Exclusive: LittleBigPlanet November Sales Revealed

Sony placed a considerable publicity campaign behind LittleBigPlanet, and the Media Molecule-developed PlayStation 3 exclusive generated lots of buzz. It didn't make November's top 10 titles, though -- so how did it sell?

Well, LBP moved 141,000 units in the United States during November 2008, according to figures provided to Gamasutra by the NPD Group.

[Captain Tuttle]

That ain't good.

[jaysquared]

well you know this game has legs! So its not going to sell the first month or even the first year.. But hey lets see what the sales total will be in 10 years after Sony bundles this up with their PS3! lol.. I saved you PS3 fans a post...

So it looks like VGChartz saying that LBP has sold a million are incorrect. They have N. America as selling 500k units of this game.. If you add last months NPD which was 220k and add 140k that only gives 360k games sold in N. America. So I highly doub this game has sold over a million.

@below- If a game only sells 360k for a month and 2 days in the biggest GAMING market in the world(U.S.A) then theres no way it has sold 500k in Europe. But hey that's my opinion. Again unless Sony or Media Molecule say that they have sold over a million of this game then i'm believing it has not. If you want to believe other wise then you have the right for your own opinion. Also if this game has sold a million world wide wouldn't Sony be announcing it? I mean seriuosly they need some positive news out because they just got owned in NPD. They also sold less PS3s in november compared to last year.

[LightningPS3PS3]

The game has sold close to 400k just in the united States, so why is it impossible to think that worldwide it reached 1 million or getting pretty close?

[WANNA GET HIGH]

That sucks really bad.Well i dont care,i dont get a single profit from game sales.... :/

But all those people that kept saying wait till november just got owned.Just face it,LBP was over hyped.not every one wants the game.I know u will say it has legs but u should have said that before u hyped it up to be a system seller and the youtube gaming.I bought resistance2 over lbp and i dont plan of buying lbp,its not my type of game.

[sackboy says hi]

BU BU BU BU LBP is a system seller and it will move consoles....oh pls.... GTFO....

LBP = OVER HYPED PUPPET.

New mario my a$$,the youtube of gaming......... :/ "FACEPALM"

[INehalemEXI]

To many great games released around the same time ....this is why KZ2 was pushed back. Anyways I got my copy of LBP and I would not trade it.

[thor]

You guys are confusing "overhyped" - meaning, it was hyped, and it wasn't very good, with poor sales. It's a shame it hasn't sold that well, but those people who haven't bought it are missing out. It's my GOTY so I'd hardly say it was overhyped.

[SuperM]

PS3 has sold way more units in europe then in the US so your logic fails. 360 on the other hand has sold way more in the US then in europe.

Besides LBP is a game that fits the european audience perfectly. I expect this game has done alot better in europe.

People should really stop comparing ps3 and 360 software sales in the US, as 360 has sold twice as many units there. There is a reason that PS3 games always are low on the US list yet somehow manage to still sell alot of units. Ive said it before and i say it again, EUROPE

[La Chance]

so vgchratz overtracked LBP sales...

And 141 000 for the so called "new super mario" or "youtube of games" is VERY bad.

Its a pity because Im sure it doesnt deserve it but on the other hand it will teach people to not say stupid things like "new super mario" or "the game that is going to embarrass LIVE".

And its funny how this game has gone from instant 5 million seller and straight console mover to "a game that is going to sell overtime , just give it some time"

But honestly its a mystery why it flopped.Alot of games sell well thanx to the quality of the game itself without a huge marketing campaign.

Looks like PS3 gamers prefer shooters.

[butterfinger]

Yeah, and those games sell well OVER time. An example of this would be Uncharted. Which one of the 360's best-sellers have sold well without tons of marketing? He11, I'd bet that Kung Fu Panda and Lego Indiana Jones will be breaking sales records the way I see those 360 commercials featuring them. lol.

[IzKyD1331]

It's not bad either, December will prove if this game has legs or if the hype is going down....but this is Sony's fault, they advertised this so little it's ridiculous, the same with Resistance (I saw about 500 COD: WAW, Fallout, and Gears ads)

[dkp23]

Before the release, I was interested by all the hype and wanted to know what the big deal the game was...I read about innovation, great gameplay, creativity and the next mascot of PS3 and the next Mario...

Honestly, after reading about it, I still had no idea what the game was about until I watched some videos on youtube. While the innovation is there, but is it me or the game a jumping walking side scrolling game....I havent played the game or seen in live, but a few of my friends have bought it and dont play it...

Seeing what it was, I could not see this game being a system seller based on the type of games that we've have seen to be system sellers. FF, MGS, Gears of War, Halo....I just could not imagine this game moving that many consoles.

Well people can blame the lack of marketing and all, but I see a lot of people bashing MS for marketing their products, but turn around and blame the lack of marketing doomed LBP. Now people are calling for better advertising essentially do what MS is doing with their games and consoles, maybe Sony can go further and do what MS is doing, cut the price of the ps3...that might help....As we have seen, executives at Sony were wrong, people are not going to spend more money on a "superior" console...get off your high horse and cut the price.

[CrazzyMan]

GTA3 and GTA3:SA didn`t sell 11-15 mln. in their first month.

LBP - is a GREAT game, it`s a MASTERPIECE. It will gain it`s sales with time. I`m totally positive about LBP, i worry more about Valkyria Chronicles, since that game is Tactical RPG, which genre is NOT VERY popular on consoles, lucky TRPG to reach 1 mln. sales. Yet, VC is a very GREAT game, try demo, and if you liked it, BUY.

[Pika-pie]

I feel bad for MM, not so much Sony.

MM put everything into this game, it deserved much more of an impact.

[cherrypie]

"well you know this game has legs!"

Right. You can expect it to move almost 50k in December I bet.

Quite honestly, after NDP consoles -- and this news for Sony's last best hope (LBP) id say things are *very very very* bad for Sony.

I actually didnt expect it to get this ugly before the end of this year.

Now, to the "wait for KZ2! 2009! YotPS3!" I'd say, its clearly proving that 2009 will be too late. The PS3 is *very clearly* going to get buried this Xmass. Very very badly.

I predict 3:1 Xbox 360 to PS3. And Wii does 3-4M. There just isnt enough time or room this generation for them to do anything except drift further back in last place until finally, the whole thing is cut off from development and the PS4 launches.

As they said on CNN Money: PS3 is a sinking ship.

[prowiew]

Whats with ps3 gamers? Nobody buys games or what? If killzone dont sell 1 million on the first month, then I will beleive that yes, people buy ps3 for watching blu ray. Hey, I already pre ordered killzone. So there is one.

[LightningPS3PS3]

it was how much? 221k or something? That's around 360k in the US. Wordwide it's supposed reached 1 million.

Why do they keep calling it a flop? Is it a flop or were people just expecting more?

I was expecting more, I think the game is something revolutionary that should be a console seller. It wasn't a console seller, but it's not a flop.

Edit: I'm not going by VG chartz. I'm just going by how it might reach 400k in the United States after December.

[jaysquared]

I highly doubt that this game has sold a million. VGchartz are not a reliable source! They have this game as selling 500k in N. America and 500 k in Europe.. While there is NPD in the U.S. they dont have anything like that in Europe. So unless the numbers are coming from Sony or Media Molecule I would put the sales of this game at 700k..

If the game was suppose to be a system seller.. Sell over 2 million units it first months, had the hopes and prayers of PS3 fans to sell more PS3 console than the 360 then its a flop. This game was suppose to sell PS3s and it didn't. The ps3 actually sold less in November 2008 than 2007! Now thats bad!

[WANNA GET HIGH]

Yes the game has sold over a million world wide.If u look at it that is still bad sales for a game that was hyped up as the new mario and thats just the fact.Dont think im a 360 fan boy either(read my profile)I just say what i feel is the fact.Lbp is "NOT" a flop but it did not do as well people expected it to do.

[SuperM]

PS3 consoles sold in US is like, 6.5-7 million now. So in the rest of the world there is about 11 million PS3s. Even if it has only sold 360k in the US it is very reasonable to believe it has sold 1 mill worldwide.

[Anon1974]

And, hopes and dreams of the PS3 fans? It's a game, dude...that's it. The PS3 has moved 17 million consoles in it's first 2 years, a feat the 360 didn't even come close to doing. PS3 fans and journalists alike were excited about this title, and rightly so, but no one pinned the "Hopes and dreams" of the PS3 on this game. MGS4, maybe, but not Little Big Planet. Either way the PS3 is selling remarkably well considering it's price point and the fact it's catering to the hi-end market. No one expects the very hi-end TV's to outsell the low end TV's. It doesn't mean there isn't a market for either of them. The PS3 isn't just a games console, it's more of a hi-end home theater component that just happens to also play kick ass games. I don't think there was ever any confusion about this.

What I've always found amusing was the 360 fans who act like their console of choice is somehow a better system just based on sales. If that were the case, the Wii would be the best games console, wouldn't it? In the end it doesn't matter because clearly the public understands the PS3. I don't know a single person with a decent home theater setup in my 30 something group of friends and cohorts that doesn't have a PS3 as the media hub of their system. Half these guys couldn't tell you what a "Halo" is or what the hell it's about, but you can better believe they're all watching Blu-Ray's and evertime I log in and see my friends list, half of them are gaming at any given time.

[WANNA GET HIGH]

I did not buy it and im not missing out.What u dot understand is that not every one likes LBP.Not every one likes creating levels,not every one want new innovating games.Look at mirros edge,it was packed with innovation and look at how it turned out.Most people want the same thing they are used to,that is why i bought resistance2 over LBP.And yes i have played LBP before and i hated it,the jumping is so bad.I still think the graphics and the innovation is lovely but the simple fact is the game is not wanted buy every one.Most people on my psn list are playing,resistance2,cod4/5 burnout,wipeout.Only like 4people out of over 40 people are playing LBP.When i asked some of them have they played LBP and what do they think of it they just said they dont like it and its not there type of game.The reason why people say LBP is over hyped is because of the sales,they hyped it up to sell alot of consoles and sell alot of copies but that did not happen.I respect ur opinion but dont say people are missing out bcuz they did not buy LBP.I did not buy LBP and i know im not missing out bcuz its not my type of game.

[nycredude]

Why the hell do you care so much anyway. Do you have the game? Do you own stock? If not then GTFO! No one cares what you say and it sure won't determine the results of the success of this game or any other game.

[happyface]

I thought all ps3 owners were SUPER EXCITED for this amazing game - what happened?

why did all the casuals and soccer moms not rush out to buy ps3s for this?

This is very confusing to me :(

[jaysquared]

well supposedly the week delay because of the music fiasco killed all the hype! lol.. Over 2 million people were ready to buy the game but because of the week delay they decided to go buy something else.. Yeah a week is a damn long time to wait for a game you really wanted! And I say PS3 fans are the most patient gamers in the world because of them always waiting for their games but they can't even wait a week.

[Downtown boogey]

Only a tiny fraction of PS3 owner even aknowleged the delay and the music-thingy! It's gotta have something else to it too... Maybe lack of advertising? Maybe the avarage 70€ price tag in Europe? Dunno...

[La Chance]

No , its only on N4G that people thought that LBP would change the face of gaming and kill all its competitors and that nobody would be able to resist to its cuteness.

[rockleex]

That thought LBP was the pinnacle of the PS3.

Sure its a great game, GOTY material. But anyone with half a brain would know its not gonna sell well on a hardcore tech-heavy console that costs over $400.

Soccer moms aren't gonna spend $400 on a console just to buy ONE game. They already have a much better option with the Wii.

Hardcore gamers aren't gonna pick it up unless they have already spent time with the game. And most hardcore gamers wouldn't even give it a try just by judging its looks.

Anyone who thought LBP was going to shift systems were either major PS3 fanboys... or they had hands-on time with LBP and were so blown away they thought it would appeal to anybody without first getting their hands on the gameplay(even though they doubted LBP before they tried it).

So yes, anyone who thought LBP was going to do well under all these circumstances are idiots.

[FF7numba1]

looks nice but I have other games to play. I dont understand why every1 think poeple only buy games one their 60 usd. Right now the only 60 usd games that i will buy first month is killzone,uncharted 2,God of war and maybe white knight chronicles.

[Rob0g0rilla]

but yeah, shoot on.

I'm glad Sony & MM made this game and didn't decide to make another shooting game. I don't blame ANYONE thinking this could of changed things for the PS3 after playing it myself. Anyone who actually has a PS3 should rent it. It's not just people on N4G. I was almost certain Sony had a huge hit after playing just the beta. The sales for this game are shocking to me.

I have the game and I think it lived up to the hype or what ever. One of the best and coolest game I have played in years and this year and it's nice to get away from 4 years of shooting nazis, aliens, and monsters. Sony should release a demo for this game. It's a great game for all ages.

[TOO PAWNED]

it is one of those games that everyone likes and thinks that it is awesome and uniqe, but no one wants to play it/buy it or at least big %. Proof are sales.
Still 360k just for USA is not bad, just not block buster ppl were hyping it to be. This is why some say it is "flop", It is FLOP but it didnt live up to its hype when it comes to sales.

[lokiroo420]

Who are you talking to and speaking of, stfu, your thought process is that of a retard.

[Captain Tuttle]

Now THOSE are bitter tears. lol

[PirateThom]

Nope, I completely agree. The game is a sales flop and really, it should have been advertised like there was no other game coming after it. Someday, Sony will learn.

The only way people are going to buy it is if people who own it sit down and make their friends play it. It's going to be this generations Okami or Ico, a fantastic, beautiful game that doesn't get its due in sales.

[InMyOpinion]

I'm seeing LBP, Motorstorm 2 and Resistance 2 commercials on Swedish TV almost every night. Maybe December sales will look different?

I don't think it's fair to compare LBP to ICO and Okami. Those games were made for a more distinct audience while LBP was made to be played by everyone.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Flipity flop flop

[likedamaster]

"""Flipity flop flop"""

That's just wrong.

[Chicken Chaser]

I'm not going to say i told you so ..but i knew this game couldn't outsold Fable II like people thought

NPD NOV 08

LBP-141k
Fable II-184k

anyways.. respectable sales..the problem here is ...the game scores are high but PS3 is still a hardcore console..and its still not enough reason for someone casual to buy a 400 machine just to play LBP...i think PS3 audience was not meant for LBP..at least for now

[WANNA GET HIGH]

If this game was relased fot the wii it would have sold so much more.Even tho the graphics will be down graded it will still sell like crack.Look at other wii games,the graphics sucks but its still selling.

[SuperM]

Oh yea you should add the userbase to that.

360 12.5 million sold. Fable 2: 184k
PS3 6.5-7 million sold. LBP : 141k

Lets just say, im not that impressed

[Captain Tuttle]

You seem to be forgetting the 850,000 or so copies that Fable 2 sold in October.

[LittleBigKillzone]

LBP has long legs a million worldwide in under a month is good. I think it sold decently in Japan also. Oh and you 360 fanboys dont have much room to talk. Whatever happened to the "Gears 2 breaks 2.8 million sold in day 1 in the US" umm yea, the whole month of november it only sold 1.5 million copies, Call of duty world at war sold just about the same amount, i know i know, your going to say "but but Gears sold better than Resistance 2 and LBP combined" but thats not the point. You 360 fanboys where saying Gears 2 would top 3 million in one month, doesnt quite look that way does it

[OOG]

you do realize that Gears sold outside of the U.S. right??? so thats 1.5 in the US........well over 2 worldwide....

And id like to see the so called article saying that it broke the 2.8 million sold in 1 day....because never existed lol.....

But anyway yes LBP will sell over time....but people can say how disappointing the sales are right now...especiall since its one of Sonys gems that has been getting some advertising and still isnt doing well....over time it will...but most companies especially now want to see a fast return of cash on their games...

[nycredude]

If that is your logic then apply it when talking about LBP. It also did sell outside of the us.

[JOLLY1]

4.3 Million. you're welcome for the math

[OOG]

yo read my post next time....I was proving a point to the fool above....but anyway....like I said LBP will sell over time so why should I add logic to it....with the overseas sales its still not what anyone thought it would be...which is why I didnt mention it...why put more salt in the wounds?

But as I said it will sell over time...at least it should its a quality game....but it hasnt been impressive considering the hype and the advertising etc going into it.

O and @ Jolly
Gears came in November not october

[Death]

http://www.edge-online.com/...

The link mentions the 3 million mark was confirmed the week before the press release.

I haven't seen any press releases for LBP sales. If anyone has a link please post it.

-Death

[likedamaster]

*ahem* http://www.edge-online.com/...

[FF7numba1]

in the long run ps3 exclusives will sell more over time, more so than the 360 exclusives. Most 360 exclusives get most of their sales during the first few months because the console is cheap.

After spending 429 on the ps3, an extra 200, that's 3 new games, its hard to buy every new game.

[FF7numba1]

ps3: over 18 million in 2 years with competition
360:17.7 in years with no competition the first year

I think 360 will outsell ps3 this year.

[DeZimatoR]

Sackboy deserves better :/

[Funky Town_TX]

The sales are low. Who cars why? Fanboys hurt games more than they help. LBP was suppose to be the next Mario. LBP was suppose to kill the 360. LBP was suppose to be the "you tube" of video games. If all the hype boys actually purchase what they praised then this great game would have returned a great profit to the great developers that made it. LBP looks like a fresh game that could in the end change video games in the future.

[cliffbo]

so we have a LBP article pointing out that LBP has hit over a million sales, followed by a negative about LBP, we have Dark Knight sales on Blu-ray hitting the high numbers and Blu-ray up on last week by 66%, followed by a negative post about Blu-ray... it goes on and on and on. HOME is currently getting hit by so many negative articles it's depressing even though more than 50% of the people i speak to actually think it's cool and out of the 50% that are not totally happy, at least 40% realize it's just the beginning. the media want Sony to fail because the media is largely American and MS have deep deep pockets

[Baba1906]

the game is really awesome. guess people dont care about that.

[Lombax]

We just pick a console, then bash the other one. Be it through sales numbers, console and game, or through game review scores.

It's sirry, but not rirry.

[JHUX]

Step 1: Look at metacritic, this is always your first choice to bash the competition, if reviewers like your consoles games, and give it better scores then you must always throw that in the face of others.
step 2: Sales: When Metacritic is failing you, and your competition is throwing better review scores in your face, forget everything about step 1, review scores no longer matter, you now play games "for more than what some reviewer thinks", and throw in the face of the competition that your game sold more.
Step 3: Attack the other consoles weakness, whether it be the incredible amount of failing consoles (rrod), or the excess amount of features, and then bash bluray anyway you can.

Remember if you are a fanboy, you do either of the follwing:

1) you love to switch out discs, it gives u a good time to stretch, and paying for online? love it.. features that should in reality be free, you just enjoy it so much, and best yet, you love the risk involved with the fact your console could break any minute, and sending it away for 3weeks is no big deal, infact it's a good change of pace every few months to do. I also love buying any game thats thrown at me.

OR

2) You love waiting on games, rumble really was last generation, I could have lived without it anyway, every game is going to move millions of systems, but then i'm not going to buy it cause I'm still broke from buying the most expensive console in the current economy.

OR

3) sup biatches, I love throwin my arms all around playing half assed games, by the way why you guys have a pissing contest about who sold more consoles did you guys check me out? breakin records biaaatch

[SRuN4]

Nobody is gonna spend $400 to play this game, that was the barrier for LBP with casuals and it didn't win the battle. I don't think hardcore gamers really cared about it and the media made it seem like they did. Plus it was a new IP released against heavy hitting established IPs. Oh yeah, why does Sony always launch big games at the very end of every month? It really kills the NPD numbers.

Sony needs to stop sending new IPs to die in the holiday market. Expand the calendar with the new IPs and then market them again at holiday, which is a whole other can of worms.

I'm sure it will sell over time just like Uncharted but we'll have to wait and see.

[chasegamez]

xbox fan girls wish this game on that cheap ass console

[cow moolester]

Why would they when even Ps3 fan girls apparently don't even want it on their own console (According to sales)?

[OOG]

Well hopfully the game sells better....its a pretty interesting game...not my type of game but deffinitely well worth the money for others.

[bviperz]

Unfortunately, some people here think (and say) it suxs because it's not their cup of tea. Then they use sales to back up their claims. Sad really...

[JD_Shadow]

If you have to go to sales to say that something sucks, then you really didn't not like the thing in the first place.

Now, in some cases, it's different.

[cmrbe]

we have people here debating weather LBP will reach 1 million. People, it will surpass 1 million before the years end. So what is the freaking big deal?.

And for the x360 trolls not the normal decent x360 fans. What other new casual game on the x360 that have sold as well as LBP or rate higher than LBP?. You people are pathetic.

When all is said and done LBP will sell at least 1 million worldwide in 2 months. Is this a flop for a game that took 30 people to develop?. Some of you people really need to put things into perspective. Some of you think that just because PS3 fans on N4G hyped this game will automatically means massive sales, well guess what?. There are not even 1000 people on N4G. The truth is LBP was not advertise anywhere near as much as Halo 3 or Gears 2 and it shows. In the real world market LBP is not know. In time people will.

[ionstorm]

too human did 188k, and that game was mega crap lol

[Bell Boy]

The same handful of folks from both sides of a console war that really is more important to them than actually playing the damn games spew the same BS back and forth daily.

Reality is PS3 is a premium product that is currently beyond the reach of many average folks so they currently settle for the cheaper option, Sony keep producing quality titles and each year will reduce the price making it more affordable to larger demographics. Seems a very familiar plot to the PS2 to me, and yes I remember the same smack talk from the from the Sega crowd.

Well enjoy your ranting folks, i'll enjoy some gaming action now...lol

[JHUX]

That game may be crap, but in reality for some reason, a reason I don't know why... but 360 owners (not all), but a lot of them will buy anything thrown at them. If Lair or Haze had been released on the 360 in the same condition it was I guarantee it would have gotten decent sales sadly..

[ionstorm]

@jhux
maybe everyone that has a ps3 should start buying ps3 games to support their system?

[JHUX]

I will buy games for whatever system if they are good games, but unless the game is really cheap, I am not going to buy bad games "just to support a system"..

[butterfinger]

that lead me to believe that it is possible that Sony does not want to win this generation. If you think about it for a minute, it would seem that most PS3 fans on N4G (or most of N4G) know how to market/advertise a game better than Sony does, but that is definitely not the case. Something is going on at Sony, and only time will tell what it is. Perhaps between the PS2, PSP, and PS3, Sony has too much on their plate right now. Maybe after this Christmas we can shift all focus away from the PS2, forcing PS2 owners to upgrade if they want new games just like Microsoft did to XBOX owners. I know many disagreed with that approach, but as a PS3 owner, I'm tired of seeing money go towards creating new PS2 bundles and marketing instead of it going towards PS3 titles that deserve it.

[OOG]

agreed

[JHUX]

I agree to the fact that Sony should shift marketing towards the ps3 and the games that deserve better (LBP for example), but at the same time I can't really complain, I had tons of great games to choose from this year, and gotten all the ones I want. Maybe it's because I don't game on a single platform, and spread things out, that sales and marketing aren't that huge to me, although I want Sony to continue to succeed, they still managed to give me the best gaming experience this year vs the others. That's my opinion though.

[nycredude]

All you fanboys or fangirsl of whatever stop with the sales BS. i mean where is the game going? Is it going to be discontinued or something. Is the Ps3 going to disappear after 2008? WHat the hell is everyone so down about? There is a tomorrow and the game will continue to sell. Shiat it's like these days if a game doesn't 5,000,000 in 1 month it is a flop or something. Grow the hell up already and just play the games.

[BLUR111]

I think game sales show who really want the game. Not fully sure but that is an idea

[PS3GamerFix]

As much as it pains me to state it.... Sony is in a rut no matter what it does at this point. 3rd party games are selling better than its exclusives and the 360 is cheaper so why would average joe (or jane) honestly go for the more expensive console (although in the long run the PS3 is actually cheaper) if they are more likely to purchase multiplatform games....

Sony is screwed this time around like Nintendo got screwed last time around with the GameCube. There are no if and buts about it... I love the PS3 as a gamer but the future looks grim for the PS3 given the global economic climate and these latest numbers.

Sony took a gamble with Blu-Ray and truth be told.... although it won the HD format war it did at the expense of the console war. Sony got arrogant and thought they can lure their 100M+ Ps2 users into purchasing the 3rd edition of the Playstation brand and they failed miserably. This is a very sad state of affairs!

And before people go off about 2009 being the year of the PS3.... The global economic climate is only going to get worse. So I don't really think Killzone 2 or even God of War 3 will have the impact they had on the PS2. Its pretty obvious now how this console race will turn out... oh how the great have fallen :(

[JHUX]

To be honest I could see what you are saying actually happen, but at the same time I don't think it will. When Sony cuts the price to a competitive price range, I do think sales will pick up, and sales will shoot up fast. I think 2009 will be important for them to make the changes needed, but it's also meant to stick around for 10+ years, so time will tell. If they keep pushing out the quality games that they have been pushing out, and the ones in store for us in 09, then I have no complaints.

[Britney Spears]

360 is 3rdc this gen,poor sales in Europe and japan. eventually they wil run out of price cuts for the u.s. didn't even sell 1 million in november at a $199 price and 2 packed in games.

[Bell Boy]

Man this site is quite hilarious, One of the best games I've played in decades is a flop because it ain't sold x amount in a time frame that seems determined by owners of a system it isn't even available for!

How bizarre - I find it difficult to believe that the majority of posters on here even enjoy playing games, they just spew hate if it ain't on their system.

I know I want games like LBP to be produced and enjoyed because while I also play shooters I also demand variety and I can assure I don't want the industry to stagnate in a sea of mediocrity.

Anyway if sales are the judge of quality Wii Fit must be awesome

[ionstorm]

sales matter to every company no matter how u spin it, to sony and its devs, without good sales they wont continue making good sequels or games. they need to feed their families you know? sales may not be the judge of good quality but its the main goal of any company or dev.

[Firstkn1ghT]

Well their you have it. Looks like VGCHARTZ dropped another goose egg by adding almost another 300k for a ps3 game. North America is the biggest video game market in the world and this is pretty low. I put this game around 600k-700k. Looks like this game is going to struggle to hit Viva Pinata sales.

[Bell Boy]

Do you ever play games???

You seem to spend your entire life talking pants in PS3 news...

[Britney Spears]

viva flopnata took 2 years to reach that,lbp did it in a month.

[NMC2007]

I know sells are important for all of us but I really don't care too much in the long run, but me being a 360 fan and all, it really is pretty disappointing that LBP didn't do as good as it should have done, I mean there are what? 8 million PS3s out there and this game didn't break a million in a month?

*sigh* I think it should have released in December, nothing is coming out this month, this month would have been perfect, it would have been away from everything else and just when people are looking for something to buy and can't find anything interesting this month, LBP would have been right there, may have sold some PS3s too, but noooooooooooo Sony thought the young pup could tough it out with the big boys, Sony's arrogance killed LBPs potential initial sales, I thought it would have sold at LEAST a million in the first month.

Damn, this is right up there with Viva Pinata & Banjo in terms of not doing well because it's different, ah well, it will sell over time, but I am not too sure though, there are some highly anticipated games coming in Jan(Skate 2), Feb(Street Fighter IV) & March(Resident Evil 5), I dunno what April holds, but sheesh, Sony messed up imo, they should have had the release in December, I mean don't they look at the damn release calender? Obviously not or they would have seen December as a clear month.

*sigh*

[Meus Renaissance]

I remember Heavenly Sword sold around 200K in the Summer of 2007 and that was considered as a flop universally. For LBP to sell almost half that, during November, when the PS3 is cheaper than it was in Summer of 2007 is nothing short of an embarrassment for Sony. The PlayStation 3 needs that price drop. Only thing left because if games aren't selling the console, then the last option is to sell it for cheaper

[cliffbo]

JUST LOOK AT THIS FELAS WOW!!!!!!!

http://www.gametab.com/news...

[Jdoki]

Cool. Some amazing stuff being done in LBP.

[Jdoki]

LBP was not over-hyped. Sony never said they were pinning any PS3 sales on this new IP.

Only PS3 fanboys talked about LBP as a system seller - and to be honest I think I saw more 360 fanboys claiming PS3 fanboys were claiming it would be a system seller!! :)

The only negative I would say about LBP's launch was that (in the UK) the marketing campaign was one of the worst things I have ever seen. It was impossible to work out what the game was about.

I saw the advert in the cinema, and people around me were confused by it.

MS' marketing may be boring, and intended to make multi-plats look like exclusives - but it does it simply and elegantly.

[ultimolu]

The PS3 is the Dreamcast now.
You may now gloat and beat your chests 360 fans. You clearly have the better console.

[likedamaster]

lol

[ultimolu]

You think I was even serious with that?

[Batzi]

Sales are bad considering the hype the game was given. The hype killed the game IMO.

[likedamaster]

Agreed. The last minute delay did some sales damage as well, imo.

[P_Bomb]

PS3 owners need to put down the multiplat' games and start supporting some of their own exclusives. Why'd so many buy a PS3 if the best selling PS3 games are multiplatform ones also available on the 360? Put down COD:W@W and support some R2, put down Guitar Hero and support some LBP!

[OGharryjoysticks]

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[Raoh]

i said it before..

some games sell really well for 2 weeks

but stop

some games sell modestly for a year

lifetime sales will be great

[Rob0g0rilla]

I would love to see another one or see it on PSP2. IMO it deserves getting a million+ sales.

I bet Sony bundles it with a price drop next year. They won't let this game go out without a bundle(if there already isn't one).

[sak500]

TEh game has sold 1 million units worldwide. I just came back from year 2014 :-)

BTW: i need to see kim shane, ken and other droids comments. They are still under their blankets waiting for kz2, what with all the negative MS bribed analysts, sales forcasting companies, media journalists, Presidents of countries speaking down of ps3.

[Zulwarn]

droids are probably writing random blogs news WITH CREDIBLE SOURCES to post on n4g

[a_cold_soul]

LittleFlopPlanet

[eliasg]

Little Big Flop, confirmed!!!!

[anubis12]

ouch

[Thatlalala]

Too Human the 360's biggest flop of the year - 168,200 units
LBP PS3's overhyped super hit - 141,000

[Britney Spears]

have to consider the install base differences. Plus 360 scratch disks so people probably bought another copy.

[earwax]

LBP moved 141,000 units in the United States .....WEAK A$$ sales for a weak system. For EVERY system the 360 sells people buy and avg of 8 games per system,the PS3 does not even come close to that.

[Xi]

lack of clarity. Whenever i see any ofthe commecials I'm like "what does this have to do with the game" they do a decent job of explaining what the game is about.

[Dannagar]

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[sleepbox]

That means every single dumb@$$ sony fanboy on the internet bought 2 copies.

Pathetic.

Sack boy...lol. What a soulless piss poor excuse for a "mascot"

[Britney Spears]

rrod fanboys are wrong,that is pretty good for a game like this.

[dadeisvenm]

Ummm... Where? When? Not on TV or primetime time they didn't.

[panasonic23]

it just plain and simple nobody buys this game because it get boring real quick and plus wtf with the name sackboy o boy sony drop their sack on this

[omegaortega]

And yet people want to call themselves gamers without appreciating this game.

What a shame. Little Big Planet is one of the freshest and best games of this year, it doesn't have a 2 or II or 3 slapped on the title and it actually does something NEW people.

I pity most "gamers" for their crappy taste, and PS3 owners who have yet to purchase this game.

[PLAYSTATIONGENRATION]

People realize that there is a world outside of america..