PSP smashes UK sales records

By Kristan Reed Published 6 September, 2005

185,000 units sold in first 4 days

Sony's PSP console has become the fastest-selling games console of all time in the UK, selling an incredible 185,000 units in its first four days on sale according to official Chart-Track figures.

The total figure set by Sony is more than double managed by the Nintendo DS, which managed the record-breaking tally of 87,000 when it debuted back in March of this year.

But the Chart-Track figures are all the more remarkable on this basis that the PSP's £179.99 price tag was considered by many commentators as expensive for a handheld system. Indeed, with the Nintendo DS priced at around £99.99, there were fears that Sony's pricing strategy would put punters off buying the system until the games line-up improved.

However, such fears about the sales of software appear to be unfounded, with nine PSP titles figuring in the UK's All Formats Top 10, and 20 out of the 24 launch titles breaking into the All Formats Top 40.

The top honours went to Namco's Ridge Racer, with Sony's Wipeout Pure at No.3, Sega's Virtua Tennis at No.4, Konami's Metal Gear Acid at No.5, followed by Need For Speed Underground Rivals (No.6), Midnight Club 3 (No.7), TOCA Race Driver 2 (No.8), Tony Hawk's Underground Remix (No.9) and Spider-Man 2 (No.10).

Home-grown footy title World Tour Soccer propped up the top ten at No.11 following strong sales on day one. Elsewhere, Lumines debuted at No.12, Everybody's Golf at No.13, and Archer Maclean's Mercury at No.18.

Meanwhile, UK retailers enjoyed a bumper weekend on the back of the long-awaited launch, grossing a whopping £33.3 million in hardware sales alone. With software and accessories factored into the equation, the launch was worth well over £50 million to UK retail, helping to make up for an exceptionally poor summer, and setting up a bumper end to the year.

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Kristan is a former editor of Eurogamer, dad, Stone Roses bore and Norwich City supporter who sometimes mutters optimistically about Team Silent getting back together.

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  • ave #1 7 years ago

    So all sony's shit over importing didnt really matter after all?

    Importing doesnt seem to have affected sales...

  • Tiiti #2 7 years ago

    dear god

    14 of those launch titles are in in the top 20 as well o_0
    I know, bundles do help, but still... dear god

  • ProfessorLesser #3 7 years ago

    It would be nice, just for once, to see justice done on Sony.

  • elvenearth #4 7 years ago

    So will Europe end up being the biggest market for the PSP?

  • Eraser #5 7 years ago

    Europe will be shit on by Japanese companies like always.

  • smelly #6 7 years ago

    Well it's good to see uk gamers with as good as taste as ever! *cough*.

  • Talha #7 7 years ago

    Of course justice was done to Sony. They came out with a spectacular looking machine with an amazing screen and a good-ish portfolio of first-wave titles! Let's hope future games are more optimized for portable fun, which is the point by the way.

  • Scimarad #8 7 years ago

    Good, maybe they'll start releasing a few more games on it know:-)

    Very good news.

  • inomine #9 7 years ago

    Well, this was a nice pleasant surprise. Sony created a kick ass system and despite the high price people went out and bought it. Good job Sony, now go and kick some of your third party devs into creating some original games for it ;)

  • Oceadge #10 7 years ago

    What's with Lumines, Everybody's Golf and Archer Maclean's Mercury outside the top ten?

  • PES_Fanboy #11 7 years ago

    This bodes badly for the initial price of the PS3 - Sony will see people happy to fork out £180 for a handheld and create a record number of sales, so my bet is, PS3 will be £400+

  • tiddles #12 7 years ago

    What's that sound I hear... fanboys spitting out their cornflakes?

  • ishigo #13 7 years ago

    "bizarrely unique titles" - give it time, once the platform has been established more solidly they will come... (imagine Katamari PSP..!)

  • Umbala #14 7 years ago

    I think the PSP is a nice machine, but I become largely annoyed on the symptomes of the Sony-syndrome taken to portable gaming; i.e. long loading times and such. Lumines is wonderful, so is Wipeout Pure.

    But there isn't a single game that you can pick up, put it in, play for a few minutes and then stop it. Wipeout is a frustrating experience if you don't have much time -- intro load, intro texts, intro movie, select profile, choose game mode, loading pause... and the game itself where you can play is ready in a bit over a minute. I just wished they'd made the whole beginning the game process a bit less frustrating.

  • petebritish #15 7 years ago

    Which games are best for loading times? are there any games to avoid due to long loading?

  • Derblington #16 7 years ago

    Umbala - that's what the sleep function's for.

  • Blerk #17 7 years ago

    Is anyone really surprised by this? Sony aimed squarely at the mass market with both the hardware and the software. It hit all the things that the majority of buyers want, and it sold bundles and bundles of them. Where's the surprise?

    /shrugs

  • trevd72 #18 7 years ago

    i realise that a few of you dont like the PSP, but i like games, and i like the DS and PSP. The PSP does deserve the sales it has recieved it is a top piece of kit even though its expensive over here. get over yourselves, if you dont like it do the following:

    dont buy it
    shut up
    put a smile on your face you miserable bastards.

  • Riskbreaker #19 7 years ago

    So the 'early adopters' have put there money where there mouth is....... but will PSP's continue to sell at this rate to the rest of the gaming public? Maybe the high price will put off the more 'casual gamers' out there till the price drops......?

  • Derblington #20 7 years ago

    Disc - I'd say Mercury has the longest loading from all the games I've played (Merc, RR, WoP+EGolf). Maybe it's just because it's a much slower game too?

  • Xerx3s #21 7 years ago

    So, do they (sony, ms, ninty, etc.) now realise that Europe is the primairy market? If not, we might convince them by not buying games for 2 months. That should put them out of buisiness.

    "Well it's good to see uk gamers with as good as taste as ever! *cough*." - Not just the uk mate.

    Anyway, this brings out the old sony fanboy argument: "Something that sells this good, must be good.". Well, no. It means that there are 185,000 ppl who have never played a DS, got bad advice from the sales rep. or really just dont care and want to play Mercury that badly (the only game that i thought was worth playing on the demo stand). Quantity does not make quality. The DS/GBA (soon GBM) still has more and better games.

    Ow and if quantity really means that much, lets see if the psp outsells the ninty machines in the long run.

  • Jmog #22 7 years ago

    "are there any games to avoid due to long loading?"

    Gretzky NHL has ludicrously long loading times. Mercury is lightning fast in comparison. Wipeout is about 15 seconds in loading a new level. Fired Up is shite, but has practically no loading times.

  • motslaps #23 7 years ago

    does anyone know UMD Movie sales stats?

  • deepmenace #24 7 years ago

    as i thought - the psp is the bling-chav must buy item.

    The amount of tracksuit wearing buyers wielding carrier bags full of old trade-in kit was.....erm.....thoroughly believable.

    This was always on the cards.

  • Tonka #25 7 years ago

    that's what the sleep function's for

    Really, I thought it was for when I have to change trains in the middle of a game. A function to allow me to save battery power and pause at the same time. Do people use it as a way to have quick access to their games? Does it really take that long to 'get gaming' that you have to set the game up before you feel like playing, just in case you might feel like it in a while?

    I'm not a PSP owner, but I do commute 3hrs a day, so this is an earnest question.

  • Derblington #26 7 years ago

    Xerx3s - once again acting the tit.

  • Tommyc352 #27 7 years ago

    Hmm i am very suprised at this, and now have a dreaded feeling Sony will feel justified in their delaying tatics in relation to the UK release of the PSP, and their efforts at targeting importers over any future release's!

    Doh!

    Has anyone tred to take US/Jap games into places such as Game to try and get another title etc?
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 09:13

  • Derblington #28 7 years ago

    Tonka - it's useful for both those things. If you leave the machine for 2 mins or more it shuts things down to save battery - like a moniter's power saving features. It doesn't take long to get gaming but if you only have 5 mins to play and you want to maximise that time, then the sleep function is good. I think a lot of people leave it in sleep most of the time anyway.
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 09:16

  • drumbaby #29 7 years ago

    Not surprised by article at all...I'm only surprised they didn't sell more.

  • joey #30 7 years ago

    As a very keen gamer, but a poor one this is very good news, particularly the huge numbers trading in stuff. My local Game had so many people trade SP's for the DS I got a mint boxed Zelda SP and the minish cap game for £29. Looking forward to the 360 launch, perhaps a few of those 'chavs' will get sick of the load times and trade a few PSP's! Well done Sony perhaps this will give the big N the nudge they need to speed up Euro launches.

  • V0oD0o #31 7 years ago

    I leave mine in sleep all the time, the only game that doesn't like this sometimes is Lumines, but hey, that takes only a few moments to load anyhoo.

    PSP outsells DS? I think I might have a bacon sandwich to celebrate.

  • dr_zoidthrob #32 7 years ago

    It'll be interesting to see what the second week sales figures are

  • #33 7 years ago

    Ok so the Psp sell's well in the UK, I dont think anyone ever doubted that it would , but so do EA games , and at one stage so did records by Gary Glitter...It really only goes to prove how stupid the masses are i mean if I did actually want one of these "things" I
    would have got a better (emulator-wise) system at a lower price a year ago. Anyway Im sure this story will keep the Sony FB's happy for a while , little things please little minds.
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 09:30

  • Derblington #34 7 years ago

    "It really only goes to prove how stupid the masses are"

    Petay - you have a problem, just leave it. If they'd sold less you would've said the mass market wanted the DS. You don't want one - fine - we know, stfu.

  • Teeth #35 7 years ago

    Jolly good show, certainly due to the desirability of the console combined with some excellent marketing and some popular franchises at launch. That's how you launch a console, folks.

  • IronGiant #36 7 years ago

    There sure are plenty of toys on the floor today.

  • Derblington #37 7 years ago

    Petay yeterday - "Hehe so you actually have to give them away now? not a surprise i guess."

    Petay today - "Ok so the Psp sell's well in the UK, I dont think anyone ever doubted that it would"

  • #38 7 years ago

    Its good you pay so much attention to my posts derblington hopefully you will learn something.

    Edit - Derb's expected reply - "yeh tetay i learned that youre a nob ed innit bruv"
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 09:46

  • the creeper #39 7 years ago

    Xerx3s said:
    "It means that there are 185,000 ppl who have never played a DS, got bad advice from the sales rep. or really just dont care and want to play Mercury that badly."

    Get over yourself. I've played a DS and think the PSP suits me far more. And I'm no n00b - I work in the industry and rate the PSP far higher. To me the DS is gimmicky and of limited appeal and lifespan. Yes Mercury is a fantastic game, but I'm also looking forwards to playing the likes of Burnout on it against other people and, of course, a proper GTA game (which is likely to sell more PSPs than anything else anyway - as long as it's up to scratch).

    "Quantity does not make quality. The DS/GBA (soon GBM) still has more and better games."

    The only reason they have more games is because the GBA has been around for donkeys years - your argument really doesn't hold much water. And as for the GBM - don't get me started... I've never seen such an overpriced and extraordinarily pointless piece of kit. £70 for that! You must be kidding. It's got a screen that's too small to read in game text (games haven't been made for the last five years with a screen that size in mind). The SP was the definitive GBA - and that fitted in the pocket just fine.

    "Ow and if quantity really means that much, lets see if the psp outsells the ninty machines in the long run."

    This ones giong to be interesting. Whilst it could go either way, I wouldn't be too confident about Ninty winning this one. What is clear is that they're unlikely to ever have the market dominance they've enjoyed until now, again. I'm not suggesting Sony will have 50% of the handheld market a year from now as Ninty are well and truly established, but to discount the PSP (even over the long term) would be ludicrous.

    Besides, there's no reason why the PSP and DS can't live happily alongside each other. After all, everybody has their preference and therefore there is a market for both. Which can only be good news for the consumers.
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 09:50

  • Furbs #40 7 years ago

    Heh, Petay takes the piss out of "chavspeek" but then uses the term "son" to refer to people he doesnt know...

  • octo #41 7 years ago

    On launch day, a colleague went to the Sony shop and bought one for his birthday. When he came back to the office and charged it up, for the next three hours random strangers of nearly every demographic came up to him and purred over his new toy.

    Including me. It's a lovely looking piece of kit and mainstream or not it deserves every chance of success. As for the import issue, it's a thorny one. On the one hand Sony have the right to sell the machines they make whenever they like in whatever territory they like. On the other hand suing importers over a trademark infringement seems like lunacy to me. Certainly sue them over breaking a territory embargo but over rights infringement? I didn't understand it then and I don't understand it now.

  • Teeth #42 7 years ago

    There was a good quote on another website I read, and it went like this:

    "there is nothing wrong with anything ever, if anyone disagrees they are a communist and must be shot 9 times in the lower torso and thrown out of an aeroplane onto the top of a mountain"

    People should be barred from talking about the DS in PSP threads and vice versa!

  • smelly #43 7 years ago

    (looks at chart)

    Beats me why people want to play the games they've already played on their home consoles (and are more suited to home consoles) on a handheld, with longer loading times and worse graphics?

    Especially nfs (which apparently is terrible!)

  • Furbs #44 7 years ago

    Because good games are good games, no matter where you play them?
    Or because not everyone already owns them, or owns a PS2?
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 10:01

  • Derblington #45 7 years ago

    "Derb's expected reply - "yeh tetay i learned that youre a nob ed innit bruv""

    I didn't call you any names and I don't write 'chav'. I know what you're suggesting but it's just making you look more stupid. Nice one.

  • joey #46 7 years ago

    Fluffy - as you think the DS is shit I take it your gonna sell it cheap yeah??? I mean I fully agree, it's a worthless load of crap, why the box is more fun than the machine. It's really really poor quality and the games are terrible, this does affect it's used value. And dont get me started on that totally useless touch screen - what a joke, again this brings the price down.

    Also, all the others here with a DS 'on the shelf gathering dust' please let me know so I can help you get rid of these heaps of crap. xx
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 10:06

  • Derblington #47 7 years ago

    "Beats me why people want to play the games they've already played on their home consoles (and are more suited to home consoles) on a handheld, with longer loading times and worse graphics?"

    I'm not playing games I've already played and I think RR and EGolf are much more suited to the PSP gameplay than the PS2 - RR's 'custom tour' mode is brilliant. The load times are all smaller than a lot of console titles I've played over the last year and the graphics are superb! Even if you had all the bells and whistles of the PS2 much of it would be lost on the smaller screen.
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 10:06

  • TheDifficult3rdAlbum #48 7 years ago

    /numbnuts question alert

    Does leaving on sleep use up a lot of battery power?

  • Derblington #49 7 years ago

    "Does leaving on sleep use up a lot of battery power?"

    Nope.

  • Lutz #50 7 years ago

    Nice skew-whiffiness in the stats. PSP hasn't outsold the DS 185,000 to 87,000, as it sold 185,000 in 4 days, compared to DS's 87,000 in 2 days.

  • tengu #51 7 years ago

    Hmm, nice showing from the bitter anti-PSP crowd for so early in the morning. I suppose it'll even out when the next Xbox 360 story comes in :)

  • trevd72 #52 7 years ago

    just a thought. are you people who slag off the PSP enlessly (or any other console) just plain poor.....even poorer than chavs.

    like i said in my other post i like games. In my "dads corner" which is the couch arm up against the wall i have my my GBA, DS, PSP and slim PS2 with 8" screen. these are for when i want to watch corra and play games. The Xbox is for online killing and the gamecube for family games. My point is that I pity you losers who deny yourselves gaming experience because of your own misinformed prejudices. If you cant afford one fair enough cos your poorer than chavs, if you have not got the time to invest in another consoles games, fair enough.

    Those who just want to sit there slagging off other peoples stuff......is it cos you have small dicks or were bullied at school. To attach your own status to your car, mobile, console is what chav boy racers do living in council houses and shit. Generally these people dont have the important things in life like an education, meaningful employment and perhaps a life. Just generalising, but if the hat fits........

  • Teeth #53 7 years ago

    Why is the PSP mainstream jaspoid?

  • joey #54 7 years ago

    Sorry Fluffy, just kidding, and you are rignt, the PSP is a wonderful bit of kit, I'm just pissed I cannot afford one! Wish you luck on Ebay, they seem to be going for good money. I'm going to hang on to mine as I cannot wait for Mario Kart etc, just a shame N take so long!

  • gamingdave #55 7 years ago

    Lutz, you really dont expect Sony stats to be "skew-whiffiness" free do you ;)

    Well done Sony, suprised at the figures I must say. Didnt expect so many purchases at that price point. Would be interesting to know how many were bought with cash, and how many were from mass trade-ins. I bet game's swimming with old copys of Fifa as we speak.

    Lumines and Golf being bellow Spiderman, NFS, and even MGA is a joke, but then we dont know how all these games were sold, and if they were in bundles. I imagine there will be a LOT of people taking MGA back when they realise what it actually is. Ive tried to like it, and there is a good game amongst all those cards, but its really not like the console versions.

    Was in game over the weekend, getting a car cig adapter, and overheard the sales peoples patter. Jesus there was some rubbish coming out of there mouths, and I couldnt believe people were buying the £400 package.

  • c.lo #56 7 years ago

    Stat monkeys! Sold more in 2 days, sold more in 4 days.... etc

    Whats the point? Somebody gets paid to make up these bullsh!t stats and its as bad as politics!

    About DS vs PSP, we all know that will be the DS will eventually lose because developers dont see it as a money making platform.

    Its N64 v Playstation all over again! lol

  • redd #57 7 years ago

    ok this will make PS3 come out for 850 euros.

  • Furbs #58 7 years ago

    Well, MGA and Spiderman were often bundled games so would get a sales boost. Havent seen EGolf bundled anywhere and lets be honest, has never really sold well over here. Lumines has been bundled in alot of places, but will the average gamer decide to spend £35 on a puzzle game? Even I was reluctant and only got it due to Dixons offer.

    This bollocks about popular = chav is such crap. Lost got Channel 4's highest ever rating - does that mean its shit? England games always get good viewing figures, does that mean all England fans are chavs? More people voted Labour than Tory - does that mean all non-Torys are chavs? Eurogamer is arguably the most popular european based independent games website, so we must all be chavs.

    Stop trying to be cool by claiming you're less mainstream than the rest of us. If you dont like the PSP for the cost, the games, the design, the company behind it, fine, those are valid reasons. But the "its shit cos it sells well" is the sort of argument kids trying to be goths in the first year of college come out with.

  • trevd72 #59 7 years ago

    "pity you losers who deny yourselves gaming experience because of your own misinformed prejudices. If you cant afford one fair enough"

    jaspoid - I was not getting at people who cant afford one, I was getting at people who cant afford one but will call it a chav accessory and so on rather than say well its a tad more than my budget i will get one when it is cheaper. I was also getting at the people who feel the need to restrict themselves to one console for whatever reason and then go on endlessly about others being fools for not making the same choice as them. They are the fools, variety is the spice of life.....its like restricting yourself to one women from the age of 16, or one friend on a less sexist note. I admit this was not clear in my post, as i was slighted pissed off when i wrote it and it turned into a rant..

  • Royal Fool #60 7 years ago

    So, how many of those purchases were made in the belief that it would play PS2 games?

  • gamingdave #61 7 years ago

    Well said Furbs, I know a few who bought PSPs at the weeknd (I got a US one a while back) and theyre not chavs. One of them did fall for it for its looks and refuses to get a DS because its ugly, but thats another issue.

  • Furbs #62 7 years ago

    Eh? How would anyone think you could fit a CD\DVD inside one? Anyone who buys one in the first week would have done some reading on it. You dont just put down £180+ even "chavs".

  • smelly #63 7 years ago

    Im not bothered in the slightest whether "console A" sells more than "console B".

    I am concerned by the type of games which are selling - most of which are not really suited to handhelds (or even half good in some cases).

    Makes me worry about mainstream gamers and the crap they buy (thus meaning more crap becomes available, and less quality products get made).

    Look at the charts.. great innovative games such as lumines and mercury arent to be seen.. but crap like nfs is!


    Edited by 2 at 06/09/05 @ 10:53

  • #64 7 years ago

    Its funny i would usually agree with Trevd72 as i do and always have owned all the major console's but like i said before if i wanted a psp i would have got a better version months ago the reason i didnt is because there wasn't a single game i seriously wanted on it, the same stands now except to get a UK psp cost's more and doesn't allow emulation at the moment (atleast if i could have played zelda on it i could have pretended it was a gameboy colour) The only reason to own one of these systems is because it looks nice. In a year when it costs £89.99 and it has some decent software i might buy one.

  • skillian #65 7 years ago

    It's naive to think that any puzzle game might sell more than a good-looking, exciting action game. Tetris was the exception, not the rule.

    Any chance of putting the word chav in a swear filter or something? Many of these posts have an unpleasant whiff of snobbery about them.

    Well done to Sony, they made a great-looking machine and made it do what people want (good graphics, mp3, movies). Maybe a bit expensive but the public don't seem to agree!

  • mustardkid #66 7 years ago

    well done everyone who slags off PSP for being "mainstream"

    has it not occurred to you that not liking something because lots of other people like it is just as simple minded and crap as liking something cos everybody else likes it.

  • Furbs #67 7 years ago

    smelly - So you're telling me Lumines would make 12th in the All Formats top 20 normally? The "mainstream" got it there. And anyway, whats so original about it? Its a spin on Columns, and Mercury is a variation on Monkey Ball (itself a variation on Marble Madness).

    I think one thing to remember about the PSP - its a portable console as much as a handheld. As such, it might seem that some of the games dont suit on the move gaming. But I remember Super Mario Land on the GB being huge with no way of saving progress or passwords. That seemed to be well received.

  • Royal Fool #68 7 years ago

    Yes, the chart games has me worried... even if they are only launch games...

    And there's another problem here, one that may indeed shape Sony's policy (And possibly other companies) in the coming years - their product sells like crazy at launch, despite a huge delay and their stupid attacks on importers.

    I bet Sony are smiling all the way to the bank now, as no lesson was learned.

  • RandolphScott #69 7 years ago

    OK

    Virtua Tennis 9/10
    Lumines 9/10
    Ridge Racers 9/10
    Everybody's Golf 8/10

    ...on this very website

    {sarcasm}
    I wish they'd stop churning out crap for the PSP.
    {/sarcasm}

  • Furbs #70 7 years ago

    The other perspective though is that by waiting 9 months, we got one of the best launch line ups ever (in terms of quantity, quality and variety). I'd have got frustrated had I been waiting 9 months, but then I didnt get over excited and read every article about it. Wasnt till the weekend before launch I decided to get one so it wasnt too bad for me :)

    Edit: Dont forget Wipeout (9/10)!!
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 11:00

  • #71 7 years ago

    "by waiting 9 months, we got one of the best launch line ups ever "

    PMSL ...The word deluded springs to mind.

  • Furbs #72 7 years ago

    Name a console launch which had games which matched the 5 mentioned above. I'm refering to LINE UP here. Not single stand out titles.

    Edit: Bearing in mind that I bought both previous Nintendo home consoles on launch date, if you use them as an example you'll struggle to convince me.
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 11:07

  • Derblington #73 7 years ago

    I thought you could emulate on the 1.5, and with the downgrader from 1.52 to 1.5 we're laughing surely?

  • trevd72 #74 7 years ago

    Petay_Pan - fair enough you dont want one....do you think people who have one or want one are wrong?

    skillian - I am a self confessed snob. i grew up in a colliery village (like something from the wild west) and live in chavville, full of tracksuit mothers wearing all of thier catalogue gold at once pushing babies in prams with greggs sausage roll all over them. and their useless boyfriends/husbands on incapacity benefit cos there is more money on the sick. However i do have a dirt cheap mortgage in chavville (thats how i can afford all my toys). I have a problem with workshy scroungers who drive banger BMW's thinking that being a member of the benefit class is the best thing ever. Like my wife asked - "are you jealous of them having the life they want and not having to work?" Yes I am jealous of the scrounging no-hoping chav the problem is i want more from life so i could not live the live of a Chav. For that I have a job that is a waste of my degree, working for a scottish nazi. at a german company (the germans do fit the stereotype) living next to a racist lazy bastard who dresses like he is from the hood (the irony is lost on him) I HATE CHAVS - but love games.

  • Derblington #75 7 years ago

    Whether you like the console or any of the games - the amount available on launch makes it one the best launches ever. The fact that a handleful of the games are great makes it even better.
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 11:09

  • #76 7 years ago

    Furbs I dont want 3 conversions, a tennis game and an unoriginal puzzler , who wants to spend 180 on the system and then buy 5 conversions/average titles,Quality is always better then quantity , just one super game would have been nice.

    Edit - I dont care what EG say i dont concider wipeout a killer app ...soz
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 11:15

  • #77 7 years ago

    nah trev its not wrong to own one, or want one, i prolly would too if it had a single game on it that excited me.

  • Furbs #78 7 years ago

    Right, so YOU dont like the launch titles and hence its not one of the best launch line ups? PMSL ...The word arrogance springs to mind
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 11:16

  • #79 7 years ago

    Where as furbs you DO like the Chavtastic launch titles and that makes it the best launch EVER even if it did take 9 months. arrogant?

  • tengu #80 7 years ago

    God, but you are such a tiring moron petay-pan. Just sod off to the Xbox comments already, and leave those of us who've actually played a PSP in peace.

  • #81 7 years ago

    Oh as usual Tengu slips in halfway through a thread jumping to the defence of his organ grinding masters. just sad.

  • statix101 #82 7 years ago

    Suckers.....one born every minute....

    Hear Mr Sony, take my money, i love you sooo much, even though you treat my country like dog shit and try and stop me from internet purchase's.....and you charge rip off prices, oooh i love you sooo much....take my money...please.....

    Twats

  • #83 7 years ago

    Statix i heard theres a golden ticket inside one of the UK Psp's to win a bumlove date with ken kutaragi ....explains the sales i guess...

  • tengu #84 7 years ago

    Halfway through? I posted earlier you dunce, and I don't have any 'masters', I'm not the one posting here from school after all.

    And if you want to talk sad, how about you coming into this thread this early in the morning to spout your usual fanboy garbage? Looking at the number of posts you've already made, it looks rather desperate... pathetic even...

    I'm well bored with you now you spanner, but at least your little love buddy statix is hee to give you a reach around, eh?
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 11:28

  • Furbs #85 7 years ago

    Edit - Petay. I, along with the reviewers here (see the scores?), some of the 185,000 people who 12 of the top bought titles this week, and alot of people on Game Rankings seem to like the games...

    Lets take a look at some previous launch titles shall we...
    Xbox: Halo, Project Gotham Racing and Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee (all from Microsoft Games Studios) and the following from 3rd-party publishers/developers: Max Payne (Take-Two Interactive), Dead or Alive 3 (Tecmo), FIFA World Cup 2002 (Electronic Arts) and Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions (Activision).

    So wheres the originality there? One stand out title, followed by ports, sequels or racers.

    I've already mentioned Nintendo - a decent Mario game doesnt not constitute a launch line up.

    Dreamcast - Well, to be honest, you've got me there, I struggle to name the killer app! Powerstone? Ready 2 Rumble?

    PS2 - Wasnt it derided for its launch titles?

    Snes - see my comments about a Mario game

    Megadrive - Sonic and Altered Beast hmmm
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 11:27

  • #86 7 years ago

    And so how exactly does the Psp differ from that list furbs ? It doesnt. and whats the one "stand out" title for psp?
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 11:30

  • Furbs #87 7 years ago

    Theres more, theres more choice, and I would wager, the games have scored higher on average than the other launch lineups.

    Edit: Stand out title? Does there have to be one? Given me 3-4 very good games over one stand out title and a load of tripe any day.
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 11:31

  • #88 7 years ago

    hmm well youre wager isnt worth much really (its not proof) and like i said quality is worth more then quantity anyday especially at Psp prices.

    Edit - well thats where we differ, id much rather one superb game then a few decent ones.
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 11:33

  • mustardkid #89 7 years ago

    *mentally swaps "psp" for "speccy" and "ds" for "c64", enjoys the warming glow of nostalgia*

  • Furbs #90 7 years ago

    And do you remember how much Mario 64 cost?
    OK, ignore the scores then - but you cant argue with the fact theres a more rounded line up than any previous launch. You say one great launch title is better than several decent titles. For you yes, but for the company selling it, it isnt since they have have less widespread appeal if people dont like that one specific title.

    Edit: and obviously if that one game only appeals to a certain section of gamers, the ones who dont like it arent going to consider it a great line up. Stop being so arrogant.
    Edited by 2 at 06/09/05 @ 11:37

  • #91 7 years ago

    Fluffy you dont know my age, dont assume too much, it makes YOU look like a moron.

    Edit- lol the spectrum was SH*T , the C64 buggered it in every way possible and u know it.
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 11:38

  • Riskbreaker #92 7 years ago

    Being a DS owner myself, even I find these anti-PSP posts damn annoying. Personally I think a bit of healthy competition will help both PSP and DS owners in the long run!!!

    Without competition, then the console manufacturers/developers could just rest on their laurels and churn out whatever they felt like whenever they feel like it. Like they say "Necessity is the mother of invention" therefore competition can only help drive prices and creativity forward in the long run..............

    So personally I'm glad the PSP is selling well, as it means nintendo will have to hit back even harder with the're next wave of games. It'll be interesting to see what AWds and Nintendogs do to the DS/PSP sales...........

  • Derblington #93 7 years ago

    "Fluffy you dont know my age, dont assume too much, it makes YOU look like a moron."

    Petay you're a nob - in your 2nd post you were assuming I was a chav.

  • #94 7 years ago

    derblington i think youre paranoid 'son' .

  • tengu #95 7 years ago

    You give him too much credit, I say he's 12 tops.
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 11:40

  • Furbs #96 7 years ago

    /places bet on Petay getting a global ignore by the end of the week
    /gets shit odds :(
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 11:41

  • Seifer #97 7 years ago

    Jesus! then why argue with him? IGNORE ? or are you just as immature as him ? Sheesh i dunno.

  • Derblington #98 7 years ago

    "derblington i think youre paranoid 'son'"

    You were either assuming or implying, either way it's hypocritical to suggests it's stupid when someone does it to you.

  • Seifer #99 7 years ago

    But fluffy aren't there teenchat room's for such nonsense? I really dont want to get involved in this stupid fanboy s**t but these threads are for the gaming community ,why are cretins taking it over?

  • mustardkid #100 7 years ago

    these forum rows just leave me bewildered - if i like something ile go out and buy it, if it dosen't tickle my fancy then i won't. it's never even crossed my mind to get all stroppy about it and berate other users though. maybe im just apathetic

    it's all so much of a muchness nowadays anyway - all the hardware is top spec and all of it has enough top titles to warrent a purchase. the psp is especially lovely - even if you dont like games, music or films it's probably good value for money as a paperweight as it looks divine .... and its pretty heavy too.

  • #101 7 years ago

    Seifer STFU can't you see they love me really? they want my abuse, its like a man dressed in nappies asking a leather clad mistress to spank them...it's just supply and demand, Tengu loves it the most the cheeky tyke!

  • OnlyMe #102 7 years ago

    To be honest, SSX was one title that stood out on the PS2. PSP got Ridge Racer, the first this-generation Ridge Racer that's actually good, and it's not a port of Ridge Racer V, which was bad. I also bought Everybody's Golf, and that was nice. A lot of good games on the PSP, although I miss a decent football title, like PES - or even FIFA if I had no choice. But no way am I buying a terrible This Is Football port.

  • Furbs #103 7 years ago

    PES PSP - Oct 15th :)

  • tengu #104 7 years ago

    My fave PSP game at the minute is Metal Gear Acid. It's great fun and it looks ace. Takes a while to really appreciate it though. Ridge Racer is another highlight, and I usually don't like racing games. Fired Up has been interesting also, if little more than a Twisted Metal clone. I've been having a lot of trouble with Wipeout Pure though, the handling is a bit off...

  • Seifer #105 7 years ago

    Pete you know in a way i actually think you can be quite humorous but i'm not so sure the other's here share my lenience with you.Like i said i'm not here to have a go at ppl but Pete we all love games here, plz stop entering a thread just to upset ppl as i hate having to ignore a person who has in the past brought up atleast one or two valid points.

  • skillian #106 7 years ago

    That's why PSP won't splutter after a good start - games like PES and GTA will sell plenty more consoles, and both will work well as handheld titles.

  • Seifer #107 7 years ago

    Good for you fluffy mate, I know he's a cocktease but it's our job to be bigger then him...lol not hard as i heard he's only 4inches fully erect.

    *Whats happening to me , no NOOOO now im just as bad as him* lol

  • Furbs #108 7 years ago

    /clicks to ignore Seifer :p

  • mustardkid #109 7 years ago

    yeah... you.. "heard" .... right

  • Seifer #110 7 years ago

    :) Sorry bout that furbs but I just couldn't resist.....I was trying sooo hard honest!

  • MikeP #111 7 years ago

    Have they sold out their original UK stock allocation or are there still PSPs around on shelves?

  • Furbs #112 7 years ago

    Out of curiosity, in Japan, are people with a preference for Nintendo considered "chav-san"?

  • #113 7 years ago

    "it's not crap cause lots of people like it. (it's not even crap.)"

    You were doing well until the last bit mate,look the only reason there are 140+post's is because most of you (Derblington) are chav's and unemployed living like lizzy bardsley on benefits! You signed on last wednesday knowing that you wouldnt be using the money to do up youre council flat or buy food youre 7kids & 3different mums but to purchase wipeout. You know its true!

  • Seifer #114 7 years ago

    lol @chav-san

  • Derblington #115 7 years ago

    "is because most of you (Derblington) are chav's"

    lol

    Cheeky f*cker :)

  • The-Bodybuilder #116 7 years ago

    >"Dreamcast - Well, to be honest, you've got me there, I struggle to name the killer app! Powerstone? Ready 2 Rumble?"

    Erm, soul calibur?
    And are you gonna tell me power stone was not a AAA title? I would gladly play powerstone over any of the PSP games.

    Note: I am no anti-psp, merely pro-DC.

  • Furbs #117 7 years ago

    tengu, are you sure he's not one of yours? :p

    Body Builder, sorry, I'll accept Soul Calibre, thanks for pointing it out, completly slipped my mind - but then by Petays argument it doesnt count since its a sequel/rehash. But yeah, I couldnt class Powerstone as a AAA title - a very very good one yeah, but not AAA.
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 12:26

  • tengu #118 7 years ago

    Nah, not one of mine fella. I couldn't force myself to be that dumb.

  • Seifer #119 7 years ago

    I must agree with SoulCalibur and PowerStone was a good-en aswell (I'm not comparing console' as i dont see the point) I really do feel the Dreamcast was hard done by. It was a lovely little console and way ahead of its time.
    *Looks lovingly at cute lil Dreamcast under my XB, Ps2 &GC awww*
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 12:30

  • mustardkid #120 7 years ago

    yeh jaspoid a lot of the common denomintaor stuff is sucessfull because it's bland and innoffensive - it just irks me a little when something good is slagged off because it's popular - and how can a console be sneered at as mainstream - do DVD players get the same treatment because most people watch shite on them?

    my psp will be jammed full of death cab for cutie songs - so i guess my one will be an underground model
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 12:33

  • #121 7 years ago

    Although SC was a sequel it was leaps and bounds ahead of anything else at the time, there for it was a valid 'standout' title ,i couldnt say the same for any Psp title sequel or not.

  • McGeeza #122 7 years ago

    Where's Cilla?

  • #123 7 years ago

    Ok you guys are waisting my porn surfing time, But mark my words I'll darken this doorstep once again....and when i do......I'll ...erm.....Say how bad Psp is again! SO there! Mua ha aha haaa. innit.

  • Furbs #124 7 years ago

    True bengali, and that is mighty impressive - but dont forget a) its a launch title when there are lots of other games competing with it b) Nintendogs is out on an established console which has had time to build up a user base beyond its early adoptors, and c) thats 37,000 copies in the UK compared to 250,000 copies in the US, which is obviously a far bigger market.

    Like I say though, doesnt take anything away from Nintendogs

  • Seifer #125 7 years ago

    SC was awsome but I've had it running next to SC2 on Xbox and it does look a bit square now tbh (SC1 is still better to play though) It's funny how memories get sweeter with time, I remember thinking Ghosts-n-Goblins on my C64 was the bollox! But a few years later when i had a Megadrive i saw it again and it looked so bad i almost cried lol .

  • Furbs #126 7 years ago

    Oh nice one jaspoid, turn this in to a Windows/Mac argument, now we're all screwed :p

    /puts up shutters and waits for the Mac raiders to ride in to town.

  • #127 7 years ago

    jaspoid although i dont like the current psp titles available i dont agree that its a 'brand' problem as the ps2 has more good RPG's then any other console. I hope one day the psp will too, I only slate the system becuase i truely believe its overpriced and sony are complete c**ts and as of yet it has no games i want.

  • mustardkid #128 7 years ago

    no psp rpg's eh?

    (admittedly some on that list don't count...but still...)

  • #129 7 years ago

    Are they out in europe yet ?

    Edit- If not, how many will make it over here?
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 13:31

  • Furbs #130 7 years ago

    Looking at that list, I'd imagine almost all of them, with the exception perhaps of the oddly named Jap titles. But if you like your JRPG's that much, you could always import - the PSP games a region free after all.

    Bit of a crap 100 though aint it? ;)
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 13:37

  • tengu #131 7 years ago

    Hardly matters pete, as the PSP has no region coding, does it?

    And also, wtf is with FFIX and Advent Children being on the list? For one AC is a movie, and FFIX is very unlikely to see release on the PSP.
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 13:38

  • mustardkid #132 7 years ago

    "Looking at that list, I'd imagine almost all of them, with the exception perhaps of the oddly named Jap titles. But if you like your JRPG's that much, you could always import - the PSP games are region free after all."

    just thought that needed highlighting

  • AidanII #133 7 years ago

    The PSP, like the DS, has much potential. Now we just have to hope that developers can actually manage to deliver that potential. The hardware itself is fairly useless without the software to go with it, and Sony (or Nintendo) are hardly the only suppliers for their respective machines.

    Give it another six months, and we shall see what the mass market has decided. After all, without any mass market support any product is pretty much as good as dead. Obsessive fanboys do not a market make.

  • Nillsens #134 7 years ago

    "Its N64 v Playstation all over again! lol"

    Awwww... I think I'm going to cry now... :(

    Honestly, aside from all the 'chav' (whatever it means) nonsense and sales figures and fanboyism, I am placing a lot of faith in the DS getting better.
    I really like the touch screen, even though it has been underused so far. It may indeed be a rather cumbersome piece of equipment but then I didn't buy it thinking that it would be 'sleek' or whatnot.
    Most of the games I have for it have been imported from the USA, I feel very hard done by when it comes to the release dates... why do we (Dutch) always have to wait a few months longer? When I read about importing games being unacceptable in the eyes of 'whoever' it makes me mad. They should just make sure it comes out at the same time as the US, especially considering the whole 'region free' thing.

    As for the PSP... it sure does look sexy. Unfortunately I really haven't seen any games I want for it yet aside from Metal Gear Acid. I couldn't be arsed about UMD movies, my DVD collection is invading most of my shelf space. I have an MP3 player, so I couldn't care about that either.
    How long does the battery actually last? About two hours is what I heard, is this right? I can't see myself playing GTA for 'only' two hours.
    Anyhow, I am hoping the PSP doesn't go on to 'dominate' the market because I can envision Ninty going: "Well, sod that then, let's find something else to make money over,". The idea of a console without any upcoming releases makes me hurt inside.

    /secretly starts saving for PSP anyway
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 13:55

  • Furbs #135 7 years ago

    What I dont get Petay, is you decry the PSP for having no suitable portable games on it, but then say you'd consider getting one if one of the factors was alot of RPG's. Admittedly I dont play many (especially Jap. ones), but surely with the immerssive and lengthy nature of RPG's, these are the last type of game you'd want?

  • myiagros #136 7 years ago

    trashed the sales record.

    as expected then. esspecialy after all the delay.

  • lotteryman82 #137 7 years ago

    my milkshake is better than yours? for some peeps resenting Sony solves every problem well you know something it aint a messiah it aint Satan
    PSP is great you should be convinced just by seeing its large screen just that and games you can play even if some are ports. i care not as long as i can play Burnout GT pro evolution virtually everywhere and if that doesn't seem good enough for those fans of Ninty better reconsider that "i m the perfect gamer" tag that many believe they bare
    as a gamer everyone has to see both machines respectively and be for once be objective (NEWS FLASH objective means the opposite of fanboy but u knew that didn't ya all *cough cough*)

  • spazmo #138 7 years ago

    Someone wrote: " The PSP, like the DS, has much potential."

    But this is what i don't understand? How does the PSP have potential? Does it have qualities that the PS2 does'nt? Developers have had 5 years on PS2 to deliver originality, so why do people think that somehow the PSP will be a fortress of originality? The DS will have many exclusive games simply because they wouldn't be portable to other systems. Are developers going to put time and resources into making exclusive PSP games? With the next-gen almost here, i can see most games being heavily watered down versions of PS3 games. The PSP is just a portable PS2. Games wise, it can offer nothing more than a PS2. Some people will like it, some people won't.

  • tengu #139 7 years ago

    Yeah, PSP titles are just going to be watered down PS3 games, rip off city. I don't want to play games that have already been released elsewhere. I'm getting rid of my PSP!

    /Buys DS with Mario 64
    Edited by 1 at 06/09/05 @ 14:59

  • Kafeen #140 7 years ago

    But this is what i don't understand? How does the PSP have potential? Does it have qualities that the PS2 does'nt? Developers have had 5 years on PS2 to deliver originality, so why do people think that somehow the PSP will be a fortress of originality? The DS will have many exclusive games simply because they wouldn't be portable to other systems.

    They why does it keep getting rehashes of old games? Mario 64, Mario cart coming, Wario ware, Need for speed, need I continue?

    2 screens or a touch screen might be something new (unless you had an old game & watch or a PDA) but how many games actually put them to good use for something that's fun for more than 5 minutes? Certainly nothing I've played so far on the DS.

  • tengu #141 7 years ago

    "not sure why it's the best thing ever, most will end up gathering dust."

    Of course they will.

  • spazmo #142 7 years ago

    Not all DS games are going to use the new features or be innovative. For example, i wouldn't bet on EA doing anything out of the ordinary. They are much more suited to Sony consoles :o) BUT, and it's a big BUT, the DS offers developers new ways of game creation whereas the PSP does not. The games that use the DS's functions effectively could not be done on other consoles. So what potential does the PSP have as a games machine?

  • Furbs #143 7 years ago

    Greater 3D capabilities? Not saying graphics = good game, but it can help.

  • Derblington #144 7 years ago

    "So what potential does the PSP have as a games machine?"

    The same potential as the home consoles. The DS is offereing something new but it's going to take a while for it to be implemented well - only Another Code has really pushed it so far imo. As for different games though, there are plenty on the PS2 that are adding new things to the gaming scene and the same can be done on the PSP. Both have their place but I think to much faith is being put into the DS actually making these new gaming experiences at the mo.

  • Burton2000 #145 7 years ago

    nintendogs is awsome and so is advance wars ds if your still waiting for it to be released in europe y wait import like i have and enjoy the lovely titles. also i still cant believe people are going on about metal gear acid being nothing like metal gear solid etc. etc. the main reason it isnt it becus its metal gear ACID not solid.

  • RandolphScott #146 7 years ago

    "DS offers developers new ways of game creation whereas the PSP does not. The games that use the DS's functions effectively could not be done on other consoles. So what potential does the PSP have as a games machine?"

    If you applied that throughout the history of consoles you could ask what potential the SNES, Megadrive, Master System, PS1, GBA, GC, PS2, XBox, Gameboy Micro, XBox360, PS3 have (to name but a few)?

    I think the answer you would come up with is fuck loads.

  • RandolphScott #147 7 years ago

    "2 screens or a touch screen might be something new (unless you had an old game & watch or a PDA) but how many games actually put them to good use for something that's fun for more than 5 minutes? Certainly nothing I've played so far on the DS."

    Although I approve of fanboy baiting in a general sense...

    Meteos is awesome and long lasting. I don't think there are enough games for the DS that are making good use of it's unique features but they will come. The problem I have is with all these people that see no room for anything other than the DS and consider games that don't push back the boundaries of innovation to be in some way inferior games.

    I would much prefer a non-innovative game that was excellent than an innovative game that was shit. Having said that an innovative game that is excellent is obviously the best. But maybe that's because I'm a Sony fanboy chav that hates innovation.

  • Xavier_B_OXford #148 7 years ago

    Seeing the sheer quantities people have been buying this piece of shitting garbage in makes me think of that film Dawn of the Dead, where everyone is infected with a disease that causes them to lose their brains, stumble about like retards, and do nothing but cause annoyance for the rest of the normal, sane people in the world. THAT is the definition of the PSP buyer, a brain dead, stumbling, annoying retard, desperately trying to look cool as he plays with his toy on the bus or train in an attempt to attract females.

    Well I have news for you cockfags, women don't put out just because you have a PSP... they put out when you have an Xbox!

    I built an Xbox into my lowrider the other week, and went to the local mall and opened the boot, fired that bad boy up, and every chick for a mile around came over and sucked me dry. Twice.

    Learn a lesson losers, PSP is a load of garbage. Get a car, build an Xbox into it, and you're guaranteed a shag-a-rama so good you'll be lucky if you can still walk afterwards baby, YEAH!

  • Scimarad #149 7 years ago

    Did anybody else just see that?

  • brombeer #150 7 years ago

    Ohh...how Xavier envies us all with a PSP. You can only afford an Xbox 360, because it's cheap (in every sense of the word). Well, Xavier, the PSP isn't crap it's a damn fine machine. Graphics are looking better than the Xbox 360. On your telly on your bednight stand, that is. I think you are sucked many times by Bill. Literally.

  • Carrybagma #151 7 years ago

    I like Xavier.
    Much better than the 'B...r' thing.

    Grind the inferior Sony devices under your well-buffed jackboots!

  • gerg #152 7 years ago

    The battle may be over but the war has just begone. I wonder how it fares compared to Mario Kart, GBMicro and Nintendogs.

  • Vin #153 7 years ago

    GamesTM.

    Last page of the mag.

    GO

  • IronGiant #154 7 years ago

    "Well done Sony, suprised at the figures I must say. Didnt expect so many purchases at that price point. Would be interesting to know how many were bought with cash, and how many were from mass trade-ins. I bet game's swimming with old copys of Fifa as we speak. "

    KOTI said in the forum that 1% of his PSP sales were from trade ins. It's a good machine, add these sales figures to the masses already imported and it's an outstanding success here.

  • #155 7 years ago

    Yep well done Sony ,you have once again got away with financially bum raping the less intellegent of us Brits,good one you! Hope you're laughing all the way to the bank.

  • RandolphScott #156 7 years ago

    Petay you make me laugh. I suspect you work for Sony.

  • Kafeen #157 7 years ago

    Well I have news for you cockfags, women don't put out just because you have a PSP... they put out when you have an Xbox!

    I built an Xbox into my lowrider the other week...

    Wait, someone with a lowrider giving style advice? Do you have neons under that aswell? Maybe you just need the Phat Baby case for the PSP. Then you'll like it.

  • Furbs #158 7 years ago

    "Well I have news for you cockfags, women don't put out just because you have a PSP... they put out when you have an Xbox!

    I built an Xbox into my lowrider the other week, and went to the local mall and opened the boot, fired that bad boy up, and every chick for a mile around came over and sucked me dry. Twice."

    That is one of the best things I've ever read on this site \o/ Almost makes me wish we had sigs!

  • captain-future #159 7 years ago

    man, after almost one year of marketing campaign... erm delays what did you expect?

    how are the numbers compared to JP/US-launch?

    btw: who could resist these arguments?
    http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2001310000-20 05400774,00.html

  • Gouki #160 7 years ago

    All i'm goin to say is Look how much sony sell in the UK!
    Granted probably less than US or Japan BUT to wait a year is criminal.

    SONY stop treating us like second class citizens. And no comment with regards to nintendo do they know exist?

  • mustardkid #161 7 years ago

    you can see why they'd want to delay the european launch now though eh? If they needed at least 185,000 units just to meet the first few days demand in the uk - thats a lot of manufacturing, storage, and distribution. Its probably better to stage the launch the way they did rather than face worldwide shortages and criticism from all sides.
    how long does it take to churn out 185,000 psp's anyway?