PSP titles selling like hotcakes!

[Nights]

- Capcom announced there are already over 400,000 pre-orders for the upcoming PSP action RPG Monster Hunter Portable 2nd, this is the largest pre-order quantity for a PSP game in Japan. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd will be released on February 22.

- Konami reported there is a delivery bottleneck for its PSP game Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, since its release on December 21, 2006, there is an unexpectedly high demands, leading the game sold out in most game shops across Japan. The company is trying to ship more copies next week to ease the demands.

source: the-magicbox.com

[Delirious]

So psp is doing good in japan eh? My hastings store just shrunk the psp section due to poor sales so I think its not doing so well here in the US.

[[Daniel Primed]]

But in saying that they have been the only PSP titles in the top 10 sales charts for Japan in the last month or so. Infact I think MGS was pushed to 15 last week with the top 14 or so being Nintendo only. There's been more titles around the 20-50 mark though. Although its still not that great compared to the DS and PS2 sales.

I'm plesantly suprised at MGS.

[VG Aficionado]

MGS selling well? What a surprise! :drunk:

[dementia]

whoops double post

[dementia]

PSP isn't exactly the most popular platform in Japan, and Kojima Productions wasn't expecting to make a profit on the development costs for the game. That's why it's such a surprise, and should ensure there won't be a PS2 port.

Interstingly, each Metal Gear Solid game has sold less copies than the previous one. Which is a shame, because I loved Snake Eater.

[masteratt]

MGS never sold that great which is really annoying because it is both an emotional and a game play benchmark for gaming that everyone should experience.

I will give up every game on both PS1 and PS2 for one MGS.

It's no surprise these titles sell as they are the only games that will spark enough interest in the hand-held marketplace to get sales.

Sony seems a bit fucked with the PSP and I think they now see it more as a multimedia device that is PS3s little brother rather than a console of it's own.

[VG Aficionado]

Kojima Productions wasn't expecting to make a profit on the development costs for the game. That's why it's such a surprise, and should ensure there won't be a PS2 port.When did they exactly say that???

Interstingly, each Metal Gear Solid game has sold less copies than the previous one. Which is a shame, because I loved Snake Eater.Not really. There aren't up to date figures for MGS3 and Subsistence. The last time I heard of sales figures they were nearly 4 million and that was well before Subsistence was released.

[dementia]

When did they exactly say that???

On a recent Kojima Productions podcast, Ryan Payton stated Hideo Kojima chose to Abbreviate Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops as "MPO", because it sounded like "NPO", or non-profit organization. After the two Ac!d games, KP was afraid they'd ostracized Metal Gear fans on PSP, and weren't optimistic about sales.

In North America, according to NPD, MPO only sold around 120,000 units, so it's doing much better in Japan where ironically the PSP is less popular.

Just for contextual comparison, Castlevania: PoR which had a much smaller budget than MPO and appeals to more niche market, sold 150,000 units in North America (NPD figures) and was released on the same day as MPO.

[VG Aficionado]

On a recent Kojima Productions podcast, Ryan Payton stated Hideo Kojima chose to Abbreviate Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops as "MPO", because it sounded like "NPO", or non-profit organization. After the two Ac!d games, KP was afraid they'd ostracized Metal Gear fans on PSP, and weren't optimistic about sales.Man, that has nothing to do with not expecting to make a profit, you're mixing and making things up! Yes, it's true that they liked that MPO sounded like NPO (because of the ties with Philanthropy (MGS2) and so), but there isn't anything else to it. Note that you said they didn't expect to make a profit. So, they released a game they didn't expect to be profitable??? That doesn't make sense at all.

[Viper]

So, they released a game they didn't expect to be profitable???To be honest, this happens more often than you might think. This usually is relegated to launch titles though.

What happens is they'll use a game to create a fan base first and make there money back on the sequel or other methods. Given that MGS series already has a fan base, I'm not sure they'd have not expected to make a profit on this one.

[VG Aficionado]

To be honest, this happens more often than you might think. This usually is relegated to launch titles though.

What happens is they'll use a game to create a fan base first and make there money back on the sequel or other methods. Given that MGS series already has a fan base, I'm not sure they'd have not expected to make a profit on this one.I understand what you mean and I'm aware of it, but that's not my point. I just mean dementia misinterpreted the whole MPO/NPO thing.

[cliffbo]

So psp is doing good in japan eh? My hastings store just shrunk the psp section due to poor sales so I think its not doing so well here in the US.

in japan the PSP is beginning to sell around 118,000 a week. things are picking up and i'm sure it will have wider implications for other territories.

[Viper]

Cliff, that was during the holidays and the numbers were lower this year than last year. Sorry.

[cliffbo]

Here are the latest Japanese console hardware sales for the week of Jan 1 - 7

Platform Sales Total (this year)
DS Lite 344,878
Wii 195,331
PSP 118,186
PlayStation 3 69,944
PlayStation 2 52,037
Xbox 360 18,235
GB Micro 3,311
GBA SP 2,364 2,364
GameCube 1,258
Nintendo DS 75
GBA 57

[Viper]

Yes, I know this. MGS: PO is causing the jump but even with that it's less than last year. http://forums.e-mpire.com/showthread.php?t=50512 Look for yourself.

[dementia]

Here are the latest Japanese console hardware sales for the week of Jan 1 - 7

It's not a trend though. for the week of 1/8 - 1/14, PSP sold only 45,000.