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makingmusic476 on 22 July 2009

From Gamebytes:

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In-Depth: PlayStation Network Sales Analysis, June 2009

[GamerBytes checks out Sony's PlayStation Network PS3 downloadable game sales, with an exclusive U.S. June Top 10 showing how titles like Trash Panic and the re-issued Final Fantasy VII fared in their debut month.]

We’re taking a look at the Top 10 PlayStation Network titles for June 2009, supplied to us through Sony's PlayStation press representatives, following our recent look at Xbox Live Arcade sales for June 2009.

The PlayStation Network received 6 new downloadable PlayStation 3 titles during June 2009 – Trash Panic, Cellfector: Psychokinetic Wars, Wolfenstein 3D, Gunstar Heroes, Droplitz and Bomberman Ultra. The PS3's digital distribution network also included numerous big PSOne Classics such as Final Fantasy VII, Resident Evil and Metal Gear Solid – bringing us the first PSOne titles to make it into the Top 10 in the past few months.

In this analysis, we'll look to see how well each title did, see which games released for PSN in April 2009 were able to hold on, and try to determine what trends might be gaining traction in this downloadable space.

Here's the North American Top 10 for PlayStation Network games on the PS3 for June 2009:

The PSOne’s Glorious Return

May was a very quiet month for the PlayStation Network, with only one new title was able to make it to the Top 10. But with the advent of E3, some high profile PSOne titles being released and numerous $5 PSN titles debuting, the Top 10 has completely changed in June.

As referenced, at the end of May and throughout June, the PlayStation Network was privy to many high profile PSOne classics, and four of those titles were able to make it to the Top 10. Final Fantasy VII was released in the month’s first week, and went to be the best-selling title on the PlayStation Network for June. According to a press release sent by Sony, the classic Square Enix RPG had garnered over 100,000 sales...

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It seems ps1 titles are making great headway on the Network.  Of course, with high profile releases such as Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid, and the Resident Evil: Director's Cut, this was a given.  What's surprising is that most notable PSN releases have just about dropped off the map.  Flower and the like are nowhere to be found this mont.  Let's see if they make a return with next month's chart.

I have to wonder why SCEA (and SCEE) waited so long to hop on the ps1 bandwagon.  It's essentially free money.  I'm sure FFVII netted a decent return.  With numbers like these, it's only a matter of time before we start seeeing ps2 titles on the Network, in my opinion.  Of course, they may have to be ported at first, if they can't get emulation running fully via firmware.

Here is the table from last month's article discussing the PSN in May:



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Sardauk on 22 July 2009

Any figures on how mush they sell ?



 

Evan Wells (Uncharted 2): I think the differences that you see between any two games has much more to do with the developer than whether it’s on the Xbox or PS3.

makingmusic476 on 22 July 2009

The only hard numbers we have are for FFVII, as far as I know. We know it "garnered over 100,000 sales in its first two weeks of release."



tedsteriscool on 22 July 2009

Dang, it was a smart move apparently by releasing classics on the PSN.



Munkeh111 on 22 July 2009

They should clearly release more PS1 games... and a full FF VII remake

I just want some hard numbers



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silicon on 22 July 2009

^Yeah without numbers it's hard to tell the drop off between 1 and 2....


PSP GO will probably help increase the PS1 sales since a copy of a PSone game is playable on both PS3 and PSP.

Regarding the old downloadable games... hopefully they'll get discounts later on in the year. Similar to the PSNs summer sale.



badgenome on 22 July 2009

Any ideas why PSN users like Wolfenstein so much? Struck me as really odd.



silicon on 22 July 2009

^ From reading the article it seems that Wolfenstein did better on the PS3 than X360.. although they didn't really have numbers to back up that claim.



Sardauk on 22 July 2009
badgenome said:
Any ideas why PSN users like Wolfenstein so much? Struck me as really odd.

WHy not ? It is the mother of all FPS.



 

Evan Wells (Uncharted 2): I think the differences that you see between any two games has much more to do with the developer than whether it’s on the Xbox or PS3.

leo-j on 22 July 2009

FF VII had 100,000 downloads in the U.S, thats all we know sales wise..



 

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