You might have been worried over the sales of the PlayStation 3 gem, LittleBigPlanet. However, ESPLA Chart Track has given LittleBigPlanet a Silver sales award for November 2008.

Lets just make this clear, the Silver award is given to titles that sell more than one-hundred-thousand units in that particular month. LittleBigPlanet launched on Novemeber 5th in the UK, so the title performed relatively well in its launch month, despite falling down the charts.

Not that many titles received the award this year, so it appears that LittleBigPlanet did get some recognition from the masses. Now, I can hear you whispering "only one-hundred-thousand"? Now listen. These are numbers for the UK, for one month, and the actual sales number will be between 100k and 200k.

After a little bit of research and some simple sums, we can estimate that if the title sold exactly one-hundred-thousand units in the UK, it would have sold over three-hundred-thousand units in all of Europe; since the UK accounts for approximately one third of the   European video games market.

Add on US and Japan sales, and LittleBigPlanet isn't too far off the 1 million mark worldwide. So although the title is dramatically sliding down the charts, the stuffed Sackboy isn't doing as badly as we might have first thought. Especially considering that Sony has yet to implement its $1 million December advertising campaign for the game.

Other titles received the Silver award, including Fall Out 3, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, and World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. The Gold award (two-hundred-thousand units) went out to Fable II and Mass Effect. The Platinum award (three-hundred-thousands units) to Gears of War II and Call of Duty: World at War. Whereas, Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii reached Diamond status by selling more than 1 million units in November.

The full list of winners can be found below. Confused or inspired by the chart? Don't hesitate to express yourself after the article.

http://www.gamezine.co.uk/news/littlebigplanet-not-doomed-in-sales--$1251306.htm

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I thought UK was 25% of Europe.... Especially with the Ps3 since it's got stronger sales in other countries. (LOL just read the update... exactly what I said)

So this title can be anywhere from 300k (VERY low end) to 700k (VERY high end. And this taking into account the LBP sold closer to 200k and falling short of the 200k sales bracket in the UK)

god sony we need shipment numbers right now

Problem was not the initial sales - they were very promising. The problem is the speed that it has fallen off the charts. Its doing ok in Europe though, so lets see how the sales pan out over the Xmas period.

 I'd be willing to bet the numbers would be closer to the mid-lower range.  So this title could be undertracked a tad in europe (100k?) but yeah... we need shipments.

Does MC count bundles in the SW charts? I think BKK would know this answer.

come on, there are 35 games that received this award. Now we are celebrating that LBP is one of the 35 best selling games this year? Who would have thought. Sony said Sackboy will be the new Playstation face and they sadi LBP would be their best game this Xmas, this alone should bring in the top 35.

It is not selling bad, but there is still a huge gap between actual sales and expectations.

LBP has been advertised a lot already and that did not help, i mean adverts were everywhere, and that did not help much it is a good game that will sell good but it wont be a seller like SMG or Brawl. Sony spent a lot on marketing this game, which means it has to sell more to deliver healthy profit.

Is that 35 who have got just silver? Or silver, gold & platinum? It may not be even in the Top 50 if you take into account all the awards.

trust me before 2009 LBP would have sold 1 million. o yeah my 100th post

Forget sales data.

Maths gives you the information you want to hear.