PSP's Daxter sells 2 million copies in 2 years

by Alexander Sliwinski { Feb 4th 2008 at 4:25PM }

Developer Ready at Dawn, currently preparing God of War: Chains of Olympus for March 4 release, announced its freshman effort Daxter has sold over two million copies worldwide. Sure, two million sold for a game which released in 2006 isn't an insane sprint in terms of sales, but it's a marathon victory. The game certainly benefited from being bundled with new PSPs last year, but the developer says Daxter saw its best sales in nearly two years during December '07.

Ready at Dawn notes that it can only look forward to GoW: Chains of Olympus doing better than its first project. Considering our experiences with Kratos' handheld adventure so far, there's not too much Ready at Dawn needs to worry about.

[Via PSP Fanboy]

Tags: daxter, jak-and-daxter, jakanddaxter, ready-at-dawn, readyatdawn

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Orangecoke @ Feb 4th 2008 4:58PM

That's cool, one of the handful of games I finished when I owned a PSP - definitely a quality game and a must-play for PSP owners.

FidliousWong @ Feb 4th 2008 4:31PM

But PSP games don't sell! Everyone knows this!

*goes back to DJ Max Portable 2*

Fernando Rocker @ Feb 4th 2008 7:03PM

Two years, a bundles game, and $20 retail price = 2 millions.

New Super Mario: Less than two years, not bundled, full price at retail: 13 millions.

FidliousWong @ Feb 4th 2008 7:11PM

Jesus christ, what don't you go play in a fire?

simmcity @ Feb 4th 2008 7:30PM

@Fernando

Seriously dude, put a sock in it. I think you need a nice long break (I'm pretty sure people know what it means by now).

Noshino @ Feb 4th 2008 9:27PM

actually Fernando, New Super Mario Bros DOES come bundled...

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Feb 4th 2008 10:31PM

@Fernando

Please stop. No shit Mario sold faster. It's fucking Mario. But this is still a good thing for sony and the psp.

ThornedVenom @ Feb 5th 2008 12:04AM

Fernando, I don't hate you.

But that was as unnecessary as comparing penis size.

RoboChamp @ Feb 5th 2008 12:14AM

Goddamn fernando, of course a legendary mascot thats been around for thirty years is gong to outsell a SPINOFF game based on a SIDEKICK thats only been around for just over FIVE YEARS. Maldito idiota.

itouchmyself @ Feb 5th 2008 2:23AM

Damn, I thought Fernando was banned!?

Mr Khan @ Feb 4th 2008 4:35PM

Chains of Olympus will probably wind up being PSP's flagship title, when we look back on the console in, say, 10 years or so

A game that proved what the handheld could do

But I wasn't aware Ready at Dawn was working on this, definitely another giant feather in their luxurious, Okami-porting cap.

Hashbrown_Hunter @ Feb 4th 2008 4:57PM

Well there is also Patapon and Crisis Core...and a couple more.

BPM 6th Mix MAX @ Feb 4th 2008 4:35PM

Wow, is it really that old? I thought it was newer than that...

Well, good job, Ready At Dawn!

Kendall B @ Feb 4th 2008 4:39PM

You know, I bought the Daxter pack as soon as it became available. I haven't even put Daxter in the system. I figured the game would be kind of lost on me since I haven't played any of the other titles.

B1gC72 - PSN: KillaKornbread @ Feb 4th 2008 5:06PM

ur missing out man. you should play that bad boy. ive played the other games from the series and it follows a different storyline. its set in the same city as the one from the second game but its a different story entirely. it shouldnt matter that you havent played the other ones.

FidliousWong @ Feb 4th 2008 5:14PM

Yeah, all it really does is explain why it took Daxter two years to rescue Jak... supposedly. Which is odd considering the events of the game is likely 4-5 weeks at most...

Zertoss @ Feb 4th 2008 5:04PM

There are still a ton of games I want to get for my PSP, Daxter being one of them. Doesn't surprise me that the game did so well this past December, considering that those Daxter bundles were impossible to find anywhere.

B1gC72 - PSN: KillaKornbread @ Feb 4th 2008 5:14PM

dear god, why is every other sentence (and title) seem like it's trying to downplay what the game did. it sold 2 million copies which is a great feat for any game. not every game is Halo, Madden, and GTA. barring those juggernauts, 2 million copies sold is dammed good.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Feb 4th 2008 10:32PM

Sadly when you have something like Halo. Every other game is automatically compared to it.

creid @ Feb 4th 2008 6:03PM

Isn't it easy to sell that many copies when you bundle it with your new hardware?

borland502 (SDF - Macross Ring) @ Feb 4th 2008 6:29PM

Only if your new hardware sells.

J.Goodwin @ Feb 4th 2008 7:40PM

Hardware sales are not the PSP's problem.

J.Goodwin @ Feb 4th 2008 7:41PM

And yeah, I bought a Daxter pack, and I've given it only cursory play.

required @ Feb 4th 2008 6:17PM

Great game, great system.

brandon_r87 @ Feb 4th 2008 7:04PM

I got the Daxter Slim PSP when it came out. I didn't find Daxter to be that fun of a game. It wasn't bad, but the game suffers heavily from being a "collection" game. All you do is kill bugs to collect their gold medals, and you also collect red eggs to unlock dream sequences. The dream sequences and the final boss were cool, in fact I'd say the dream sequences and their movie references were the highlight of the game, but collecting things got very old. It wasn't inventive enough to pull it off like Mario games are, plus you'll be collecting a lot more bugs than stars.

Akamaru @ Feb 4th 2008 7:05PM

You know guys, I might be in the minority but I didn't think Daxter was that great. And I'm no Sony OR PSP hater, just look at my comment history. I thought the story was lame (you're an exterminator? really?) and the gameplay was decent but nothing groundbreaking. I would have loved more weapons. The graphics were beautiful but that is expected from the PSP.

All in all, I thin R&C:SM is a way better game. Though I am salivating at the thought of the badass Kratos in the palm of my hand so props to Ready At Dawn.