For the week ended May 17th, the Nintendo DS series of handhelds remains atop the Japanese hardware sales list, with the Sony PSP following close behind.
On an individual basis, however, the PSP-3000 did hold the top spot, with 24,475 units sold.
The critically-hated PSPGo, which removes the UMD drive, and added little else, moved just 871 units for the period.
The PlayStation 3 saw a jump to 20,463 units sold, pushing past the Nintendo Wii, which sold 17,570 for the week.
The new DSi LL, which has a screen increase of 93 percent from past models, continues to sell well.
Sales for week ended May 17th:
* PlayStation Portable - 24,475
* PlayStation 3 - 20,463
* Nintendo Wii - 17,570
* DSi LL - 15,879
* DSi - 9990
* Xbox 360 - 4370
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Fans of the Sony PSP handheld have likely been disappointed by the lack of new innovation with the system over the past few years, including the flop that is the PSPGo.
If VG247 is correct, however, the still unofficial PSP2 sequel should have some pretty exciting specs, and will hopefully boost Sony’s lagging handheld sales.
The site, citing British sources, says the console will not be revealed at the upcoming E3 event, but it will be launched this year, with a 2011 release date.
The handheld has a touch-screen, but will keep physical buttons as well. It has two cameras, one forward-facing for video conferencing and the other, as standard, on the back.
Sources add the console could be Wi-Fi and 3G supportive, which would be a first for the handheld series. UMD will likely be removed totally, just like on the PSPGo.
Perhaps more importantly, the processor is “f***ing powerful” and will use a four-core Cell CPU.
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Q-Games, developer of the popular PixelJunk series has said that they will no longer be porting games to the Sony PSP due to the rampant piracy on the handheld.
PixelJunk is an exclusive PSN series for the PS3, and one version, PixelJunk Monsters was ported to the PSP this year.
Founder and CEO Dylan Cuthbert says that anti-piracy measures on the PSP handhelds will not stop the unauthorized distribution of his game. Cuthbert was also “shocked” to read comments by users in chat rooms who openly admitted to playing pirated versions of the game.
“I don’t think we’ll port anything else to the PSP, we have to see how [PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe] does as there’s a lot of piracy,” Cuthbert said. “Because Monsters is such a good fit it is being pirated I think, maybe the pirates will buy the full version out of guilt?”
Adds Cuthbert in response to question of whether the company would add serial numbers: “Unfortunately the pirates could just hack those kinds of things out,” and that “a PSP demo is in the works but I don’t think it makes any difference to piracy.”
“It was a shock to login to a [PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe] chat room and hear them talking about how they were all playing ripped versions.”
