PSP Game Monster Hunter Portable 2nd Sells Well on Day of Release in Japan
Cubed3 have some interesting stats on game sales for Thursday 22nd Feb in Japan. It looks like the release of Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Freedom 2 in the UK, when its released) took the charts by storm, selling 500,000 units and nearly selling out (77% of stock sold).
Other bigger sellers on the day included Fire Emblem Akatsuki no Megami, on the Ninrtendo Wii. This sold 50,000 units.
Its great to see that there is still alot of excitment about new PSP titles, and even though Monster Hunter Portable 2nd is a sequel, it has still been snapped up quickly on the day of release. While I expect Monster Hunter Freedom 2 to sell in lower volums in the UK compared to that first day of sales in Japan, its still going to be one of the big games to hit the PSP in the UK.
I’m probably going to hold off getting MHF2 until I’ve got a bit further through the first game – I’m struggling to find the time to play at the moment, and any spare time I do have I end up playing World Snooker Challenge 2007 for some reason.

Although there is never any shortage of online magazines for the avid PSP user, its always nice to hear about a new publication, especially one written by professional journalists. This new publication is HGZine, and is available for download in pdf format from