So this 'PSP' thing is doing pretty well in Japan
by Andrew Yoon 
{ Jun 6th 2008 at 12:45PM }
We don't know what's wrong with the Japanese kids these days. They're into this thing called ... PSP? What is that? We hear that if ingested improperly, "PSP" can cause all sorts of brain damage. Don't do it because all your cool friends are doing it!- PSP: 71,986
- Wii: 50,851
- DS: 38,355
- PS3: 9,169
- PS2: 7,203
- 360: 1,959
[Via Nintendo Wii Fanboy]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Brodie-san @ Jun 6th 2008 12:54PM
God bless Monster Hunter 2
required @ Jun 6th 2008 1:54PM
The PSP game Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 3 tops Japanese charts, not Monster Hunter.
golden sapphire @ Jun 6th 2008 2:48PM
@ required
what was the name of the game that sparked the psp frenzy of late?
monster hunter 2
Alien @ Jun 6th 2008 1:18PM
God bless Monster Hunter and DS oversaturation :D
required @ Jun 6th 2008 1:55PM
The PSP game Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 3 tops Japanese charts.
strike @ Jun 6th 2008 1:49PM
cool
lonesomefolly @ Jun 6th 2008 4:02PM
Honestly, PSP might lack titles in the english market, but in the japanese? Its loaded. While nintendo lacks titles -everywhere-. Sure, you have zelda and mario remakes, but after going through them? fuuuck every system they make. (of course each system has two or three worth playing titles like wii has brawl and DS has ace attorney, but afterwards it turns into a nice paper holder)
required @ Jun 6th 2008 5:11PM
I think that there are a heck of a lot of titles. Here is a list of reviewed: http://www.metacritic.com/games/psp/alpha/ then there are things like these: http://www.psponme.com/list_psp.asp?cat=Arcade
lonesomefolly @ Jun 20th 2008 9:29AM
I meant good games
min @ Jun 6th 2008 2:14PM
Lol, why is 360 even on the charts? Take that shit off.
Jtenma @ Jun 6th 2008 2:37PM
OMG LOL!
farfisa @ Jun 6th 2008 9:52PM
Sadly, most of them thought they were buying an NAS.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/keepin-it-real-fake-part-cxx-sapido-nas-apes-another-xbox-360/
Neuromancer @ Jun 7th 2008 8:48AM
The 360 rocks dude, the Japanese that buy them are just very independently minded.
min @ Jun 7th 2008 10:19AM
You could be right, and it may be true. But that dosn't change the fact of how I feel about it. Alot of my cousins have 360, and friends. So I get to play it fairly enough. The only title I like on it that isn't on the other consols is gears of war. Everything else I choose PS3 over. I'm sure most of the japanese are quite disapointed with their 360. If not i'm sure they just enjoy the quality online play even though their community can care less for online.
cafecito @ Jun 7th 2008 4:26PM
The japanese don't care bout the 360 because they don't like FPSs. And over 50% of the 360 games are indeed, shooters.
112358 @ Jun 6th 2008 3:52PM
wow seriously how many weeks has it been now?
Maninatrunk77 @ Jun 6th 2008 4:05PM
PCP? LMAO! NICE! I think I caught myself saying PCP once talking about my psp... I really wish the psp would do as well as the wii, cause in my opinion the wii sucks, but I'm a hardcore gamer.
snake79 @ Jun 6th 2008 4:55PM
PS have always do well at the pacific. Cause over here we don't have sony. they just need to pump in some japanese style games and it will make it to the top. even with PS3 which is surprisingly lack of japanese style game. what is sony thinking anyway? don't they wanna make money with their ps3 and kick that 360 out of japan for good?
Sophia @ Jun 6th 2008 6:08PM
I love my PSP and i love my NDS. (a little bit more, sometimes) but this selling frenzy that the PSP is going through won't last much longer. There's a little game called, Dragon Quest IX that's coming to the NDS in a couple of months or whenever it gets released.
So that's all i have to say about that.
The PSP doesn't have that game. And you know how much the Japanese love them some Dragon Quest. An besides, everyone already owns NDS. It really doesn't need to sell anymore. lol Nintendo has made so much money off the DS over the years. The PSP is finally start to catch up. But it's already too late, IMO. The DS behemoth has done it's damage.
min @ Jun 6th 2008 10:08PM
Japan loves them some Birth By Sleep, and Dissidia. NDS is great, I love mine to death, just as much as my PSP. I think the japanese feel the same way. So hush hush and let be.
gundamfan @ Jun 6th 2008 6:23PM
Hahaha, what a coincidence!
At the beginning of the school year, my school showed us a video depicting the rules. One of the rules was "no electronics," and they listed some devices like iPods, phones, and some "PCP" device, with a picture of a pink PSP shown. We made fun of that pretty much all year.
cafecito @ Jun 6th 2008 7:26PM
Japan, Japan, Japan. It's all about Japan lately. Need I remind you we're in America?
min @ Jun 6th 2008 8:13PM
Need I remind you Japan makes just about all our games. Most of the good ones at least.
cafecito @ Jun 6th 2008 10:29PM
But we're not gettin any of that japn stuff =S
min @ Jun 7th 2008 10:28AM
Alot of it we don't get, true. I feel that Japan dosn't understand how much we appreciate alot of the games they don't release here. >;( So it causes people like me to start hoplaplxing. ;)
Saigon @ Jun 7th 2008 12:24PM
The problem is Japanese games don't sell as well as they do in...umm...Japan. Which is why Japanese devs are reluctant to bring them to other places. It also doesn't help that good psp games don't sell as well they should. ex. Crisis Core. If all of us embraced RPGs like how we do FPSs, then I don't think this problem would be as big as it is right now.
I've always wanted to learn the Japanese, and now I'm even more inclined to do so. Then I could start importing games like nobody's business.
min @ Jun 7th 2008 1:28PM
Well said, it's quite obvious to even the people who don't play games religiously. Alot of Japanese games are related to other things most people in America wouldn't understand and thats why they never sold, or they were just to out of this world for us. But I think today gamers and even some of the "people" have more appreciation for Japanese titles. And Japan has been more open to us lately but I still want more.
lonesomefolly @ Jun 20th 2008 9:29AM
I'm not!
cafecito @ Jun 7th 2008 2:31PM
Indeed. I've been wanting to learn the language for a while, too.
We're missing a lot of the cool japanese stuff, specially on PSP. And even tho I understand a little of spoken japanese, written japanese looks exceptionally hard to learn =S
Pilch @ Jun 9th 2008 10:23AM
Are we ALL in America? I could have sworn that I'm not, and some of the others reading this aren't either! ;-)
ssansonnn @ Jun 6th 2008 8:48PM
why it failed:
http://www.n4g.com/psp/News-154404.aspx
http://reelgamers.com/games/psp.html
required @ Jun 6th 2008 8:57PM
LOL, good luck with that.
Saigon @ Jun 7th 2008 12:32PM
Your post fails.
Lord Bowser @ Jun 7th 2008 8:34AM
Are all these Japanese playing Monster Hunter? Because that looks like the only game that consistently sells well on our platform.
strike @ Jun 7th 2008 10:12AM
To Required:
I thought I was the only one who used psponme!!! :D
Also, Monster Hunter is AWESOME!!! You can easily crack hundreds of hours, and still not get enough. I've been playing it for frickin ages now, but it's still keeps me occupied. Just the feeling of takin down something bigger than you. And when you do it with friends, i cant even explain the fun!!! Blah blah blah, blah blah blah......
brandon @ Jun 8th 2008 7:52PM
Man I knew psp would be great! I traded in my worthless paperweight Nintendo DS to get a ps3 game [uncharted] and got a psp [big one-my brother] for 50$. He got the new silver one anyway. It seems my brothers have also traded in their DS to. I got to say PSP is great-Driver 76,MGS PO, and Burnout Revenge is great. Those beat the DS out of the water. ANd they do so in japan!
John @ Jun 9th 2008 9:33AM
No way, japanese kids like psp, what a shocker! *sarcasm* Of course they buy psp from japanese company sony and wii and ds from japanese company nintendo, they're xenophobic. If its made by a japanese company regardless of what crap it is japanese will buy it.
AbdulahGiul @ Jun 9th 2008 1:13PM
My friends PSP is dead. DEAD. Understand? I paid all these monies to buy it but it sucks. No gaming, no nothing. Realy waste! I try to sell it to the bazzaar and buy a DS. Buy buy PSP