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Media Create Sales: 9 - 15 Jan
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elostyle said:Japanese DS hardware sales will be reflected in the next NPD report
That would actually be fucking hilarious if there was a big spike in American DS sales because of Japanese importing them. lol
Cheebs said:
I haven't read this topic, but this seems highly asinine. I find it highly doubtful that PSP sales are getting any kind of push due to the DS shortage - certainly DS sales are down because of the shortage, allowing the PSP numbers to be higher than the DS numbers, but given the price and the completely different content available for both machines I really doubt anyone meaning to get a DS would buy a PSP simply because DS is temporarily unavailable.
DCharlie
And even i am moderately surprised
50k for SFA and 30k for Ys... as rough estimates, maybe even lower.
circa 20k for the rest... not too hard to believe.
80k for PSP - again, not hard to believe.
the other thing to pay in mind is that it's bonus season *wafts wad, smells the yen*
20k for DS - i'm surprised there are even that many left available. When they release new units, it's going to sell a TON.
They will sell what the ship - 600k? no problems. They'll all go. Gamers, non-gamers alike... everyone i know is gagging for a DS.
No. People are buying PSP BECAUSE it's a fantastic multimedia machine. No PSP game has distracted much from my DS library, but I still can't believe how versatile the PSP is. Everyone with enough money should consider getting one to enjoy videos, Internet and pictures (your own ones or comics, magazines from the net, etc.) on the go. That's the geek in me talking more than the gamer though.Cheebs said:
Since you're in Japan, are DS units still rare by now?DCharlie said:
The psp hardware number is actually the one I find least suspicious. If the trend we've seen that people buy it as a multimedia machine continues, then the hardware/software split might be possible.
Chibbi Brady
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I'll also call fake. Biohazard was said to have done 30k on day 1, that really surprised me because I thought it'd struggle to get that overall. I mean how many times are people going to buy the same game?
PSP sales seem a little high as well, I think they were 58k last week so I don't see it jumping up to 80k after the holiday season. Of course stranger things have happened.
PSP sales seem a little high as well, I think they were 58k last week so I don't see it jumping up to 80k after the holiday season. Of course stranger things have happened.
VeryHungryCaterpillar
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marc^o^ said:
The PSP is a fine gaming machine, but a poor media machine and a poor mulitmedia value, IMO. My portable DVD player has two larger screens-no need for UMD versions, keep both kids happy in the car. My video ipod buries the PSP for ease of use, capacity and overall looks. My portable DVD player was $149. My iPod was $269. No need for 30 GB memory sticks. No need for buying the same movie twice. That is big savings over the $249 for a PSP.
marvelharvey
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elostyle said:
Don't know what it's like for the DCharlie and the Tokyo crew, but I go to game shops once or twice a week in Osaka and I haven't seen a DS since Xmas... that's a whole month! (they do get some small deliveries of DSs, but they're gone by the time I get there)
Ipod is good, so is your dvd player. But honestly you don't need 30GB of videos on the go, and the bigger PSP screen size makes a difference (to read subtitles for instance). Neither your ipod nor your portable DVD player can play games or browse the Internet, though they of course also have their own merits. But you can't say PSP has poor multimedia value. It's an all in one machine that succeeds in most fronts (my only pet peeves come to games, if only it could have provided a better control set up and less loading time :-/)
VeryHungryCaterpillar
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marc^o^ said:
Sorry, but pictures plus music equals many gigs. I need to have music from Celine Dion to Korn to Hi-5 to Muddy Waters. I am not going to buy memory sticks to handle large photo files. The iPod does this very well so I can share hi-res pictures with relatives and download the ones they want to their computer or their iPods. My DVD player has two screens MUCH larger than the PSP's. For the car the PSP would not work out well at all for two kids to watch a video. My GBAs or DS play games and many more games than the PSP has to offer. This is still much cheaper than the PSP is. And works out much better for a family's multitmedia uses. I have a laptop that can browse the internet. I wouldn't want to deal with the PSP's lack of a keyboard. The PSP may be fine for you as an individual for multimedia, but for mainstream use, notably for a family, it is a poor value.
So your point is the PSP has poor value for a family or for mainstream use? I'm not disagreeing with you on that, as I'm not one of the analysts who predict 60 millions PSP units to be sold in 5 years. But your point first was "The PSP is a fine gaming machine, but a poor media machine" and I maitain you're quite wrong on that.VeryHungryCaterpillar said:
Not sure if it's correct but Next Generation claims to have the latest sales from Media Create.
http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2128&Itemid=2
Software
Motto Otona no DS Training (Nintendo, DS): 100,538 (946,423)
Oideyo Dobutsu no Mori (Nintendo, DS): 79,363 (1,644,614)
Super Mario Strikers (Nintendo, GC): 74,209 (74,209)
Otona no DS Training (Nintendo, DS): 48,833 (1,970,336)
Mario Kart DS (Nintendo, DS): 37821 (1,028,190)
Monster Hunter Portable (Capcom, PSP): 28,513 (405,651)
Tamagochi no PuchiPuchi Missechi (Bandai, DS): 22,843 (893,764)
Biohazard Deadly Silence (Capcom, DS): 20,380 (20,380)
Yawaraka Atama (Nintendo, DS): 19319 (1,043,298)
Mario & Luigi RPG 2 (Nintendo, DS): 18669 (279,468)
Hardware
DS: 64,515 (210,177, total since January 1st 2006)
PSP: 38,271 (228,714)
PS2: 26,271 (146,097)
GBASP: 7,912 (35,338)
GBM: 4,653 (22,813)
GC: 4,490 (23,378)
X360: 3,616 (17,200
GBA: 236 (1,033)
Xbox: 83 (358)
http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2128&Itemid=2
Software
Motto Otona no DS Training (Nintendo, DS): 100,538 (946,423)
Oideyo Dobutsu no Mori (Nintendo, DS): 79,363 (1,644,614)
Super Mario Strikers (Nintendo, GC): 74,209 (74,209)
Otona no DS Training (Nintendo, DS): 48,833 (1,970,336)
Mario Kart DS (Nintendo, DS): 37821 (1,028,190)
Monster Hunter Portable (Capcom, PSP): 28,513 (405,651)
Tamagochi no PuchiPuchi Missechi (Bandai, DS): 22,843 (893,764)
Biohazard Deadly Silence (Capcom, DS): 20,380 (20,380)
Yawaraka Atama (Nintendo, DS): 19319 (1,043,298)
Mario & Luigi RPG 2 (Nintendo, DS): 18669 (279,468)
Hardware
DS: 64,515 (210,177, total since January 1st 2006)
PSP: 38,271 (228,714)
PS2: 26,271 (146,097)
GBASP: 7,912 (35,338)
GBM: 4,653 (22,813)
GC: 4,490 (23,378)
X360: 3,616 (17,200
GBA: 236 (1,033)
Xbox: 83 (358)
ThunderEmperor
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Taker666 said:
restock is finally in woooohoooo
These software charts are unbelievable. Who would have thought such a turn of events could happen, a year from now? Sony, dethroned in Japan for almost a year in 2005? And 2006 starting on the same trend, ending with the Revolution wild card?elostyle said:
AdmiralViscen
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elostyle said:
That wouldn't be the first time. It happened back in December.