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Million on 04 July 2008

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supermario128 on 04 July 2008

There's not that much people left to buy one in Japan, their population isn't too big.




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FaRmLaNd on 04 July 2008

The DS hitting saturation point is the main reason. It still sells the most software and that software dominance is going to continue (just look at how many games the DS gets every week in Japan).

The psp's redesign and monster hunter have contributed greatly as-well.



PS360ForTheWin on 04 July 2008

PSP got aload of new JRPGs recccentley didnt it, thats probably a factor



leo-j on 04 July 2008

Because people are upgrading from the DS to the psp.



 

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brute on 04 July 2008
Soriku said:
-Monster Hunter
-Redesign

That's all.

 

 and that DS is basically saturated there



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leo-j on 04 July 2008
ZenfoldorVGI said:
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.

Thats like saying, in a way sony needs to thank nintendo because nintendo "saturated" the market with the SNES.

 



 

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Millennium on 04 July 2008

Monster Hunter. That's basically it.



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brute on 04 July 2008

^also the redesign and that DS is basically saturated



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w3stfa11 on 05 July 2008

I'm curious if PSP can keep this up and become the best selling system of 2008 in Japan. You would think that Wii should overtake it, but it's 6 months into the year and the PSP is still leading.



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