There are a couple of sites reporting sales figures for the top 5 best selling PSP games for the USA in the period March 2005 to Fall (I assume October) 2008.

The list is as follows –

Top 5 Selling PSP Games (March 2005 – Fall 2008)

• Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2,000,000)
• Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition (1,100,000)
• Need for Speed: Most Wanted (1,100,000)
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (950,000)
• Star Wars: Battlefront II (809,000)

There are a few interesting things to note about the list, firstly that it only includes US sales, so there are no big hitting titles like Monster Hunter Freedom or Crisis Core, both of which have proved big sellers in Japan. Secondly, the game at number one is responsible for the majority of hacked PSP consoles in existance, thanks to the Save-Game exploit that was discovered way back in 2006.

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Sony are being very upbeat about sales of the PSP in the current financial year (09). According to a report on Reuters, Sony are expecting to sell 16 million units, rather than the 15 million they initially forecasted.

This is despite the new PSP-3000 (PSP Brite) not selling quite as well as the PSP-2000 did on it initial launch. However, this doesn’t really surprise me – the new version isn’t a revolutionary step forward, and unlike the step change from the PSP-1000 to the PSP-2000, there is little incentive for current owners to upgrade, especially since there have been problems reported with the new PSP-3000 screen and scan lines.

We will have to see if the Christmas festive season sees those sales figures rise – no one mention the words credit crunch. I believe Sony are going to be releasing some new PSP-3000 colours over the next month or two, which should boost sales a little more, at least for those who are fashion concious and like to have a PSP that matches their outfit.