Sony cutting PSP shipments it doesnt look good.
The Sony games division seems to have a serious problem on its hands at the moment as PSP shipments DROPPED BY SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT! Sony shipped a mere 1.76 million PSP's in comparison to prior years figure of 6.2 million units. Elsewhere the PS2 shipped 4.11 million units, down by 23% from last year's 5.36 million units. Sony again PROMISED they will not give up on the PSP and a number of ideas are currently being considered to ramp up things.
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Other Sony gaming hardware saw declines compared to the same period in the previous year. The PS2 shipped 4.11 million units, down by 23% from last year's 5.36 million units. The PSP shipped 1.76 million units, down by 72% from last year's 6.22 million units.
In software, PS3 saw shipments of 5.2 million units for the year. PSP saw an increase of 24% over the previous year, hitting 21.2 million game titles. PS2 dropped 16% from the previous year, with 78 million games shipped.
All the lowered shipments along with the PS3 launch caused some dark figures for Sony's games division. While sales for the quarter rose 5.6% from the same period last year to 442.8 trillion yen, operating profits dropped sharply from a gain of 67.8 trillion yen last year to a loss of 122.0 trillion yen this year.
