makingmusic476 on 06 January 2011
It's sold 170k, making it one of the best selling Western developed games in Japan this generation. That's pretty darn good, if you ask me.
The only Western title that has sold a considerable amount in Japan this generation is Donkey Kong Country Returns, and that is partly because it is a brand that has been popular in the country for decades, and its quality matches that of its popular predecessors.
On the other hand, LBP has outsold the last four Metroid games quite handedly, which is another example of a popular Nintendo franchise being placed in the hands of a Western developer for a time. It even outsold Other M, which is the first console game in the series to be devleoped by a Japanese developer in a decade.
