One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 first day shipments top 500,000

Healthy start for Namco Bandai's PlayStation sequel.

First day shipments for One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 in Japan have surpassed 500,000 units, Namco Bandai has announced.

The PlayStation 3 and PS Vita game was made available today in Japan. Its predecessor, last year’s One Piece: Pirate Warriors, reached total shipments of over 1.2 million units worldwide.

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 is due out for PlayStation 3 in North America this summer and for Europe in August.