Grand Theft Auto 5 (GTA V) has had a grand season from record sales to now being awarded the Platinum Award in Japan at the Sony Computer Entertainment PlayStation Awards this week.
Rockstar Games, the makers of Grand Theft Auto was awarded for selling over one million units of the record breaking game, which released September 17 and made more than $1 billion in sales in 3 days.
Those who wanted to gain Platinum status had to sell one million copies retail and digitally within a years time, which was from Nov. 1, 2012 through Oct. 31, 2013.
Those who won Gold for selling over 500,000 copies were video games such as Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, One Piece Pirate Musou 2, Dragon’s Crown, amongst others.
As with most awards, the User’s Choice Award went to a number of contenders like Tomb Raider, Beyond: Two Souls, The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki and several others
Sony Computer Entertainment PlayStation Awards Winners List
Platinum Award
Grand Theft Auto V PS3 ® Teikutsu Interactive Japan GK
Gold Award
World Soccer Winning Eleven 2013 PS3 ® / PSP ® Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Tales of export Syria 2 PS3 ® NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II PS3 ® Square Enix
5 dream Yakuza, who was granted PS3 ® SEGA CORPORATION
METAL GEAR RISING REVENGEANCE PS3 ® Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
One Piece Pirate Musou 2 PS3 ® / PS Vita NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.
Dragons Crown PS3 ® / PS Vita Atlas
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle PS3 ® NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.
Special Awards
Phantasy Star Online 2 PS Vita SEGA CORPORATION
Cytus Lambda PlayStation ® Mobile Rayark Inc.
Final Fantasy XIV: Shinsei Eoruzea PS3 ® Square Enix
User’s Choice Awards
Persona 4 GOLDEN 5 PS Vita ATLUS USA (Index Digital Media)
TOMB RAIDER PS3 ® Square Enix
SOUL SACRIFICE (Soul Sacrifice) PS Vita Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.
The Last of Us PS3 ® Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.
討鬼 transfer PS Vita / PSP ® Tecmo Koei Games Co., Ltd.
Dragons Crown PS3 ® / PS Vita Atlas
KILLZONE: MERCENARY PS Vita Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.
Grand Theft Auto V PS3 ® Teikutsu Interactive Japan GK
The Legend of Heroes trajectory blende PS3 ® / PS Vita Japan Falcom Corporation
BEYOND: Two Souls PS3 ® Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.
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