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Ds looks like it's starting to pull away in the US now...
PostPosted:Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:06 pm
by Zeus
I thought it was just in Japan
http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/674/674747p1.html
It's surprising considering Kart came out a couple of weeks later than Liberty Stories.
Guess it's true, cheap sells with the handhelds
PostPosted:Sat Dec 10, 2005 3:12 am
by Eric
It's not at all surprising. The question is can the PSP stay popular enough and steal enough of the handheld market to go toe to toe with whatever Nintendo has planned after the Nintendo DS.
The fact that it hasn't been blown out of the water is probley a good thing. Sony's no microsoft but theoretically they may be using the same strategy $soft is used with the 360.
PostPosted:Sat Dec 10, 2005 4:56 am
by Eric
More fun stats.
Since the first Xbox went on sale three years ago, Microsoft has sold 21.9 million machines globally -- but only 1.8 million in Asia, including Japan.
By contrast, Sony has sold 91 million PlayStation 2 consoles in the last five years, 21 million of them in Asia.
Re: Ds looks like it's starting to pull away in the US now..
PostPosted:Sat Dec 10, 2005 12:55 pm
by Julius Seeker
Zeus wrote:I thought it was just in Japan
Actually North America is the DS's top market.
PostPosted:Sun Dec 11, 2005 3:52 pm
by Imakeholesinu
Problem with the PSP, no good standalone handheld titles are out for it.
Re: Ds looks like it's starting to pull away in the US now..
PostPosted:Sun Dec 11, 2005 6:20 pm
by Zeus
The Seeker wrote:Zeus wrote:I thought it was just in Japan
Actually North America is the DS's top market.
I meant the dominance. The US is the top market......period
Re: Ds looks like it's starting to pull away in the US now..
PostPosted:Thu Dec 15, 2005 6:17 pm
by Julius Seeker
Zeus wrote:The Seeker wrote:Zeus wrote:I thought it was just in Japan
Actually North America is the DS's top market.
I meant the dominance. The US is the top market......period
Sony hasn't released any official PSP sales figures for the PSP since shortly its launch periods. They have released shipment figures though. Keep in mind these shipment figures are quite misleading since as many as 2/3rds of those units are sitting in store warehouses or on store shelves (since independent sales trackers in Europe and Japan are reporting far fewer sales than actual shipments).