Really, i wonder how many of them pirate.

I believe this study. My gf plays dissidia a lot.

Why not? That's certainly a plus.

Maybe this speaks to the fact that a lot of males may have given up on the PSP?

Seriously, I don't see a lot of people with handhelds walking around -- everyone has their cell phone where I am (a university campus). When I have seen handhelds, it is the DS.

Mike from Morgantown

Its weird indeed. especially because i just looked how much hannah montana sold on the PSP. There is just one hannah montana game for PSP out there and it not even managed to sell 50k.

And someonehere mentioned that because PSP has tons of petting simulators. can someone give an example ? There is no Barbie game.

Ok the Sims 2 is a decent success (for PSP) with 300k sold. Sims castaway is 58k But nevertheless it doesnt matter much

So there are just a few options:

1 The girls buy a PSP not to play games but use it as a media player or Wifi device.

2 The Girls are pirating the games and because they can get all the games they want for free they buy a PSP.

3. The study is wrong.

4. They play similar games but noone notice it because the PSP is pirated heavily so all the males pirate it and all the girls are buying the male games legit in the stores. So the sales numbers for software represent just girls and not boys.


Is this study representing just USA ? 

Did Nielsen provide some sort of methodology of this analysis? I'd like to see one.

It's a possibility I guess? My wife loves the PSP and DS. There are definitely more female handheld gamers.

^ Maybe you are right but this would mean that DS has similar numbers but why they didnt mentioned the DS.

Eh, whatever. I'm just saying that the entire argument is just dumb.

Doesn't surprise me. There are alot more female gamers than you all think.

FPSs, Lan Parties - you will probably not find them.

jRPGs, Anime Conventions - you will find them.