The PSP is the first bit of competition the Nintendo handhelds have ever got. For years Nintendo has dominated the handheld market and technically still is, but the PSP has done really well with 41 million sold to date. I don't know about you guys but I consider that a success.
So this thread is all about giving the PSP alittle love, no negative comments please. Here's a list of top handheld I got from wikipedia showing how well the PSP has done going up against a Nintendo handheld.
Edit: Here's the number's of how much the PSP has sold each year its been out:
| Year |
Units Sold |
| 2004-2005 | 351,453 |
| 2005-2006 | 9,435,217 |
| 2006-2007 | 8,839,850 |
| 2007-2008 | 11,540,067 |
| 2008 - ending Dec 13 | 11,458,359 |
And as you can see from this list the PSP has done extremely well considering the second closest is the Game Gear with 11 million sold. (Again it's wikipedia so the numbers are not 100% accurate)
| Manufacturer | Platform | Released | Units sold |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nintendo | Game Boy and Game Boy Color | 1989 and 1998 | 118.69 million |
| Nintendo | Nintendo DS | 2004 | 92.47 million |
| Nintendo | Game Boy Advance | 2001 | 81.36 million |
| Sony | PlayStation Portable | 2004 | 41.62 million |
| Sega | Game Gear | 1990 | 11 million |
| Nokia | N-Gage | 2003 | 3 million |
| SNK | Neo Geo Pocket and Neo Geo Pocket Color | 1998 and 1999 | 2 million |
| NEC | TurboExpress | 1990 | 1.5 million |
| Sega | Nomad | 1995 |
1 million |
