LittleBigPlanet 2nd week sales are in. What do you think?

[FinalEvangelion]

Bitmap Frogs said:

FinalEvangelion said:

Final-Fan said:

BringBackChrono said:
The game is doing realistically well, though i must say some of our fellow VGCers must be a little disappointed deep inside that it didnt sell a gazillion copies week 1. I also wonder if the recalls have had a lasting effect on the whole thing. I expect it to clear the 5 million mark also, as a game of this much quality and promise should.

Maybe, but I myself always figured it would be the legs that were REALLY impressive and Day 1 would not be blockbuster even if the game totally was.  It's like Sony got a Nintendo game.

 

+1.  That's exactly my position as well.  It actually did better than I expected the first couple weeks.  Usually, new IPs like this sell to people that keep track of gaming news and then sell more with word of mouth / advertising.  If you look at games like Uncharted, Mass Effect, Ratchet & Clank, you can see the sales trend.

 

Gears of War did 900k first week and 450k second week back in '06 when the 360 was at less than 9 million worldwide.

 

Gears of War is a different type of game than I listed.  Of course "Big men with big guns" type of games will do better, even as a new IP.