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PSP breaks 10 million sold mark in Japan photo

The last couple of times I visited Japan, it seemed like everyone had a PSP in their face. People play them on the street, listen to them on subway trains, watch them on busses... On the last trip, I wasn't even on the ground for an hour before I saw public PSP gaming. In that instance, it was a gorgeous girl playing Crisis Core. Call me.

I guess that we should be surprised that the island country has just hit the 10 million sold mark for Sony's portable. All of these units were moved between December 12, 2004 and August 24, 2008, says GamesIndustry.biz.

I'd bet that the Monster Hunter franchise sold plenty of titles, especially after seeing Japan's top five PSP games:

  • 1. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom)
  • 2. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom)
  • 3. Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix)
  • 4. Monster Hunter Portable (Capcom)
  • 5. Phantasy Star Portable (SEGA)

What do you think the US system seller would need to be? I think we just need to get the porn titles like Japan does.


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atastysammich's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/27/2008 10:46
atastysammich
I will never, ever get tired of seeing that ad.
Scrixx's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/27/2008 10:47
Scrixx
I hear Japan like their pocket monsters.

SEE WHAT I DID THAR?
tornotlukin's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/27/2008 10:54
tornotlukin
When does Phantasy Star Portable come out in the US?
linuxguy's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/27/2008 11:13
linuxguy
don't say that the psp is and will always be a failure
(don't flame me this is a joke people!)
Dale North's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/27/2008 11:15
Dale North
tornotlukin - not soon enough
Gameboi's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/27/2008 13:27
Gameboi
I'm guessing that we would need nothing short of a WoW game to convince the remaining holdouts that the PSP is the premiere handheld.
killsmooth's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/27/2008 13:41
killsmooth
Star Ocean remakes are hopefully going to sell some systems stateside.
parrothead's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/27/2008 14:55
parrothead
Porn and a Hard Drive. That sounds dirty
Sueng's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/27/2008 16:36
Sueng
I'm thinking Resistance may move some units actually.
Hoss's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/27/2008 23:14
Hoss
thats is a pretty great ad
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