G4TV: Yahoo is wrong, the PSP is very much alive

[Star Scream]

saicho said:

 

Star Scream said:

sparkit34 said:

BTFeather55 said:
It sold 40,000 more units than the Wii in Japan last week.

 

But only a third of the Wii's software. 

Despite its large install base, game sales are really dramatic. 

 

Only a third of what? PSP is still ahead of Wii in terms of software in Japan.

 

I agree 'game sales are dramatic', just look at the likes of Dissidia and Monster Hunter in Japan this week...

Console	Week	Total

682,139 (-12%)

28,116,766

266,594 (-18%)

23,496,618

This is from Japanese Chart for Week Ending 03rd January 2009 on this site.

 

 

 

And here are the numbers from Dengeki -

 

Hardware | This Week | Last Week
Wii | 718,913 | 878,116
PSP | 415,422 | 433,612

Also, Japanese software totals according to Famitsu:

 

PSP 27,885,000
WII 27,424,300

 

 

Official Famitsu figures:

 

 

PS2 NDS PSP 360 PS3 Wii
2000 7,601,400
2001 18,817,400
2002 26,947,500
2003 31,519,900
2004 34,055,200 1,211,400 550,700
2005 29,084,000 11,753,500 4,179,300 89,300
2006 24,410,700 38,817,800 6,659,000 900,000 453,900 1,956,400
2007 13,262,900 39,130,600 6,750,200 1,368,800 2,951,400 11,665,700
2008 7,112,000 28,260,500 9,745,800 1,770,000 5,155,100 13,802,200
Total 192,811,000 119,173,800 27,885,000 4,128,100 8,560,400 27,424,300

 

As you can see, software sales on PSP have increased dramatically in 2008...moreso than on any other platform.