View Full Version : PSP and DS sales in North America
mckmas8808
30-Jun-2005, 19:24
The sales in north america are out for portables and here they are.
A colleague recently asked me what had happened to the national buzz about the PlayStation Portable.
Simple answer: The buzz is translating into sales.
Here are numbers from Sony, and intriguingly, they compare most closely to figures from Nintendo for Game Boy Advance sales (instead of for the DS):
Sony says it sold 250,000 PSPs in May (more than $62 million in revenue).
The obvious competitive yardstick is Nintendo's DS: about 57,000 units that month.
But here's the eye-opener: Nintendo says its GBA sales totaled 223,000 in May.
From Sony's point of view, the PSP is THE portable game machine of choice.
From Nintendo's perspective, the combined clout of the GBA and DS is the leading market force.
I'll say this for now (more later): If the DS didn't also play GBA games, I'm not sure I'd be using it at all this spring.
Link http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2005/06/psp_vs_gba.html
isnt that a mistake? only 57000 units for a whole month?
mckmas8808
30-Jun-2005, 21:49
Nope is not a mistake go to the link here.
http://www.nintendojo.com/infocus/view_item.php?1120109972
The PSP in NA and Japan combined has outsold the DS for the month of May.
cthellis42
30-Jun-2005, 22:00
What the...? That's almost the exact reverse of Japan right now, as the DS has been leading console sales since Nintendogs came out (though the yearly total for it, PSP, and PS2 are all pretty even), and the GBA has been selling at about 1/3 that.
Weird... But hey, Pokemon still seems to be a driving force, and Emerald came out end of April, didn't it? Must have been a few more kids growing up between this version and the last. ;)
The PSP is still being boosted by the launch effect. It's wearing off now, though.
darkblu
30-Jun-2005, 22:14
well, i see nothing so weird in may's low of ds sales - look what titles were available for the platform in NA during that time - absolutely nothing of common interest. we're still waiting for nintendogs, and after that nanostray and castlevania. psp, oth, pulled a ps2 - av-media playback and emulators galore.
btw, it seems psp was badly cracked recently.. hope this does not affect the sw sales..
mckmas8808
30-Jun-2005, 22:51
It didn't in May so I don't think the hacking it will kill PSP sw sales. As time passes Sony will keep releasing firmware updates so...
What the...? That's almost the exact reverse of Japan right now, as the DS has been leading console sales since Nintendogs came out
Exactly and people have to remember that NA sells about twice as much videogames than Japan does so that should tell you something. And the PSP didn't have millions of games coming out for it either in May either.
And the PSP didn't have millions of games coming out for it either in May either.
Yeah, and it's not going to have a lot of releases this summer, either.
The system needs games or it won't be able to sustain its sales.
OliverTwist
01-Jul-2005, 01:36
Nope is not a mistake go to the link here.
http://www.nintendojo.com/infocus/view_item.php?1120109972
The PSP in NA and Japan combined has outsold the DS for the month of May.
That link just takes you to someone quoting the article in the first link. I don't find that very reliable. :roll: I'd like to see another independant source before I'll believe those numbers.
sales will pick up for the ds in june and july
We have golden eye , splinter cell , intendogs
Plus new color unit + mario 64 pack in
This is what happened in japan . With the new color around the corner a few weeks before the launch sales spiked down for those who wiatied for the color .
We can't keep the blue ones in stock at the store (the grey / silverish ones aren't selling all that great though)
digitalwanderer
01-Jul-2005, 03:23
I hope the PSP sells like gangbusters, this lil thing is looking to be the handheld gaming unit I was dreaming about back when I was playing Genesis games.
Seriously, it's a faboo little toy! I never picked up and played with the kids GB/GBA, but the PSP I'm borrowing off my son all the time to play with. :)
When they get cheaper I might pick one up for myself.
I hope the PSP sells like gangbusters, this lil thing is looking to be the handheld gaming unit I was dreaming about back when I was playing Genesis games. bah back when i was playing enesis games i was dreaming of a handheld that would play them. Then i got the nomad
Sadly both systems had to short of a battery life
PSP >>>>>>>>>>>>> Nomad, for size, looks, screen and battery life (and graphical ability of course :)).
PSP's battery life is seriously fine, I am still yet to have a problem with it and I play it all the time.
I had the problem yesterday at the hospital . My sisters charge went dead while i was in surgery so i dond't get to play
digitalwanderer
01-Jul-2005, 04:29
PSP's battery life is seriously fine, I am still yet to have a problem with it and I play it all the time.
Oh man, running stuff just off the memory stick and the battery last for freaking evah! :)
cloudscapes
01-Jul-2005, 05:27
Got myself a PSP, Wipeout Pure and a 512mb card on my way back from work today. :D Been trying out all the emulators, Doom, features, and I've just started testing with movie/series transcoding. It's 12:30am and I'm not even tired! When will it stop!?!
I had the problem yesterday at the hospital . My sisters charge went dead while i was in surgery so i dond't get to play
They don't have power points in a hospital!??
She played it for 5-6 hours in the hospital?
Like I said, I charge it only when I remember (which is every few days), and I've only seen the battery light flashing once; I probably play it for about 1-2 hours every day. This to me is more than acceptable; I certainly have to charge it a lot less than my other gadgets.
She played it for 5-6 hours in the hospital? I was in surgery for a little over 4 hours , and yea we had power outlets but she didn't bring a cord with her .
rabidrabbit
01-Jul-2005, 06:20
I had the problem yesterday at the hospital . My sisters charge went dead while i was in surgery so i dond't get to play
Taken out of context this sentence brings brings multitude images in my mind, some of them disturbing.
I had the problem yesterday at the hospital . My sisters charge went dead while i was in surgery so i dond't get to play
Taken out of context this sentence brings brings multitude images in my mind, some of them disturbing. your sick !
rabidrabbit
01-Jul-2005, 06:27
Should we start a thread for reporting every empty PSP battery charge that has happened to you or someone you know, please post the place time and how much you had used the pSP and for what purposes.
That would be the most useful thread evva!
I'm just saying , when running psp games the battery does die quickly .
Its a portable , I wont allways be next to another power source
digitalwanderer
01-Jul-2005, 06:36
I've never really tried running any of the games for long, I'll give it a shot tomorrow.
My kids play games/watch viddies/listen to music on it all day long and it doesn't quit on them, but they also plug it in faithfully to recharge every night.
rabidrabbit
01-Jul-2005, 06:45
For some players the battery time sure can be too short, for some players even 10h time would be too short.
I personally can't play 4 or 5 hours non stop, 2 hours is about what I play max on one sitting, then I have at least hours break, usually several hours or even a day.
I haven't yet ran out of battery, but then again I haven't yet been in a place where I didn't have access to some form of electricity to charge.
Even then if I went to town to play PSP for 4 hours and then the battery dies, I really wouldn't mind at all as after that 4 hours I would want to do something else already.
Exactly... not sure how 5-6 hours counts as "quickly". My ipod gets a lot more use than my PSP, and it gets 5-6 hours per charge, and I've always found it enough.
And before anyone brings up a phone's standby time as an indicator of how long a PSP should last again - don't.
PSP is still living on its launch sales ATM (only 2.5 months on the market), so it doesn't need new games to sell. Just the same as DS within a few months of its release.
Having said that I don't believe these DS/GBA numbers, not without a proper reliable source (this source is nothing better then rumour). Though whatever the actual DS numbers are I'm sure they'll increase in June (with 2-3 good games being released). Just as I'm sure PSP's sales will continue to drop (until we see some new good games).
StefanS
02-Jul-2005, 20:31
http://www.planetgamecube.com/news.cfm?action=item&id=6368
DS sales increased by 86% due to Mario bundle
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