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. "

My PSP saved me from buying an iPhone

[maynard]

I bought a launch PSP. Still have it, though the only use it gets is from homebrew. Unfortunately, I don't have time to waste lately, so it sits collecting dust. I honestly thought Sony would wake up to the demand for an unlocked PSP and/or at least public dev tools. No way.

So now that Apple is trying to force the same mess down it's customers' throats with the rolling incompatible iBrick updates, I'm pleased to have learned the lesson of the PSP: don't waste your money. It's just not worth the trouble.