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Sony has announced today that their first handheld console, the PSP, sold 500,000 units in the first two days the system was available in North America. While the entire number of PSPs sold in the first week is yet to be revealed, Sony have stated that the first week of system sales generated over $150 million.
“The launch of PSP was everything we hoped for, with extraordinary consumer demand driving sales of hardware units alone upwards of $150 million in first week sales, far and away above those generated by any other product in the space,” said Kaz Hirai, president and chief executive officer, Sony Computer Entertainment America. “In only two weeks, PSP is having an immediate impact across the entire industry as consumers are clearly voting it the product of the year in 2005.”
“GameStop, Inc. has seen an extraordinary cross section of consumers come through our doors including hard core gamers, business men and women of all ages looking to get a PSP,” said Dan DeMatteo, vice-chairman and chief operational officer, GameStop Inc. “The overall entertainment value of PSP is giving it a mass appeal beyond any other product we have ever carried.”
Sony had hoped to sell one million PSP Value Packs at launch, but they seem to have fallen someway short. Even so, the PSP is getting a lot of good press and given that the system has been released in March and not during the crazy Christmas season, these early sales figures aren’t too bad.
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