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LordTheNightKnight on 06 August 2008

Phantasy Star Portable sells like a Monster in Japan

The funny thing is that it's more or less a port of Phantasy Star Universe.

Another port from the PS2. It used to be a weakness for the PSP, but as this, Monster Hunter, and all those Super Mario Advance games show, it's WHAT is ported, not THAT it's a port.

Not sure if it will help the system sell more in Japan, but it's selling fine anway, and is only 13 million away from 50 million.



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hunter_alien on 06 August 2008

It wasnt entirely unexpected... It was a dangerous bet, but it seems that it did better than waht most where expecting :D



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ChronotriggerJM on 06 August 2008

Awesome stuff :P I'd love to get that game on the PSP, a terrible game on consoles if you ask me, but get this game with all your friends in the same room and your in for some damn good red-box hunting >: )



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famousringo on 06 August 2008

A lot of people seem to assume that because a game is a port, no value is being added. But the obvious truth is that the value added is that the game is now playable on a platform which it previously wasn't playable on. As long as the ported platform is sufficiently distinct from the original platform (from PS2 to the portable PSP, or from the PS2 to the advanced interface of the Wii are good examples), the value can be quite substantial.



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FilaBrasileiro on 06 August 2008
hunter_alien said:
It wasnt entirely unexpected... It was a dangerous bet, but it seems that it did better than waht most where expecting :D

Seems like you won 2/3 bets and I'm betting you will win the 3rd what with Sony saying enough of PSP -> PS2 ports.

 



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PapaSmurf5721 on 06 August 2008

Great news for the PSP may pick up the game if it is worthwh
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FinalEvangelion on 06 August 2008

Wonder what kind of legs it will have. Next MHP?



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DMeisterJ on 06 August 2008

@ Final Evangelion

Yup, probably.

Good thing too, PSP deserves it.



akuma587 on 06 August 2008

PSP is the new DS in Japan.



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LordTheNightKnight on 06 August 2008
famousringo said:
A lot of people seem to assume that because a game is a port, no value is being added. But the obvious truth is that the value added is that the game is now playable on a platform which it previously wasn't playable on. As long as the ported platform is sufficiently distinct from the original platform (from PS2 to the portable PSP, or from the PS2 to the advanced interface of the Wii are good examples), the value can be quite substantial.

 

I think it was that a lot of the ports didn't add much value even then. Monster Hunter was a game that had a lot of value as a portable. Xmen legends didn't really add much as a portable game.



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