Why in the land of platforming (Japan) LBP failed so miserably?

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Ajescent on 07 January 2011

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Reasonable on 07 January 2011

I'm not sure it did. As a new IP from a Western developer with a somewhat muddy positioning - was it a platformer? was it a creation tool? was it both? was it something else? in a seemingly very depressed console market (I mean, lots of titles seem to have underperformed in Japan this gen outside of the absolute sure fire franchises) it seemed to sell as well (or badly) as anything else.

I will note some of the best, wackiest levels were created by Japanese players, and there does seem to be a niche of great Japanese level creators, so I remain curious to see what they do with LBP2.

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ethomaz on 07 January 2011

Why the people here think LBP failed in Japan? The game sold 171,370 by VGC... so how many western title sold that?

LittleBigPlane done very well in Japan.

And I can expected 200-250k for LBP2... great numbers.

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Mordred11 on 07 January 2011

Because most of the japanese gamers that bought a PS3,bought it for Final Fantasy and Metal Gear Solid games only.

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Mordred11 on 07 January 2011

Beuli2 said:

toastboy44562 said:

kowenicki said:

British game.

i.e. not Japanese.

this. i dont know why people dont admit it by now

No one cares about what you think toaster.

Damn...I can't believe I'm saying this,but that was not needed :/.

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Beuli2 on 07 January 2011

Mordred11 said:

Beuli2 said:

toastboy44562 said:

kowenicki said:

British game.

i.e. not Japanese.

this. i dont know why people dont admit it by now

No one cares about what you think toaster.

Damn...I can't believe I'm saying this,but that was not needed :/.

Mwhawhahwahwh >:)

Above: still the best game of the year.

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Noobie on 08 January 2011

ethomaz said:

Why the people here think LBP failed in Japan? The game sold 171,370 by VGC... so how many western title sold that?

LittleBigPlane done very well in Japan.

And I can expected 200-250k for LBP2... great numbers.

yes you are right 170k is a good for a western title but just wandering why so low in comparison to Mario.

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