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50 Million PSPs; 200 Million UMDs Sold

greg | February 14, 2009

It’s no doubt an interesting matter that the PlayStation Portable has reached the 50 million “sell-in” figure worldwide. As well, there are over 2,000 UMD titles available with sell-in units reaching, count ‘em — that’s 200 million large. Now, how many of those PSPs are hacked, and how many of those UMDs have been ripped to an ISO and copied to a memory stick? Eh, eh… One could wonder…

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) today announced that the cumulative worldwide sell-in units of PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system (PSP-1000, 2000 and 3000 series) reached a total of 50 million units(*1) as of January 2009.

PSP keeps evolving as an innovative handheld entertainment system, offering a wide array of exciting software titles and introducing fun peripherals as well as upgrading features through regular system software updates. Inheriting the basic functions and the design philosophy of PSP-1000, slim and light PSP (PSP-2000) was launched in September 2007, introducing new features such as “Skype” and expanding the joy of PSP from the entertainment arena into the area of communication. In October 2008, SCE introduced PSP-3000 to the world, featuring an advanced high contrast LCD and a built-in microphone, while maintaining the form factors of PSP-2000. Gaining even greater support from a wide range of users worldwide, the world of PSP continues to grow.

So, what’s next for the PSP?

Read the full press release.

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Comment by DM646
2009-02-14 20:55:19

i bet most of the UMD’S are the old gta and luminies lol

Comment by ???
2009-02-15 09:01:53

dont forget about gripshift :)

Comment by DM646
2009-02-15 14:06:58

Yea 4 got about that 1 lol im so used 2 usin gta and luminies

 
 
Comment by Ed
2009-02-15 21:39:56

I have hacked over 250 PSP’s with the same Pandora (mem.stick and batt.)…I takes me less than 5 minutes lol!…and I do it for free lol!…My first one was GTA LCS it took me over a week just to find the game lol!…I have done every hack possible and never bricked one so far…knock on wood lol!…Viva Dark Alex!

Comment by Kenneth
2009-02-16 00:04:01

Sony should be thanking dark alex and all the homebrew programmers for all the sales they broght in, if it wasn’t for the hacking community I know alot of people would not have been as interested in the psp. I have had many of my friends so impressed with what it can do hacked that they would go out and buy one and have me hack it for them. So just a suggestion to sony, maybe they should donate to the cause insted causing problems. Kenneth!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by brand
2009-02-20 00:51:08

And how many sales did they lose in games?

 
 
 
 
Comment by Low
2009-02-14 21:31:54

LOL you can count 7 of those PSP’s as mine LOL

Comment by Indestructible
2009-02-14 23:10:47

3 of them mine LoL!

Comment by Alex C
2009-02-15 16:53:11

no one cares dickhead

 
 
 
Comment by Mr Saibot
2009-02-14 21:43:53

That means every owner bought an average of 4 games. I own 1 UMD (GTA).
lol

Comment by Indestructible
2009-02-14 23:14:03

i bought 9 made up for yours i guess lol!

Comment by EOH01
2009-02-15 00:23:20

Well I’m average then… Only got 4 UMD’s… :) I haven’t actually played them in ages but I’m sure I have them somewhere? Doesn’t matter I have backups. :)

Comment by shveet
2009-02-15 18:58:44

haha your the normal one… i got (give or take) 12umds sitting )and 6 umd are for my and other 6 or for my bro…so i guess you could call me ab-normal….

 
 
 
 
Comment by Amrish
2009-02-14 21:44:32

no, no, no.

“…the PlayStation Portable has reached the 50 million sold mark worldwide.”

That is incorrect what you stated. 50 million is the “sell-in” figure. Not the number sold. There is a massive difference between the two.

Comment by greg
2009-02-14 21:48:33

fine. ;)

it’s fixed now.

Comment by Amrish
2009-02-14 21:49:49

cool, sorry for being pedantic lol :)

Comment by hendrix118
2009-02-15 03:27:20

i have no idea why this is so hilarious but i’ve never seen someone use “pedantic” and “lol” in the same sentence

 
 
 
 
Comment by Chinpokomon
2009-02-14 21:51:34

50 million? Great.. 40million more to beat the Nintendo DS @__@

woah alot of UMD’s are sold? maybe 97% of them are ripped and share to people around the world

Comment by piiezpii
2009-02-17 04:24:42

Can anyone answer my question? Would games be more abundant and better if they were downloaded because more people would get paid EXAMPLE psp gt4 mobile

Comment by piiezpii
2009-02-17 04:25:23

WERENT i meant

 
 
 
Comment by green
2009-02-14 22:28:43

next up is playing with a dual shock controller through ur ps3 to psp in sonys i beleive next update or soon

Comment by Amrish
2009-02-14 23:32:48

I havn’t heard about it being in a firmware update (but if it is that would be cool). But it’s definately something we’re be able to do through PSP+ on Resistance: Retribution alongside the PS3’s Resistance 2

 
Comment by conbinboy
2009-02-15 00:01:28

If this is the case, I can finally play ACE COMBAT X properly ~ which would be great.

 
 
Comment by killerener99
2009-02-15 00:24:34

if there are only 2000 titles why did people buy all those extra games?

 
Comment by Uzi
2009-02-15 13:13:05

good to know :)

 
Comment by addict insane
2009-02-15 17:07:31

I’ve got only one UMD. Guess what – it’s Lumines :)))))))))))

 
Comment by Ritchie Rich
2009-02-15 19:37:11

I got all UMDs!! Every single one of them!! How about that? Huh? Huh? Huh? Eh?

Comment by Mr Saibot
2009-02-16 05:07:45

No you haven’t. Where would you keep 200 million UMDs?

 
 
Comment by JoblessPunk
2009-02-15 21:44:50

well, I got 1 UMD… but I only have 1 PSP that still has the UMD drive in it haha

 
Comment by anon
2009-02-15 22:59:52

No doubt a SLOW day for news when this is classified as a “PSP-Hack”.

 
Comment by foxdog
2009-02-15 23:31:57

i have 4 psp’s and thay are all pimped to shit. i did manage to fry one tho

 
Comment by DM646
2009-02-16 11:00:41

i got 2 1 of em GTA LCS other 1 is atv lol

 
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