Final Fantasy XIII Takes Platinum Prize At The 2010 PlayStation Awards

Every year, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan awards the top selling games prizes. Ship 500,000 units in Japan for a gold prize. Platinum titles break the 1,000,000 mark. There was only one platinum prize winner this year, Final Fantasy XIII.

Personally, the user choice prize and new PlayStation Store awards are more interesting. Japanese gamers picked Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and God of War III as two of their favorite games to play. Those Western developed titles are sitting on the same pedestal as Demon’s Souls (the budget reprint), Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, and Legend of the Heroes: Zero no Kiseki.

The PlayStation Store award is a prize for the top selling PlayStation Network downloads. Wizardry: Dungeon of the Imprisoned Souls flew past the competition and netted one of five awards. Two other slots are filled with Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2nd downloadable content.

User Choice Prize

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Square Enix / Activision)
• Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix)
• Monster Hunter Freedom Unite – PSP the Best reprint (Capcom)
• Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition (Capcom)
• Demon’s Souls – PS3 the Best reprint (From Software)
• Yakuza 4 (Sega)
• God of War III (SCE)
• Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (PSP)
• Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2nd (Sega)
• The Legend of Heroes: Zero no Kiseki (Falcom)

PlayStation Store Special Award

• Wizardry: Dungeon of the Imprisoned Souls (Acquire)
• Hatsune Miku: Project Diva additional song collection deluxe pack (Sega)
• After Burner Climax (Sega)
• Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Dreamy Theater (Sega)
• Weekly Toro Station (BeXide)

Gold Prize (award for shipping more than 500,000 units in Japan)

• Phantasy Star Portable 2 (Sega)
• Monster Hunter Freedom Unite – PSP the Best reprint (Capcom)
• Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (Square Enix)
• God Eater (Namco Bandai)
• Yakuza 4 (Sega)
• Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage (Tecmo Koei)
• Metal Gear solid: Peace Walker (Konami)
• Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Felyne Village (Capcom)

Platinum Prize (award for shipping over a million units in Japan)

• Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix)