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MANUELF on 20 May 2008

In hardware maybe, in software of course not.



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ssj12 on 20 May 2008

I have a feeling it will make it but it wont sell much more then that.



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windbane on 20 May 2008
Kasz216 said:
Sounds like it's best to give GBC Sega CD status.

Or Atari 7600 Status. Since I believe the manufacturing of 2600 games didn't stop with the release of the 7600.

can't play sega cd games without the cd drive... 25% playability isn't enough to consider GB and GBC the same. How many people would play color games on the original?



hunter_alien on 20 May 2008
patjuan32 said:
Ide be suprised it psp did and considering that the GBC was the least successfull gameboy too.

Yeah, Nintendo Killed the GBC off after two years because Bandi released WonderSwan Color, which was more powerful and was attracting developers away from the GBC. Square even ported Final Fantasy I - IV to th WonderSwan Color.

I do not know how much the PSP will sell throughout it's lifetime. That's left up to the market to decide. But the sales in the Western markets seem to be falling off slightly. However, if sales continue to fall, price cuts will help. Also continued software support will help the system.

 True , the GBC lived ~ 3 years ( time while it was fully supported ) but it had a huge push : the fact that it was the semisuccessor of the most popular gaming sistem ever :) The PSP only had the brand name , true it was a strong one ( arguably the storngest ) but it was Sonys first venture into the handheld zone ...

 

Also , the Wonderswan was NOT the reson Nintendo made the GBA ... that handheld never even cracked the million if I remember correctly :? The FF games and a couple of Capcom exlcusives it got where made all via a deal , where they agreed that Bandai will publish the games . Other than  that the WS and WS Color where major flops ... just like the N-gage or Gizmondo ;) 



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LordTheNightKnight on 21 May 2008

Another 62k from others this week. Not a big boost, but makes it likely this will be another comfortable 180-200k week for the system.



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hunter_alien on 22 May 2008

Yeah . I wonder if the CoO bundle will give it any long lasting boost :? That could help a lot during summer to keep sales above 150k every week :?



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playnext3 on 22 May 2008

psp wll stop to 70 million life times



LordTheNightKnight on 25 May 2008

172k this week. So could reach 35 million in a month.



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Aj_habfan on 25 May 2008

Cheap things like handhelds also benefit greatly from the holiday season, as it is an affordable gift.

Somehow I now have more games on PSP then any system I have ever owned (not counting PC) and my collection is still growing. IMO, it's line-up of games is greatly underrated.



Zucas on 25 May 2008

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