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Strategyking92 on 04 July 2008

2 words, 1 game: MONSTER HUNTER.



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Zucas on 04 July 2008

EAsy question. The Japanese market was so oversaturated with the DS that the natural switch was to something new. Kinda like a bump up. And PSP Lite released in the exact right time. Right when that happen. And it was just kinda picked up.

It's really just as simple as that.



321tttrini4everz on 04 July 2008

i was going to purchase a ds and happened to get my hands on a friend's psp for a few minutes and didn't bother getting the ds again
(i now own a psp phat) both great systems though
about to get a psp slim for skype
might get a ds later on



Falcon095 on 04 July 2008

Monster Hunter says hi!



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hunter_alien on 04 July 2008
koopatrooper said:

well basicly what it says it had weeks recently where it sold better than ds and wii why though?

 

Sorry , but I have to do it . I just read your post for the second time and I just realized that you wrote " it had weeks recently where it sold better than ds and wii " .

Its the same for the whole year untill now . Both in Q1 and Q2 08 it is leading the japanese hardware market , so no , its not just recent weeks :P Man , Im so proud of my little fellows sittuation in Japan that Im nearly exploading . Oh , and before Neos comes and tells me : YES I know that I have to get a better life lol ^_^



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the_bloodwalker on 04 July 2008

Short answer: PSP is having a flow of good games to keep the sales up in Japan, DS doesn't have that flow for now and have sold plenty number of units.

 



Dgc1808 on 04 July 2008

Lets be honest and look at the numbers... What gamer in japan doesn't have or has had atleast 1 DS??? Seriously now???



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.:Dark Prince:. on 04 July 2008

Because everyone already got a DS so now it's PSP's turn.



 

Kasz216 on 04 July 2008
MontanaHatchet said:
Sherlock99 said:
Monster Hunter that's all wait until dragon quest is finally released the psp will be destroyed.

*Yawn*

Keep dreaming. The DS's time of dominance is over.

 

 

In weekly sales maybe... but you know... when it comes to actual total sales....



ZenfoldorVGI on 04 July 2008
MontanaHatchet said:
Sherlock99 said:
Monster Hunter that's all wait until dragon quest is finally released the psp will be destroyed.

*Yawn*

Keep dreaming. The DS's time of dominance is over.

 

IMHO:

Everyone buying a PSP already has a DS. The DS played the gateway drug in this scenerio. People loved handheld gaming so much, thanks to the DS, that they went out and bought PSPs. Thus, the 90 percent overlap for PSP sales. Nobody buys a PSP first in Japan. Even the MH otaku.

In a way, the PSP needs to thank the DS for its good sales. Saturation finally left room for another item in that market.

 

That said, the DS's time of dominance might be over in Japan. However, worldwide, the PSP is still right there in the "barely sales anything compared to the Wii and DS" pile, and it's gonna take a hell of a lot more than Monster Hunter + Saturation + Gateway drug to change that.

I respect the PSP sales in Japan, but they aren't really that important, except as a talking point. Th DS has sold 23 million units in Japan, and the PSP has yet to break 10.

This week worldwide, the DS sold 419,000 units, the Wii sold 500,000, and the PSP sold 198,000.

The PSP outsold the Wii in Japan by 400 units, and it outsold the DS by 8,000.

In Japan, 3 of the top 5 games are DS, 1 is PS2, and 1 is Wii.

 

I don't know if the DS is dead quite yet. Particularly if the rumored new model is announced at E3.



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