Sony reported 500,000 units of the PSP handheld game player were sold in its first two days in North America.

While short of the immediate sellout many had expected, the numbers were still encouraging for Sony.

Sony Computer Entertainment America said in a statement that PSP products generated more than $150 million in revenue for the company during the handheld's first week on sale, surpassing any previous game system launch.

"The launch of PSP was everything we hoped for," Kaz Hirai, president of SCEA, said in the statement. "In only two weeks, PSP is having an immediate impact across the entire industry, as consumers are clearly voting it the product of the year in 2005."

Sony introduced the PSP in Japan late last year and brought it to North America a few months later. The device debuted in North America with an inventory of a million units, many of which were snapped up before launch day through advance orders.

By: DocMemory
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