Holy Hell, DS Is Actually Outselling PSP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dear god!!!

DS is making more sales than PSP!!! are u f**k kidding me?! DS will own DS ANY day wtf this is gay here check it out

Source: www.pspupdates.com

It's no secret that portable gaming machines are wildly popular in Japan. In the last year, three high-profile handhelds have stormed the country, the latest being Nintendo's Game Boy Micro. Now, with all three on the market, various sales charts in Japan are showing some interesting trends.

Recent sales figures provided by Dengeki Online revealed that cumulative shipment of the DS has nearly doubled that of the PSP in Japan since their launch in the country last December. As of the end of September 2005, Nintendo sold 3.2 million units of its DS handheld in Japan, while Sony Computer Entertainment shipped only 1.7 million units.

The latest issue of Famitsu showed that the line-up of games seems to be the main factor for the PSP's sluggish sales. While four DS games ranked in the top 10 sales chart for the first half of FY 2006, the best-selling game for the PSP, Konami's World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 Ubiquitous Evolution, trailed behind at 35th place.

A private survey conducted by the magazine further showed that only 15.3 percent of PSP owners are happy about its game line-up, and 46.2 percent see it as the biggest issue regarding the PSP. On the other hand, 46.1 percent of DS owners are satisfied with the line-up of their handheld, and the number of owners complaining about the lack of games remained low at 24.2 percent.

According to the survey, the biggest issue for DS owners is the machine's design, with 31.3 percent of Japanese gamers complaining about its size and weight, especially since the handheld is often played with one hand holding the stylus. On the other hand, PSP owners see their handheld's design as the second-best selling point, following its various hardware functions. However, hardware functions are also the selling point for the DS, with 61.8 percent of owners saying that they like its touch-screen controls.

While the Game Boy Micro has been a successful hit in Japan since its debut in September, its sales seem to be gradually settling down. Famitsu reports that the handheld has shipped 200,000 units in its first three weeks of release. But the week of September 26 saw a decline of 45 percent, as the handheld's sales dropped from the 52,048 units sold the week before down to 28,721 units.

A private survey published in the magazine showed some mixed figures for the Game Boy Micro, as 46.9 percent of surveyed gamers said that they had no interest or plans in picking up the handheld at the current time. The unit's price seems to be the biggest sales roadblock for the miniaturized Game Boy Advance, with 83.9 percent of gamers saying that its quality doesn't justify its price. The Micro sells in Japan for 12,000 yen ($105), which is only 3,000 yen ($26) less than the DS.

24.7 percent of gamers said they would consider purchasing the Micro when its price drops, while 22 percent said they're currently interested in picking up the handheld. The top incentive for buying the Game Boy Micro is its chic style. With multiple answers allowed, gamers planning to pick up the handheld voted its design as the top reason for purchase at 80 percent, followed by its size (54.3 percent), and face plates (36 percent).

as devil's advocate would say "f**k DS"

dear god!!!

DS is making more sales than PSP!!! are u f**k kidding me?! DS will own DS ANY day wtf this is gay here check it out

do u mean PSP will own DS or do u think the DS is going to go retarted and own itself?!
PLUS: DS is for little kids and there are a lot of them, and they sell DS's for $100 cheaper than the psp and a sh*t of people bought the DS because of nintendogs. my 2 little cusins bought the 2 DS's becouse of that game. i personally think the DS is gay so whatever. PSP ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!

This is old news, the DS has always been consistantly outselling the PSP in both the US and Japan. I think I also remember reading that the DS sold more units at launch than the PSP did also. When you think about it there really isn't anything supprising here. The DS has more games that people want to play than the PSP does. Personally Im disappointed in the lack of quality games for both systems.

oh yeah, sorry i made a little floaw up there lol i DID mean " PSP will own DS ANY day"
lol sorry bout that

anyway, necro, i disagree with u.
PSP has made ALOT of games considering the time period of its release it is doing very good for itzself.
DS has been released for way longer than PSP and it doesn have as many games as the PSP does. so for now say give it some time and stores will be littered with PSP games.

i think its about price and lack of knowlage from consumers. PSP's price is 100 dollars more but most consumers assume that ds has 2 screens and its cheaper so its the way to go. now everyone who has a psp know's that psp has better graphics and better everything cause they did their homework. and knew that 100 dollars more would be put to good use and the psp has so many more features.

i bet sony could have sold more psp's if they had better advertising of what it can do. everyone is just under the influence it just plays videogames and its 100 dollars more. PSP ALL THE WAY!

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its cheaper and they are the japenese, what do you honestly expect...

its cheaper and they are the japenese, what do you honestly expect...

lol

haha, ds rules anyways.Love their games, but I like psp too.Unless they get breath of fire 3 our for it soon in english, then Il say I like psp better.

i bought my psp a week after the release date and i bought it mainly for the graphics but now that its got a browser and unlimited possibilities i am unbelieveably satisfied with mine. i probably cant see myself buying anymore nintendo systems. with the ps2 and the cube it seemed that the cube was just behind. for example, no internet capabilities and for the ds...come on lets be honest the psp's graphics blow it out of the water. and yeah i agree, all the games for both systems pretty much blow.

oh yeah, sorry i made a little floaw up there lol i DID mean " PSP will own DS ANY day"
lol sorry bout that

anyway, necro, i disagree with u.
PSP has made ALOT of games considering the time period of its release it is doing very good for itzself.
DS has been released for way longer than PSP and it doesn have as many games as the PSP does. so for now say give it some time and stores will be littered with PSP games.

The DS was out less than six months before the psp in the US, even less time than that in Japan. The first online-play DS games are being released this November, the PSP has yet to put out an online game here. Granted the online DS games are kiddy mario kart games but still, what happened to all these online games Sony promised. Don't get me wrong I like my psp way better than my DS, I just wish both these companies would put out some games worth buying. On a side note I just picked up the new castelvania for the DS and it's quite good. My only gripe is that they require you to use the stupid touch screen during boss fights and the graphics are something I would expect to see on the GBA.

lol what the hell do u except its a 100 dollars cheaper my psp all together is 500 dollars with all that extra crap and when u get a ds u dont have to buy that extra crap

screw DS






nuff sed

I knew something like this was gonna happen, nothing surprising really...

portable makes a good point (hey portable whats up? havnt talked to u in a while ) anyway back to the point:

yes portable is right, yet people are still obliviouse to the fact that PSP is way better than DS, oh yeah and DS WILL have WiFi very soon i member i read it somewhre cant realy member where though. anyway but like i said before, DS has ben out llonger than PSP but PSP has made more games than DS consiering the fact of its relasese period. keep that in mind. in fact if u wanna be technical, psp has HUNDREDS more games than DS cuz of the homebrews

I heard that they Wi-Fi for the DS is out already. That's what I heard from friends, but what do they know huh? Well, whenever it's out, it's out. No affence to all you DS lovers out there, but I just don't like DS....don't get me wrong here, the SP was i think better in ways.