According to NPD is seems so:
Just for kicks, we asked about the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP, which have the ratios of 4.7 and 4.2 respectively.
Link: http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/24/npds-latest-software-tie-ratios-for-consoles/
In the US, the PSP kicked the DS square in the nuts for the first year or so. In that time, the PSP racked up great software sales but it's not doing as well the past 2 years.
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The US is where the DS does worst and the PSP does best. Japan is changing that right now though.
Most people own the DS lite, which wasn't even available until mid-2006. That's when the DS really took off. So the average time of ownership of DS is probably a lot less than the PSP.
In addition, the tie ratio doesn't account for people who used GBA games. While not a factor now, early in its life people used the DS to play those games.
| FishyJoe said: Most people own the DS lite, which wasn't even available until mid-2006. That's when the DS really took off. So the average time of ownership of DS is probably a lot less than the PSP. In addition, the tie ratio doesn't account for people who used GBA games. While not a factor now, early in its life people used the DS to play those games. |
Actually , in the first year the PSP barely managed to ship over 20 million software , and today it stands over 100 ... so no . The explanation that " the beginning was OK " isnt a good one . The issue is that in Japan the attach ratio is ~ 2:1 , and that brings the total worldwide ratio to a little over 3:1 while the DS a little over 5:1 . Also , the DS has ~ 2x as many units out so yeah gamesales are far higher .
DS lifetime software shipment , in their latest earnings release , was at 370 million . 370/3.3 = ~ 110 million ... so yeah , my calculation is pretty correct ( Sony stated in January that they shipped over 100 million PSP games ) .
So in fact it seams that even if software sales are obvioulsy lower the sales are still pretty good , and with growing hardware numbers and software sales we could see a lifetime software sales of even ~ 250 million UMD games :) Not bad for a first trial :)
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Yeah, Japan has been giving the PSP a big boost recently. They must all already own DS's but still need more of a handheld fix.
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Well, another big thing that the attach rate doesn't show is that PSP software sales declined 3 million units from 2006 to 2007 for the first 3 quarters.
Whereas in the same time period, DS software sales INCREASED 53 million units from the previous year.
So isn't that a good thing? both are doing fine relative to their own hardware base.. good on both of them
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