http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=17738

Can anyone pinpoint why such a small hardware rivision had such an affect on sales, is video out that important.   On the Wii Mario strikers flopped in japan, gave no boost to hardware whats up with that.  

wow this is pretty much flame bait

psp slim sells alot = most frickin logical thing there is, japanese love redesigns
mario strikers flop = most fricking logical thing there is, no football game sells well there

overal, frickin logical lol

What redesign ?

http://kotaku.com/photogallery/pspcompare/2329767

okay im out of this thread lol, this is ridicolous.

Yeah I still don't believe that the psp slim was the primary factor in the surge of psp sales. I think it has more to do with the FF game.

As for strikers, do any football/soccer games sell well there?

@neos

right, so Pro Evolution Soccer doesn't sell in Japan...

I know the Japanese like football as a sport (or maybe they just like Beckham) but i don't think fake football games sell well, certainly not Eu numbers anyway.

To be honest, Mario Strikers flopped because it is a s%&t football game and only sells to people who like mario but dont like football, AKA Americans.

 no not really

it's an awesome game 

@tombi123

I think it also sold pretty well in Europe.