why is psp selling so well in japan

[Lord N]

ZenfoldorVGI said:

MontanaHatchet said:

Sherlock99 said:
Monster Hunter that's all wait until dragon quest is finally released the psp will be destroyed.

*Yawn*

Keep dreaming. The DS's time of dominance is over.

 

IMHO:

Everyone buying a PSP already has a DS. The DS played the gateway drug in this scenerio. People loved handheld gaming so much, thanks to the DS, that they went out and bought PSPs. Thus, the 90 percent overlap for PSP sales. Nobody buys a PSP first in Japan. Even the MH otaku.

In a way, the PSP needs to thank the DS for its good sales. Saturation finally left room for another item in that market.

 

That said, the DS's time of dominance might be over in Japan. However, worldwide, the PSP is still right there in the "barely sales anything compared to the Wii and DS" pile, and it's gonna take a hell of a lot more than Monster Hunter + Saturation + Gateway drug to change that.

I respect the PSP sales in Japan, but they aren't really that important, except as a talking point. Th DS has sold 23 million units in Japan, and the PSP has yet to break 10.

This week worldwide, the DS sold 419,000 units, the Wii sold 500,000, and the PSP sold 198,000.

The PSP outsold the Wii in Japan by 400 units, and it outsold the DS by 8,000.

In Japan, 3 of the top 5 games are DS, 1 is PS2, and 1 is Wii.

 

I don't know if the DS is dead quite yet. Particularly if the rumored new model is announced at E3.

 

The PSP doesn't owe jack shit to the DS. It was already selling rather well in Japan before the DS hit its current point of saturation.

The fact that you keep on comparing it to the worlwide sales of the DS and Wii is completely stupid considering that those two are selling faster than anything else in history. Why do you have such a damn problem with people speaking positively of the PSP's sales?