Playstation Portable (PSP) is Sony's second handheld gaming console after the Pocket Station. It competes with the Nintendo DS. It will be succeeded by the PSP 2 (temporary name).
The PSP, in Japan, is outselling the Wii and DS from Jan 2008 to April 2008. Strangely, very few games are appearing in the charts, with the only apparent success being the Monster Hunter series. There is uncertainty whether consumers are buying the PSP and pirating games or if they're buying the PSP for it's media and online capabilities. It's best selling game is Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.
PlayStation Portable hardware sales figures
- Main article: Seventh generation of video games
PSP dev kit, reported to cost $7,500 at launch and came down to $4,000[3]
| PlayStation Portable sales figures (based on official financial reports[4]) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Quarterly sales | Worldwide sales | Source |
| Quarter 1 (ending Jun 30, 2005) | |||
| Quarter 2 (ending Sep 30, 2005) | |||
| Quarter 3 (ending Dec 31, 2005) | 6.22 | 15.00 | [5] |
| Quarter 4 (ending Mar 31, 2006 ) | |||
| 2006 fiscal year sales | |||
| Quarter 1 (ending Jun 30, 2006) | 1.37 | ||
| Quarter 2 (ending Sep 30, 2006) | 1.88 | ||
| Quarter 3 (ending Dec 31, 2006) | 4.68 | ||
| Quarter 4 (ending Mar 31, 2007) | 1.60 | ||
| 2007 fiscal year sales | 9.53 | [6] | |
| Quarter 1 (ending Jun 30, 2007) | 2.13 | ||
| Quarter 2 (ending Sep 30, 2007) | 2.58 | ||
| Quarter 3 (ending Dec 31, 2007) | 5.76 | ||
| Quarter 4 (ending Mar 31, 2008) | 3.42 | ||
| 2008 fiscal year sales | 13.89 | ||
| Quarter 1 (ending Jun 30, 2008) | 3.72 | [7][8] | |
| Quarter 2 (ending Sep 30, 2008) | 3.18 | [9] | |
| Quarter 3 (ending Dec 31, 2008) | 5.08 | [10] | |
| Quarter 4 (ending Mar 31, 2008) | 2.13 | [11] | |
| 2009 fiscal year sales | 14.11 | ??? | [12] |
| Quarter 1 (ending Jun 30, 2009) | 1.3 | [13] | |
| Quarter 2 (ending Sept 30, 2009) | |||
| Quarter 3 (ending Dec 31, 2009) | |||
| Quarter 4 (ending March 30, 2010) | |||
| 2010 fiscal year sales | ??? | ||
| Total worldwide sales (as of January 2009) | 51.26 million shipped | [14] | |
PlayStation Portable software sales figures
| PlayStation 2 software sales figures | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Annual software sales (million units) |
Cumulative software sales (million units) |
Source |
| Fiscal year ending March 2005 | 5.7 | 5.7 | [1] |
| Fiscal year ending March 2006 | 54.7 | 60.4 | [2] |
| Fiscal year ending March 2007 | 55.3 | 115.7 | [2] |
| Fiscal year ending March 2008 | 50.3 | 166 | [2] |
| Fiscal year ending March 2009 | 44.4 | 210.4 | [2] |
| Fiscal year ending March 2010 | 46.6 | 257 | [2] |
| Fiscal year ending March 2011 | 32.2 | 289.2 | [2] |
| Fiscal year ending March 2011 | 28.8 | 318 | [2] |
| Total software sales | 318 | ||
Sales figures tidbits
Top PSP games in Japan
- Worldwide
- January 2009: 50 million [15]
- Europe:
- May 2008: 12 million [16]
- United Kingdom:
- France
- January 2017: 3.582 million [22]
- Italy:
- July 2007: 732.500 units sold (GfK)
- December 2007: 900,000 units sold [23]
- Japan:
- United States:
- Australia:
- Launch: 27,000 [29]
See also
Charts
External links
- 10 million PSPs sold in Japan
- Japan game sales figures for PlayStation Portable
- Yoshida: Third Party PSP Support is “Really Disappointing”
- Casual Connect: Sony On Developing for an Open PS2 Platform
- PSP Software NPD LTD (May 2005)
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