The year-end report by ASCII lays it all out, and it's exactly as we expected. The PSP and DS sold like hotcakes. Or rice cakes. The PSP was the only system to show sales growth over 2009 numbers, pushing out some 60,000 units over last year, to 2,729,718 units sold in 2010. That just barely edges out the DS with its 2,719,544 units.
I'vew always wondered how a PSP hater would fare in Tokyo for a week. Everyone there has their PSP out, everywhere you look. I suspect snide, under-the-breath remarks and IRL trolling would slowly give way to a realization that the PSP is a great little game system with plenty of good games in its library. Or that everyone in Japan loves Monster Hunter.
The ASCII numbers show that Monster Hunter Portable 3rd was the second best-selling game in Japan for 2010. Over 3 million people bought a copy in 2010, which probably has a lot to do with the PSP sales numbers. The top seller? It's Pokemon Black/White, of course, with some 4.7 million copies sold. But it's not a fair contest as MHP3 only had a month on the market.
Check out the full 2010 rankings for Japan after the jump.
PSP is Japan's best-selling console of 2010, Pokemon Black/White the top game [Joystiq]
Japanese hardware sales, 2010:
- PSP -- 2,729,718
- DS -- 2,719,544
- Wii -- 1,592,563
- PS3 -- 1,542,258
- Xbox 360 -- 231,258
- PS2 -- 83,030
Japanese software sales, 2010:
- Pokemon Black/Pokemon White -- DS -- 4,734,064
- Monster Hunter Portable 3rd -- PSP -- 3,163,750
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii -- Wii -- 1,692,401
- Wii Party -- Wii -- 1,385,541
- Dragon Quest VI -- DS -- 1,354,841
- Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 -- DS -- 1,305,750
- Tomodachi Collection -- DS -- 1,112,298
- Super Mario Galaxy 2 -- Wii -- 931,534
- Inazuma Eleven 3 Spark/Bomber -- DS -- 930,580
- Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep -- PSP -- 844,980
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9:00 AM on 12.30.2010 | 
Can't wait for Frontier.
I love ties.
Hey, at least it's outselling the PS2 finally....
Damn. Powered Up is rare. Really rare.
I know it didn't sell well though, which shows that they probably should have made the game for the DS. Likewise, they should have made Resident Evil Deadly Silence on the PSP.
I'll have to look for it now.
Seems like Pokemon, Mario Kart, Monster Hunter and Phantasy star are the only games that do it.
I think 2011 is going to be the best year for PSP there's quite a few games I'm looking forward too
Gran Turismo, MGS Peace Walker, Pixeljunk Monsters Deluxe, Monster Hunter, Little Big Planet and some more...
Not to mention loads of PS1 clasics from the PSN store.
The rewards may have been a long time coming, but I really do enjoy my PSP. I'm sure someone will tell me I'm an utter arsehole for that previous statement.
fun fact: psp is the reason why i'll never try valkyria chronicles. i'm not going to get hooked on a game and then get blue balls because i can't play the sequels. f that.
Oh you mean like the average PS3 fandamentalist? yeah.
Oh wait nevermind.
You know, your comment made me realilze, almost every fanboy has a reason to hate the PSP. Nintendo fanboys because it dares to challenge the superior DS, 360 fanboys becuase it's not a Microsoft piece of hardware, and Sony fanboys because every good game that could have been put on the PS3 gets put on the fucking PSP instead.
That said, this just proves that one day, Monster Hunter will surpass Pokemon. It's not a matter of if, but when.
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This has nothing to do with sony fans but more to do with those of us that get tired hearing the psp is dead...
It has that image and none of us understand why so its nice to see it doing well! Its not about it slightly selling more then the DS.You really think anyone who is happy the psp is doing well thinks nintendo lost with their DS?
We can safely say both are winning nintendo wont be losing any sleep over these numbers.And sony deserves to feel that the handheldmarket isnt a lost cause so they keep on making them.
What im trying to say is nintendo has been dominant in the handheld market ever since the beginning! The PSP is good cause it drives both to be competitive! If the psp would have failed like many either wanted or claimed! I dont think anyone would have the balls to challenge Nintendo again in that market for a very long time!
Same! And I own one!
Aren't they the same thing? If you're not a Sony fan, than why would you care if people say the PSP is dead. Its not dead yet in Japan because of Monster Hunter, but that still doesn't save it in the rest of the world!
Though it's rather funny that people think that a game's gotta be Call of Duty to sell big here in the States. It's actually more diverse genre wise than Japan.
I love my PSP though, I can't stop playing Dissidia and 3rd Birthday will be awesome.
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Mega man powered up and castlevania : the dracula x chronicles were the only reason I bought a psp. Then I discovered its awesome library. Not nearly as extensive as the ds but still pretty good.
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