Sony Sells 250,000 New PSPs in Four Days

[azzu]

Sony Corp sold about 250,000 units of the new version of the PlayStation Portable in Japan in the four days since its launch, a game magazine publisher said on Wednesday, roughly matching total Japanese sales of the original PSP in the two months through August.


Sony launched the new PSP, which is cheaper and slimmer than the initial model, on Sept. 20 in Japan in a bid to compete better with Nintendo Co Ltd's hot-selling DS Lite.

Both Sony and Nintendo released their handheld consoles, the PSP and DS, respectively, late in 2004.



But sales of the PSP, which can play movies, music and games, have recently been outshone by the DS Lite, the lighter version of the DS.

Sony sold 250,702 new PSPs in the four days through Sept. 23, compared with 275,223 units of the original PSP it sold in July and August in Japan, according to data from videogame magazine publisher Enterbrain.

The new PSP sells for 19,800 yen, which is 5 percent less than the original model and compares with 16,800 yen for the DS Lite.

[entrana]

nice so its finally out, i cant imagine why its cheaper though it has better hardware

[kirangp]

hardware gets outdated fast mate....They probably wouldnt have changed much from the original PSP

[pannaguma]

PSP = pagal sony playstation. Dont why people buy this piece of junk anyway.

[utsav]

^^isse sasta aur kahan milega itna powrful device

[pannaguma]

Originally Posted by utsav

^^isse sasta aur kahan milega itna powrful device

powerful it may be, but i just dont see what i'll do with less than 2GB? And what about the cost of the UMD's you'll need to buy to play more games???

[entrana]

people DO do it, and they are satissfied they find ways dude, so its not only 2gb there are also 8 gb chips..