LittleBigPlanet Vita Not So Big In Japan – Media Create’s 50 Best-Selling Games (Week Ending Sept. 23)







Just once… I'd like to be wrong.

My friend assured me that LittleBigPlanet would match the Vita selling power of Hatsune Miku in Japan. I doubted this, and told him as much. I would have loved to see some news proving me wrongto see LBP top the sales charts with 200,000 copies sold in its first week. I didn't see that. What I did see in this sales chart for the week of Sept. 17th through Sept. 23rd, was Square Enix making more dough off of ports, and LittleBigPlanet selling fewer than 6,000 copies.

In the great majority of cases, software sees about a 50-70% drop in sales from week one to week two in Japan, so that means that after two weeks on the market, all signs are pointing to this outstanding game shifting less than 10,000 units in Japan. As usual, all results below are via Media Create.

Greg, you owe me a Coke… but I wish you didn't.

1. (PSP) Final Fantasy III

2. (3DS) New Super Mario Bros. 2

3. (PS3) Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

4. (3DS) Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone

5. (3DS) Medarot 7: Kabuto / Kuwagata

6. (PS3) Tekken Tag Tournament 2

7. (PSP) Tiger & Bunny: On-Air Jack!

8. (NDS) Pokemon Black 2 / White 2

9. (3DS) Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire!

10. (PSP) Hunter x Hunter: Wonder Adventure

11. (3DS) Samurai Warriors: Chronicles 2nd

12. (PS3) Eureka Seven AO: Jungfrau no Hanabanatachi

13. (3DS) Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb

14. (PSP) Kiyoka no Ori: Hiiro no Kakera 4

15. (3DS) Brain Age: Concentration Training

16. (WII) Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online

17. (PSV) LittleBigPlanet PS Vita

18. (WII) Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus

19. (3DS) Kobitodzukan: Kobito Kansatsu Set

20. (WII) Just Dance Wii 2

21. (WII) Mario Party 9

22. (360) Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

23. (3DS) Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate

24. (PSV) Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f

25. (WII) Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Definitive Edition

26. (WII) Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition

27. (3DS) Mario Kart 7

28. (PSP) Lost Heroes

29. (3DS) Lost Heroes

30. (3DS) Little Battlers eXperience: Explosive Boost

31. (3DS) Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D

32. (3DS) Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers

33. (PSP) Accel World: Ginyoku no Kakusei

34. (PSP) Akatsuki no Goei Trinity

35. (3DS) Super Mario 3D Land

36. (PS3) Accel World: Ginyoku no Kakusei

37. (PS3) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

38. (PS3) Akatsuki no Goei Trinity

39. (PS3) Max Payne 3

40. (PSP) 24-houri Cinderella: Halloween Wedding

41. (PSP) Mobile Suit Gundam Age: Universe Accel / Cosmic Drive

42. (3DS) Senran Kagura Burst: Guren no Shoujotachi

43. (3DS) Rune Factory 4: A Fantasy Harvest Moon

44. (PS3) Call of Duty: Black Ops – Dubbed Edition

45. (PSP) Kuroko's Basketball: Miracle Game

46. (3DS) Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog / Shiba / Toy Poodle & New Friends

47. (PS3) Ratchet & Clank Collection

48. (PS3) Assassin's Creed I + II Welcome Pack

49. (PSP) Taiko Drum Master Portable DX

50. (WII) Kirby's Return to Dream Land

Hardware sales were nothing new. Nintendo's 3DS led the way again with 61,000 units sold, PSP remained the second-best place to sell a game with 14,000 units sold, PS3 sputtered around at 11,000, and the Vita continued to lie there and do nothing with its 9,000 shifted systems.

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