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For sure the PSP sold 77,777 consoles. They should have went to 100,000 with that edition but no more because if it wasnt limited I doubt it would have sold out. The reason why so many of them were bought is because people wanna sell them for more.



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MontanaHatchet said:

Ok, that's for appeal, I doubt it could beat the DS. But it will definitely get large software and hardware boosts. I'm going to get the closest look at the upcoming Japanese market that an American can.

http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/bestsellers/videogames/ref=sv_vg_2/250-2790500-4832266

10 of the top 20 items are for the PSP, although several of the items are the PSP itself. This can be compared to:

3 DS items

5 PS2 items

1 Xbox item

1 Xbox 360 item

Of course, one could claim that Amazon.com is hardly a judge of the current gaming market. This is mostly true, however...

http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/bestsellers/videogames/ref=sv_vg_2/250-2790500-4832266

According to Alexa.com, Amazon.jp is the 13th highest ranked website in Japan. This can be compared to Amazon.com being the 11th highest ranked site in the U.S. So, one could argue that it's no more accurate than Amazon.com is for the U.S.

However...

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=amazon.co.jp

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=amazon.com

According to the site, 86.7% of the site's traffic comes from Japan. Only 42.6% of Amazon.com's traffic is from the U.S., however.

Now that that's all out of the way, we can safely say that the PSP will have a strong showing next week. Crisis Core is at #2 on Amazon.jp, and will be released next week. I haven't figured out what the title at the top is (looks strange), but I can safely say it will do well.

Thoughts?


 WOAHHHH...  Just so you know... Japan is very much a country that likes to go to the store to buy things.  They don't like to buy things online... They aren't even that big on online games.

Therefore you can NOT use their online sales as a way to figure out how well something is selling.  The PSP could very well be the #2 console for the week or 2... but that's as long as it will last.  Most people will pirate the game it seems (going by past PSP sales).



Prepare for termination! It is the only logical thing to do, for I am only loyal to Megatron.

Yes, the new online DS Pokemon dungeons came out on the same day. the originals sold millions. There just has been no US press. Im sure there were lines for it too :)



ahaha how cute! a Haruhi Suzumiya game beats FFCC in amazon.com.
that is so hard to believe!

and Fate made it to #5, wooot.

edit: upon further research...
i found out that a perverted toy comes with the Haruhi Suzumiya game. >.<
thats prolly why a lot more people are buying it online instead of picking it up themselves.




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Montana, I give you credit for the research but I'll give you 3 thoughts since you asked so nicely.

1. PSP always does well on Amazon.jp. If this were a major spike above normal, it would fit your point better.

2. For such anticipation for the game, it's still not even the number 1 game listed (granted for that hour).

3. A Pokemon game also hits the same week. There aren't many games that can counter a FF game but Pokemon is one of them.



Should be an interesting week to watch for sure.



The rEVOLution is not being televised

Look FF VII without a doubt is going to be #1 on the japan charrtz, the only thing stoping it is POKEMON!!! GHOTTA CATCH THEM ALL!! etc... You get the story.

Just very stupid of sony releasing 77,777 psp's now they will probably max out at 90k...



 

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leo-j said:
Look FF VII without a doubt is going to be #1 on the japan charrtz, the only thing stoping it is POKEMON!!! GHOTTA CATCH THEM ALL!! etc... You get the story.

Just very stupid of sony releasing 77,777 psp's now they will probably max out at 90k...

No offence but alot of your posts are just dumb.

 SE is releasing 77,777 FF7 PSPs not Sony, it was their decision not Sonys they are obsesseds with 7s iam sure Sony would haev loved to do 300k FF7 psps.



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As I stated before Im tired currently so just in case I post some stupidly childish things you know why. Also Then what was S-E thinking for releasing 77,777 psp's? They should have made 777,777 psp's.



 

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