Sales

[Canyarion]

Ok, Japanese sales. First week of the PSP, second of the DS.

System - this week - last week - total this year

Nintendo DS - 198,892 - 468,883 - 667,775
Sony PSP - 160,019 - - - 160,019

Seems like Sony didn't sell all their PSPs.

Software:

1 - Dragon Quest VIII: Sora to Umi to Daichi to Norowareshi Himigime PS2 - 203,618 (2,846,971) Square-Enix
2 NEW Daito Giken Koushiki Pachi-Slot Simulator Yoshimune PS2 - 188,927 (188,927) Daito Giken
3 NEW Mobile Suit Gundam vs Z Gundam PS2 - 183,583 (183,583) Bandai
4 NEW Minna no GOLF Portable PSP - 65,900 (65,900) Sony
5 NEW RockMan EXE 5 Team of Blues GBA - 64,860 (64,860) Capcom
6 NEW Ridge Racers PSP - 60,624 (60,624) Namco
7 V Sawaru Made in Wario DS - 58,083 (206,908) Nintendo
8 V Super Mario 64 DSDS - 54,829 (206,202) Nintendo
9 NEW FIFA Total Football PS2 - 53,617 (53,617) EA
10 V Mario Party 6 GameCube - 39,231 (217,583) Nintendo

http://www.cube-europe.com/news.php?nid=7293

[DarkMaster]

Holy crap DQVIII, that thing is going to end up beating Halo 2 international sales.

[MuGen]

Well SONY had to be tight asses and only release 200,000 units....but in any case didn't sell all of them. We'll see how they do in U.S.

Dragon Quest VIII I have to pick it up!!!

[Swan]

Well, those numbers aren't too shocking. Noboyd expected the PSP to beat Nintendo in the handheld department. This is wear Nintendo excels. The PSP won't fail, just won't rape the DS.

[Jonbo298]

I love when a new Dragon Quest comes out and then see Japanese numbers a few weeks later. It's insane

But its nice to see that Sony sold moderately, although not a sell-out like I'm guessing they wanted but still a good start.

[Null]

basically they did sell out of it.

your never going to get an exact number. There was reports from japanese sales tracking companies that said over 170,000 on the first day.

the numbers are going to bounce up and down and gunna be reported differently dependong on who did the tracking.

same with DS. all you can get are rough estimates.

[Ginkasa]

Originally Posted by deejzguy

Well, those numbers aren't too shocking. Noboyd expected the PSP to beat Nintendo in the handheld department. This is wear Nintendo excels. The PSP won't fail, just won't rape the DS.

The numbers for just one week don't seem all that different, though. I might (very likely) be wrong, I don't know any sales numbers from previous non-Nintendo handhelds, but I think Sony could be doing better than any previous contender.

It coule be very possible that the PSP gains steam and knocks the DS down.

Or Sony could feel Nintendo's wrath as so many other companies have (in the handheld department).

Its too early to tell, really. Give it a year.


*shrugs and walks away*

[Swan]

Originally Posted by Link1130

The numbers for just one week don't seem all that different, though. I might (very likely) be wrong, I don't know any sales numbers from previous non-Nintendo handhelds, but I think Sony could be doing better than any previous contender.

It coule be very possible that the PSP gains steam and knocks the DS down.

Or Sony could feel Nintendo's wrath as so many other companies have (in the handheld department).

Its too early to tell, really. Give it a year.


*shrugs and walks away*

Yeah, I don't think that either of them will surpass the other by too much. I think it will end up how we have it in the console world. More the one system that isn't failing. (bad wording, I know)