Famitsu, the famous Japanese gaming magazine, is celebrating its 30th anniversary – and it's asked readers to vote for their most memorable games per console as a consequence. A whopping 2,921 people responded, with the rules stating that participants could only pen one title per platform. We've included the top ten titles for each PlayStation system below:
PSone
- Final Fantasy VII - 843 votes
- Resident Evil - 381 votes
- Final Fantasy IX - 341 votes
- Metal Gear Solid - 264 votes
- Ridge Racer - 168 votes
- Doko Demo Issyo - 147 votes
- SaGa Frontier - 120 votes
- Xenogears - 107 votes
- Harvest Moon: Back to Nature - 81 votes
- Final Fantasy VIII - 54 votes
PlayStation 2
- Final Fantasy X - 631 votes
- Dragon Quest VIII - 343 votes
- Persona 3 - 229 votes
- Yakuza - 177 votes
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - 129 votes
- Kingdom Hearts - 121 votes
- Shadow Hearts: Covenant - 111 votes
- Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song - 108 votes
- Ace Combat 5 - 96 votes
- Drakengard - 90 votes
PlayStation Portable
- Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G - 624 votes
- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - 251 votes
- Final Fantasy Type-0 - 242 votes
- Persona 3 Portable - 241 votes
- Monster Hunter Portable 3rd - 216 votes
- Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together - 192 votes
- Monster Hunter Portable 2nd - 168 votes
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky - 66 votes
- God Eater Burst - 60 votes
- Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy - 52 votes
PlayStation 3
- NieR Replicant - 514 votes
- Final Fantasy XIII - 322 votes
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - 168 votes
- Journey - 96 votes
- Uncharted 2 - 72 votes
- Resident Evil: Revelations Unveiled Edition - 61 votes
- The Last of Us - 47 votes
- Valkyria Chronicles - 40 votes
- Dragon's Crown - 40 votes
- Super Street Fighter IV - 27 votes
PlayStation Vita
- Persona 4 Golden - 246 votes
- Gravity Rush - 159 votes
- Danganronpa 1 & 2 Reload - 141 votes
- Dragon Quest Builders - 122 votes
- Photo Kano Kiss - 96 votes
- Soul Sacrifice - 75 votes
- God Eater 2 Rage Burst - 72 votes
- Tokyo Xanadu - 66 votes
- Freedom Wars - 63 votes
- Muramasa: The Demon Blade - 58 votes
PlayStation 4
- Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain - 254 votes
- Uncharted 4 - 226 votes
- Yakuza 0 - 96 votes
- Dragon Quest Builders - 93 votes
- Bloodborne - 90 votes
- Final Fantasy Type-0 HD - 60 votes
- The Witcher 3 - 62 votes
- Final Fantasy XIV - 54 votes
- Fallout 4 - 51 votes
- Dragon Quest Heroes - 48 votes
What do you make of these picks? How the heck did NieR top the PS3 chart? Draw some conclusions about Japanese gaming tastes in the comments section below.
[source famitsu.com, via kotaku.com]
Comments 41
Pretty solid lists, really. Not bad!
Metal Gear Solid V? Blah......
The last of us should be top but hey :/
Nice surprise to see Ace Combat 5 in the PS2 list! Personally I preferred Ace Combat Zero but AC5 did have the best and most memorable story.
@Stokesy657 Maybe Japanese gamers don't like foul mouthed little s***-stains?
those list are horrible
ps1 parasites eve.Pac man world.powerslave.syphon filter.medieval.crash bandicoot.castlevania symphony of the night.mission impossible.fighting force.
ps2.God of war.ratchet and clank.sly Cooper.jak and daxter.cold fear.darkwatch.manhunt .bully.gta.
ps3.killzone.little big planet.ni no kuni.infamous.the pupeteer.resistance.fall out.batman arkham .metal gear rising revengeance.vanquish.red dead redemption.dead space.gta 5
psp
God of war chains of Olympus.and ghost of Sparta.gta vice city stories.gta liberty city stories are the best psp games
@playstation1995 People have different tastes in games. Like you just listed a bunch of games you think are the most memorable but that's not what everyone in the world will think, especially in different regions.
Gotta accept that your opinions won't always be the same as others. Personally I think the Famitsu reader's list is pretty accurate to how I would put it.
The list is pretty good, need castlevania symphony of the night and puppeteer thought.
psvita.killzone mercernary.uncharted golden abyss.sly Cooper thieves in time.muramasa rebirth.little big planet.tokiden
Remember this gem?
@Stokesy657 It's a Japanese list hun.
best ps3 game in order.gta 5.God of war 3.the last of us.dead space.uncharted 2.fallout 3.resistance fall of man.bioshock.ni no kuni.metal gear guns of the patriots.ratchet and clank tools of destruction.sleeping dogs .vanquish dishonored.red dead redemption etc.
psvita.killzone mercernary.uncharted golden abyss.sly Cooper thieves in time.muramasa rebirth.little big planet.tokiden
@Stokesy657 @FX102A Clearly they do, as they voted it in at Number 7!
@Kurome nah the list especially for psp and ps3 and pap are horrible
2.Final Fantasy XIII - 322 votes
Errrr no, this cant possibly be right.
PSone
1.Final Fantasy VII - 843 votes
2.Resident Evil - 381 votes
3.Final Fantasy IX - 341 votes
4.Metal Gear Solid - 264 votes
5.Ridge Racer - 168 votes
But this list is awesome!
@playstation1995 Well, as I said that is just your opinion on it, it's evidently not everyone else's. No need to go around calling people opinions horrible haha.
@themcnoisy FFXIII is pretty huge and widely loved in Japan. I find it surprising too that it can be adored in one region but disliked in another. Personally I loved it too and can understand it's place on the list, but hey-ho we're all different.
@get2sammyb Oh your right, I missed that!
Was probably drawn to Valkyrie Chronicles just below it.
Taste is regionally effected for certain bias'. Although I don't agree with some of the picks. I see where they are coming from.
@Kurome at number 2 though? I completed ff13 all the way through to those giant trial things were you pick a path like outrun, however Its just not good enough to warrant that position.
I noticed this too;
6.Final Fantasy Type-0 HD - 60 votes
7.The Witcher 3 - 62 votes
Surely that makes Witcher 6th place.
@themcnoisy Obviously there are people who believe it does warrant that position. There's no right or wrong. Better to discuss and understand each other than criticize choice.
Nice spot, must be a mistake.
4 awesome consoles and great to see FF7, Resi 1, MGS1 and FF9 blazing the trail on PS1 - my personal top 4 games of all time
surprised Yakuza 5 is not on the PS3 list... currently playing it and it has immediately become my favorite PS3 game ever (except for the Kingdom Hearts remasters)
I love the fact that Nier took number 1 spot for PS3. It's always great when you get some real surprises on lists like these.
Here is the official list of most memorable game per PS system...
Resident Evil 2 - PSone
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - PS2
The Last of Us - PS3
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - PSP
Gravity Rush - PS Vita
Uncharted 4 - PS4
For me, the Playstation 3 doesn't have any memorable games besides maybe uncharted. But really though, I can easily forget about the PS3 as a whole and definitely won't miss that console system.
@Kamikaze_Krunch
For me its opposite, PS3 is definitely the best console (because of games ofc
Btw, its always interesting what other regions like. Now I'm not sure if I want to start Dark Souls or Nier as my next RPG lol
@ReDiR ps3 is the best console
Better than most of the American lists I've seen, as they're free from the cloying Naughty Dog worship. FFXIII in second place on the PS3 list hurts, though.
@Kamikaze_Krunch Yeah. PS3 is the only PS console I never bought, and, quite honestly, I don't feel like I missed out on too much. The only things I'd buy it for are maybe 2 or 3 Japanese exclusives and PS2 classics support.
PS1/PS2 were full of legendary games, though, and are two of my all-time favorite consoles.
@NomNom Yeah, it's not right or wrong. It depends on cultural taste and availability.
Kinda hurt how low FF8 scored....it's my absolute fave FF game.
And FF13? Yikes......
Did they all forget Tales of Vesperia came out for PS3 over there? Sheesh!
I'd be hard pushed to fill a top 3 for PS4 let alone find 10 games worry of note.
Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain - worst in franchise and also available on PS3
Uncharted 4 - makes top 3 by default but is the equivalent of the Arkham knight to the Arkham series, Uncharted 2 safely retains crown as naughty dogs best effort yet.
Yakuza 0 - No
Dragon Quest Builders - No
Bloodborne - Hell No
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD - 60 votes
The Witcher 3 - No
Final Fantasy XIV - not played
Fallout 4 - No
Dragon Quest Heroes - No
Street fighter v doesn't even get a mention? Sad.
@DESS-M-8 Your taste for games seems to be very specific, and probably only 1of 20 would agree with your list
@ReDiR my list of games is the same list of top ten from the article, with my comment on their appearance in said top ten. My point is, most of those games are not "top anything" material, let alone sufficient to produce an all time top ten list.
@JoeBlogs totally agree.
The game itself is one of the most solid games on PS4 and is certainly the best street fighter game in history, if not a contender for best fighting game yet.
The initial lack of content for single player is irrelevant when assessing the quality of the game.
I'd rather have it now and get the updates free as they are developed as opposed to waiting a further 6 moths till it was all finished or releasing a full version that is full of bugs and flaw back in March.
Most certainly should be in top 3 of PS4 at worst, even if beat-em-ups are not your cup of tea, there is no compromise on assessing the level of quality put into this game and how solid the mechanics and engines are.
Xenogears? awww snap!
Xenogears? awww snap!
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