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Today, Tuesday, December 3rd, marks the 30th anniversary of the release of the original PlayStation®, and Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) held the PlayStation Partner Awards 2024 Japan Asia (hereinafter referred to as the "PlayStation Partner Awards") ceremony. We would like to introduce all the titles that won awards.

The awards recognized the hit PlayStation®5 and PlayStation®4 titles from October 2023 to September 2024, as well as the amazing game titles that partners in Japan and Asia have created over the past 30 years for all PlayStation hardware systems, including PlayStation, PlayStation®2, PSP® (PlayStation Portable), PlayStation®3, PlayStation®Vita, and PlayStation 4.

About the PlayStation Partner Awards​

The PlayStation Partner Awards pays tribute to the most creative game developers and creators, and celebrates the wide variety of hit titles that the PlayStation community in Japan and Asia has enjoyed throughout the year.

This year, a new category, the "PLAYSTATION GENERATIONS AWARDS," will be introduced to recognize the best titles selected by user votes from past "PlayStation Partner Awards" winners across PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PSP (PlayStation Portable), PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and PlayStation 4 hardware. In addition, the "EXCELLENCE AWARD" will be awarded to games that have achieved commercial success and have had a strong impact over the past three consecutive years. In parallel with these new awards, the existing "GRAND AWARD," "PARTNER AWARD," "SPECIAL AWARD," and "USER'S CHOICE AWARD" will also be launched.

EXCELLENCE AWARD​

This award is given to titles developed by software publishers in Japan and Asia that have consistently had a major impact and achieved commercial success over the past three years (※1).

Genshin Impact (HoYoverse)

GRAND AWARD​

The award will be given to the top three titles (※1) in terms of worldwide sales that were released between October 2023 and September 2024 by software developers in Japan and Asia.

● ELDEN RING SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE (FromSoftware Co., Ltd. / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
● Black Myth: Goku (Game Science Interactive Technology)
● FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH (Square Enix Co., Ltd.)

PARTNER AWARD​

The award will be given to titles developed by software publishers in Japan and Asia that were released between October 2023 and September 2024, achieved top sales on a global scale, and have made particularly noteworthy achievements (※1).

● The First Descendant (Nexon)
● Zenless Zone Zero (HoYoverse)
● Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.)
● Dragon's Dogma 2 (Capcom Co., Ltd.)
● Persona 3 Reloaded (Atlus Co., Ltd.)
● Collapse: Star Rail (HoYoverse)
● Yakuza 8 (Sega Corporation)

SPECIAL AWARD​

The award will be given to titles (※1) developed for PS5 in collaboration with SIE by studios in Japan and Asia between October 2023 and September 2024 that have achieved notable results.

● Stellar Blade (SIE, developed by SHIFT UP)
● Rise of the Ronin (SIE, developed by Koei Tecmo Games Co., Ltd.)

USERS' CHOICE AWARD​

The award will be given to the top 5 titles selected by votes from users in Japan and Asia from the top 30 titles released in the Japan and Asia region between October 2023 and September 2024 with the most total gameplay time during the same period.

● Black Myth: Goku (Game Science Interactive Technology)
● Stellar Blade (SIE, developed by SHIFT UP)
● FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH (Square Enix Co., Ltd.)
● Rise of the Ronin (SIE, developed by Koei Tecmo Games Co., Ltd.)
● Yakuza 8 (Sega Corporation)

PLAYSTATION GENERATIONS AWARDS​

The award will be presented to a title selected from past PLAYSTATION PARTNER AWARD winners for each PlayStation generation (PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PSP (PlayStation Portable), PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and PlayStation 4) through a vote of users in Japan and Asia.

PlayStation Generations (1994 and after)
● FINAL FANTASY VII (Square Enix Co., Ltd.)

PlayStation 2 Generations (2000 and after)
● FINAL FANTASY X (Square Enix Co., Ltd.)

PlayStation Portable Generations (2004 and later)
● Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (Capcom Co., Ltd.)

PlayStation 3 Generations (2006 and later)
● Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.)

PlayStation Vita Generations (2011 and later)
● Persona 4 The Golden (Atlus Co., Ltd.)

PlayStation 4 Generations (2013 and later)
● ELDEN RING (From Software Co., Ltd. / Bandai Namco Entertainment)

 

[SJRB]

Holy shit what is happening.

Acknowledgement for Stellar Blade, Rise of the Ronin, MGS4?

Based Japan.

 

[Nankatsu]

Funny how this also reads: "Oh you stroke a exclusive marketing deal with Microsoft? No award for you Metaphor".

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Hint that FF7RR did just fine

Holy shit what is happening.

Acknowledgement for Stellar Blade, Rise of the Ronin, MGS4?

Based Japan.

Most of awards are based on sales data

 

[Punished Miku]

SPECIAL AWARD

The award will be given to titles (※1) developed for PS5 in collaboration with SIE by studios in Japan and Asia between October 2023 and September 2024 that have achieved notable results.

● Stellar Blade (SIE, developed by SHIFT UP)
● Rise of the Ronin (SIE, developed by Koei Tecmo Games Co., Ltd.)

What lol. You literally get an award just for collaborating with Sony. That's hilarious. Just like watching the Game Awards.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Funny how this also reads: "Oh you stroke a exclusive marketing deal with Microsoft? No award for you Metaphor".

Unfortunately it didn't make the cutoff period, else it would have been there (Metaphor released on October 11, 2024).

The award will be given to titles developed by software publishers in Japan and Asia that were released between October 2023 and September 2024

 

[Nankatsu]

Unfortunately it didn't make the cutoff period, else it would have been there (Metaphor released on October 11, 2024).

Oh, nevermind. I thought the game released on September.

Same with Sparking Zero.

 

[Fake]

 

[Mibu no ookami]

PlayStation Generations (1994 and after)
● FINAL FANTASY VII (Square Enix Co., Ltd.)

PlayStation 2 Generations (2000 and after)
● FINAL FANTASY X (Square Enix Co., Ltd.)

The Square Enix drop off after FFX is real nasty work.

Maybe they should make amends with so much of the talent that left them and try to bring the old gang back.

I think success derailed the company. So many left to other companies or to become freelancers and most have had really limited success outside of Square Enix.

 

[Utamaru1706]

lol, Genshin made so much money for Playstation annually, they need to make a brand new category specially for them, so other games could be included in the Grand Award category.

With this, I'm positively sure that Genshin was the "Chinese action game" who covers Sony's losses on Concord that were mentioned not a while ago via their earnings report, considering they had won the Grand Award for 3 years straight, and now Sony even made a special award just for them.

 

[Astray]

The Square Enix drop off after FFX is real nasty work.

Maybe they should make amends with so much of the talent that left them and try to bring the old gang back.

I think success derailed the company. So many left to other companies or to become freelancers and most have had really limited success outside of Square Enix.

Yoichi Wada really fucked up the company, but the big issue to me has always been the rockstar mentality at Square.

Sakaguchi makes some hits, so he gets to waste company resources on a Final Fantasy movie no one asked for and that has basically no relation to the franchise at all. Now they're heading down the same path with Nomura, Kitase and Yoshida.

With this, I'm positively sure that Genshin was the "Chinese action game" who covers Sony's losses on Concord that were mentioned not a while ago via their earnings report, considering they had won the Grand Award for 3 years straight, and now Sony even made a special award just for them.

That was Black Myth Wukong most likely.

 

[Utamaru1706]

That was Black Myth Wukong most likely.

Again, Genshin is more plausible in this scenario, because that game has been proven to make hundreds of millions of dollars annually for Sony (hence they made a special award just for that game), and the last quarter were also pretty big for Genshin due to the implementation of new nation + characters, and also the topup bonus reset.

I'm really baffled why people here are always downplaying, or even ignoring Genshin's success on Playstation platform, despite the game has won the best selling category for 4 years straight, and the Insomniac Games leak also shows insane numbers with more than $1 billion being made within its first 2 years. I guess it's mainly due to the game being free-to-play + gacha?

 

[saintjules]

Black Myth: Goku

Dragon Ball??

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Black Myth: Goku

Dragon Ball??

Wukong in Japanese is Goku

 

[Poltz]

Again, Genshin is more plausible in this scenario, because that game has been proven to make hundreds of millions of dollars annually for Sony (hence they made a special award just for that game), and the last quarter were also pretty big for Genshin due to the implementation of new nation + characters, and also the topup bonus reset.

I'm really baffled why people here are always downplaying, or even ignoring Genshin's success on Playstation platform, despite the game has won the best selling category for 4 years straight, and the Insomniac Games leak also shows insane numbers with more than $1 billion being made within its first 2 years. I guess it's mainly due to the game being free-to-play + gacha?

Genshin isn’t a new IP. The Action RPG from China was a new IP.

 

[mckmas8808]

Again, Genshin is more plausible in this scenario, because that game has been proven to make hundreds of millions of dollars annually for Sony (hence they made a special award just for that game), and the last quarter were also pretty big for Genshin due to the implementation of new nation + characters, and also the topup bonus reset.

I'm really baffled why people here are always downplaying, or even ignoring Genshin's success on Playstation platform, despite the game has won the best selling category for 4 years straight, and the Insomniac Games leak also shows insane numbers with more than $1 billion being made within its first 2 years. I guess it's mainly due to the game being free-to-play + gacha?

And not a Western Live Service Game.

 

[nial]

SPECIAL AWARD​

The award will be given to titles (※1) developed for PS5 in collaboration with SIE by studios in Japan and Asia between October 2023 and September 2024 that have achieved notable results.

● Stellar Blade (SIE, developed by SHIFT UP)
● Rise of the Ronin (SIE, developed by Koei Tecmo Games Co., Ltd.)

I love this one, lol. Death Stranding 2, Convallaria and Lost Soul Aside getting awards next year.

 

[Felessan]

The Square Enix drop off after FFX is real nasty work.

Maybe they should make amends with so much of the talent that left them and try to bring the old gang back.

I think success derailed the company. So many left to other companies or to become freelancers and most have had really limited success outside of Square Enix.

The real drop off was after ff12 with ff13 and ff14 1.0 fiasco

I doubt bring old gang back will really work, too much time passed. And many already settled in other places, like FF11 team now part of CyGames and those do just fine.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

The real drop off was after ff12 with ff13 and ff14 1.0 fiasco

I doubt bring old gang back will really work, too much time passed. And many already settled in other places, like FF11 team now part of CyGames and those do just fine.

I didn't really enjoy FF12. Might give it another shot one day though, but really struggled getting interested in it.

Was never going to play the MMOs so 11 and 14 were never happening for me.

13 and 15 are the fiascos for me. I hated 13 and didn't even bother with 15 and now 16.

I don't think any of them have "settled in" no one is having the success they used to and JRPGs are not in a great spot despite the advent of Persona.

 

[Astray]

Again, Genshin is more plausible in this scenario, because that game has been proven to make hundreds of millions of dollars annually for Sony (hence they made a special award just for that game), and the last quarter were also pretty big for Genshin due to the implementation of new nation + characters, and also the topup bonus reset.

I'm really baffled why people here are always downplaying, or even ignoring Genshin's success on Playstation platform, despite the game has won the best selling category for 4 years straight, and the Insomniac Games leak also shows insane numbers with more than $1 billion being made within its first 2 years. I guess it's mainly due to the game being free-to-play + gacha?

I'm not downplaying that game's success (it's actually far more massive than most think, Infinity Nikki is going to be massive too, those gacha games are not to be scoffed at), what I'm saying is its success is an ongoing situation. Those monthly revenues are already part of Sony's revenue baseline for years now, so they would not be the factor that gave them a strong quarter even with Concord bombing.

The unusual thing that happened in that quarter specifically is the launch of Wukong.

 

[saintjules]