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[sonycowboy]

That table would be good if it wasn't for the fact that you have the wrong PSP total for the week of 01/17-01/23. That week the PSP sold 66,543 units (go back and check my correction in that thread). It seems like I've pointed this mistake to you a few times.

I knew it was off, and I posted the same thing before and you corrected me, but I couldn't find the damn thread. I keep forgetting to update my spreadsheet

Week #  Dates           Nintendo DS   Sony PSP       Diff    DS LTD    PSP LTD    LTD Diff  Weeks to Pass
48      11/31-12/05         468,883                   N/A   468,883          0    -468,883         NEVER
49      12/06-12/12         198,892    160,019    -38,873   667,775    160,019    -507,756         NEVER
50      12/13-12/19         221,625     85,059   -136,566   889,400    245,078    -644,322         NEVER
51      12/20-12/26         396,674    107,217   -289,457 1,286,074    352,295    -933,779         NEVER
52      12/27-01/02         209,522    129,957    -79,565 1,495,596    482,252  -1,013,344         NEVER
1       01/03-01/09         108,561     62,052    -46,509 1,604,157    544,304  -1,059,853         NEVER
2       01/10-01/16          53,527     64,602     11,075 1,657,684    608,906  -1,048,778          94.7
3       01/17-01/23          44,608     66,543     21,935 1,702,292    675,449  -1,026,843          46.8
4       01/24-01/30          43,226     74,405     31,179 1,745,518    749,854    -995,664          31.9
5       01/31-02/06          29,552     48,781     19,229 1,775,070    798,635    -976,435          50.8
6       02/07-02/13          26,205     45,972     19,767 1,801,275    844,607    -956,668          48.4
7       02/14-02/20          22,363     38,314     15,951 1,823,638    882,921    -940,717          59.0
8       02/20-02/27          26,761     41,867     15,106 1,850,399    924,788    -925,611          61.3
9       02/28-03/06          25,759     47,633     21,874 1,876,158    972,421    -903,737          41.3
10      03/07-03/13          26,537     46,307     19,770 1,902,695  1,018,728    -883,967          44.7

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

These numbers won't stay stable for months on end. If the ratio stays the same (PSP outselling DS by nearly 2:1 every week), then it will catch up much faster when the hardware market is more active.

Since PSP started outselling DS mid-January, the most it has outsold DS is 1.85:1, with an average of 1.59:1. If the ratio continues at about 1.6:1, PSP will reach DS with an additional 1,473,278 units, whenever that comes.

It's obvious that the only reason that PSP was selling so well is because of the prolonged effect of the launch shortage. Now that the launch demand had tapered off, we are beginning to see the that the demand for the system is not too hot...

Oh wait.....

Not the only reason, of course, but it certainly helps. PSP has now reached the total DS was at ~December 25. And of course, demand HAS dropped off, as to be expected; it just didn't have as much to fall from due to early supply. PSP is now selling what DS was selling when PSP overtook it in weekly sales.

Sonycowboy... your chart is very much like my own, but I think you've got a week wrong there, which is throwing off some of the other stats, such as Weeks to Pass. For the week of January 17-23 the initially posted PSP and PS2 numbers were accidentally switched, so PSP got 66,543 that week rather than 56,274. Changing to the more accurate amount tends to make PSP catch up to DS half a week sooner.
EDIT BEFORE POSTING: Well, guess that's taken care of.


So I thought of some exciting new ways to play with the data. Like, we all know DS is nearly a million ahead of the PSP, but what if we ignore the amount it sold in the week-ish before PSP launch? Its first week was 468,883. Getting rid of 6/7 of the second week is an additional 170,479 units. So if we look at things since the PSP launched, it's PSP 1,018,728; DS 1,263,333, giving PSP fully 44.6% of the post-PSP non-GBA portable Japanese market.

 

[madara]

WTF is with Ys 6? Supposed millions of "anime" fans dont game.

 

[jarrod]

WTF is with Ys 6? Supposed millions of "anime" fans dont game.

It sold a good 500k on PC, I dunno. I think even Ys Eternal Story sold better initially (20k iirc)... Konami got ripped off. :/

 

[Companion Cube]

Maybe people try to buy it but don't know how to say it.

"Can I get w...ee....i...y... gimme Dynasty Warriors"