I seriously don't get it. We have a portable handheld (PSP) & a home gaming console (Wii) who each have 56 million owners, but yet, 3rd party games don't sell well on either one of them. Why?
rolfboy
PSP: Bunch of pirates
And the 360 sells the most software how? It has a bunch of pirates too you know.
I seriously don't get it. We have a portable handheld (PSP) & a home gaming console (Wii) who each have 56 million owners, but yet, 3rd party games don't sell well on either one of them. Why?
treedoor
PSP: Bunch of pirates
And the 360 sells the most software how? It has a bunch of pirates too you know.
PSP just doesn't have that great of a library.
Yeah, but I know that you can mod a PSP without buying anything. I'm pretty sure that with a 360, you need a chip, or some kind of addition equipment. Basically, I'm saying it's not as easy to do.
I seriously don't get it. We have a portable handheld (PSP) & a home gaming console (Wii) who each have 56 million owners, but yet, 3rd party games don't sell well on either one of them. Why?
PSP: Bunch of pirates
And the 360 sells the most software how? It has a bunch of pirates too you know.
PSP just doesn't have that great of a library.
Well, the 360 does have more 10-15 year old kids who probably don't know how to pirate in general. That and I think it would be VERY hard to go on Xbox Live with a modded console. And even if the PSP has a subpar library, their userbase should be taking more of an initiative to buy and support this game given that it is high quality software.
I seriously don't get it. We have a portable handheld (PSP) & a home gaming console (Wii) who each have 56 million owners, but yet, 3rd party games don't sell well on either one of them. Why?
treedoor
PSP: Bunch of pirates
And the 360 sells the most software how? It has a bunch of pirates too you know.
PSP just doesn't have that great of a library.
*face palm*
I thought this whole "PSP has a poor library" thing was like, last year...
I seriously don't get it. We have a portable handheld (PSP) & a home gaming console (Wii) who each have 56 million owners, but yet, 3rd party games don't sell well on either one of them. Why?
treedoor
PSP: Bunch of pirates
And the 360 sells the most software how? It has a bunch of pirates too you know.
PSP just doesn't have that great of a library.
Wrong on 2 counts. The 360 pirating situation is no where near as bad as the PSP one. Also the Wii sells more software than the 360 and it also is perhaps the easiest of the sysytems to pirate. PSP is a dead platform in NA, that's really all there is to it.
And the 360 sells the most software how? It has a bunch of pirates too you know.
PSP just doesn't have that great of a library.
Wrong on 2 counts. The 360 pirating situation is no where near as bad as the PSP one. Also the Wii sells more software than the 360 and it also is perhaps the easiest of the sysytems to pirate. PSP is a dead platform in NA, that's really all there is to it.
Ok, 360 sells more software per console. Sorry I had to be so specific.
And the 360 sells the most software how? It has a bunch of pirates too you know.
PSP just doesn't have that great of a library.
treedoor
Wrong on 2 counts. The 360 pirating situation is no where near as bad as the PSP one. Also the Wii sells more software than the 360 and it also is perhaps the easiest of the sysytems to pirate. PSP is a dead platform in NA, that's really all there is to it.
Ok, 360 sells more software per console. Sorry I had to be so specific.
It still has pirates.
Its necessary. I mean, I cdould get into all this "attach rates are misleading" stuff but I won't. Yes, the PSP is basically dead everywhere but in Japan.
The platform is virtually dead to most american consumers here so this doesn't surprise me. Heck, this may not outsell the DS version if your 12k one week is true. DS version has sold what, 500k? only made them $20 million. I bet that budget was far over 20 million (end sarcasm)
I am actually shocked this game wouldn't sell on PSP. I was convinced that the ONLY reason it didn't sell on DS was because sheep truly weren't interested in a GTA game. I thought PSP sales would blow DS's outta the water. Why is this game flopping so hard in sales?
Yah, what is with this game? Higher rated, and plays better than the other GTA games on the PSP, but it's not getting recognized by PSP owners....treedoor
Perhaps gamers have spoken with their wallets about the idea of a top-down GTA game. Perhaps the series has locked itself into a 3D open world.
I've skipped this selection on both the DS and PSP... still considering picking up the iPhone port when it releases. The top-down format was a reason it has never made it into my "must buy" list so far, but the glowing reviews about the game itself keep it in my "get it eventually" pile.
[QUOTE="II-FBIsniper-II"]I guess no one wants a top down GTA.Toriko42
Or it's on PSP which is just death for sales wrong the last 2 gta's on psp sold over 3 million each.... get your facts stragth... I own over 40 psp games and they're great... It's a know fact that system wars peeps hate the psp , why I don't know... there is a slew of ps1 and psp rpgs on the system that I love!! DS has a few good games but the rest is kids stuff. People didn't want a ds port of a game, even if it is good (I bought it but my copy doesn't show in npd why? Digital download to my mem stick on my psp -3000 or 2000. ) I can list at least 75 stellar psp games but the ds fanboys and Sony haters will say they all suck... which is just a load of crap!!
The platform is virtually dead to most american consumers here so this doesn't surprise me. Heck, this may not outsell the DS version if your 12k one week is true. DS version has sold what, 500k? only made them $20 million. I bet that budget was far over 20 million (end sarcasm)
darth-pyschosis
Says who... you? I buy psp games all the time... whats up with you people hating on the psp so much.. It has great games! It's my favorite handheld ever. Bunch of gameboy loving psp hating fools if you can't see how psp is freakin great.
[QUOTE="LongZhiZi"]VGChartz....fail much? Also, this doesn't take into account PSN downloads. The game, which I should add, finally knocked FFVII as the top selling PSN game for the week. We obviously don't know what the actual sales numbers are, but it's clear that it made some sort of impact on PSN. And before another poster comes into this thread to make themselves look foolish about PSN, yes, any PSP can use PSN games. It does not have to be a Go. Please refrain from exposing yourself as uninformed. Finally- do remember that this is a port 6 months after the fact. I'm sure if R* isn't expecting a million-seller here. Yes a port that is a good game but it's top down, centred with no voice acting or live radio stations... how much did gta 1 and 2 sell compared to 3, vc, sa and 4? Plus it was a ds game first... I bet many psp owners thought it was just lackluster because it came from a system with 1/12 the power. PSP owners are used to gta on psp looking like the console version... both psp gta's sold over 3 mil each with lc stories topping 4million. Those games compare to the console versions, not the 1997 ps1/pc release. You must also consider that it came out the same week as uncharted 2 and all the other great games... What do you expect. There are a ton of psp games I still want to buy but can't becuase console comes first... I will get them later and I am sure others will too. Then there is digital downlaod how i got it. Why is sys wars so full of psp and Sony haters? I just don't get it.
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