Gundam is fastest selling PSP game ever
by Chris Powell 
{ Aug 16th 2006 at 7:41AM }
Has anyone else noticed the incredible amount of negative PSP news the last few weeks? Yeah, me too. Well, in hope of possibly changing that a bit, I bring you news of D Gundam G Generation Portable becoming the best one-week selling PSP game ever in Japan.According to Media Create, the game sold more than 150,000 copies in its first week and was the best-selling game for the week of its release. Gundam knocked New Super Mario Bros. on its ass, outselling it by more than 55,000 units. Yeah, so what if New Super Mario Bros. has been out forever? We need something to cheer about, damn it. Whoo hoo!
(Via Kotaku)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
xiLLeNtz @ Aug 16th 2006 9:40AM
lol i remember playing the first gundam game and it was awesome, just like the popular arcade version they have down there. good to hear this is a success~
VJ @ Aug 16th 2006 11:26AM
Good news. I loves my PSP. Cant wait for:
Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core
GTA Vice City Stories
Metak Gear Solid: Portable Ops
Silent Hill Origins
Jeanne d'Arc
Best handheld ever.
CJC @ Aug 16th 2006 11:31AM
Wow! Japan sure loves it's giant robots...
Andrew Yoon @ Aug 16th 2006 11:31AM
Old?
http://playstation.joystiq.com/2006/08/10/sd-gundam-g-generation-wins-in-japan/
pixelator @ Aug 16th 2006 1:23PM
Any word on the porting of this to the USA? I remember the good old days with Godzilla, Ultraman & Gundam games on the Super Famicom/SNES... Even the SD volleyball game was cool.
Impressive that a PSP game can overcome Super Mario - goes to show, the PSP still has a lot of units sold out there and can still 'get up' if it gets some huge smash hits.
Chris Powell @ Aug 16th 2006 4:08PM
Of course it's not old, Andrew. This news is Gundam being the fastest selling one-week PSP game ever. I even linked to your previous article on the game chart.
Stop being a meany!
The Poet @ Aug 16th 2006 5:56PM
Oh WOW!!! finally a psp game knocks out Super Mario which has been out for weeks now. Pathetic.... looks like sony has to reconsider ever trying the handheld market.
pixelator @ Aug 16th 2006 6:38PM
"looks like sony has to reconsider ever trying the handheld market."
Too bad you didn't reconsider cluttering the comments with PSP bashing tripe.
Janos @ Aug 17th 2006 3:23AM
As much as I know this won't be ported to USA / English. And that's too bad. I tried it out and even if I didn't understand anything from the story or the menus the game was still great. :)
It reminded me a lot of Advance Wars from the GBA which I loved. And which still needs a viable "replacement" on the PSP. No, not Field Commander...
Marco C Jr. @ Aug 17th 2006 8:33AM
I don't know what critics have been saying about this game but I have feeling that its success has to do with its brand more then the game itself. Same goes for Mario, Brain Age, Madden, etc. Thats how the world works.