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Procrastinato said:
jarrod said:
Famitsu 1st week sales for all handhelds going back the past decade or so...

1998.10.21 (Game Boy Color) - 155,774
2001.03.21 (Game Boy Advance) - 611,504
2003.02.14 (Game Boy Advance SP) - 117,859
2005.09.13 (Game Boy Micro) - 148,117

1998.10.28 (Neo Geo Pocket) - 21,471
1999.03.19 (Neo Geo Pocket Color) - 18,809

1999.03.04 (WonderSwan) - 102,655
2000.12.09 (WonderSwan Color) - 145,975
2002.07.12 (SwanCrystal) - 30,692

2004.11.21 (Nintendo DS) - 441,485
2006.03.02 (Nintendo DS Lite) - 67,653
2008.11.01 (Nintendo DSi) - 170,779
2009.11.21 (Nintendo DSi LL) - ?

2004.12.12 (PSP-1000) - 166,074
2007.09.20 (PSP-2000) - 263,538
2008.10.16 (PSP-3000) - 155,720
2009.11.01 (PSP go) - 28,275

Why are you quoting first day sales alongside first week sales, again?  Is buying stuff an option only on the 1st day of any week, in Japan?

Kinda looks like the PSP Go might be close to the DS Lite, after the first week.  Boy, was the DS Lite a flop... right?  Awesome logic, jarrod.

As I mentioned earlier, Famitsu gave the dates so people could make their own comparisons, some other platforms in the list also launched on a Sunday (PSP-1000 notably).  And I didn't make the comparison, Sinobi did (Japanese blogger, sales tracker, Famitsu leaker and probably someone with more relevant things to say about Japanese sales than anyone here).

Also...

DS Lite sellthrough: 96%

PSP Go sellthrough: 19%

lol

 



DS Lite launch - March

PSP Go Launch - November

lol

Let's conveniently act like that doesn't matter at all.

DS Lite - Redesign to take over DS model.

PSP Go - New model introduced to cater to a special kind of consumer at a higher price

lol

Let's again act like that doesn't matter.



letsdance said:
PSP Go - New model introduced to cater to a special kind of consumer at a higher price

I'm still wandering What's that "special kind of costumer"?? I understand the DS LL because it's aimed at eldery people and persons with bad eye sight (even the advertaisment is aimed at that audience), But what's the audience for the PSPGo??? is there a "I want to go all digital" audience or something like that??



Sure is. and close to 200,000 people decided to buy one within 7 days of it being on the market.



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letsdance said:
DS Lite launch - March

PSP Go Launch - November

lol

Let's conveniently act like that doesn't matter at all.

DS Lite - Redesign to take over DS model.

PSP Go - New model introduced to cater to a special kind of consumer at a higher price

lol

Let's again act like that doesn't matter.

lol, back to the circular phantom consumer excuses?  PSP go can't be a bomb as it's only supposed to sell to the people who bought it? 

Look, I'm not the one bringing a direct DSL comparison (that was actually, well YOU), I just (re)posted the whole list for a wider context and historical understanding, complete with dates so we could know if these machines had 1, 2 or 4 days in their standard "1st week" from Famitsu.  Go pretty clearly hasn't fared well by any metric, be it first day, first week, or whatever.  This was a high priced device, with questionable consumer appeal, little to no hype, that was badly overshipped.  Flip flop.



Badly overshipoped? It was undershipped if anything. LOL. go look up holiday figures for more information. and quit talking about subjects you are so ignorant about.



letsdance said:
Badly overshipoped? It was undershipped if anything. LOL. go look up holiday figures for more information. and quit talking about subjects you are so ignorant about.

19% sellthrough first day isn't the mark of an undershipped product, hell, it's going to take them until next month to move that shipment off shelves.  I wonder if they'll need a 2nd shipment before the inevitable price collapse / bundle deals?

Also, learn to spell. <3



Yes jarrod. It's undershipped. They will most likely move almost 30k in the next 7 days. 25k or so making it under 100k. In 2 weeks time they'll be selling about half that a week (maybe more) for another 6 weeks or so. Its undersipped



letsdance said:
Yes jarrod. It's undershipped. They will most likely move almost 30k in the next 7 days. 25k or so making it under 100k. In 2 weeks time they'll be selling about half that a week (maybe more) for another 6 weeks or so. Its undersipped

First shipments tend to sell out within 2 weeks on successful new hardware.  Less than that if supply's low.  That 1st shipment taking up shelf space for the next 7-8 weeks (at your ambitious guesstimates) isn't doing Sony or retail any favors.