Sony Computer Entertainment Celebrates its PSP Shipment of 10 Million

JCNN News Summaries - Japan Corporate News Network, Oct 25, 2005 by Aki Tsukioka

Tokyo, Oct 25, 2005 - (JCN) - Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEI) announced on October 21 that the Playstation Portable (PSP), a handheld entertainment system, marked an accumulative shipment of 10 million units worldwide (3 million in Asia, 4.47 million in North America, and 2.53 million in Europe) as of October 21.

The PSP was released in Japan and Asian countries in December 2004, in North America in March 2005, and in Europe in September.

The milestone was achieved only in 10 months after market introduction, the shortest span ever taken by the company's platforms. As of the end of September, the PSP had a total of 197 software titles introduced worldwide, with an accumulative shipment of over 19.6 million packages.

Also, by that time, a total of more than 15 million UMDVideo software titles for the PSP were shipped.