PSP Slim sells 300k in Japan

By Tom Bramwell Published 26 September, 2007

Big numbers for little handheld.

Weekly Famitsu publisher Enterbrain has revealed that the new model PSP sold more than 300,000 units in Japan since launch.

PSP Slim & Lite launched in Japan in limited quantities on 13th September as part of a special collaborative promotion with Square Enix. 77,777 bundles featuring Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII were produced, and Enterbrain says 75,943 are tracked as sold.

The full launch of the handheld followed on 20th September, with 250,702 units bought up in the game's first few days on sale.

That gives the Slim & Lite a total installed base in the region of 326,645 in Japan. The handheld console is also on sale in both Europe and the USA.

Worldwide sales of the original PSP are thought to be in excess of 25 million.

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Comments (37) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • jonsaan #1 4 years ago

    oooh. I'm pretty happy with my current psp. I guess if it broke I'd go for one of the new ones.

  • bushwod #2 4 years ago

    Am I the only one who initally though the PSP Slim & Lite were TWO new versions of the handheld?

    What a stupid name.

  • ElasticTangent #3 4 years ago

    "Am I the only one who initally though the PSP Slim & Lite were TWO new versions of the handheld?"

    Me too!! I spent hours trying to find the other model in Google. Begs the question why they didn't call the original PSP Fat & Chunky.

  • Beano #4 4 years ago

    "What a stupid name."

    The PSP is still just called "PSP"... "slim & lite" is EG's name for the device.

  • Cloudane #5 4 years ago

    Good for Sony I say.

    The PSP is certainly getting more software now of both quantity and quality.

  • zuljin #6 4 years ago

    Sorry Beano
    [link url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Portable _Slim_%26_Lite
    ]http://en .wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation...[/link]

    @ElasticTangent
    Hours? 3 seconds on Wikipedia!

  • riz23 #7 4 years ago

    The PSP Lame & Shite?

  • Beano #8 4 years ago

    I'll have to look at the box again tonight... but I'm pretty sure there is no "slim & lite" added to the name. There may be a mention with small text that it's smaller and lighter but the product name is still just PSP.

  • DonnieDarko333 #9 4 years ago

    I'm happy with my older version as well, looks worth the money i paid for it.

    However, i also love the new PSP Slims, but don't want one in Black.

  • JonFE #10 4 years ago

    Good for Sony... Any chance for a EG review of the new PSP?

  • Beano #11 4 years ago

    Just found this :
    [link url=http ://www.maxconsole.net/content_img/slimad.jpg
    ]http://ww w.maxconsole.net/content_img/sl...[/link]

    Seems that I overlooked the text on the sides of the box - I stand corrected ;)

    But can't see the name is bad when compared to DS Lite... it's slimmer and lighter.

  • Artemis_Matsas #12 4 years ago

    Yeah, i was confused by the name too... although, as an owner of the original PSP i feel a little screwed.
    It's not only the size that is different, but the battery life is a lot better and the additional memory that speeds up the loading.
    i guess that's the price to pay for being an early adopter (aka: sucker), but still...

  • playgen #13 4 years ago

    Crazy how it has sold 25 million, the 360 or ps3 may never sell that many!

  • Beano #14 4 years ago

    "Yeah, i was confused by the name too... although, as an owner of the original PSP i feel a little screwed. "

    Why?

    Hardware revisions are normal - PS2, Xbox, DS, Xbox 360, have all recieved improvements and redesigns. A improved PSP two years after launch is perfectly fine by me.

    "It's not only the size that is different, but the battery life is a lot better and the additional memory that speeds up the loading."

    Effective battery life is the same (4-6 hours) and load speeds are only slightly improved.
    The biggest improvements is the size, weight and feel of the D-pad and buttons.

  • Arwin #15 4 years ago

    Last week the sales of Final Fantasy were high already and already led to a spike in PSP sales. Then already people pointed out that the Slim would launch the week after, so this was expected. But it's still very nice! Go PSP. ;)

    Final Fantasy is really popular, isn't it? :) But also this game, having been in development for as long as it is, will show how well suited the PSP is for good RPGs. Of all the genres that are well suited to handheld gaming, RPGs certainly fall among them, and the PSP has the UMD storage space to make it into something proper. :)

    Thanks, Sony/Square!

  • afghan_jones #16 4 years ago

    They should have been all controversial and called it 'PSP Size Zero'.

    Shift a few units to the "impressionable teenage girls with eating disorders" demographic.

  • kissthestick #17 4 years ago

    glad it sold well, just got one last week and its great :)

    glad the extra ram improved the loading times too, my jeanne d'arc game loads much faster (game has too many loading screens as it is!)

    very happy

  • BadDevotions #18 4 years ago

    I still want a psp. Can't justify it to the missus though

  • Ryze #19 4 years ago

    Make sure that the games are in development, Sony.

    Also - sort out the mem stick caching for the original PSP, to speed up the load times - let any game support it if we enable the option - to cache the frequently loaded files on the stick.

    Also, you need PSN support for the PSP - a decent PSP PSN with universal voice chat and downloadable games.

    Sort it Sony. Your potential money is all going on life, PC upgrades and the 360 Elite + games fund!

  • sugapunk #20 4 years ago

    Wow, that's pretty impressive for a 'dead console'. But, while PSP has always sold 'OK' - it has been the software sales that are the problem.

  • JohnnyWashnGo #21 4 years ago

    "Crazy how it has sold 25 million, the 360 or ps3 may never sell that many!"

    Maybe there are a lot of people like me who, whilst initially avoiding it like the plague, saw the usefulness of the device once homebrew became good enough and bought a couple of them.

    I had one on Sony firmware and one on DAX firmware for watching Heroes on the train to work ;)

    Ok, so with pandoras battery I no longer need to do this, but its still nice to have a backup machine in case one gets drop when you are not wearing the wrist strap.

  • Ryze #22 4 years ago

    PSP slim colours, too please Sony!

    If you don't fuck up completely over the next 12 months I might even grab a silver one, homebrew the original and have 2 for next summer's travels.

    GTA, OutRun2006 multiplayer FTW gawd dammit!

    Shame they took the infra red out of the slim also - I always thought that they could have sold a remote control for media use (for audio playback, output to a stereo).

    Now they've stopped being dicks and put a TV out in the thing, the remote idea is even more of a money spinner!

    But - no bluetooth, to infra-red. Non-starter!

    Wake up, Sony.

  • sugapunk #23 4 years ago

    "Crazy how it has sold 25 million, the 360 or ps3 may never sell that many!"

    Oh, how wrong you can be.

  • jonsaan #24 4 years ago

    Just discovered you can only play games on a TV if it support Progressive Scan. That is just cack.

  • drumbaby #25 4 years ago

    May have to get a Slim/ Lite eventually and palm off my old one on my oldest boy.

    "Sorry but it's Monster Hunter Freedom for homework again, son" :)

  • Hughes. #26 4 years ago

    Yep, bring on the colours, I already have a black one, and Progressive Scan only for gameplay is beyond stupid, Sony. Firmware fix pronto you mucking fuppets.

    I'll probably still try to pick one up this week though, unless I can unstick my PSP from 3.10 OE there are a few games I can't play due to firmware restrictions on my HEN PSP.

  • Artemis_Matsas #27 4 years ago

    @Beano

    Yeah, i know, i just wanted to bitch a little bit about it that's all ;)

    Actually i said that i am an early adopter = sucker :)

  • Razz #28 4 years ago

    I see "borrowing" Nintendo strategies is still working for Sony.

  • drumbaby #29 4 years ago

    Well, if it's good for the Pika....

  • kangarootoo #30 4 years ago

    @Razz

    Are you trying to suggest that Nintendo invented the concept of revising hardware by making future models smaller and lighter?

    I think the ancient Egyptians might have beaten them to the punch in that one.

  • Razz #31 4 years ago

    Wow!

    The Egytians had handheld videogames consoles too?! 0_0

    Is there nothing they didn't invent?!!

    EGYPT > *

    Edited by 2 at 26/09/07 @ 16:24

  • VMerken #32 4 years ago

    PSP finally won me over in the light of Final Fantasy Tactics, Monster Hunter Freedom 2, Metal Gear: Portable Ops, Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth, Dracula X, Patapon, Echochrome, etc. It's a nice piece of kit - compared to the old model which I tested in the stores on weight, handling etcetera, this one feels much better and comfortable. The piano black version which I bought is a fingerprint magnet (on both sides) though, so unless you can't stand ice silver or prefer piano black, go for ice silver. I prefered piano black =), don't want a bright frame around the action.

    As for TV Out: you can connect the PSP Slim & Lite to any TV, but yes, gaming only works if you've got progressive scan (and bought the TV Out cable with five prongs on the other side). In the other cases, I believe you can only bring up the menu and watch movies, play mp3s, browse, that sort of thing (not sure though, haven't tested yet).

    By the way, anyone know why progressive scan is a must for the games? The PS2 doesn't need it, and I always thought the PSP was rather similar to the PS2. oh well.

  • Sid-Nice #33 4 years ago

    Worldwide sales of the original PSP are thought to be in excess of 25 million.

    Who'd have thought that...?

    Video Game Chartz?

  • Feanor #34 4 years ago

    "Crazy how it has sold 25 million, the 360 or ps3 may never sell that many!"

    Oh, how wrong you can be.


    So you know for a fact the 360 will sell more than the original Xbox before MS kill it and bring out the 720? No, you don't.

  • secombe #35 4 years ago

    PSP outsales the DS shocker?!

  • dirigiblebill #36 4 years ago

    Chalk and cheese, JSPOOLE, chalk and cheese. Why derive your opinions solely from specs and sales figures?

    The new PSP isn't a necessity for me at present: TV-out would be nice but I don't own a TV, and I can just about live with the controls as they are. Just about. Good thing I'm not a Tekken nut :p

    Nice to hear it's selling well though. May possibly nab one in six months, keep the phat motha for homebrew, etc.

  • Zuiyo #37 4 years ago

    I got one at launch and I'm terribly happy. The controls have been improved tremendously to the point fighting and shooting games are controllable again. Playing SFII and Gradius Gaiden all day, folks! Just this improvement in controls is reason enough for me. Plus it's noticeably lighter and thinner.