Ever since Chris disappeared off the face of the planet, and stopped posting Japanese sales figures, some of you may feel a little in the dark about PSP's performance. For better or worse, IGN wrote up a sensational story (entitled "DS Trampling PSP in Japan") detailing the PSP's poor performance in Japan this year. "The DS and DS Lite have sold more than 7.5 million units so far this year, with PSP selling just 1.6 million units." If you'd like to accuse IGN of "the bias," you may want to note how they only mentioned briefly that PSP's performance is better in America. According to Videogame Charts, the DS has sold 4.2 million units, with the PSP selling 2.4 million units. It's certainly not rosy, but doesn't necessarily suggest the console is dying.
The inevitable trolls that will visit this site and remind us that the DS has better games will note that IGN has rated 24 Editor's Choice games on the DS... and 24 on the PSP. Certainly, that argument no longer really holds any weight.
[Image via DS Fanboy]
