Comments on: Japanese hardware sales - PSP rampant

By: Hero of Canton

Hero of Canton — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:57:52 +0000

Musou Orochi is selling well actually. But that’s about it. Is there some kind of non-game peripheral for it over there? Like a TV tuner or something, perhaps?

By: patlike

patlike — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:37:04 +0000

Don’t forget the dock and remote control. An extra 300k units right there.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:34:55 +0000

The revised model kicked it off, a bundle of new colours sustained it. And… yeah, I’m pretty much struggling after that. They still don’t seem to be buying any games for it (other than Monster Hunter).

By: Hero of Canton

Hero of Canton — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:30:21 +0000

It’s very strange, this. It can’t just be Monster Hunter that’s behind the rise. Has there been a price cut? For the first time ever, DS looks like it’s struggling. Though that’s no doubt partly because Nintendo has started focussing internal development on Wii stuff, almost exclusively. Congrats to Sony, they’re clearly doing something right in Japan.

By: patlike

patlike — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:25:55 +0000

I saw a Dengeki poll yesterday that said Monster Hunter was the favourite game in the past year. Those wacky Japanese and their alternative tastes.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:24:04 +0000

They just keep buying Monster Hunter over and over again, as far as I can tell. And there’s a new colour machine every week so they all have to buy new hardware to maintain their collections.

By: patlike

patlike — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:14:23 +0000

You never know. I may actually buy one soon. Why are the Japanese so hot on it? What’s out for it at the moment over there?

By: Blerk

Blerk — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:02:42 +0000

PSP turnaround still makes me o_O.