PSP Slim Debuts To Big Sales in Japan

The PSP Slim debuted in Japan on the 20th to some 250,000 unit sales. The unit also got a significant bump with the release of Final Fantasy: Crisis Core pack. Gamespot reports: "The PSP Slim has now sold a total of 326,645 units in Japan, as of September 23, 75,943 of which coming from the Crisis Core bundle. The handheld was first unveiled during this year's E3 Media and Business Summit. According to SCEA president Kaz Hirai, the new device is 33 percent lighter and 19 percent slimmer, and it also packs a more efficient battery, is faster at loading games, and features video-out capabilities. According to Enterbrain's tally, the combined total of the PSP's new and old model currently sits at 6,217,664 units since the original first went on sale for the island nation in December 2004. "

Fat PSP vs. Fairly-chunky PSP

[Tetsujin]

Try looking at the side-by-sides [kotaku.com] with the PSP, Slim, DS, and DS Lite before you try and make a joke. Slightly smaller than the PSP, but definitely thinner than the DS Lite.

When you say side by side you ain't kidding... All you can see in those shots are the side of the machine. :)

I don't care if it's thinner - it's too frikkin' big. Making something that big a fraction of an inch thinner doesn't amount to much when it comes to storing the thing. We're talking about the smallest dimension of the machine, and they made it a little smaller. Talk to me when the thing isn't so frikkin' wide...

But mostly I'm just pushing your buttons (except the square button - I hear that one's cheaply-built) - so don't take any of it too seriously or you'll get a headache. If it makes you feel any better, I'm happy to acknowledge that the PSP is a damn nice machine, and its game library is getting better all the time. I just think it's funny that the "smaller" PSP is... pretty much the same size as the old PSP.

Snide comments beget more

[BlackCobra43]

What, you mean like how the PS3 is crushing Wii sales?

Oh wait...

Maybe how the DS was already being submerged under PSP sales!

Hmmm...