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Japanese hardware sales for March 1 to 7: PSP sales jump, still on top of the charts |
Listed in: PSP, Wii, PS3, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 Tags: hardware sales, Japan, Media Create
The PSP enjoyed a huge surge in sales in Japan for the first week of March. According to data released by Media Create, the Sony handheld jumped to almost 65,000 units from 37,338 the previous week.
Some of the PSP's 64,808 units sold may be attributed to the release of .hack//Link, which marked the first time the franchise has appeared on the handheld console. Continuing sales of Namco Bandai's God Eater may have also fueled the surge.
Of course, it's not all great news for Sony as this success didn't translate to PSP Go sales. The Go is still languishing in last place behind the ten-year old PS2.
Here are the Japanese hardware sales numbers for the week of March 1 to 7. The numbers in parentheses are from the week prior.
- PSP: 64,808 (37,338)
- Wii: 33,880 (36,241)
- PS3: 28,824 (27,763)
- DSi LL: 23,611 (24,605)
- DSi: 15,017 (15,586)
- DS Lite: 4,316 (5,029)
- Xbox 360: 2,794 (2,510)
- PS2: 1,839 (1,912)
- PSP go: 1,275 (1,296)
Via [Andriasang]
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The reason the Go isn't selling so hot there (aside from the cost) is because many titles aren't available for download on PSN. For example, the game attributed to the jump in sales this week, .hack//Link, does not have a PSN version (at least, not yet).
Seeing as so many of the good games, particularly the kind of games the Japanese like, don't get PSN versions...why would they buy the Go?
That's a failure of Sony to fulfill their promise that every subsequent game after the Go's release would have a PSN version. Not entirely their fault, but it's a big (if not the biggest) reason the Go isn't selling well.
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Much as a PSP2 with a second analog appeals, I do think that there's plenty of life left in the system if only developers (or even publishers translating Japanese titles) could get back on board.
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i think sony losing sales beacuse the lack of umd..
sorry for the bad english
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The day I found a PSP 2000 on a subway chair was the day I learned to use CFW.
Japan love to colelct games so they won't download ISO's.
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