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kingofwale said:   Really??? The title of the thread is " Monster Hunter 2 did nothing for long term PSP sales in Japan."   that sounds awfully like "deny that MH has helped the PSP"..   no?

 No, not at all. Short term sales boosts are a help to sales. You can have a short term sales boost while not having a long term sales boost. Monster Hunter helped the PSP with a short term sales boost.

The diagrams actually show that there was no decline what-so-ever after the redesign though. The sales after the redesign, and before the release of Monster Hunter were stable save for the huge holiday boost. The slow economy does not seem to affect the sales of video game consoles. America is caught in all sorts of economic troubles and still the sales of the consoles are better than last year. The "slow summer months" were captured in chart 2, and show a stable 30k PSP sales throughout the entire summer. Further, the Wii has had the same sustained sales as it did last year during these "slow summer months" without a huge system seller. Got anything else?

Too bad you didn't take into account the TV tuner module.

RolStoppable said: This thread could become very entertaining.

 The best part is the entire arguement is pro-Sony. I am saying the PSP is super awesome on its own, and all the praise that has been given to Monster Hunter for saving the PSP should be given to Sony. The only people to argue against this have been the pro-Sony people.

Gnizmo said: RolStoppable said: This thread could become very entertaining The best part is the entire arguement is pro-Sony. I am saying the PSP is super awesome on its own, and all the praise that has been given to Monster Hunter for saving the PSP should be given to Sony. The only people to argue against this have been the pro-Sony people.

This thread has nothing to do with pro/anti Sony. Frankly, most posts here aren't. Time to take off fanboy glasses and see things they are. This is mostly a place to talk about games.

Just because me, or MontanaHatchet might be pro-Sony, it doesn't blind us to see the truth. I only pray every other people can see reason (on this topic or another)

 

 

fkusumot said: Too bad you didn't take into account the TV tuner module.

 Humm that is an interesting point. I can't find any hard sales info on it (and didn't know about it before). The device was released at the same time as the PSP slim from what I can tell making it impossible to find the exact effect. That would simply augment my arguement rather than disprove it though.

kingofwale said: This thread has nothing to do with pro/anti Sony. Frankly, most posts here aren't. Time to take off fanboy glasses and see things they are. This is mostly a place to talk about games. Just because me, or MontanaHatchet might be pro-Sony, it doesn't blind us to see the truth. I only pray every other people can see reason (on this topic or another)

 This thread is entirely pro-Sony, as I created it to praise the genious of the redesign of the PSP. I am attempting to give credit where credit is due, and this time it involves praising a genious decision by Sony. If you think the truth is something else I again invite you to debate my points with whatever evidence you have. I addressed all the points you brought up as best I could. If you think I am wrong on any of those points please point out how.

RolStoppable said: What exactly is the truth?

Gnizmo said: kingofwale said: This thread has nothing to do with pro/anti Sony. Frankly, most posts here aren't. Time to take off fanboy glasses and see things they are. This is mostly a place to talk about games. Just because me, or MontanaHatchet might be pro-Sony, it doesn't blind us to see the truth. I only pray every other people can see reason (on this topic or another)     This thread is entirely pro-Sony, as I created it to praise the genious of the redesign of the PSP. I am attempting to give credit where credit is due, and this time it involves praising a genious decision by Sony. If you think the truth is something else I again invite you to debate my points with whatever evidence you have. I addressed all the points you brought up as best I could. If you think I am wrong on any of those points please point out how.

It's fine to praise someone when the credit is due, but yet your diagram is one dimensional and does not reveal way too many factors.

How many of the sales are due to High seller games, redesign, consumer confidence?? And how many of the sales are lost due to lost of exclusives? weaken economy? demographical movement?

And frankly, how can any of those being tracked?

I can start a thread stating GTAIV has permantly boosted Wii's number and that could be 'viewed' as truth, as my data (as well as yours) are so very limited.

Your conclusion based on purely weekly sales chart is by no mean "conclusive" by any means.

 

 

 

Gnizmo said: fkusumot said: Too bad you didn't take into account the TV tuner module.  Humm that is an interesting point. I can't find any hard sales info on it (and didn't know about it before). The device was released at the same time as the PSP slim from what I can tell making it impossible to find the exact effect. That would simply augment my arguement rather than disprove it though.

The word on the street is that the TV Tuners are selling better than the MHP games. Hardly any traded in for used. Somwhat supply constrained. The anecdotal reports are of businessmen getting tired of watching the news on the small cell phone screen and getting a PSP and TV Tuner so they can watch the news or Sumo fights during the commute.