anyone that PSP is selling well...people buy Sony product like it's going out of style, regardless of whether it's a console or a handheld -- or a TV, walkman, etc etc.

At the end of the day, competition is good for everyone. It forces out better games and hardware in general.

Bah... i don t care the numbers.

i bought a PSP because there were games i wanted to play on it.
i didn t buy a DS because there were no games that interested me.

if there are games i want to play on the DS in the future then i will get one for the game, not before.

You also forgot to quote this from the same article :

"Two PSP titles also make it into the top ten - Hot Shots Golf Portable at number eight and Dynasty Warriors at number ten - but how much of a sales boost this represents is tough to judge, given that overall software sales in Japan dropped by over 40 per cent this week.

It's certainly too early to judge the performance of either the DS or the PSP based on this data, as PlayStation Portable continues to be badly affected by supply shortages while the DS is a few weeks further into its cycle and has enjoyed good supplies all along, meaning that most early adopters who want one already have a console at this point.

One thing is certain, though - the arrival of the DS and PSP has hurt sales of the Game Boy Advance, with the older handheld platform accounting for only nine per cent of the market last week. PlayStation 2, however, continues to dominate - leading the field with over 31 per cent market share."

TonK said:

Read those two lines of text, and figure out what it means.

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I did...why the fuck do you think I posted? What's the point of publishing shit like that when there's nothing to go on?

Don't put too much thought into that.

4lom said:

I did...why the fuck do you think I posted? What's the point of publishing shit like that when there's nothing to go on?

Don't put too much thought into that.

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I wasn't talking to you, moron.

This is so exciting!

Now every aspect of gaming can be whored out by Sony's overhyped POS hardware!

You guys make me laugh with your constant "trying to make it ok that I want a psp, and that it won't fail 1 month after I buy it."

SD cards are cheaper than MS Duo Sticks. Therefore DS>PSP

Try again.

PlayStation 2 124,401 124,401
Nintendo DS 108,561 108,561
GameBoy Advance SP 70,851 70,851
PlayStation Portable 62,052 62,052
GameCube 19,703 19,703
GameBoy Advance 2,653 200,678
Xbox 1,719 1,719

jan 3rd - 9th

WizKid... look this up for me then...

Look up the % of PSPs sold in relation to the % of DS units sold over time.

If you look on the #s... the product numbers will skew things in favor of the DS... but what if the DS and the PSP were produced in the same numbers over the same period of time? I would think things would look different then.... that's why I look on the units sold per units available and not just the units produced.

C.A.R25 said:

Look up the % of PSPs sold in relation to the % of DS units sold over time.

If you look on the #s... the product numbers will skew things in favor of the DS... but what if the DS and the PSP were produced in the same numbers over the same period of time? I would think things would look different then.... that's why I look on the units sold per units available and not just the units produced.

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I own 3 PSP's so suck my left thome.

TonK said:

I own 3 PSP's so suck my left thome.

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Yeah, well I don't own a single one! Unless you count the one I've got reserved...

So suck my brown eye BITACH!

TonK said:

I own 3 PSP's so suck my left thome.

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NO! You SUCK MINE!

Meh...

PSP is only 3 dead pixels ahead this week...

C.A.R25 said:

Look up the % of PSPs sold in relation to the % of DS units sold over time.

If you look on the #s... the product numbers will skew things in favor of the DS... but what if the DS and the PSP were produced in the same numbers over the same period of time? I would think things would look different then.... that's why I look on the units sold per units available and not just the units produced.

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I dont understand what your saying...???

those are sales numbers for the date stated. Nothing more... I know if there was more availibility on the psp the numbers would be higher.

And this has nothing to do with the units produced... Just sold through in japan

C.A.R25 said:

Look up the % of PSPs sold in relation to the % of DS units sold over time.

If you look on the #s... the product numbers will skew things in favor of the DS... but what if the DS and the PSP were produced in the same numbers over the same period of time? I would think things would look different then.... that's why I look on the units sold per units available and not just the units produced.

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On the other hand, I perfectly understand what you are saying, as I have tried to say it to many people several times in similar situations. However, the only problem that presist between how I say it and you say is that I use mine to relate software success rates. So if a title on Gamecube sells 1 million, given the small userbase of the system, it has actually sold to more system owners than a PS2 game that sold 2 million. I apply the limit of systems avaliable. When refering to the systems themselves, you have no such limit. Thus one has to wonder, if there were an equal number of PSPs as DS systems, who is to say that more actual systems would sell. It's quite probably that even with more systems avaliable the numbers wouldn't pick up much and the percentage would actually decrease.

Selling more over time isnt' definative.

When the PSP has sold more units than the DS in japan, total, I'll be impressed.

I still think it will once Sony can actually put them on the market in good quantities; but right now this means nothing. PSP's are still in their opening rush; the DS has been on the market longer.

They're still in the initial sales surge, all this shows is that their initial sales surge is higher than Nintendo's - which amounts to very little right now.

Ohhh Wiz Kid... you never gave the full info !

wizkid007 said:

I dont understand what your saying...???

those are sales numbers for the date stated. Nothing more... I know if there was more availibility on the psp the numbers would be higher.

And this has nothing to do with the units produced... Just sold through in japan

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Check this link out, it's in french

http://www.jeux-france.com/news7963_top-ventes-jap--sem-n02-2005-.html

Check this link for translation.
http://babelfish.altavista.com/

Here are the sales figures from that week:

http://www.jeux-france.com/news7963_top-ventes-jap--sem-n02-2005-.html

Ca is we there are there, the weekend and the signal of the sales in Japan is well there. This time there is change, the whole of the classification and figures are not any more the same ones, the festivals passed and that is seen. Nintendo leaves its place of leader with Sony which dominates high and strong with its two consoles. Nintendo DS, GameCube and both Game Boy Advance make an enormous fall on the level of their sales, since those are practically divided by two see even more. I let to you discover this table without waiting more.

1. Playstation 2 - 65.837 - [ 189.238 ]
2. PSP - 64.602 - [ 126.654 ]
3. Nintendo DS - 53.527 [ 162.088 ]
4. Game Servant boy Advance SP - 18.289 [ 89.140 ]
5. GameCube - 7.475 [ 21.178 ]
6. Game Servant boy Advance - 588 [ 2.307 ]
7. Xbox - 506 [ 1.685 ]

If Nintendo does not have the form in the signal hardware, the firm of Kyoto catches up with itself amply in that concerning the softwares. Hardly Mario Party 6 it left signal 10, that the episode on Game Boy Advance takes, as of her first week of marketing, the head of the charts, preceding even the racing car of Polyphony DIGITAL, Gran Turismo 4. The two plays Nintendo DS present in this table are the same ones since a good number of weeks with Mario and Wario and in this combat, which opposes the two heroes to large moustache, it is Wario which carries it this week, while Mario is close to the exit of the boxing ring. If the PSP is sold so well this week it is that two plays pushed the Japanese consumers to get this little marvel of technology. It acts of Minna No Portable Golf and frankness Dysnasty Warriors celebrates it which goes always as well. Dragon Quest VIII throne more in first places for a long time, but that does not prevent it renting the sixth place and thus from always carrying out excellent scores each week. To finish, Metal GEAR Solid 3: Snake Eater is found in bottom of classification, close of the door of exit with a figure enough faiblard. Let us hope for that it goes back from there as of the next week, it would be a pity for such a chief of?uvre

1. Mario Advance Party - Game Servant boy Advance - 67.927 [ 67.927 ] 2. Gran Turismo 4 - Playstation 2 - 63.584 [ 843.380 ]
3. The Story of Hero Yoshitsune - Playstation 2 - 41.927 [ 41.927 ]
4. Wario Ware Touched! - Nintendo DS - 33.537 [ 575.069 ]
5. Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Special - PlayStation 2 - 25.264 [ 299.989 ]
6. Dragon Quest VIII - Playstation 2 - 23.858 [ 3.235.861 ]
7. Super Mario 64 DS - Nintendo DS - 22.671 [ 593.831 ]
8. Minna No Portable Golf - PSP - 18.682 [???]
9. Metal GEAR Solid 3: Snake Eater - Playstation 2 - 18.166 [ 790.518 ] 10. Dynasty Warriors - PSP - 17.070


I would suggest you give everyone the full info instead of just a little.

Well considering i dont use that site... I couldnt have given that info..

U wanted sales for hardware, not software... this was the lastest info that i knew about.

It was a week old... But i still provided it. The new numbers will be up on the magicbox within another day or so.

Is Microsoft getting their ass kicked or what?

PS: Your posts are too long for me to read, so I skiped over them...

how the fuck are there still 100,000+ people a week that still dont have a ps2

it makes no sense

not sonic said:

how the fuck are there still 100,000+ people a week that still dont have a ps2

it makes no sense

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I don't have a ps2, but I like how the small version looks.

not sonic said:

how the fuck are there still 100,000+ people a week that still dont have a ps2

it makes no sense

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The infamous hardware breakdowns maybe?
I myself didn't buy a ps2 until fairly late in its lifecycle, but you sir are correct. This makes no sense. Even with the slim pstwo, I don't see what the big deal is. I could never see myself buying one of those...the original version ps2 is relatively slim and it's not exactly an eyesore.