PSP software also managed to break into the top 10 sales for the month -- a true rarity for the system. With such impressive first month sales, it's clear that both Crisis Core and Chains of Olympus will outsell every PSP game released last year.
Check out the numbers, after the cut.
[Via Joystiq]
- Wii: 721K
289K (40%)- DS: 698K
110.4K (15.8%)- PSP: 297K
53.9K (18.1%)- Xbox 360: 262K
7.4K (2.8%)- PS3: 257K
23.8K (9.3%)- PS2: 216K
135.8K (62.9%)March Software
1. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) - 2.7 million
2. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (Xbox 360) - 752.3K*
3. Army of Two (Xbox 360) - 606.1K
4. Wii Play w/ remote (Wii) - 409.8K
5. God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP) - 340.5K
6. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP) - 301.6K
7. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii) - 264.1K
8. Major League Baseball 2K8 (Xbox 360) - 237.1K
9. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) - 237K*
10. Army of Two (PS3) - 224.9K
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-17-2008 @ 8:49PM
merc25 said...
And 250,000 units makes a game a Greatest Hits, nine months from now of course.
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4-17-2008 @ 9:45PM
Marco Cano Jr said...
I helped out with FF:Crisis Core. I want my cut enix.
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4-18-2008 @ 1:48PM
PSN: KillaKornbread (the shirt is a lie!) said...
i was gonna pick that one up but i havent finished Patapon yet with work and school. and im a Final Fantasy VII whore too. i probably wont get it til the summer though now since GTAIV is so close.
4-18-2008 @ 9:36AM
emirabal said...
And just last week there was an article about the state of the psp and how hackers and bootleggers were destroying the market (sarcastic tone coming up now) because clearly the article that you guys wrote changed everyones way and made them realize the error of their ways so everyone went out and bought the games now, it couldnt be that there were no good games out there worth buying , no it couldnt be that, (sarcastic tone over),
I'm just saying, with good games, come good sales, good content (i.e. - xbox live) comes good hardware sales, (with good graphics and functionality) comes good hardware sales - ps3, its all formulas, you put good money into game development and you will see money come back, don't give me crappy games like 300 (no offense, if the game play and graphics, heck even just the graphics were in par with GOW-COO, that would have been a great game, but alas, no one purchased it, i wonder why).
I just cant stand the fact that people talk about people copying and stealing games when the games aren't worth buying OR STEALING for that matter.
Thanks for listening guys, i know you read the posts, keep up the good work.
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4-18-2008 @ 9:37AM
Andrew Yoon said...
Let's hope this trend can continue!
4-18-2008 @ 11:27AM
Saigon said...
Crisis Core and GoW are monster titles, which explains why they're selling so well. Who knows how much higher those numbers could've rose if those games weren't being pirated. Crisis Core and GoW will probably outsell everything else released this year as well.
4-18-2008 @ 9:53AM
emirabal said...
Holy sh*T, Andrew Yoon commented on one of my comments, thats f**ing awesome. I made it to the big time.
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4-18-2008 @ 1:15PM
Jacksons said...
Nothing like a prequel/sidestory/spinoff of a popular franchise to give software sales a boost! That's not a bad thing, either. Having that home consolesque feel is something that makes the PSP stand out.
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4-18-2008 @ 2:46PM
koko said...
remember that crisis core was released at the end of the month
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4-19-2008 @ 10:35AM
Alien said...
Actually 300 sold pretty well for the shitty game it was . 200k in the US and its still one of the top selling games in some EU regions ;)
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