PSP Games Value: Persona, Rare UMDs and Japanese Copies

Most PSP games are worth about $5-25 each as of November 2026: Patapon sells for about $13 complete and Crisis Core for about $19. The money is in Atlus role-playing games. PriceCharting's sold-price guide puts Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable at about $90 for the UMD alone and $132 complete, Persona 2: Innocent Sin at about $216 complete, and Valkyria Chronicles 2 at about $45. The Japanese Persona 3 Portable sells for about $24.

Sony sold the PSP in North America from March 2005, and its biggest games were printed in large numbers, so most UMDs in a drawer are worth a few dollars. The exceptions are niche releases from Atlus, Xseed, Aksys and Sega, mostly from 2009 to 2011, when print runs were small. For those games three things matter: whether the UMD shell is intact, whether the case and cover are original, and whether the copy is North American, because Japanese copies of the same games sell for a fraction.

Quick answer

• Most PSP games: about $5-25. Patapon about $13 complete, Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions about $19, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep about $26.
• Persona 3 Portable: about $90 UMD only, $132 complete. Persona 2: Innocent Sin about $130 and $216. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona about $96 and $177.
• Other Atlus and Xseed games: Hexyz Force about $145 complete, Trails in the Sky about $85, Ys Seven about $71.
• Valkyria Chronicles 2: about $32 UMD only, $45 complete.
• Japanese copies: Persona 3 Portable about $24 complete, Valkyria Chronicles 3 about $27.

How do I check what my PSP game is worth?

1. Read the code on the spine and the UMD. North American PSP games carry a code starting ULUS for third-party publishers or UCUS for Sony. Japanese games start ULJM, ULJS or UCJS, and European games ULES or UCES. PSP games are not region-locked, so a Japanese UMD plays on a US PSP, but the text is in Japanese and US collectors pay much less for it.
2. Make sure it is a game. UMD Video discs of movies and TV shows look the same and are usually worth a few dollars at most. The label says UMD VIDEO; games say PSP and carry an ESRB rating.
3. Check the shell. A UMD is a small disc inside a plastic shell. Look for cracks at the corners and a seam that has split; a cracked shell can jam the drive. Look through the window on the back for deep scratches on the disc.
4. Check the case. North American PSP games came in a tall, narrow clear case with a cover sheet behind the plastic and the manual clipped inside. Greatest Hits branding on the cover marks a budget reprint. Sony's rule, according to Wikipedia's summary, was at least nine months on sale and 250,000 copies sold, so a Greatest Hits PSP game is by definition a common one.
5. Count the pieces. UMD, case, original cover sheet and manual. On the Persona games the manual and cover are part of the price; a printed replacement cover is not.
6. Test it. Load the game on a PSP 1000, 2000 or 3000. The PSP Go has no UMD drive and cannot play discs at all.

Which PSP games are worth the most?

The valuable PSP games are almost all late role-playing games from small publishers. Figures are PriceCharting's guide values, built from completed sales and checked on November 2, 2026, for North American copies.

Recent sales match the guide. Complete Persona 3 Portable copies sold on eBay for about $120-150 in the last week of October 2026, and UMD-only copies for about $65-100 in September and October. Valkyria Chronicles 2 and Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, both often assumed to be rare, sell for about $45 and $25 complete. The sealed figures rest on few sales, so treat them as rough.

Mercari sold listings broadly agree: complete Persona 3 Portable copies sold there for about $73-145, Persona 2: Innocent Sin for about $135-270, Trails in the Sky for about $73-91, Ys Seven for about $49-120 and Final Fantasy Tactics for about $16-24. Hexyz Force, which sells only a few times a month on eBay, and Fate/Extra had just one or two Mercari sales each, so their figures rest mainly on PriceCharting and are rough. Complete Mega Man Powered Up copies went for about $30-35 on Mercari, lower than the table, but eBay sales in October 2026 ran about $40-55, which supports the $50 figure.

Are Japanese PSP games worth less than US copies?

Yes, usually far less, even though they play on any PSP. Japanese copies of popular games are plentiful, and most US buyers want English text.

The US copy is worth about five times the Japanese one. Trust the code over the cover art: ULJM, ULJS or UCJS means Japanese. Games that never came out in English, such as Valkyria Chronicles 3, sell to fans who play them with fan translations, but rarely at US-collector prices. In Japan they are cheaper still: closed Yahoo Auctions Japan sales in September and October 2026 put Persona 3 Portable at about 800-1,500 yen and a standard Valkyria Chronicles 3 at about 500-700 yen, under $10 either way, with the Extra Edition at about 2,300-4,600 yen. The $24 and $27 figures are what US buyers pay for imported copies.

How much do the case, cover and UMD condition matter?

On the Atlus games, a lot; on common games, very little.

Cracked PSP cases are cheap to replace and cost little. The original cover sheet and manual cannot be replaced, which is why a reproduction cover is the main thing to check on a Persona copy.

A worked example

Say you find a PSP-3000 in a drawer with a case of eight UMDs: Patapon, Crisis Core, two racing games, a Spider-Man UMD Video, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, Valkyria Chronicles 2, and a Persona 3 Portable in its case.

The UMD Video is worth a dollar or two. Patapon is about $13, Crisis Core about $19, Birth by Sleep about $26 and the racing games a few dollars each. Valkyria Chronicles 2 is complete and worth about $45. The Persona 3 Portable spine reads ULUS, the cover is printed on the same matte stock as the other covers, the manual is inside, and the UMD shell has no cracks. That is a complete North American copy worth about $132. Together the games come to roughly $240-250. If the spine had read ULJM, the Persona would be worth about $24 and the whole set roughly $135.

Where should I sell PSP games?

UMDs are small and light, so shipping is cheap, which makes eBay workable even for $20 games. Put the region code in the listing title so nobody expecting English text buys a Japanese copy and returns it.

Common mistakes

• Pricing a Japanese Persona 3 Portable at the US price. Check the ULUS code.
• Counting UMD Video movies as games. They are usually worth a few dollars at most.
• Assuming every Square Enix PSP game is rare. Crisis Core and War of the Lions are about $19 complete.
• Missing a reproduction cover on a Persona game. It cuts the price toward the UMD-only figure.
• Pressing a cracked UMD shell back together and selling it as fine. It can jam a buyer's drive.

How WorthPic reads PSP game photos

WorthPic runs on the newest and most capable AI model available, tuned for exactly this kind of identification. From photos of the case, the spine and the UMD it reads the title, the ULUS, UCUS or Japanese code, whether it is an original print or a Greatest Hits copy, and which pieces are present, then gives an honest value range from recent sales for that game and region, with a most likely figure. It can often see a cracked shell and a cover printed on glossy photo paper. What it cannot know from a photo is whether the UMD loads, how deep a scratch behind the window goes, or whether a seal is original. It identifies and estimates. It does not authenticate, grade or appraise. For a sealed Atlus game or a large collection, a retro game dealer settles it in hand.

What to photograph

• The case front and spine, with the product code readable.
• The UMD front label and the back window.
• The manual and the inside of the case.
• For bundles such as the Junpei hat edition: every item.

When to get it looked at in person

A common PSP game does not need an expert; a PriceCharting or eBay sold check is enough. A sealed Persona game, a bundle edition, or a Persona copy where you cannot tell if the cover is original is worth showing to a retro game shop. Sony's home consoles from the same years are covered in the PS2 games and PS3 games guides, and the older discs in PS1 games. If Nintendo handhelds are in the same drawer, see Nintendo DS games and vintage Game Boy. Our cameras and electronics overview lists every console, computer and gadget guide, with the same completeness and condition rules.

Sources

• PriceCharting: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable, PSP: UMD-only, complete and sealed prices and the 2026 sales cited.
• PriceCharting: Persona 3 Portable, Japanese PSP: Japanese copy prices.
• PriceCharting: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2: Innocent Sin, PSP: loose, complete and sealed prices.
• PriceCharting: Valkyria Chronicles 2, PSP: loose and complete prices.
• PriceCharting: Valkyria Chronicles 3, Japanese PSP: Japanese-only release prices.
• Mercari sold listings: a second set of sold prices for the games in the value table, checked November 2, 2026.
• Yahoo Auctions Japan closed listings: Persona 3 Portable: domestic Japanese sale prices for the Japanese copies.
• Wikipedia: Greatest Hits (PlayStation): PSP red cases and the nine-month, 250,000-copy rule.