Lumines sales up nearly 6000 percent since exploit

Posted Jun 24th 2007 6:20PM by Andrew Yoon
Filed under: News, Lumines, Homebrew

Many modern PSP owners do not have homebrew-capable PSP systems. Therefore, when an exploit was found in Lumines that defeats protection in 3.50 firmware, many leaped at an opportunity to purchase the beloved PSP music/puzzle game. Sales on amazon.com have jumped up a whopping 5,900% percent, making it the tenth best selling video game on the retailer's site. Until there's an alternative solution for those clamoring for homebrew on their systems, Lumines looks like it will be experiencing quite an incredible new revival in sales.

[Thanks, ben!]

Tags: amazon, amazon.com, exploit, homebrew, lumines

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

6-24-2007 @ 6:27PM

Michael Mendoza said...

Well I didn't buy it from Amazon, but I'm sure glad I bought it!! People are going to go crazy for this game now! We only had 1 in stock in my city and it was used. FIRST POST!

6-24-2007 @ 6:29PM

kingofwale said...

that's a disgrace. Please, Lumine's a great game, I own a copy, please don't buy this so you can sell it for ridiculous price on eBay later.

6-24-2007 @ 6:34PM

TheGuy said...

@kingofwhale

TOO LATE!!! MUAHAHAHAHA!!! MUST HORDE LUMINES, MUST HORDE!!!

6-24-2007 @ 6:45PM

kingofwale said...

>TOO LATE!!! MUAHAHAHAHA!!! MUST HORDE LUMINES, MUST HORDE!!!

watch it being some fake rumour. If I'm a developer of a crappy game, I'd so make some kind of garbage like this. so you get idiots buying that game like there's no tomorrow. :)

Although I have 0 problem with Lumine being top 10, that game is frickin awesome.

6-24-2007 @ 6:53PM

mmendoza27 said...

LOL @ #3. Well I just bought it today and don't plan on selling it on eBay or anything. I'm just interested in Homebrew and just bought a PSP when the price dropped. I wonder if Lumines will go out of print...

I like the game so far. I don't think it's a hoax, I did see the Hello World program run on my PSP earlier, I'm just waiting for the downgrader.

6-24-2007 @ 6:58PM

rabe7thebest said...

wow... I did buy one copy just for the heck of it. But I got mine from a different store.

6-24-2007 @ 7:02PM

merc25 said...

mmendoza27,
kingofwale isn't saying it's a hoax, he is suggesting that some developer and publisher of crappy games will try to start a rumor to make their POS game sell. He isn't claiming the Lumines is a crappy game nor is he saying this is a hoax.

6-24-2007 @ 7:12PM

Calvin said...

This is funnier than prune juice. When i saw this i laughed so hard, i almost fell out of my chair! If sales are going like this then i better go pick a copy up at walmart right now.

6-24-2007 @ 7:18PM

alexb360 said...

well i went and got mine the second i heard about the exploit, but i also got it since ive played lumines on 360 and its really fun

6-24-2007 @ 7:19PM

ben said...

No problem Andrew. ;)

When I first sent the link to PSPFanboy, it was about %3500 increase. And, now it is at %6900. WOW!!!

6-24-2007 @ 7:35PM

Bryant said...

Am I the only person who had the game before the exploit was found? lol

6-24-2007 @ 7:56PM

Erik said...

I'm so glad I didn't trade Lumines in when I picked up Lumines 2... :)

6-24-2007 @ 8:04PM

kingofwale said...

>Am I the only person who had the game before the exploit was found?

Not true, I have the game and my friends does too, it was one of the best puzzle game on PSP (until Puzzle Quest came out).

6-24-2007 @ 8:25PM

ediddy999 said...

I had to call my brother the moment I saw this. He has a copy and is on 3.50. This is a miracle!

6-24-2007 @ 9:13PM

alexb360 said...

wow now its up about 10,500

6-24-2007 @ 10:55PM

kingofwale said...

14600% right now, for those not great at month, that's 146 TIMES. Wow, watch it go back to sales game sell chart for this week. LOL

any idea how many units sold so far?

6-24-2007 @ 10:56PM

NdFaN1083 said...

ok wait...how does this work? how do i get homebrew througgh this game? please Andrew, come out with a guide!

6-25-2007 @ 12:18AM

rockeranimefreak said...

haha luminous ftw!!!

6-25-2007 @ 12:20AM

h0mi said...

Bryant- no I bought Lumines back in December and I already have 3.40-OEA on my psp.

6-25-2007 @ 12:31AM

mjallemand said...

Neat. I would have bought it if I didn't already own Lumines II.

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