17,000 PSP Slim units sold in first week

[wraggster]

via gibiz

Redesigned handheld sees strong initial sales

Sony has revealed that the recently launch PSP Slim & Lite has sold around 17,000 units on its first week of release in the UK.

The Slim & Lite launched on September 14 and was backed by radio and online advertising campaigns that have helped boost Sony's handheld sales in the run up to Christmas.

"The first week sales have come in at 17,000, so around a four fold increase on the previous week," said a spokesperson for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.

Earlier this month sales of the PSP were at an all time low according to Chart Track figures, but this was a result of Sony offloading the last of the original PSP stock before the introduction of the new model, said Sony.

"Of course we expected the previous weeks to be low as we moved the old stock through the channel in preparation for the Slim & Lite sku coming into retail, but now we are back on track and preparing for the launch of new products such as Go! Explore and Go Messenger."

[Veskgar]

Does anyone have a link to North American sales figures for the Slim & Lite? I think all that is available so far is the ice-silver Daxter pack which is what I bought.

Its still great to see the new Slim & Lite doing so well. I'll never forget or sell off my PSP Phat, but the Slim & Lite definitely seems like the future and I hope the homebrew scene continues with great developments and releases for the PSP Slim & Lite.

[cal360]

This is quite amazing I didn't think that many would buy the new one.

[Basil Zero]

The Ice Silver pack is the only available one, with the original PSP at 169.99 as well.

The Star Wars special edition one might be released soon i believe.

[sukhi-2006]

The psp slim is strong on sales its amazing what the original couldn't do the psp slim did it redesigned is an very good idea.

[VexnadFett]

good thing sony is pairing up with so many publishers to make very reasonable and wanted pack-ins... i'm sure that's doing it!

[quzar]

uhhh... since when is first week sales of 17000 good?

http://games.gearlive.com/playfeed/a...rope-07111310/

[jamotto]

Wow, that's a far cry from the 185,000 original psp's sold in 1995. Even the original DS moved 87,000 units.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4218320.stm

[ExcruciationX]

17,000 units isn't that much...

[Cloudhunter]

It's alot when you remember that it's just an extension of the previous PSP.

Cloudy