Brisk sales of the PSP (left) are raising a challenge to rival Nintendo's DS portable console - the market leader. -- PHOTO: JOSEPH NAIR FOR THE STRAITS TIMES
TOKYO - SONY says global sales of its PlayStation handheld game console have topped 50 million units.
The PlayStation Portable, known as PSP, debuted in Japan in December 2004. It hit markets in the US, Asia and Europe in 2005.
The company's video game unit, Sony Computer Entertainment, announced the sales in a statement on Friday.
Brisk sales of the PSP are raising a challenge to rival Nintendo's DS portable console - the market leader. In Japan, PSP sales outpaced the DS for several months last year, according to Tokyo-based trade magazine Enterbrain.
Nintendo said the Kyoto-based company has sold 96.2 million DS and its latest version DSi consoles since December, 2004. -- AP
