10 Million PSPs Shipped Worldwide

Sony Computer Entertainment today announced milestone sales figures of its PlayStation Portable (PSP), with over 10 million units in total being sold worldwide.

Such swift penetration puts the PSP in place as the fastest selling PlayStation in history. Expected increases in sales for the Christmas market sets Sony on target for 13 million units by year end.

Despite only being released at the beginning of September in the UK & Europe, sales figures in the territory top 2.5 million, with the US topping the leader board with 4.4 million, followed by Japan/Asia at 3 million units. While the figures are impressive, it is worth noting that the distribution figures represent sales of the PSP units to retailers rather than units in the possession of consumers.

Interestingly, the associated UMD disc sale figures show strong support for the UMD video format. While the amount of UMD game discs shipped sits just below 20 million, UMD movies numbers top 15 million. While the ratio of games to units sold is less than encouraging, the ratio of UMD games to UMD movies does much to answer criticism of the UMD movie format.

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