Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) marked PlayStation’s 30th anniversary by hosting the 2024 PlayStation Partner Awards, celebrating remarkable games and developers within the Japan/Asia region.
The awards recognized both new releases and exceptional titles from past PlayStation platforms, spanning from the original PlayStation to the PS4.
Here are the winners:
Excellence Award
Awarded to titles with significant impact and commercial success over the past three years:
- Genshin Impact (HoYoverse)
Grand Award
Recognizing the top three titles with the highest global sales between October 2023 and September 2024:
- Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science Interactive Technology)
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware / Bandai Namco)
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
Partner Award
Honoring titles with exceptional worldwide sales from October 2023 to September 2024:
- Dragonโs Dogma 2 (Capcom)
- Honkai: Star Rail (HoYoverse)
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Sega)
- Persona 3 Reload (Atlus)
- Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco)
- The First Descendant (Nexon)
- Zenless Zone Zero (HoYoverse)
Special Award
Celebrating PS5 titles created outside the Japan/Asia region that achieved outstanding success in these areas:
- Rise of the Ronin (SIE / Koei Tecmo)
- Stellar Blade (SIE / Shift Up)
Usersโ Choice Award
Top five titles chosen by users based on gameplay time between October 2023 and September 2024:
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
- Rise of the Ronin
- Stellar Blade
PlayStation Generations Awards
Celebrating the most loved games from each PlayStation generation:
- PS1 (1994 and beyond): Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix)
- PS2 (2000 and beyond): Final Fantasy X (Square Enix)
- PSP (2004 and beyond): Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (Capcom)
- PS3 (2006 and beyond): Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Konami)
- PS Vita (2011 and beyond): Persona 4 Golden (Atlus)
- PS4 (2013 and beyond): Elden Ring (FromSoftware / Bandai Namco)
These awards celebrate PlayStationโs incredible journey over three decades and highlight the diverse gaming talent within Japan and Asia.