PSP sales mysteriously double in Japan [Update]

by Andrew Yoon { Dec 21st 2007 at 3:00PM }

We're happy for the PSP's newfound success in Japan. In fact, last week it sold 184,610 systems in Japan alone. That's more than double of last week's numbers! (That's actually more than any other system, minus the DS.)

But what could possibly have caused the sales increase? Could it have been Minna no Golf Portable 2? Only three games for the system made the top 50 charts this week, so it couldn't have been that. Perhaps it was firmware update 3.80 and its ability to record 1seg TV shows? It actually might just be that ...

[Update: Or it could be that new red PSP bundle. Whoops!]

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Kane @ Dec 21st 2007 3:31PM

Man if only software sales were NEARLY as good...

Brello @ Dec 21st 2007 4:28PM

Releasing some more worthwhile games for the Holiday shop-fest might have helped.

HAAS599 @ Dec 21st 2007 3:52PM

if sony releases a gps unit in USA they might see a jump like that here

Candace Savino @ Dec 21st 2007 4:01PM

It's probably due to the release of the "Deep Red" PSP, my friend ;)

B1gC72 @ Dec 22nd 2007 1:23AM

yea that was my guess as well. they go crazy for new colors of anything over there.

maverick_saturn_626 @ Dec 21st 2007 4:54PM

Or it could just be Xmas -_-

Jon @ Dec 21st 2007 5:16PM

PSPfanboy didn't know that there is a new red PSP?

But good sales though. Both DSL and PSP sales are mind boggling.

Secura @ Dec 21st 2007 6:48PM

Anyone hear of Christmas?

NotAFanboy @ Dec 22nd 2007 1:29AM

Most Japanese people don't celebrate Christmas.

Alien @ Dec 22nd 2007 4:00AM

Its because the new Red sistem .

Oh , and holiday fever had arrived to , so that could be to .

Unfortunatly , looking at the top 200 games in Japan , the attach ratio is only 0.5 - 1 ... ouch . Luckily the US did somwhere to 6-1 last week if I heard correctly , and thats enough to compensate Japans lacking software sales :)

pixelator @ Dec 22nd 2007 1:31PM

Thread hijack time: How the hell do you change your avatar?

Back to topic: It's the red system, but I can dream about games provoking higher sales, can't I?