Nero_
Jul 27 2006, 07:02 PM
July 25, 2006 - Final Fantasy XII took top honors at this year's PlayStation Awards ceremony, held in Tokyo on the 25th. The Square Enix blockbuster took home a double platinum prize, in recognition of its two million plus sales.
While FFXII was the only double platinum winner, a number of games walked home with platinum and gold awards. Platinum, recognizing sales of one million or more, was given to Winning Eleven 9, Winning Eleven 10 and Kingdom Hearts II. Gold, recognizing sales of 500,000 or more, was given to Resident Evil 4, Monster Hunter Portable, Monster Hunter 2, Sengoku Musou 2, Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 12, Dirge of Cerberus Final Fantasy VII, Dragon Ball Z Sparking!, Tales of the Abyss and Super Robot Taisen Alpha 3.
The PlayStation Awards is an annual awards show hosted by Sony Computer Entertainment Japan. Now entering its sixth year, the show recognizes the top selling Japanese titles for the previous year. Developers of double platinum, platinum and gold titles walk home with cash prizes of, respectively, two million, one million, and 500,000 yen.
Following the awards ceremony, Sony held its annual PlayStation Party. The first such party took place on the eve of the PlayStation's launch at a small event space in Tokyo's Ebisu region. Now in its twelfth year, over 400 game makers were in attendance.
Sony typically holds a press conference prior to the start of the awards ceremony. This year, the company decided to skip out on the press conference. No reason was provided. Last year's press conference saw a wealth of announcements and debut footage, including first looks at Resident Evil 5 and Lair.
Well good. :cunning:
While FFXII was the only double platinum winner, a number of games walked home with platinum and gold awards. Platinum, recognizing sales of one million or more, was given to Winning Eleven 9, Winning Eleven 10 and Kingdom Hearts II. Gold, recognizing sales of 500,000 or more, was given to Resident Evil 4, Monster Hunter Portable, Monster Hunter 2, Sengoku Musou 2, Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 12, Dirge of Cerberus Final Fantasy VII, Dragon Ball Z Sparking!, Tales of the Abyss and Super Robot Taisen Alpha 3.
The PlayStation Awards is an annual awards show hosted by Sony Computer Entertainment Japan. Now entering its sixth year, the show recognizes the top selling Japanese titles for the previous year. Developers of double platinum, platinum and gold titles walk home with cash prizes of, respectively, two million, one million, and 500,000 yen.
Following the awards ceremony, Sony held its annual PlayStation Party. The first such party took place on the eve of the PlayStation's launch at a small event space in Tokyo's Ebisu region. Now in its twelfth year, over 400 game makers were in attendance.
Sony typically holds a press conference prior to the start of the awards ceremony. This year, the company decided to skip out on the press conference. No reason was provided. Last year's press conference saw a wealth of announcements and debut footage, including first looks at Resident Evil 5 and Lair.
Well good. :cunning: