PSP slim sells 130,000 in first day in Japan

[hunter_alien]

naznatips said:

ChichiriMuyo said:
That's still not a fair comparison, though, as handhelds have historically had lower attach rates that consoles. Regardless of how much money Pokemon makes, the success of the PSP still lies in how much money it makes for Sony.

While that's true to an extent, the PSP has the lowest software attach rate in recorded video game history. You can't just chalk that up to hacking either. There are not nearly enough tech saavy gamers for that to be the only cause of this. The PSP simply does not sell that many games. I don't hack PSP games and yet I still have only bought 8. I have bought almost 30 for my DS now. I use my PSP just has much for roms, but that doesn't mean I'm able to find more games on it. It's main problem is it's still lacking in a lot of genres. Mostly platforming, RPGs, and action-adventure. It also doesn't have games with blockbuster mass market appeal like the DS. No Nintendogs, Pokemon, or Mario.

 Still it sold more software than any other handheld just by its numbers , and with that it will probably sell more software in its life than the GC ... I expect the PSP to sell 60 million in its life that ~ 3 times more bthan the GC ... that means that even if the PSPs attach rate is even 3 times as bad as the GC , even than they are evan ... but seeing that the PSP shiped 80 million games in June 07 ... I dont think so ... ( even if the attach rate of the GC was 10-1 ( it was lower ) even than it only sold 200 million softwares ) .

 

Anyways , back to the topic : if the 130k first day its true ... than nice going for the PSP lite :)