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Hardware is doing solidly, but dear god, the software sales absolutely blow.
Rocksteady33 said:I mean look at it this way, the PSP basically went into a market that was dominated for well over a decade by Nintendo. It was a fancy tech machine, with high end graphics, which led to high end prices. I remember thinking when the system came out, why in the hell would I pay $50 for a portable game. And yet the moment GTA: LCS came out, I did and didn't care.
While I understand in terms of software the PSP isn't very successful, and in light of the DS it's hard to say the PSP is doing well at all. But I mean really look at it, the system consistently manages to sell a respectable amount each month in the NPD, typically trailing only the Wii and DS, and sometimes the PS2. Then you have Japan where it never manages to dip below 30,000 units a week despite almost zero software releases.
In my opinion the PSP is actually doing really well for itself. I mean did Sony honestly think they would beat Nintendo? Hell I don't think anyone could be that dumb. But considering the market they were entering they really managed to pull it off in some respect. A lot of people might say, well it has the Sony brand carrying it, but then you look at the PS3 and that's really not a valid excuse. Yeah the PS3 is $600 (or well I guess $500), but compare that to the PSP when it first came out too ($250 vs. $150 and $100) and people not really ever being accustomed to paying such high end pricing for portable games that it goes to show somehow Sony managed to spark interest in the thing.
And with the PSP Slim coming relatively soon the PSP is only going to do better for itself. I find it pretty amazing myself.
Mustaphadamus said:really? you sure? I am not calling you a liar, (i own a psp and love it) but every time I look at a RPG to buy the scores are abysmal.
what RPGs would you suggest for the PSP? Legend of Heros wasn't bad.wazoo said:Looking at IGN scoring, the DS had much more than PSP in 2005 in term of Editor Choice and the PSP did the opposite in 2006.
As for RPG, I do not know if IGN has scored a RPG well for both consoles.
I suspect this situation is pretty typical. It reminds me a lot of the Dreamcast and its troubles with piracy.Kangu said:I honestly believe pircay is absolutely decimating the PSP's software sales. On a recent trip to China 5 or so of my completely causal gamer buddies bought PSP's and all of them knew about playing pirate games on the PSP, made sure to buy PSP's that were already hacked and bought them along with several DVD's full of games and a large MS.
Everybody knows about PSP piracy, and everybody does it. It's really pretty disastrous for Sony.
From the other thread, Sony officially has shipped games at a 3.99 tie ratio but it's believed to be about 3.2-something by our own estimates.radjago said:I suspect this situation is pretty typical. It reminds me a lot of the Dreamcast and its troubles with piracy.
Does anyone know the Tie Ratio of the PSP?
Mustaphadamus said:what RPGs would you suggest for the PSP? Legend of Heros wasn't bad.
A Kindred soul!Soneet said:I blame Monster Hunter Freedom. Once you have that game you don't need any other
UT...never forget...Stop It said:(Btw, as my post history shows, I be leaning).
I don't know the LTD tie ratio, but I do know this: In last month's NPD report the PSP hardware outsold the top five PSP software titles combined, by a large margin. This means that a sizeable portion of the people who bought PSPs in NPD's June reporting period bought no new games with it, and that the userbase overall had a software purchase ratio of less than 5% for June (for those top five titles).radjago said:I suspect this situation is pretty typical. It reminds me a lot of the Dreamcast and its troubles with piracy.
Does anyone know the Tie Ratio of the PSP?
Kangu said:I honestly believe pircay is absolutely decimating the PSP's software sales. On a recent trip to China 5 or so of my completely causal gamer buddies bought PSP's and all of them knew about playing pirate games on the PSP, made sure to buy PSP's that were already hacked and bought them along with several DVD's full of games and a large MS.
Everybody knows about PSP piracy, and everybody does it. It's really pretty disastrous for Sony.
The Sphinx said:I don't know the LTD tie ratio, but I do know this: In last month's NPD report the PSP hardware outsold the top five PSP software titles combined, by a large margin. This means that a sizeable portion of the people who bought PSPs in NPD's June reporting period bought no new games with it, and that the userbase overall had a software purchase ratio of less than 5% for June (for those top five titles).
The Sphinx said:I don't know the LTD tie ratio, but I do know this: In last month's NPD report the PSP hardware outsold the top five PSP software titles combined, by a large margin. This means that a sizeable portion of the people who bought PSPs in NPD's June reporting period bought no new games with it, and that the userbase overall had a software purchase ratio of less than 5% for June (for those top five titles).
The Abominable Snowman said:Speak of the devil, Sony has filed a patent for hooking the new redesigned PSPs to their SixAxis (ShockAxis) controllers
http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph...&s1=20070174531&OS=20070174531&RS=20070174531
The Abominable Snowman said:Speak of the devil, Sony has filed a patent for hooking the new redesigned PSPs to their SixAxis (ShockAxis) controllers
http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph...&s1=20070174531&OS=20070174531&RS=20070174531
The Sphinx said:I don't know the LTD tie ratio, but I do know this: In last month's NPD report the PSP hardware outsold the top five PSP software titles combined, by a large margin. This means that a sizeable portion of the people who bought PSPs in NPD's June reporting period bought no new games with it, and that the userbase overall had a software purchase ratio of less than 5% for June (for those top five titles).
The Abominable Snowman said:Speak of the devil, Sony has filed a patent for hooking the new redesigned PSPs to their SixAxis (ShockAxis) controllers
http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph...&s1=20070174531&OS=20070174531&RS=20070174531
Link316 said:or it could mean that the PSP's software sales are more spread out rather than just concentrated among a few titles
It isn't reflected in the NPD because Sony's quarterly report is worldwide, and the units listed are sales to retailers not sales to end users.alske said:The thread on Sony's Q1 earnings indicate they sold 9.9 million units of software from April 2007 - June 2007. Compared with 2.14 million pieces of hardware this seems to indicate that games are selling. Why this isn't reflected in the NPD numbers, I don't know.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=174477
darscot said:Using piracy on PSP as an excuse is laughable. Its nothing compared to piracy on the DS.
dammitmattt said:I'm surprised that the software sales are so low.
inthezone said:Im surprised its been performing much better these days.
Im more surprised at the horrid SW sales. I dont get it, what are people doing with their PSPs!!!
I doubt it. Nothing's ever done DS numbers. It's a phenomenon.JoJo13 said:If PSP was $100-130, it'll be doing DS numbers.
I think all the most popular uses begin with the letter "p".inthezone said:Im surprised its been performing much better these days.
Im more surprised at the horrid SW sales. I dont get it, what are people doing with their PSPs!!!
inthezone said:Im surprised its been performing much better these days.
Im more surprised at the horrid SW sales. I dont get it, what are people doing with their PSPs!!!
Link said:Well, there's that, along with lowered expectations,
DeaconKnowledge said:I believe this is what they call revisionist history.
Jammy said:No. A good 75% of the elitist pricks on this site expected the PSP to wipe the handheld floor clean with DS.
Slavik81 said:Quite frankly, for almost a year, the PSP deserved to beat down the DS. By Christmas 2005, though, the DS had a killer library. And the DS Lite sealed the deal....
But I almost cried when my brother bought a DS, Super Mario 64 DS and Yoshi Touch'n'Go. It was pathetic.
theBishop said:I'm not surprised. I have 22 games on the PSP, its great. I use it even more than my iPod. Directly-downloading podcasts is a killer-app for me.
Too bad about the redesign though... built-in storage would've been aces. Oh well, if they can get a 16GB card out at a reasonable price, its just as good.
donny2112 said:
Weisheit said:"The idea of a handheld rivalry with Nintendo is an irrelevance, those formats don't appear in our planning. It's not a fair comparison; not fair on them, I should stress. That sounds arrogant, maybe, but it's the truth."
"With the DS, it's fair to say that Nintendo stepped out of the technical race and went for a feature differentiation with the touch screen, but I fear that it won't have a lasting impact beyond that of a gimmick - so the long-lasting appeal of the platform is at peril as a direct result of that."
"Nintendo knows its target audience, because it has really narrowed that down; and it's pretty much defined by a boy or girl's ability to admire Pokemon."
-Phil Harrison
Pretty much.
Judging by PSP software sales, there seems to be a lot of people still thinking that!Rocksteady33 said:I remember thinking when the system came out, why in the hell would I pay $50 for a portable game.
Manmademan said:with flash memory prices in freefall the way they are, the lack of internal memory doesn't really bother me. you can find 4 gig sticks now for around $50! 8 and 16 (when released) will be down to reasonable prices within a year or two.
Mustaphadamus said:what RPGs would you suggest for the PSP? Legend of Heros wasn't bad.