Sony celebrates itself with the PlayStation Awards
Who doesn't like to give themselves a pat on the back sometimes? Sure, Sony's game division might lose up to $2 billion in the first year of the PS3, but that doesn't mean it can't partay~! The PlayStation Awards were revealed two days ago, and they celebrate the best-selling Sony games from May 2005 to May 2006. In fact, these awards are base solely on sales performance in Japan. Both PS2 and PSP games are eligible for the title, and here are the winners:
Double Platinum Award
Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
Platinum Award
Kingdom Hearts II (PS2)
World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 (PS2)
World Soccer Winning Eleven 10 (PS2)
Gold Award
Biohazard 4 (PS2)
Monster Hunter 2 (PS2)
Monster Hunter Portable (PSP)
Sengoku Musou 2 (PS2)
Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (PS2)
Dragon Ball Sparking! (PS2)
Tales of the Abyss (PS2)
Dai-3-Ji Super Robot Taisen Alpha: Shuuen no Ginga e (PS2)
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 12 (PS2)
Only one PSP game garnered enough sales (500,000+) to get an award from Sony. Looking at this data, I think it's clear that one thing has to be done in order to get PSP sales higher in Japan: Bring World Soccer Winning Eleven 11 (that's what the next one would be called, right?) to the PSP. Ha!
[Via Gamasutra]
