PSP enjoys 'Monster' success in Japan

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Apr 4th 2008 at 12:00PM }

And it would have outsold all of the competition combined if it weren't for that pesky Xbox 360 contributing 1,547 units to the tally. The number the other systems had to defeat was 129,986, the number of PSPs sold in Japan last week according to the compulsive counters at Media Create. Nintendo's DS occupied the second place in the chart with 58,916 sold -- less than half of that managed by the PSP.

The system's monster success arrives hand-in-hand with Capcom's Monster Hunter Freedom 2 G, which sold 880,468 copies in its first week. Capcom revealed earlier this week that it had already shipped over a million units of the PSP expansion in an attempt to satiate the demand for "epic battles with giant monsters."

Tags: Capcom, Japan, Japanese-Hardware-Sales, JapaneseHardwareSales, Monster-Hunter, MonsterHunter, PSP-2000

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

jinn35 @ Apr 4th 2008 12:10PM

the japanese sure do love their monsters

Christian @ Apr 4th 2008 12:17PM

Actually its more that they love killing them I would say

Hashbrown_Hunter @ Apr 4th 2008 1:04PM

This is the greatest comment thread EVER.

The only thing missing is a Portal reference.

...Ahem....

StrangeBum @ Apr 4th 2008 1:41PM

I don't have much better to do today =P

http://i28.tinypic.com/2v1aoud.jpg

/because I'm bored, and work sucks.

ViagraFiend @ Apr 4th 2008 1:55PM

Those monsters are in trouble now!

http://i25.tinypic.com/2i7ajyo.jpg

Ken Seang @ Apr 4th 2008 2:50PM

Actually they do love their monster, pokemon is pocket monster over there...

Maverick Saturn @ Apr 4th 2008 12:56PM

I'm sure the girls like thier monsters too :P

But thats not the point.

Looking forward to Monster Hunter 2G here ^^

FrankTheCrank @ Apr 4th 2008 1:19PM

Fernando...come out and play-ee-aayy!!

Hashbrown Hunter @ Apr 4th 2008 1:23PM

Yeah it must be driving him nuts that Sony is actually starting to dominate (once again).

FrankTheCrank @ Apr 4th 2008 1:29PM

And as a Wii/DS owner myself, I'm starting to lose confidence in those two system. Their graphics leave little to be desired these days. And Nintendo's quality control of 3rd party software needs to be examined because anybody that can breath seems to release a shit game on either the DS/Wii...especially the DS. Has anybody checked out Aquarium or Homies? Oh my God, what complete shit those games are.

Cesaria (SSBB: 3136-6466-5083) @ Apr 4th 2008 1:43PM

With a name like 'homies,' did you really expect much? Come on, man.us

Cesaria (SSBB: 3136-6466-5083) @ Apr 6th 2008 8:18AM

Excuse the .us. I'm using my wii and it really wanted to turn man into a web address.

Worst Review Ever @ Apr 4th 2008 2:15PM

"Yeah it must be driving him nuts that Sony is actually starting to dominate (once again)."

Alright, let's not make shit bigger than it is. Nintendo could stop selling DSs immediately and it would still take Sony quite a while to catch up. I know that I sound like a Sony fanboy when I say this, so please don't point out the irony, but just wait until DQ9 comes out.

Velops @ Apr 4th 2008 2:43PM

Don't forget that Capcom is bringing Monster Hunter 3 to the Wii.

upz @ Apr 4th 2008 2:50PM

I'll tell you how Fernando will spin this right now.

"These numbers are alright, but wait until Monster Hunter 3 comes to Wii!"

Ninjakamster @ Apr 4th 2008 2:00PM

I wuv my PSP, all the fantastic commercial games and homebrew in between.

I so wish there was a PSP-Phone.

StrangeBum @ Apr 4th 2008 2:23PM

You're not the only one. If Sony were to release a nice phone platform with a well done gaming configuration as well, it would probably sell like DS's.

Because we all know that the N-Gage sucks ass. But the PSP is quickly becoming a badass system after a really slow start. I'm happy to see it too, because Nintendo does handhelds well, but it doesn't mean that they offer the best of everything.

And maybe I'm a bit of a MS fanboy, but I would like to see what they could offer in terms of a handheld gaming system. I know the Zune is adding gaming functionality, but I would love to see a dedicated portable system from them.

Ninjakamster @ Apr 4th 2008 2:46PM

Heck, I'm a Sony and Microsoft fanboy (lifelong Windows user, fan of the Vaio computers and Playstation brand)

The thing I like about the Playstation brand is that their systems have had the perfect combination/variety of games, large library of games and good variety of Western and Eastern games (first person shooters and then Japanese sim dating games).

Tony @ Apr 4th 2008 2:52PM

This consistently high level of success for Mhunter on Sony consoles, and so they make # 3 a Wii exclusive.

Uh, yeah, good thinking, Capcom...sheer genius. :/

Mr Khan @ Apr 4th 2008 6:00PM

Its not about the console, eh?

That's like if you had said in 1997 "All the success of Final Fantasy on Nintendo consoles, and they're going to put it on this PlayStation thing?

Yeah, Square, sheer genius"

JRM @ Apr 4th 2008 4:02PM

I thought everyone in Japan ALREADY had DS...

xeros720 @ Apr 4th 2008 4:05PM

Did Monster Hunter save the psp?

I think so.

Ninjakamster @ Apr 4th 2008 7:17PM

What the HELL do you mean saving? PSP has never needed saving, its done just fine.

Of course its not as good in sales as the DS, but its survived against almighty Nintendo, unlike many other poor handhelds that have tried, like the Neo-Geo pocket and Gamegear.

I am glad to see another great alternative on the handheld front that is the PSP.

Just like many of you are happy to see an alternative to the PS3, which is the 360 and Wii. Always good to see more than one entry in the market.