StompingFreak
28-08-2008, 04:47 AM
Capcom's Monster Hunter is being hailed as the main reason why PSP has edged past the 10 million sales mark in Japan.
It's taken Sony's handheld just over three and a half years (hitting Japan in December 2004) to reach the milestone, according to Famitsu (via Kotaku).
The top two games on the system, by a long shot, are both Monster Hunter titles. Monster Hunter 2nd G has shifted almost 2.4 million copies, with the similarly-named Monster Hunter 2nd clocking up 1.7 million sales. Crisis Core trails in third on just under 800,000 sales, which isn't bad considering it hasn't been out that long.
Then it's more Monster Hunter Portable, with just under 670,000 sales and Phantasy Star Portable with 550,000.
Great news for Sony. Even if the DS soared past the 20 million mark in Japan last year, with worldwide sales now topping 77 million.
Source (http://www.goldenjoystick.com/)
It's taken Sony's handheld just over three and a half years (hitting Japan in December 2004) to reach the milestone, according to Famitsu (via Kotaku).
The top two games on the system, by a long shot, are both Monster Hunter titles. Monster Hunter 2nd G has shifted almost 2.4 million copies, with the similarly-named Monster Hunter 2nd clocking up 1.7 million sales. Crisis Core trails in third on just under 800,000 sales, which isn't bad considering it hasn't been out that long.
Then it's more Monster Hunter Portable, with just under 670,000 sales and Phantasy Star Portable with 550,000.
Great news for Sony. Even if the DS soared past the 20 million mark in Japan last year, with worldwide sales now topping 77 million.
Source (http://www.goldenjoystick.com/)