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binary solo on 08 October 2009

Thread title should be changed to read "I want PSPGo to fail miserably" - Independant UK Retailer...

Even if the dude didn't say that I'm 99.9% sure it's what he was thinking. Well maybe 99.5% sure.



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AlkamistStar on 08 October 2009

If i wasn't up to date on gaming news, i wouldn't have known about the PSP Go's release. There's no sign of it's release in any gaming stores here in Fort Lauderdale, FL. It's not advertised or anything.



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Avinash_Tyagi on 08 October 2009

30K sales in NA = 300% rise in sales in NA

wow, PSP must have been flopping hard in NA before



 

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steverhcp02 on 08 October 2009
Avinash_Tyagi said:
30K sales in NA = 300% rise in sales in NA

wow, PSP must have been flopping hard in NA before

It was selling very poorly, but i believe youre misinformed. It sold 30k last week, so the increase would push it to roughly 90k.

Id also liek to add the term flopping is more appropriate for PSP at this point in its lifecycle than a new release because its still selling, still alive, flopping around, not very vibrant and full of life, haha.

I think we should use the term "plop" for games that fall on their face from the get go, and flop for existing products struggle. Revolution time.




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Avinash_Tyagi on 08 October 2009
steverhcp02 said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
30K sales in NA = 300% rise in sales in NA

wow, PSP must have been flopping hard in NA before

It was selling very poorly, but i believe youre misinformed. It sold 30k last week, so the increase would push it to roughly 90k.

Id also liek to add the term flopping is more appropriate for PSP at this point in its lifecycle than a new release because its still selling, still alive, flopping around, not very vibrant and full of life, haha.

I think we should use the term "plop" for games that fall on their face from the get go, and flop for existing products struggle. Revolution time.

No, if it sold 30K and PSP was selling 29K before in NA, then it would be at around 60K, which is only a 100% increase

 

well a little over 100%, but its not a 300% increase, basically a doubling in sales



 

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steverhcp02 on 08 October 2009
Avinash_Tyagi said:
steverhcp02 said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
30K sales in NA = 300% rise in sales in NA

wow, PSP must have been flopping hard in NA before

It was selling very poorly, but i believe youre misinformed. It sold 30k last week, so the increase would push it to roughly 90k.

Id also liek to add the term flopping is more appropriate for PSP at this point in its lifecycle than a new release because its still selling, still alive, flopping around, not very vibrant and full of life, haha.

I think we should use the term "plop" for games that fall on their face from the get go, and flop for existing products struggle. Revolution time.

No, if it sold 30K and PSP was selling 29K before in NA, then it would be at around 60K, which is only a 100% increase

 

well a little over 100%, but its not a 300% increase, basically a doubling in sales

Ah, youre using ioi's doubled figures, sorry i was referring to Sonys 300%. I guess since sony was so vague on retailers, we should debate on the more consistant doubled figure form ioi, i stand corrected.

So, i suppose 30k increase is pretty spot on in terms of an increase that MSFT saw from the elite SKU. Still not a plop out of the gate, imo.




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Carl on 08 October 2009

I see Mirson never got back to me with what i asked for.

Kinda proves what i thought...



                            

HappySqurriel on 08 October 2009

For the first 6 months of 2009 the PSP averaged sales of over 40,000 units in North America, and sales started to see a steady decline with the announcement of the PSP Go. In the launch week of the PSP Go it sold 30,000 units. It should be fairly clear to any honest observer that the PSP Go was a step in the wrong direction, and it actually deteriorated what little interest there was in the PSP.



Carl on 08 October 2009
HappySqurriel said:

For the first 6 months of 2009 the PSP averaged sales of over 40,000 units in North America, and sales started to see a steady decline with the announcement of the PSP Go. In the launch week of the PSP Go it sold 30,000 units. It should be fairly clear to any honest observer that the PSP Go was a step in the wrong direction, and it actually deteriorated what little interest there was in the PSP.

The Go itself sold 30,000 units in NA. Those 30k aren't overall PSP sales.



                            

Seece on 08 October 2009

Never heard of "chips"

It's too early to call the PSPGO a failure or success. Hardware doesn't sell like a game, so first week sales are nothing to go on, PSPgo could do pretty crap from now on and it would be a flop ...

Ugh common sense, no need for damage control all the time.