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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 game on the PlayStation Portable is Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories . An action-adventure game developed in a collaboration between Rockstar Leeds and Rockstar North, Liberty City Stories was originally released in North America on October 24, 2005, and went on to sell 8 million units worldwide. The second-best-selling game on the console is Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006), which sold just over 5 million units. The top five is rounded out by Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (2010) selling 4.9 million units, Gran Turismo (2009) with over 4 million units sold, and Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (2008) with 3.8 million units sold.

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

List

No.GameCopies soldRelease date [lower-alpha 1] Genre(s)Developer(s)Publisher(s)
1 Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories 8 million [2] October 24, 2005 Action-adventure Rockstar Games
2 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories 5.03 million [2] October 31, 2006 Action-adventure Rockstar Games
3 Monster Hunter Portable 3rd 4.9 million [3] December 1, 2010 Action role-playing Capcom Capcom
4 Gran Turismo 4.22 million [4] October 1, 2009 Sim racing Polyphony Digital Sony Computer Entertainment
5 Monster Hunter Freedom Unite 3.8 million [3] March 27, 2008 Action role-playing Capcom Capcom
6 Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters 3.73 million
[ citation needed ]		February 13, 2007 Platform High Impact Games Sony Computer Entertainment
7 God of War: Chains of Olympus 3.2 million [5] March 4, 2008 Ready at Dawn
8 Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII 3.1 million [6] [lower-alpha 2] September 13, 2007 Action role-playing Square Enix Square Enix
9 Monster Hunter Freedom 2 2.4 million [3] February 22, 2007 Action role-playing Capcom Production Studio 1 Capcom
10 Daxter 2.3 million [7] March 14, 2006 Platform Ready at Dawn Sony Computer Entertainment
11 Tekken: Dark Resurrection 2.2 million [lower-alpha 3] July 6, 2006 Fighting 8ing Namco
12 Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker 1.99 million [9] [lower-alpha 4] April 29, 2010 Kojima Productions Konami
13 Dissidia Final Fantasy 1.81 million [lower-alpha 5] December 18, 2008 Fighting Square Enix Square Enix
14 Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition 1.4 million [lower-alpha 6] June 27, 2005 Racing Rockstar San Diego Rockstar Games
15 Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0 1.32 million [lower-alpha 7] November 15, 2005 Racing Electronic Arts
16 Monster Hunter Freedom 1.3 million [3] December 1, 2005 Action role-playing Capcom Production Studio 1 Capcom
17 Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep 1.27 million [16] January 9, 2010 Action role-playing Square Enix Square Enix
Star Wars: Battlefront II 1.27 million [lower-alpha 8] October 31, 2005 Pandemic Studios LucasArts
19 God of War: Ghost of Sparta 1.2 million [5] November 2, 2010 Ready at Dawn Sony Computer Entertainment
20 God Eater 1.05 million [19] [lower-alpha 9] February 4, 2010 Action role-playing Shift
21 Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee >1 million [23] December 12, 2004 Golf Clap Hanz Sony Computer Entertainment
22 Wipeout Pure 1 million [24] March 24, 2005 Racing Studio Liverpool Sony Computer Entertainment
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 1 million [25]
[ better source needed ]		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 [6]
  3. ↑ Tekken: Dark Resurrection sales breakdown:
    • Europe – 1 million [8]
  4. ↑ Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 958,461 [10]
    • United States – over 52,000 [11]
  5. ↑ Dissidia Final Fantasy sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 995,398 [10]
    • United States – 440,000 [12]
    • Europe – 380,000 [12]
  6. ↑ Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition sales breakdown:
    • United States – 1.1 million [13]
    • United Kingdom – 300,000 [14]
  7. ↑ Need for Speed: Most Wanted sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 27.151 [10]
    • United States – 1.1 million [13]
    • United Kingdom – 200,000 [15]
  8. ↑ Star Wars: Battlefront II sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 17,878 [10]
    • United States – 910,000 [17]
    • United Kingdom – 100,000 [18]
  9. ↑ God Eater sales breakdown:
    • God Eater
      • Japan – 617,828 [20]
    • God Eater Burst

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