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Monster Hunter Portable 3rd Walks Away With Quadruple Platinum PlayStation Award

By Spencer . December 5, 2011 . 2:25am

Monster Hunter Portable 3rd Walks Away With Quadruple Platinum PlayStation AwardThe winners of the annual PlayStation awards are in and Monster Hunter Portable 3rd was presented with an honor made just for Capcom’s PSP game. Sony gave the title a quadruple platinum prize for exceeding four million units. While critical acclaim is the focus of many award shows, the PlayStation Awards are tied to game sales.

 

Games that sold over 500,000 units in Japan, but under a million received a gold award. Final Fantasy Type-0, Gran Turismo 5, Dynasty Warriors 7, Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD Version, Pro Evolution Soccer 2011, and Tales of Xillia won this prize.

 

Sony also selected five top selling downloadable games for the PlayStation Store prize. Japan bought Dissidia 012[duodecim] Prologus, Crazy Taxi, Elemental Monster Online Card Game, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Dreamy Theater 2nd, and Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition.

 

The User’s Choice prize isn’t tied to sales. These ten games were selected by PlayStation fans and in no particular order the winning titles are: The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Blue, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Gran Turismo 5, Dynasty Warriors 7, Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland, Tales of Xillia, Dark Souls, Catherine, and Monster Hunter Portable 3rd.

 

New for 2011 is a World Game prize, an award selected by users for games developed overseas. Three titles earned the inaugural World Game award: Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and LittleBigPlanet 2.


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  • Michael Vu

    All this, yet no american port? I’d really like this, probably even more than the HD remake, there’s just something about playing it on the psp screen with ad hoc party or xlink kai that makes it magical!

  • http://twitter.com/Crevox Crevox

    Gogo dark souls

  • riceisnice

    Call of Duty?

    • godmars

      Too soon.

    • aoihana

      Believe it or not, Call of Duty is a perfectly legitimate game that millions upon millions enjoy, including Japan. So, yes, Call of Duty. (◕‿◕✿)

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_472QBVARRYERRGHATSUGCVCTTA Ian

    hope that convince  to localize Tales of Xillia and Monster Hunter 3rd HD… :O

  • http://www.facebook.com/shawn.dickenson1 Shawn SomethingOtaku Dickenson

    thanx to hackers I can now read the stuff  in the game yay 

  • Ladius

    I’m really happy to see Ao no Kiseki receiving yet another award, they will have to update the cover of the commemorative re-release, since they have five prizes instead of four to showcase :P

    Also, great results for both Tales of Xillia and Atelier Meruru.

  • aoihana

    When Sony creates an award exclusively for your video game’s success, you know you’ve made it! （*＾ワ＾*）

    Seriously, I’m happy for Capcom, I hope 3G spawns similar success (☆^ー^☆)

    Sony also selected five top selling downloadable games for the PlayStation Store prize. Japan bought Dissidia 012[duodecim] Prologus, Crazy Taxi, Elemental Monster Online Card Game, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Dreamy Theater 2nd, and Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition.

    Hey, hey, hey, it’s time to make some craaazy money! Are you ready? Here we go! 

    Ah ~ I remember playing Crazy Taxi on the Dreamcast, good times! A lot of frustration with all the little mini games, but it was a truly addicting game! I was particularly fond of Taxi Bowling, such a silly game! (＾▽＾)

    I’ve been meaning to play Dreamy Theater 2nd! I think I will this weekend, but it’s kind of pricey! ¥ 3,900, if I remember correctly. This is the only time I’m not particularly happy with 39. (◕‿◕✿)

  • dahuuuundge

    For when the Platinum prize is not enough, there’s the QUADRUPLE Platinum price

  • http://twitter.com/Megawarrior345 Elle

    Congrats Tales of Xillia.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Abel-Liegod/100000072534559 Abel Liegod

    This is kinda unfair
    I know Monster Hunter is really popular, not only in japan but worldwide, but even so it came several months earlier than Type-0
    And the only reason I dont like Type-0 more than Monster Hunter is that I didnt played a english version yet

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