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PSP beats 3DS in Japan

Posted Apr 8, 2011 at 9:53PM EST by Ryan F.

Listed in: News Tags: Japan, Media Create, sales

It looks like the hype is over for the 3DS as the PSP regains the top spot once again, outselling the the 3D-centric device by more than 14,000 more units.

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For the week ending April 3rd, Sony's PSP moved 57,379 units, pulling ahead of the 3DS, which now slipped to second place with 42,979 units sold, a 7,000 decrease from last week's result.

Here's Media Create's all platforms sales chart for the week ending April 3, with last week's sales in parentheses:

PSP: 57,379 (50,479)
3DS: 42,979 (50,710)
PS3: 27,453 (28,973)
Wii: 10,249 (11,808)
DSi LL: 9,706 (9,760)
DSi: 9,566 (8,604)
PS2: 1,996 (1,862)
X360: 1,789 (1,963)
PSP go: 696 (616)
DS Lite: 629 (730)

Meanwhile on the software side of things, Square Enix latest Dragon Quest offering, Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 Professional topped the charts, moving 163,008 units on its debut. Only one 3DS title made it to the top ten - Namco Bandai's Pro Baseball Famisuta 2011, with all the rest are Sony related.

Here's Media Create's top 20 software sales chart for the week ending March 3:

NDS: Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 Professional (Square Enix, 3/31): 163,008
PSP: Ebikore+ Amagami (Kadokawa Games, 3/31): 69,221
PSP: Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection (Square Enix, 3/24): 31,382 (135,554)
PS3: Dynasty Warriors 7 (Tecmo Koei, 3/10): 26,493 (383,606)
PSP: BlazBlue Continuum Shift II (Arc System Works, 3/31): 23,808
PS2: Ebikore+ Amagami (Kadokawa Games, 3/31): 17,261
PSP: Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (Capcom, 12/1/2010): 15,864 (4,417,517)
PSP: Dissidia Duodecim Final Fantasy (Square Enix, 3/3): 15,223 (419,135)
3DS: Pro Baseball Famisuta 2011 (Namco Bandai, 3/31): 12,851
PSP: Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity (Sega, 2/24): 12,002 (312,419)
3DS: Nintendogs + Cats (Nintendo, 2/26): 10,780 (171,522)
PS3: Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts, 4/1): 10,416
3DS: Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask (Level-5, 2/26): 10,304 (252,953)
NDS: Pokemon Black & White (Pokemon, 9/18/2010): 9,306 (5,136,984)
3DS: Naruto Shippuuden Shinobi Rittai Emaki (Takara Tomy, 3/31): 8,127
WII: Wii Party (Nintendo, 7/8/2010): 7,998 (1,837,933)
PSP: SD Gundam G Generation World (Namco Bandai, 2/24): 7,900 (291,702)
PS3: Way of the Samurai 4 (Spike, 3/3): 6,596 (117,079)
PSP: Fairy Tail Portable Guild 2 (Konami, 3/10): 6,571 (38,015)
3DS: Gundam The 3D Battle (Namco Bandai, 3/24): 6,521 (30,021)

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I knew someone would say that... For some reason I knew someone would be illogical enough...
I have a question for you, Yamagushi... If Japan is hit by two earthquakes, a tsunami, and hit with radiation, why would only the 3DS sales go down? They wouldn't. All the consoles would be hit proportionally.
If the 3DS sales were better, the PSP would be better, too, and still have more.

-3 # RE: RE: ... — Depetriu 2011-04-09 04:12

Because the 3DS is the newer, more expensive system and people would rather give their time and resources to something more charitable?

+1 # ... — ThatOtherGuy 2011-04-09 11:21

Uh... yes, because that's exactly how consumers think like when they're buying a new gaming console, portable or not. .____.
...
err... *cough*

+4 # Completely Unrelated: — some_d00d 2011-04-09 00:05

Dammit PS2, you just don't know when to quit...

+2 # RE: Completely Unrelated: — fanoultimate 2011-04-09 13:00

i-it's.. the TERMINATOR!

Quote:

PS2: i'll be back

# RE: Completely Unrelated: — vitralizer 2011-04-18 14:36

It's like the IE6 of the console world.

+3 # RE: PSP beats 3DS in Japan — hush404 2011-04-09 01:05

Quoting Yamagushi:

IN JAPAN, where they are still recovering from a major disaster, 3DS isn't selling that great you say? Shocker..

LMAO, LMAO, LMAO, LMAO, LMAO, LMAO.... OMG.... LMAO LMAO LMAO.

Wow. Nintendo-fanboyism at it's best.

+2 # RE: PSP beats 3DS in Japan — sid 2011-04-09 01:51

I personally think it's the 3ds' poor launch line up, once more titles like the legend of zelda arrive people will have more incentive to buy it.

# Also, — ferret7463 2011-04-09 16:32

I don't know how it is in your area, but there has been very little advertisement for the device in my location. I'm no DS fan boy but, i don't like Sony any more.By the way.... KUDOs for the PS2.

+1 # RE: PSP beats 3DS in Japan — GUNBEHINDTHESUN 2011-04-09 02:39

I checked out the 3DS this last week and I was a bit disappointed. The 3D is not what I expected. You have to be just perfect without movement in order to see it and it is not 3D that gives the effect of coming out of the screen like Nintendo ads shows. What a joke! I can see if I were to play these games for very long using the 3D, I would probably get a headache, dizziness with a sick feeling. 10 minutes is enough for me. I am all about 3D but the 3DS surely shows it in a cheap way that is not very impressive. I think they are asking too much for there hand held console considering a lot of parents are probably going to call them and complain, that is if they haven't done so already. Anyway I think the PSP is still the better hand held console, at least until the PSP2 gets released.

# reply — m&anerd 2011-04-12 06:27

I know, a friend showed me a picture of his dog and the mouth was all triangly :( (is that even a word?)

# Yeah — Acteon 2011-04-14 15:42

I agree with you. I picked up a 3DS with SFIV. The controls are just awful for fighting games, so I've cancelled my pre-order for Dead or Alive, and now I've got a bunch of N64 updates to look forward to.

The 3D isn't that mind blowing either, it's a gimmick more than anything else - I've just switched it off so it's less distracting.

I do like the feel of the 3DS (nice and hefty) and the streetpass is a nice feature, but to ship it half finished (no browser, no original games in the launch line up) just seems reckless. CFW and a PSP Go just spanks this thing into next week.

I hope Rodea the Sky Soldier (Yuji Naka's latest) lives up to the hype at least.

# RE: PSP beats 3DS in Japan — kylek 2011-04-09 02:50

the least expensive unit always sells more units, look at the wii. that doesnt mean anything

# RE: PSP beats 3DS in Japan — kylek 2011-04-09 02:53

i would never want a nintendo handheld. they are the size of a netbook with crappy graphics. who wants to carry something like that around

# RE: PSP beats 3DS in Japan — Fraz 2011-04-09 03:59

FFIV Complete collection was just released in Japan. It's not a big surprise that the PSP is on top. 3DS has no unit moving games just yet

# RE: RE: PSP beats 3DS in Japan — MigoSama 2011-04-10 05:45

Someone with observation skills here.. Mmm..intersting...

# Reality check... — Cylon Surfer 2011-04-09 04:15

The 3D on the 3DS is the type of 3D that comes out of the screen... I have taken plenty of 3D pictures with it that proves this. The AR game which is built in also has a lot of pop out depending on your view and how close you are to the dragon. 10 minutes was evidently not enough time for you to get to grips with the hardware but enough time for to form a foolish opinion and make obserd claims on here...

# Not.. — zzk2001 2011-04-09 11:49

Yeah well i have had the system from the 3erd day it came out and the 3D is NOT real 3D and does not pop out what so ever, It's more like Looking into a window and i have played it a lot longer then 10mins to know that the 3DS is just a over priced out of date (Non-3D) crap that nintendo sold us.

..Ps i am taking it back today to get my money back.

-2 # RE: Not.. — zzk2001h8er 2011-04-09 12:59

You're full of crap, there's no way you've had it since the 3rd(correct way) day and are just now taking it back. Don't make up a story to get your point across just because you like to have sony bend you over.

# your right.. mybad — zzk2001 2011-04-10 11:33

It was the 5th day =P And just to prove you Wrong i'll do this..
www.smdepot.net/zzk/3Ds1.JPG
www.smdepot.net/zzk/3Ds2.JPG

BTW i love all systems I just think the 3DS is a waste of money.

# To be fair... — dbizal 2011-04-09 04:45

There isn't much of a competition at the moment considering the release titles of the 3DS. I'm a Nintendo fan(boy) and I'm not fussed about getting one just yet also... the game line-up is crap!

Give it a few months for good games to be released first. Who knows if they Bring out Monster Hunter on the 3DS this will certainly change the figures in Japan!

# RE: PSP beats 3DS in Japan — jerrywest 2011-04-09 07:52

PSP has always been better than DS to me because it simply has more good games. 3DS currently only has one game I'm interested.

-2 # RE: PSP beats 3DS in Japan — D 2011-04-09 10:49

The PSP sucks. I haven't used mine in several years because the games are nonexistent and Sony seems more intent on updating with useless features instead of providing material we want. The 3DS's price is the only thing slowing it down and it's barely a slowdown. Fact is the DS steamrolled the PSP and it's not looking good for the gimmicky NGP either. We want games not fluff.

+1 # RE: RE: PSP beats 3DS in Japan — fanoultimate 2011-04-09 12:58

Quote:

because the games are nonexistent

you're not even trying to find them. Just this month i already ordered 5 psp games (compared to before, when i have 6 psp games during 3 years...)

+2 # truth.. — zzk2001 2011-04-09 11:58

I been playing my 3DS for about a week now and i can say it's just a worthless device,To start start with it looks like a dumb down version of a Wii and the wii's not much to look at anyways.

The re-make games look WORSE then the real games, Take Rayman, I looked at the Rayman 2 on N64 and it looks BETTER then the Rayman 2 on 3DS... WTF lol.

The 3D on the 3DS is NOT real 3D, Never did i see anything pop out of the screen.

The Camra's are worse then a Cell phones Cam, I mean REALLY bad, It's like if you got a toy cam for your little 2 year old kid.

The only time i thought about keeping this was when the acekard 2i started working on it... that's till i seen that DS games look WORSE on the 3DS then a DS lite LOL WTF?? O well.. Back to wal-mart you go, I want my 266$ back.

+3 # lolz ... — Mary Poppins 2011-04-09 14:21

Nintendo 3DS Cr*polio EyeBall Melter and Kick-Ass HeadAche Starter takes a PSP SmackDown, w00t!!

PSP ForEver !!!!

# Nintendo 3dscrap — REDDEADREFRIGIRETATO 2011-04-09 21:22

thank god i never bought the 3ds i would just sell my psp for the ngp this december 2011. wuhahahha!

+1 # Why? — ferret7463 2011-04-09 22:19

Why are there so many Sony fan Boys on this site?

+1 # RE: Why? — crait 2011-04-09 22:33

Because this used to be the biggest PSP hacking news website.

# RE: PSP beats 3DS in Japan — asd™ 2011-04-10 04:14

It's because of the poor game lineup and the steep price. I'm waiting for:

Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright

once that gets released I might buy one

but of course I'm still waiting for the upcoming games it will offer. If it interests me then I'll definitely get one

-1 # Cylon Surfer — Cylon Surfer 2011-04-10 05:05

I hate to tred on old ground here but guys, the 3DS has pop out 3D (stuff comin out of the screen). It's as 3D as my PS3 when connected to my TV. It's quite impossible to proove on here but to anyone who doubts, just pop into your local game store, ask to see a 3DS, launch the camera softerware and then place one finger about 20cm from lenses on the rear of the device. You WILL see your finger pooping through the screen of the 3DS at this point.

I really don't know what's with all the haters on here making stupid claims that the 3D on the 3DS is not 3D or why people are saying the PSP better, they're both pretty much the same graphically, ones 3D the others not, both have pretty shameful game libraries at this point. Only one of those two devices is likely to improve that....

# ...LOL — zzk2001 2011-04-11 09:53

Yeah.. Because the 3DS looks SOoo good it's on the same level as the PSP... NOT!!!
Have you even played on a 3DS? Most games on the 3DS look worse then a N64 game SOME and i mean some are about as good as a Gamecube game but that's not saying much When a PSP game can be good as a PS2 game. And with the PSP 2 Coming out it will Smash the 3DS, And no I NEVER seen anything POP out of the 3DS, At best you get a Window effect But don't more less then 0.000001 inches to the left or right or it will just be Blurry.

I am not a Sony fan boy or anything, I love the DS:lite but the 3DS just sucks, And if there was a better device other then the PSP 2 coming out i would be taking about that.

# RE: PSP beats 3DS in Japan — senz 2011-04-10 19:15

Low price and the large library of games seems to be the PSP selling point.

# RE: PSP beats 3DS in Japan — DeltaDAWG 2011-04-11 13:43

Gee, the PSP beat the 3DS in sales for 1 week. Should they start digging the grave?

# look at the numbers — Logan5 2011-04-11 17:35

Those that are boasting about the PSP sales can't seem to read. There are more than one TYPE of DS available to buy. Add up the flavors and the PSP is decimated. Also, those that didn't buy the more expensive 3DS and over 20,000 of them bought another type of DS, guess what they will upgrade to?? The 3DS in 6 months to a year.

# Nintendo EyeBall Melter — Alven 2011-04-11 18:36

Nintendo has really messed up with the 3DS, as parents' kids start melting their eyes it will be a whole lot of fun to see the no. of lawsuits against Nintendo :)
PSP RuleZ and NGP will Pwn!

# My honest 3DS review — Jonatas Rafael 2011-04-15 00:10

There were some issues on 3DS's way:
- The 3D effect is way less amazing than expected (for me, at least). It's a bottom 3D, not an above-the-screen one.
- It's got a low resolution. For a new generation console, the graphics are far from expected. I know that graphics aren't - or at least shouldn't be - the main feature of a game, but so far, 3DS has yet to see a title at the same level as PSP's "Prince of Persia" or "God of War" franchises. I know Super Street Fighter 4 looks good, but it should really look great on a brand-new console as the 3DS - and that's not what have happened. And if the top screen isn't able to amuse me, let alone the bottom screen, that really seems to be ripped off of a DSi. Nintendo should have used a capacitive screen instead. Anyway, most of the games have not focused at all on what was NDS's amazing feature: an all-purpose touch screen. Now that developers have to think about nice ways to use a not-so-nice screen, they lose in gameplay.
- It's not fit to be a portable. It doesn't have enough battery, it's heavy (same complaint most players had with the original NDS), and its main feature places it in a hard-to-use position - try holding your portable to eye-level and keep it into one single position for hours. And it gets your eyes tired. So you turn off the 3D and... bang! There goes half of your screen's resolution.

All in all, Nintendo must pray for developers to create a great game database for 3DS. Zelda will help, of course, but I need more to be convinced. I guess that migration from DS - a cheap, nice console with great games - to 3DS is not happening so soon, maybe in 2-3 years' time - if it happens. The fact that Pokemon Black & White was released weeks before 3DS didn't help Nintendo at all...

I'm not a Nintendo hater. I own a DS Lite, and I really like it very much. I still think the best console ever was the SNES. I love the Metroid franchise, which is Nintendo's. I'm a Pokemon player ever since Pokemon Blue was released on the USA. But Nintendo made some mistakes on the 3DS: there was much ado about... a not-so-sound portable.

I've given up migrating to 3DS with the money to buy it on my hands, while testing PilotWings and Super Street Fighter 4, and my eyes were hurting after less than 10 minutes of gameplay on each game. I hope 3DS will grow to be better. But for now, it's not a videogame made for players.

# 3DS Sucks — Mr BagBo 2011-04-16 18:12

Main problems with the 3DS is the 3D screen hurting/fatiguing eyes and the 0 degree viewing angle, its totally unforgiving. Currently its an immature technology which needs substantial improvement to be made viable and large-scale acceptable.

# seriously? — Bato 2011-04-20 19:16

3DS comes out with few major game releases and its not selling thanks for that ground breaking discovery..... Once they release ocarina and some more exclusives it will do just fine. 3D effect can be turned off still producing high quality graphics or can take breaks personally i find it fine.

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