Nintendo Switch Outsells PSP

The Nintendo Switch has outsold the lifetime sales of Sony's handheld platform, the PSP, according to VGChartz estimates.

The Switch sold 425,124 units for the week ending March 13, 2021 to bring its lifetime sales to 81.22 million units. This compares to the PSP with sales of 81.09 million units. The figure for the Switch includes the combined sales of the original Switch model and the Switch Lite.

[septemberindecember]

I loved the PSP. Crisis Core, both God of Wars, Dissidia, MGS: Portable Ops and Peace Walker, GTA LCS and SAC, Daxter...a lot of great games.

Still, well deserved for the Switch! Next week the GBA is going down. Should surpass PS3, 360, Wii, and PS1 by years end too.

[metalhead]

Nintendo doesn’t care about its customers so why should I care about their success? Nintendo just creates collectors items out of thin air by pulling released remasters off the market and jacking the price up in the used market.

[ScootaKuH]

Well you must care to a certain extent, otherwise why bother commenting?

[Snookies12]

I mean, I love my Switch and all... But you're definitely not wrong. Nintendo is by far the most money hungry out of the big 3.

[DefaultComment]

It's a business, the main purpose of a company is to provide services and/or products for a profit....If they are so called hungry, they why has Sony Bought Evo or why has Microsoft bought Bethesda? I think you need to get your facts checked.

[blackblades]

And to add there 1st party games rarely go on sale. Games still jacked up high, i think I seen super smash bros brawl still at the same price.

[mcstorm]

I get that but I feel nintendo games seem to keep the price well. Even traiding prices have always been higher for Nintendo ips.

Something about Nintendo games abit like apple products that keep the price well. Plus people still buy them.

If you look at the big Sony ips for example they tend to be top of the charts for 2 or 4 weeks then drop down Nintendo big ips stay in the top. Always seems to be a demand for them.

[Lexreborn2]

Oh so now we’re comparing it to handhelds?

[Shiken]

The same articles were made for PS4. It is a sales milestone, nothing more.

[NotoriousWhiz]

The Switch is both handheld and home console. It's really not complicated.

[Lexreborn2]

Literally all some people have done is scream it’s not a handheld.I’m taking a jab at them, I own two and give no shits.

[mkis007]

so the psp and vita were a home console because you could plug it into a tv ?

[Shiken]

mkis007

Niether the PSP nor Vita has separate visual settings based on TV or handheld the way Switch does. It was actually made with console functionality in mind.

The PSP and Vita just doing a direct HDMI out to a TV is not the same thing.

[ocelot07]

I loved the psp but I didn't realise it was so successful?

[monkey602]

Ha that was my take away from this too! PSP did so much better than i thought it did

[Unknown_Gamer5794]

It’s by far the most successful direct competitor to a Nintendo handheld. It did not outsell the DS, but over 80 million units sold is nothing to snuff at. No rival has ever bested Nintendo in the handheld space, but that’s still a huge achievement on Sony’s part.

[deafdani]

To put it into perspective, it wasn't able to beat the DS simply because the DS was the best selling Nintendo console ever made, handheld or otherwise. It sold around 155 or 160 million total, which is amazing and only bested by the PS2's sales.

DS aside, the other Nintendo handhelds sold between 80 million (Gameboy Advance, 3DS) and 100 million (original Gameboy). So for Sony to be able to match those numbers with their first handheld console ever speaks volumes. Dropping out of the handheld space only because the Vita flopped was a serious mistake, in my opinion. They should've tried again.

[Babadook7]

To the surprise of no one, including PSP fans.