Japan: PSP-3000 boosts sales, but overall game market declines

Posted Nov 12, 2008 at 9:03AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: News Tags: Famitsu, Japan, PS2, PSP-3000

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The numbers in Japan for the month of October are now in from Famitsu. Data shows strong sales of the PSP-3000, which was released during the month, boosting overall PSP sales.

The industry as a whole seems to be suffering in the region though; the data says that sales keep falling since last year. Compared to the same period from last year, hardware sales declined 29.1%.

No shocker there - almost everyone there probably has a console by now. Software sales are falling as well, 14.9% less than last year. Small wonder, since the region's leading console is the Wii, and Nintendo's been pretty quiet for the platform lately. Here are the hardware sales numbers for the month of October:

• PSP: 267,000
• DS: 140,000
• Wii: 98.285
• PS3: 22,343
• Xbox 360: 27,224

Note that the Xbox 360 beat the PlayStation 3 by a small margin, but looking at the region's all in all gamerbase, the PlayStation 3 has 1% of the market, while the Xbox 360 doesn't even blip on the radar. The DS continues to be the most widespread console commanding 42.6% of the market, followed by the PS2. The PSP and the Wii tie with 16% each.

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Via GameDaily

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# psp 3000 not 300.. — dany2009 2008-11-12 10:14

I think you mean psp 3000, you guys have been getting lazy...I'm seeing more and more mistakes every time

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# Ye — Dave 2008-11-12 10:19

Same ive been noticing a lot of mistakes too.



They are only human though.

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# hey sorry about that — Guest 2008-11-12 10:32

i was juggling a lot of things at the same time so i missed that one. corrected!

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# i guess — StingBlah 2008-11-12 11:06

the japz' squinty eyes can't pick up the new 'features' of the 3000!



LOL. Racist, I know, but its just harmless poking fun...no offense!

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# what — MARTINSTATIC 2008-11-12 12:31

As well as being racist (to me), it doesn't even make sense.

The sales show that they CAN pick up the features, no?

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# Dude, — c74gta4smash 2008-11-12 14:56

Not funny, just racist.



Besides, they "make" the features.

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# yea i know — StingBlah 2008-11-12 15:37

that it doesn't make any sense. It's just a stupid joke...

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# funny joke — houaruto 2008-11-13 08:53

just like you have a brain but too bad you don't know how to use it

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# psp3000 — Guest 2009-12-04 07:41

elow help my psp3000 is version 5.50 how to do downgrade to 5.o3 plis help...

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