List of best-selling PlayStation Portable video games

This is a list of video games for the PlayStation Portable video game console that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. The best-selling games on the PlayStation Portable include Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (2010) with 4.9 million units, Gran Turismo (2009) with over 4.6 million, Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters (2007) with 4.4 million, and Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (2008) with 3.8 million.

As of March 31, 2012, over 331 million total copies of games have been sold for the PlayStation Portable.[1]

List

Game Copies sold Release date[a] Genre(s) Developer(s) Publisher(s)
Monster Hunter Portable 3rd 4.9 million[2] December 1, 2010 Action role-playing Capcom Capcom
Gran Turismo 4.67 million[3] October 1, 2009 Sim racing Polyphony Digital Sony Computer Entertainment
Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters 4.4 million[4][5] February 13, 2007 High Impact Games Sony Computer Entertainment
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite 3.8 million[2] March 27, 2008 Action role-playing Capcom Capcom
God of War: Chains of Olympus 3.2 million[6] March 4, 2008 Ready at Dawn
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII 3.1 million[7][b] September 13, 2007 Action role-playing Square Enix Square Enix
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories 2.43 million[c] October 24, 2005 Action-adventure Rockstar Games
Monster Hunter Freedom 2 2.4 million[2] February 22, 2007 Action role-playing Capcom Production Studio 1 Capcom
Daxter 2.3 million[11] March 14, 2006 Platform Ready at Dawn Sony Computer Entertainment
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker 2.06 million[12][d] April 29, 2010 Kojima Productions Konami
Dissidia Final Fantasy 1.81 million[e] December 18, 2008 Fighting Square Enix Square Enix
Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition 1.4 million[f] June 27, 2005 Racing Rockstar San Diego Rockstar Games
Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0 1.32 million[g] November 15, 2005 Racing Electronic Arts
Monster Hunter Freedom 1.3 million[2] December 1, 2005 Action role-playing Capcom Production Studio 1 Capcom
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep 1.27 million[19] January 9, 2010 Action role-playing Square Enix Square Enix
God Eater 1.22 million[h] February 4, 2010 Action role-playing Shift
God of War: Ghost of Sparta 1.2 million[6] November 2, 2010 Ready at Dawn Sony Computer Entertainment
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops 1.18 million[12] December 5, 2006 Kojima Productions Konami
Secret Agent Clank 1.1 million[5] June 17, 2008 Platformer High Impact Games Sony Computer Entertainment
Star Wars: Battlefront II 1.1 million[i] October 31, 2005 Pandemic Studios LucasArts
Tekken: Dark Resurrection 1 million[j] July 6, 2006 Fighting 8ing Namco
Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee >1 million[23] December 12, 2004 Golf Clap Hanz Sony Computer Entertainment
Wipeout Pure 1 million[24] March 24, 2005 Racing Studio Liverpool Sony Computer Entertainment
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 1 million[25]
November 13, 2007 Sports Yuke's THQ

Notes

  1. ^ Only the initial release date on this platform is listed.
  2. ^ Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 830,000[7]
  3. ^ Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories sales breakdown:
    • United States – 1.83 million[8]
    • United Kingdom – 600,000[9][10]
  4. ^ Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 958,461[13]
    • United States – over 52,000[14]
  5. ^ Dissidia Final Fantasy sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 995,398[13]
    • United States – 440,000[15]
    • Europe – 380,000[15]
  6. ^ Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition sales breakdown:
    • United States – 1.1 million[16]
    • United Kingdom – 300,000[17]
  7. ^ Need for Speed: Most Wanted sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 27.151[13]
    • United States – 1.1 million[16]
    • United Kingdom – 200,000[18]
  8. ^ God Eater sales breakdown:
    • God Eater
      • Japan – 617,828[13]
    • God Eater Burst
      • Japan – 612,978[13]
  9. ^ Star Wars: Battlefront II sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 17,878[13]
    • United States – over 1 million[20]
    • United Kingdom – 100,000[21]
  10. ^ Tekken: Dark Resurrection sales breakdown:
    • Europe – 1 million[22]

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