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[DeaconKnowledge]

Great news for Sony, though we'll have to wait a few months before we can determine if it's a long-term advantage or just a flash in the pan.

That said, it does seem weird that the PSP only saw a price drop in NA. Perhaps those rumblings of the device being dropped by retailers if it didn't lower its price were true?

 

[valkillmore]

Great news for Sony, though we'll have to wait a few months before we can determine if it's a long-term advantage or just a flash in the pan.

That said, it does seem weird that the PSP only saw a price drop in NA. Perhaps those rumblings of the device being dropped by retailers if it didn't lower its price were true?

nah that would make ABSOLUTELY no sense, unless there was another handheld on the way that might take up that retail space. can't be accurate, that rumor.

 

[antiloop]

I don't care if they drop the price of the console. What's holding me off here in Sweden is the price of the games.

 

[DenogginizerOS]

I contributed to this increase and I am loving the system. I just wish there were more PS1 games for download via PSN.

 

[bud]

a 300% increase of 0 is still 0

 

[kaching]

Which is the point of the quote: numbers are useless.

Obviously nobody in their right mind would be buying a PSP a couple days before the price drop.

But even if they were to use the sales from the last couple months (and not the last couple days), a couple day sample after a price decrease is meaningless. That's not a sample size worth crowing about... just a sensationalist headline by someone easily impressed.

The numbers aren't entirely useless. Even if the 300% is made up on the backend of depressed sales in the few days before, it still communicates the fact that people are aware of the price drop and indicates a continuing interest in the platform.

 

[Madman]

Can we PLEASE put it to rest that the PSP has no games? Every time I read that it gets even more rediculous.

 

[Oldschool]

GO PSP, GO!

 

[mckmas8808]

So I see nothing has changed on GAF. Any decent to good news about anything and some people get pissed. :lol

 

[AdmiralViscen]

I usually wait two weeks to determine a trend.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

is there a white one for the US yet?

 

[Mario]

a 300% increase of 0 is still 0

It probably equates closer to somewhere between a 20k to 25k increase in unit sales over those two days (using historical data as a base) than 0.

 

[Miburou]

a 300% increase of 0 is still 0

Is that the number of brain cells it took you to come up with that reply?

 

[Tabris]

I like how this thread got attacked right away with "Let me know when PSP has good games" (that kinda sounds like chadwarden btw) and "300% of 0 is 0" even though PSP is outselling some consoles.

 

[mckmas8808]

I like how this thread got attacked right away with "Let me know when PSP has good games" (that kinda sounds like chadwarden btw) and "300% of 0 is 0" even though PSP is outselling some consoles.

Bud was joking. He does that all the time. He's making fun of the trolls by acting like one. It's quite funny too I might add.

 

[TekunoRobby]

Drop to $150?

gangbusters

 

[AdmiralViscen]

I like how this thread got attacked right away with "Let me know when PSP has good games" (that kinda sounds like chadwarden btw) and "300% of 0 is 0" even though PSP is outselling some consoles.

Yea, that Bud guy is a real Nintendrone.

 

[kaching]

is there a white one for the US yet?

Not yet.

 

[DarienA]

Great news for Sony, though we'll have to wait a few months before we can determine if it's a long-term advantage or just a flash in the pan.

No its better to jump to conclusion(positive or negative) right now!

 

[Doom_Bringer]

This has to be worst price drop in the history of video game consoles or handhelds.

$30 price drop? Get outta here sony

 

[koam]

Ok, I don't believe this one bit unless it's a major spin on numbers. A $30 price drop would not dramatically increase sales numbers like. Are they comparing the 300% versus last month or versus the past couple of days of sales? If it's the former than no shit there's a 300% increase, it was easter weekend, most stores were closed and people were waiting for the price drop before buying.

 

[Lord Error]

If Capcom would announce UGnG 2, I think I would anticipate that more than most next-gen games!

Now, more realistically, I really hope PSP keep plugging through even if it doesn't "win" anything. It's a great handheld, with some really awesome games, and I want to see more such games on it.

Also, has there been an announcement about the GPS add-on for the western market?

 

[jee]

congratulations, sony!

 

[Apharmd Battler]

PSP needs an RE game. Hopefully the sales will spur good games and they can keep the momentum up. And since theres talk of 300 here, I just have to use this image despite its lack of Sony'ness.

LMAO!! :lol

 

[Brofist]

This has to be worst price drop in the history of video game consoles or handhelds.

$30 price drop? Get outta here sony

wasn't the last PS2 price drop even less $149-->$129. Guess Sony is all about the incremental price drops. Maybe we can expect a $579.99 60GB PS3 by the end of the year!

 

[Unison]

UMD movie sales were actually up 35 percent from 2005 to 2006, Koller said.

Wait... surely the user base increased by more than 35% from 2005 to 2006. This sounds like status quo at best to me. :lol

 

[Zweisy1]

Can you improve on perfection?

Perfection?

How about fixing the horrible analog nub and the unresponsive dpad? Those are the two main things that really need to be improved on.

 

[plagiarize]

Perfection?

How about fixing the horrible analog nub and the unresponsive dpad? Those are the two main things that really need to be improved on.

and the refresh/ghosting on the screen.

but lets not digress.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

If they did this last year they would have at least kept the US market.

 

[Barkley's Justice]

i just bought a used ds this past weekend and it's the silliest thing in the world

 

[bud]

Is that the number of brain cells it took you to come up with that reply?

yes

 

[Y2Kev]

PSP is a great system and deserves to sell!

I hope software sales are up! Sony needs to slash prices 10% on ALL games.

 

[vantastic]

the psp has a nice sales jump and now people say numbers are useless? :lol
thank you GAF!
seriously, i can't believe some people are trying to spin this.

 

[ZeoVGM]

comes with the surprising news that the UMD movie format is also making a bit of a recovery

I stopped reading at that bullshit.

300% in two days from a $30 price drop?

Right. April NPD will be an interesting dose of reality.

If they did this last year they would have at least kept the US market.

No, they wouldn't have.

 

[Mook1e]

Perfection?

How about fixing the horrible analog nub and the unresponsive dpad? Those are the two main things that really need to be improved on.

I've loved the functionality of the analog nub since I got my Japanese launch PSP, it just needed to be on the RIGHT side.

 

[Manmademan]

I've loved the functionality of the analog nub since I got my Japanese launch PSP, it just needed to be on the RIGHT side.

if it was only on the right side, you'd be forced to use the D-pad if you wanted to say...move and fire at the same time.

unless you're one of those freaks with two thumbs on your right hand.

Two nubs I can agree with tho

 

[Stumpokapow]

the psp has a nice sales jump and now people say numbers are useless? :lol
thank you GAF!
seriously, i can't believe some people are trying to spin this.

The spin is right in the original article.

If I say there is going to be a price drop next week, no one will buy anything until next week. I can't then say "look, sales increased week over week! Our product is hot!", because it's disingenuous.

Because this article does not say what the frame of reference is, and regardless of the frame of reference the "inceased" period is only two days, it's impossible to tell if this is hype or reality.

On the other hand, if the PSP's sales increased 300% year over year and maintained this massive boost in sales, the PSP would be by far and away the best selling video game system of all time.

The UMD quote is equally stupid. As was pointed out earlier in the thread, claiming that a 35% growth in unit sales when the system install base has grown more than 35% is actually claiming "we're selling less per system than before" which is not an impressive claim at all.

Or wait, I guess I should just go :lol GAF :lol NDF :lol Nintendorks owned!!! PSP! without even reading to find out whether or not this makes any sense?

 

[Xiaoki]

Proof that Sony should have dropped the price to $150 the week before the DS Lite released. But, hey, a small decrease after the 2 year anniversary is good too.
Hopefully Sony doesn't have the same stubbornness when it comes to the PS3.

 

[fhj]

This is good stuff.. Everybody deserves the PSP awesomeness.. Enough units out, and more titles will follow..

 

[cbjars]

300% is ambiguous. what are the numbers?

25 million shipped how many have sold worldwide 15mil if even that? Someone make some good charts

come get me when the psp gets some good games and is not a over-gloried mp3 player. I bet Sony would have more success if the marketed the PSP as a multimedia machine because it is certainly not a gaming machine.

 

[Durante]

come get me when the psp gets some good games and is not a over-gloried mp3 player. I bet Sony would have more success if the marketed the PSP as a multimedia machine because it is certainly not a gaming machine.

See you later.

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

...ANYWAY

Good to hear. I hope this means a better focus on the PSP this year, because Sony have been ignoring the hell out of the PSP as of late.

 

[itsme]

The war is over. It's just a matter of how badly DS will crush PSP.

 

[TheRagnCajun]

can't wait for LocoRoco 2 man

 

[Pureauthor]

can't wait for LocoRoco 2 man

I thought it was coming for PS3?

 

[NintendoGal]

...ANYWAY

Good to hear. I hope this means a better focus on the PSP this year, because Sony have been ignoring the hell out of the PSP as of late.

Yeah I'm hoping to see a bit more focus on it as well.

 

[Diablos]

I contributed to this!

 

[TheJollyCorner]

so much for that bullshit I learned in 7th grade about "nothing higher than 100%"

 

[Brak]

I thought it was coming for PS3?

supposedly both.

 

[kaching]

Because this article does not say what the frame of reference is, and regardless of the frame of reference the "inceased" period is only two days, it's impossible to tell if this is hype or reality.

Again, you can derive from this that people are taking a continued interest in the PSP, to have been aware of the price drop in the first place.

The UMD quote is equally stupid. As was pointed out earlier in the thread, claiming that a 35% growth in unit sales when the system install base has grown more than 35% is actually claiming "we're selling less per system than before" which is not an impressive claim at all.

It didn't take "per system sales" for everybody to knock UMD for simply have declining unit sales several months back, let's not move the goalposts when they post positive growth. And nobody said anything about this growth being "impressive" in the first place, just that there's a recovery. If you're going to claim the original article is guilty of the spin, you'd do well not to insert your own.