You wouldn’t really expect it, but Rockstar’sGrand Theft Auto IVhassauntered aheadof the PS3 exclusiveLittleBigPlanetin the Japanese software chart, seizing the number one slot. Don’t think it’s thanks just to the game’s multiplatform status, either — that’s just the PlayStation 3 version.
Rockstar’s return to Liberty City sold133,000 copies on the PS3 compared toLittleBigPlanet‘s52,000. EvenValkyrie Profile: The Accused Onefor DS — the type of portable RPG fodder that Japanese gamers lap up — failed to take downGrand Theft Autowith 80,000 sales.
The Xbox 360 version ofGTA IVhad a pretty decent showing as well, shifting34,000 copies and claiming the number 7 spot.
This is interesting to think about, especially when you consider how something as creative asLBPshould have perhaps done better, more so than the gun-toting sensibilities ofGTA IV. Either way, it’s not often that a purely Western game is so well received in Japan, so Rockstar certainly deserves kudos.
