Already described by Sony as an ‘evergreen’ game, LittleBigPlanet’s UK launch saw the title debut at fourth in the all-format top ten, sitting behind Fallout 3, FIFA 09 and Gears of War 2. Edge’s chart history shows that the title then fell out of the top ten just seven days later, casting an unflattering light on the title’s mainstream appeal.
Yet the game continues to sell steadily, with a TV spot campaign lifting sales of the game through the holiday season. ELSPA’s gold status is given to games which sell between 200k-300k copies in the UK, while our sources tell us that LittleBigPlanet – which was awarded the highest score in Edge and subsequently received the Best Game of 2008 award – is likely to enter platinum status (300k-600k sales) soon.
On each of ELSPA’s sales groups, each title represents a single-platform version, so while the 360 version of Fallout 3 makes gold, the PS3 version stays in silver. Other notable updates to ELSPA’s gold status list are the 360 version of Far Cry 2, and the PC boxed-retail edition of Wrath of the Lich King. Lionhead’s Fable 2 has reached platinum, while Wii Music and Resistance 2 keep to silver.
Back in November, both Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit joined ELSPA’s select group of diamond sellers, a standing for games that sell over one million units. ELSPA’s compiling of game sales began back in 1999, meaning the likes of Tomb Raider 2 and Ocarina of Time miss the list.