Lumines sales up nearly 6000 percent since exploit

by Andrew Yoon { Jun 24th 2007 at 6:20PM }

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

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Michael Mendoza @ Jun 24th 2007 6:27PM

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!

kingofwale @ Jun 24th 2007 6:29PM

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.

TheGuy @ Jun 24th 2007 6:34PM

@kingofwhale

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

kingofwale @ Jun 24th 2007 6:45PM

>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.

mmendoza27 @ Jun 24th 2007 6:53PM

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.

rabe7thebest @ Jun 24th 2007 6:58PM

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

merc25 @ Jun 24th 2007 7:02PM

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.

Calvin @ Jun 24th 2007 7:12PM

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.

alexb360 @ Jun 24th 2007 7:18PM

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

ben @ Jun 24th 2007 7:19PM

No problem Andrew. ;)

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

Bryant @ Jun 24th 2007 7:35PM

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

Erik @ Jun 24th 2007 7:56PM

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

kingofwale @ Jun 24th 2007 8:04PM

>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).

ediddy999 @ Jun 24th 2007 8:25PM

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

alexb360 @ Jun 24th 2007 9:13PM

wow now its up about 10,500

kingofwale @ Jun 24th 2007 10:55PM

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?

NdFaN1083 @ Jun 24th 2007 10:56PM

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

rockeranimefreak @ Jun 25th 2007 12:18AM

haha luminous ftw!!!

h0mi @ Jun 25th 2007 12:20AM

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

mjallemand @ Jun 25th 2007 12:31AM

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

Kxpuc @ Jun 25th 2007 12:35AM

Ubisoft must be loving this

insert cool name @ Jun 25th 2007 1:03AM

well, it looks like this os gonna be my chance, I'm definently not going to upgrad until I'm absolutly sure I want homebrew, but I should nab a copy of Lumines anyway.

Don @ Jun 25th 2007 1:27AM

At least these games, GTA:LCS & Lumines, are decent.

Imagine if it took an unpatched copy of Pocket Racers to enable homebrew.

mnemo @ Jun 25th 2007 2:40AM

My old, old copy of Lumines sold for 20 Euro on eBay yesterday. Thanks, hackers! ;-)

mnemo @ Jun 25th 2007 2:48AM

By the way, I tried the exploit a few times on my 3.01 PSP (that was also sold yesterday at an exceptionally good price) and it didn't work. The PSP just shut down after a few seconds when the Start key was pressed in Lumines.

Shadowfox85 @ Jun 25th 2007 3:29AM

Just wait until sales reach over 9000%

Then we can insert Vegeta saying "ITS OVER 9000!!!!!!"

that_other_guy @ Jun 25th 2007 4:23AM

@ NdFaN1083:

you can't use this to run homebrew, yet. as i understand it, it's more or less a proof-of-concept. but more will be forthcoming...

Alien @ Jun 25th 2007 8:42AM

And in the latest news : seeing that Lumines slaes are higher than before , Ubisoft had decided that they will keep pushing more crapy games on the sistem :(

PSP-Rising @ Jun 25th 2007 2:27PM

Alien
"Ubisoft had decided that they will keep pushing more crapy games on the sistem :("

hmm according to gamestats:
VicioJuegos [Spain] 09/09/2006 86 /100 8.6
Christ CenteredGameReviews 05/16/2006 95.5 /100 9.6
Game Force 01/01/2006 9 /10 9.0
VGGEN (Video Game Gen) 11/28/2005 10.0 /10 10.0
Ace Gamez 09/23/2005 8 /10 8.0
PTgamers [Portuguese] 09/21/2005 18 /20 9.0
GameStyle 09/01/2005 8 /10 8.0
PAL Gaming Network (PALGN) 09/01/2005 8.5 /10 8.5
Empire Online 09/01/2005 5 /5 10.0
Computer and Video Games.com 08/30/2005 9 /10 9.0

Review average 8.9

So, this is Crap??? There have been many great games from Ubisoft. Me thinks you should check your facts before spouting your dribble......

pcb @ Jun 26th 2007 1:02AM

PSP-Rising
"So, this is Crap??? There have been many great games from Ubisoft. Me thinks you should check your facts before spouting your dribble......"

-Ha you pwned Alien LMAO

PimpMatt @ Jun 27th 2007 2:47AM

is anyone from Tracy,CA i think there is one in stock i don't think alot people know about psp homebrew over here because i asked all my friends they didn't know wtf im talking about.

Pimp Matt @ Jun 27th 2007 2:50AM

i just upgraded my psp to 3.50 today and i was like yay so excited and stuff because i was stuck on 3.11 and now i need lumines hope there is one in stock or ill be freaken made and have to be stuck on emulators on pc and not handheld to show off :( hope they don't patch it fast because its hard to tell my parents why i need this game and if its something foolish like this they won't care and i would need to beg or i can do it illegaly by doing a soda code hack to get all the change from the soda machine hehe and my parents will get made or i will steal the stupid game (no offence)

Pimp Matt @ Jun 27th 2007 2:52AM

when i said made i ment "mad" i always get mix up with that don't tell me why because i don't know

jim @ Jun 28th 2007 11:12PM

@ Merc

Did you read what he typed "watch it being some fake rumour" pretty much tells me he thinks it is a rumour, but we all know he is just stupid

b @ Jun 29th 2007 7:37PM

cool..anywayz tolate to get online im ppicking mine up in ma local blockbuster for $10...have to buy ..=( i want to rent ...aahhscrew i'll give it away...cool now imma be able to piss off ma teachers with ir shell turnin off and on the tv ..!!!yey that the only reason i want hombrew..thanks noobz and everyone who made this..