DS outnumbers PSP by three to one in Japan
We can’t help it – there’s a 300: March to Glory movie buzz right here in the office, and this lead says the DS is doing a Persian outnumbering the PSP. Wonder if Sony‘s handheld is going to mightily hold off its market territory like the Greeks did?
Bloomberg says that Sony has just confirmed their sales number to them. The company is losing market share to Nintendo. Sony is also apparently facing declining profits because of the losses at the game unit on costs related to the Playstation 3 and slower-than-expected PSP sales.
Nintendo has shipped 14.4 million of its handheld units to Japan by the end of 2006. Meanwhile, the next-gen console Wii sold 1.69 million units in Japan as of February 25, compared with 700,747 for the Playstation 3. Nintendo has wowed the audience with its touch-screen and stylus on the DS, and the motion-sensing gaming experience offered by the Wii.
Sony on the other hand encountered a lot of production problems during the holidays, forcing it to concede its market share to Nintendo. Sony would have to rely now on sales of Bravia TVs and Cyber-shot cameras to make up for losses at the game business.
Via Bloomberg
We can’t help it – there’s a 300: March to Glory movie buzz right here in the office, and this lead says the DS is doing a Persian outnumbering the PSP. Wonder if Sony‘s handheld is going to mightily hold off its market territory like the Greeks did?
Bloomberg says that Sony has just confirmed their sales number to them. The company is losing market share to Nintendo. Sony is also apparently facing declining profits because of the losses at the game unit on costs related to the Playstation 3 and slower-than-expected PSP sales.
Nintendo has shipped 14.4 million of its handheld units to Japan by the end of 2006. Meanwhile, the next-gen console Wii sold 1.69 million units in Japan as of February 25, compared with 700,747 for the Playstation 3. Nintendo has wowed the audience with its touch-screen and stylus on the DS, and the motion-sensing gaming experience offered by the Wii.
Sony on the other hand encountered a lot of production problems during the holidays, forcing it to concede its market share to Nintendo. Sony would have to rely now on sales of Bravia TVs and Cyber-shot cameras to make up for losses at the game business.
Via Bloomberg
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