Next-Gen discusses the PSP's recent turnaround.

[hunter_alien]

LordTheNightKnight said:

hunter_alien said:
What was I telling you ... I could see a PSP2 comming ~ 2010 and untill than the PSP will probably pass the 60 million and I see it , if it continues to sell well , to reach lifetime even the 70 million mark ...

I'm curious, so let's do some math. I'd like to estimate what it can do. Let's assume that the PSP maintains it's current momentum until 2010. For the past few weeks, it's been selling an average of 70,000 units per region (North America, Japan, Other) per week. That's 210,000 total per week, and 840,000 per month. Since we're at the start of November, that's 26 months until 2010. 840,000 x 26 = 21,840,000. Add that to the 26,140,000 already sold, and we have 47,980,000 by January 2010. And that doesn't even include the upcoming Japan numbers.

Again, that's assuming the sales rate stays as it is. If it dropes by half (not the worst case scenario, but the most likely worst case one), that's still just over 10 million, still enough to outsell the Genesis. If it doubles, that would be just over 60 million. However, doubling that would take a major upswing, even more than the boost the Slim gave. So I would say a slight upswing is the most likely scenario. Yet that would still be a major victory to outsell the SNES and Gameboy Color.

  Well I was basing my calculation on growing sales of course , and I mean really growing ... still one thing is certain the 50 million , even with not so great support , will be hit . And 70 million was lifetime expectancy ... I dont thik that the PSP will die out as soon as the PSP2 hits the market , I still think that it will sell ~ 10 million . With games like MHF2G in Japan , GOW , GT4m , KH : BBS , Dissidia and probably more exclusives to come , and most deffinatly a pricedrop somewhere in the future , I see the PSP sales only to rise and not to drop ( overall ) .