Phantasy Star Portable Breaks 200K In First Day Sales

Posted by x3sphere at August 1, 2008, 5:59 pm


According to trusty Japanese blogger Sinobi, SEGA has sold over 200K — 217,000 units to be more exact — of its recently released PSP RPG Phantasy Star Portable, a ninety percent sell-through rate. As you’d expect, SEGA is frantically shipping out more units to meet the increasing demand.

Surprised? You shouldn’t be, considering the core gameplay of Phantasy Star Portable is similar to that of Capcom’s Monster Hunter series, which has cemented its status as one of the best-selling franchises on PSP. In Japan, that is.

We’ll find out how Sega’s pocket-sized Phantasy Star effort stacks up against the other major releases of this week, like Soulcalibur IV, when Media Create releases its official figures next Wednesday.

Comments

Chilly Willy says:

It's too bad "piracy" is "destroying" the PSP market, isn't it? :rolleyes:

I think they're confusing "piracy" with "we-don't-want-games-that-suck" as what contributes to low sales of certain games. Certainly the GOOD games have no trouble making tons of money.

August 1, 2008, 9:21 pm
icedman204 says:

unless people are strapped for cash and have no choice but to be pirates lol
August 2, 2008, 4:59 am
icedman204 says:

oh and also PSP games tend to at some point end up on the PS2 one way or another (GTA VCS & LCS, syphon filter, Daxter, Ratchet and Clank to name a few)
August 2, 2008, 5:00 am
cory1492 says:

Chilly:
Yep, they are using piracy as a scapegoat for anything that has low sales lately, DMC4 PC being the most recent example I can think of (completely ignoring the fact there was a 4-6 month lag in the PC release.)


In some ways I don't blame them though, who wants to spend 2-3 years of 50+ peoples lives to make a product, to just turn around and admit it sucks the day it is released... :?
August 2, 2008, 6:22 am
Aioshima says:

I personaly think its better to own the game on a umd

August 2, 2008, 11:50 am
laz305 says:

boy am I glad, it better come to the U.S soon. Or a English patch would be awesome too

August 20, 2008, 8:34 pm
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