naznatips said: Every major PSP game that would affect the Japanese market is out. The biggest hope for a turn around was Crisis Core. The new Slim has been released, the price has been reduced, and Sony has played their hand out in that country. I would expect Japanese PSP sales in 2008 to be about 500K below your prediction. |
Naz is right about the impact of CC: FFVII on PSP in Japan. However, the really scary PSP title is Monster Hunter Portable 2G, which will be released in March. Also, there are several big titles to be released next year in Japan: Gundam ギレンの野望, Dissidia Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep. It is likely that all of them will bundle with a special edition PSP (like CC: FFVII, Star Ocean 1, and Gundam ギレンの野望) to drive up the sales.
Besides, a lot of Japanese buy PSP to do other things than gaming anyway: watching TV, golfing, tour guide.....
Sony will continuously release new color PSP (in Japan) to attract new buyers, and there is still room to lower the price of PSP (my prediction is $149.99/€149.99/¥16,800). I agree with the Source's prediction for 2008.
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