Board 8 > Japan gaming system sales last week [PSP>all][Sony the best][lol 3DS]

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PSP 36,659
PS3 20,704
Wii 18,232
3DS 16,415
DSi LL 5,267
DSi 4,625
Xbox 360 1,616
PS2 1,594
DS Lite 138
PSP Go 7

Actually, I'm making this topic to point out just one thing. You bought PSP Go, didn't you?

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Pretty neat, the Japanese know where good gaming is at.

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PSP Go stocks are simply being sold until they run out. Shipments have ceased but precious few retailers still carry a couple of them.

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Ugh I hate that though.

It means PSP games will still be made over there even though the PSP is dead here.

From an international perspective it's digging them an even deeper grave. From a country perspective it's crazy cash though.

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PSP Go 7

XD

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I think it's pretty clear that most PSP developers/publishers are happy enough with their numbers in Japan, and has zero plan to bring it overseas where the market doesn't care anyway, so I'm sure they don't care one bit about "international perspective" >_>

But yeah, because of that, it's unfortunate that we will only see very few end-era PSP games outside Japan, and from the few I've seen/read, they look pretty ballin' (seriously that Queen's Gate game looks pretty fun!). Type-0 will almost certainly be the last big PSP game coming here (the only one left?) before Vita becomes relevant.

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Oh yeah, I wasn't denying the fact that the developers/publishers probably don't care. I'm talking about the state of the Japanese industry is all. A big chunk of the reason they've fallen behind so much this generation is because the West has moved toward HD visuals galore while the PSP has reigned supreme for such a long time over there.

Of course the DS has had a long history of being a remarkable powerhouse worldwide but when so many of your country's best developers are focusing plenty of their efforts on a handheld that Western countries have largely forgotten about (the PSP) you're going to lag.

I'm just talking about things from an industry-based standpoint. I'm sure the companies themselves are pretty happy with the results they're getting over there.

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so many of your country's best developers are focusing plenty of their efforts on...the PSP

Because PSP is pretty much perfect! These western countries just have weird taste!

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I do love me my PSP. :3

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Ehh, power switch could've been better.

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Power switch is the least of your problem; DS (Lite, not sure about other models) power switch location is not much better >_> (wait, we're talking about the location of the switch right?)

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No no, not the location.

I kept putting it to sleep when I want it off.

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PSP DA BEST

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seriously, i've put in more hours on my psp over the last two years than my ds and consoles put together

"goes back to playing BBS"

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BBS, Valkyria Chronicles II, Tactics Ogre, Peace Walker (okay, you don't have that one as an excuse anymore) but most of all Persona 3 Portable. Two playthroughs of around 90 hours each, starting on my third.

Remember the "battery dies" days? Man, the board has changed.

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Wasn't that just a few days ago?

Could've sworn the board still puts DS over the PSP.

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It probably does, but PSP seems quite loved unlike back then.

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I <3 my PS3, between PSone classics and the boatload of solid sleeper hit JRPGs on the system, in addition to the big titles colliding rattled off, why would I ever play the DS or 3DS?

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The main thing that makes PSP > DS such a non-issue is the emulation potential of the former. So awesome.

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You know things have changed when even I'm considering getting a PSP. It's gained credibility the old-fashioned way, by putting out good games that aren't simply PS2 knock-offs.

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But PSP is dead... Oh wait, not in Japan! Ah well, it's probably a bunch of VNs.

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