Greatest Hits in the U.S
"When Sony introduced the program for PlayStation in 1997, games could become GH titles after selling at least 150,000 copies and being on the market for at least a year.[1] Minimum sales required eventually rose to 250,000.[2] When the program came to PlayStation 2 in 2002, games could become GH titles after selling at least 400,000 copies and being on the market for at least 9 months.[3] Suggested retail prices of GH titles at first were dropped to $24.99, but they now typically retail for $19.99. Third-party publishers, however, can set their own GH prices and are not required to make their games GH titles after passing the minimums. Games that are multi-million sellers may become GH titles much later than 9 months to maximize profits.
In 2006, Sony extended the Greatest Hits program to the PlayStation Portable. [4] To qualify, a title must be on the market for at least 9 months and have sold 250,000 copies or more."
Platinum range in PAL Territories
"The Platinum Range is a Sony PlayStation budget range in the PAL regions, including the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and continental Europe. A similar budget range in the U.S. market is known as the Greatest Hits label.
To become a Platinum release it was required that a game have over 600,000 total worldwide sales after generally one year on the market (PAL region sales in particular; games that sell over 600,000 units in another region alone, such as Japan or the U.S., do not necessarily qualify for a Platinum title).
After reaching the required level of sales, Sony often dropped the prices of the original title to Platinum pricing levels (generally about half of the original retail price), as a way to clear inventory for retailers.
The Platinum distinction has since been extended to the PlayStation 2 era and PSP era."
Ultimate Hits in Japan
Square Enix games are usually given Ultimate Hits status once they hit 600K-750K in retail.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platinum_range
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sony_Greatest_Hits_games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Hits
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