Japan PSP sales of last week: Still the same

Posted in: PSP Game News | May 10th, 2008

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It’s been over a month now since Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G came out in Japan, and ever since then, console sales of the PSP have exploded, dominating the market share with no close competition. Yes, it is true that the PSP is slipping slowly when compared to the time when the game originally came out, but it doesn’t change the fact that the PSP is still the clear cut console-seller in Japan.

Last week, the PSP sold 85,421 units, selling 43.02% of all consoles total. This week, the numbers show the PSP selling quite a bit more, 100,870 units to be exact. However, this was only 41.06% of the market, down from last week, as consoles sales in general were on the rise, particularly benefiting the Wii.

So how long can we expect this sales trend to last? Your guess is as good as mine, but you could probably make some education guesses if you really wanted to.
Here are the official numbers:

  • PSP - 100,870
  • Wii - 71,518
  • Nintendo DS - 52,542
  • PlayStation 3 - 10,177
  • PlayStation 2 - 8,802
  • Xbox 360 - 1,725

total = 245,635

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Japan PSP sales of last week: Still good?

Posted in: PSP News | April 19th, 2008

Two weeks ago, the PSP utterly destroyed every other console in terms of sales by selling more units than every other console (PS3, PS2, X360, Wii, DSL), combined. Just last week, the PSP just missed the bar of continuing the double sales, with the PSP taking 49.59% of the market by selling 121k units.

So, did a similar selling trend occur for another week?

Well, the answer is no. The PSP is still the number #1 selling console on the market overseas, but did nowhere near as well as it has the past few weeks, selling 85,721 units ( about 35k less), but still claiming 43.87% of all consoles sold.

Also, Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, the title mostly responsible for the burst in PSP sales in Japan, has dropped to become the number #2 game, outsold by Mario Kart Wii, selling over 1/2 a million in its first week out. The Wii, however, did not see a real boost in console sales.

Here are your official numbers:

  • PSP: 85,721
  • DS Lite: 47,158
  • Wii: 46,296
  • PS3: 8,232
  • PS2 6,834
  • Xbox 360: 1,147

total = 195,388

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March NPD figures: PSP sales up 18%

Posted in: Miscellaneous | April 18th, 2008

According to NPD sales in February, the PSP has continued to show a strong continuation of sales. More specifically, the PSP sales jumped 18% compared to last March, selling 297,000 units worldwide. Sure, the 18% jump may be a little modest, and it’s nowhere near as astounding as sales figures in Japan have been the past few weeks or so, but they numbers are still respectable, beating out the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and Playstation 2 in sales.

Another piece of news to note is that PSP software, yes, software, secured two spots on the top 10 selling games of the month, something that hasen’t really been seen up to this point. It would be safe to say already that Final Fantasy 7 - Crisis Core and God of War - Chains of Olympus will outsell every other PSP game released last year.

in other news, the Wii and DS blew away all other consoles, and the Playstation 3 took a backseat last month to the Xbox 360, but only by 5,000 units.

Here are the NPD sales figures for the month of March:
US VIDEO GAMES INDUSTRY - MARCH 2008
Software: $945.6m (+63%)
Hardware: $551.3m (+46%)
Accessories: $220m (+58%)
Total Games: $1.7 billion (+57%)

TOP-SELLING HARDWARE - MARCH 2008
Wii–721,000
Nintendo DS–698,000
PlayStation Portable–297,000
Xbox 360–262,000
PlayStation 3–257,000
PlayStation 2–216,000

TOP-SELLING SOFTWARE - MARCH 2008
Title / Publisher / Release Date / Units
1) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) / Nintendo / March 2008 / 2.7M
2) Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas 2* (360) / Ubisoft / March 2008 / 752.3K
3) Army of Two (360) / Electronic Arts / March 2008 / 606.1K
4) Wii Play w/ Remote (Wii) / Nintendo / Feb. 2007 / 409.8K
5) God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP) / Sony / March 2008 / 340.5K
6) Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP) / Square Enix / March 2008 / 301.6K
7) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii) / Activision / Oct. 2007 / 264.1K
8) MLB 2K8 (360) / Take-Two Interactive / March 2008 / 237.1K
9) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare* (360) / Activision / Nov. 2007 / 237K
10) Army of Two (PS3) / Electronic Arts / March 2008 / 224.9K
*Includes Collector’s, Limited, Legendary, Bundles (Guitars) Editions

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