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UK - DS vs PSP this week
- Thread starter Gaybrush Threepio
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Jill Sandwich
the turds of Optimus Prime
Good lord, ANYONE beating Sony in the UK?? I thought the chav pollution was at critical mass.
MrPing1000
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the saviour of Nintendo
Anyway I am surprised. However something I find notable and more than one casual has said to me, that currently they aren't really bothered about the psp because they can just get the "better" versions of the games on their ps2.
GTA:LCS could well change this.
The uk is still sony land though
Sapiens
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Europe rules They are so fucking different. I couldn't beleive it when I found out the Sega Master System was a success there. Insane.
What im trying to say is the PSP is something i feel really applies to Euro taste and I just cant picture you people carrying around the DS. As much as I think the DS is a great system, its just not for you. I cant imagine the DS being successful in the europe. dig?
Keep on pushing the PSP cause in euro.
What im trying to say is the PSP is something i feel really applies to Euro taste and I just cant picture you people carrying around the DS. As much as I think the DS is a great system, its just not for you. I cant imagine the DS being successful in the europe. dig?
Keep on pushing the PSP cause in euro.
The Colonel
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NWO said:
well why don't some of you so called journalists actually write this up instead of being in sony's pocket 24/7 - this is big news and the DS is now ouselling PSP everywhere in the world...
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
kaching said:
It's funny how this is the second best quote in the whole thread. Release numbers every week or this is meh.
Slightly off-topic, but I found this great chart showing GB and GBA hardware shipments right back to 1989 when the GB launched- it started pretty slowly but soon picked up.
I wonder how DS and PSP would compare to early GB sales.
Source: http://everythingandnothing.org.uk/vg/vgsales.php
I wonder how DS and PSP would compare to early GB sales.
Source: http://everythingandnothing.org.uk/vg/vgsales.php
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The Autumn Wind
The scary thing is, the GB/GBC showed no signs of slowing down before the GBA came about. It actually looks like it was doing its best at that time.ioi said:Slightly off-topic, but I found this great chart showing GB and GBA hardware shipments right back to 1989 when the GB launched- it started pretty slowly but soon picked up.
I wonder how DS and PSP would compare to early GB sales.
Source: http://everythingandnothing.org.uk/vg/
HomerSimpson-Man
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In dogs we trust.
it's interesting, you can see the original life cycle of the GB, it peaked around the early 90s and then tailed off until 97 when pokemon came out and the GBC and just turned things on it's head again, and then as you say GBA just continued the crazy numbers.
The per year chart shows this very well, GB did about 19m in a year peak, which is just huge!
The per year chart shows this very well, GB did about 19m in a year peak, which is just huge!
jamesinclair
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I thought UK had a bigger market than that? Those numbers are lower than Japan which has a "shrinking" market.
Frankfurter
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@Thomper It's more like 25%.
Btw. the GBC was really a beast. ~3 years after its launch GBA came out and it still managed these great numbers (I think it sold about 55m).
Btw. the GBC was really a beast. ~3 years after its launch GBA came out and it still managed these great numbers (I think it sold about 55m).
HomerSimpson-Man
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jamesinclair said:
It's Europe that is taken as a whole market, not UK alone.
jamesinclair
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HomerSimpson-Man said:
Which is a problem. You shouldnt compare 25 countries (well, 5 for gaming) with one.
I'm confused; is it now fair game for any of us to post 'actual' sales numbers with no source and yet still have that info be taken as fact?
Not saying this is either true or false, but without a source I'm simply not interested. This is the internet after all. Interestingly though, I know for a fact that if the PSP/DS numbers were reversed, 90% of the replies would be crying foul at the validity of the claims. Bottom line IMO is without a source, regardless of who's leading who, I just ain't interested.
Not saying this is either true or false, but without a source I'm simply not interested. This is the internet after all. Interestingly though, I know for a fact that if the PSP/DS numbers were reversed, 90% of the replies would be crying foul at the validity of the claims. Bottom line IMO is without a source, regardless of who's leading who, I just ain't interested.
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Heian-kyo said:
nope. It's ok for certain people though.
gamewhooper
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The thread creator is as credible as jonnyram or bunkum when it comes to numbers. I believe they work at or have high relations with Nintendo.
Heian-kyo said:
I'm sorry, but none of the western sales data we have has a "source". The accuracy of the data we get is entirely dependent on the trustworthiness of the poster. There's no link to any NPD data or CSFB reports or whatever. Rhindle, Sonycowboy, Bunkum and GT are all trusted sources. You either believe all of them or you believe none of them.
I wouldn't say it's necessarily bad for the psp. More that it's good for the DS. Of course you could argue what's good for the DS is bad for the psp, which is true. The conclusion being that the 6 month delay to the psp in Europe has hurt them in their battle against the DS.koam said:
Gaybrush Threepio said:Nintendo DS - 24,492
PSP - 18,723
GBA SP - 8,799
HAVE SOME OF THAT!!!
It's all about the dogs.............
That's quite an achievement for DS in UK, especially as retailers give minimal shelf space to DS (PSP has nearly 3 times DS's shelf space in most games shops). My local TRU still has huge displays in the windows advertising PSP even though they are out of stock. They are well stocked with Nintendogs DS bundles but you wouldn't know when you look in the shop Windows!!!
greenhouse
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just going to say a couple of things on this topic (being a UK-er)
Firstly, you've got to remember that this is quite a big deal because the PSP has only been out here for a month or so, which the DS has been around over six months (and most of the big nintendo peeps bought them on import in december) (while importing PSP, although big, wasn't as wide spread).
Secondly, although GTA:LC will be a big deal for the PSP and undoubtably boost sales, it launches at a point where the XBox 360 is close enough to start displacing PSPs on peoples christmas lists AND around the same time as Mario Kart DS is launched. The online feature of Mario Kart is enough to make pretty much anyone I know who played it's previous incarnations, shell out £100 in order to prove to their now distant friends who really was the post-pub Mushroom Cup king.
I honestly think the incredibly delayed launch of the PSP in europe has put it in a position where it could be gazumped by both the DS and the 360 this christmas.
There's no doubting this will change as time goes on, but I think this christmas the iPod Nano, the DS+Nintendogs+Mario Kart and the XBox 360 will be the big three under the tree
Firstly, you've got to remember that this is quite a big deal because the PSP has only been out here for a month or so, which the DS has been around over six months (and most of the big nintendo peeps bought them on import in december) (while importing PSP, although big, wasn't as wide spread).
Secondly, although GTA:LC will be a big deal for the PSP and undoubtably boost sales, it launches at a point where the XBox 360 is close enough to start displacing PSPs on peoples christmas lists AND around the same time as Mario Kart DS is launched. The online feature of Mario Kart is enough to make pretty much anyone I know who played it's previous incarnations, shell out £100 in order to prove to their now distant friends who really was the post-pub Mushroom Cup king.
I honestly think the incredibly delayed launch of the PSP in europe has put it in a position where it could be gazumped by both the DS and the 360 this christmas.
There's no doubting this will change as time goes on, but I think this christmas the iPod Nano, the DS+Nintendogs+Mario Kart and the XBox 360 will be the big three under the tree
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
F the thread starter for real. Most of the people should take this BS. Yes the numbers are probably real, but why the hell is he ALL OF A SUDDEN posting this week. A damn week that we don't even know the date for.
We should be pissed off that he can't do this on a weekly or at least bi-weekly basis. What were the numbers in the UK the past 5 or 6 weeks? Will he post more if the PSP pasts the DS?
We should be pissed off that he can't do this on a weekly or at least bi-weekly basis. What were the numbers in the UK the past 5 or 6 weeks? Will he post more if the PSP pasts the DS?
SolidSnakex
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mckmas8808 said:
No, he works for Nintendo. It's pretty obvious why he all of a sudden brought out the numbers.
SolidSnakex
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Jonnyram said:
Didn't say there was one, just saying don't epect these weekly numbers once the PSP goes back on top of the DS.
JoshuaJSlone
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Well, it's not like there is a long history of Nintendo vs Sony portables to look at as precedent.Gchaime said:
Unfortunately I think it inevitable that PSP overtakes DS in Europe. PSP simply enjoys much greater retail support. It's everywhere. The only thing that can possibly hold it back IMO is the steep price. Europeans for some reason enjoy mediocre games so the lacklustre software library shouldn't be a problem.
Smiles and Cries
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I am not going to say "I told you so..." about Nintendogs
...but I did say so...
...but I did say so...
I concur, the PSP is everywhere, Sony rebranded all retailers with huge PSP posters. In France it's been the case since the preorder program back in July. They must pay a lot for that kind of exposure. Still, from what I can tell the DS is gaining momentum in Europe and you start seeing PSPs for sale on ebay and in specialized forums.
Gaybrush Threepio
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To be fair - the reasons I don't post weekly sales figures are firstly - I don't really have the time, secondly they are generally confidential but I couldn't resist posting this weeks as it's the first time DS has overtaken the PSP since the latter was released in the UK, and thirdly if you don't believe me then it doesn't really matter anyway, does it? 