Portable wars: Sony PSP vs Nintendo DS software sales figures for North America
Most people feel that the Nintendo DS is currently well ahead of the Sony PSP in terms of software sales in North America. But do most people *really* know the hard facts? Well, Thanks to a recent compilation of sales data from various sources including the NPD group, at least *we* will. Check out the figures in the full article.
Most people seem to feel that the Nintendo DS is currently well ahead of the Sony PSP in terms of software sales in North America. Certainly, the DS seems to be well ahead in hardware sales so shouldn’t software sales also follow?
But do most people really know the hard facts? Thanks to a recent compilation of sales data from various sources including the NPD group, at least we will.
The PSP to date has about 396 titles released and has sold an average of 133,000 units (of software) per title. The total figure is around 53 million software units sold.
The best selling games on this system are:
- Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
- 2,000,000 units sold
- Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition
- 1,100,000 units sold
- Need for Speed: Most Wanted
- 1,100,000 units sold
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
- 950,000 units sold
- Star Wars: Battlefront II
- 809,000 units sold
On the other hand, the Nintendo DS has 653 titles released and sells an average of 163,000 units per title. Their total figure is around 106 million units sold.
The best selling games on this system are:
- New Super Mario Bros.
- 4,500,000 units sold
- Mario Kart
- 3,500,000 units sold
- Pokemon Diamond Version
- 3,000,000 units sold
- Super Mario 64 DS
- 2,700,000 units sold
- Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day
- 2,600,000 units sold
15 other games for the DS have exceeded the 1M mark in sales.
So there you have it now you really know (and knowing is half the battle). On the upside for the Sony console, it’s expected to be a hot item over the holidays.
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Via Gamasutra
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