Lollipop Chainsaw sales reach 1 million

2012 release hits new milestone for Grasshopper Manufacture

News by Rachel Weber Senior Editor

Published on March 10, 2014

Grasshopper Manufacture's Lollipop Chainsaw has reached the million copies sold milestone, 21 months after it went on sale on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Get your celebration gear on! Lollipop Chainsaw has sold more than a million copies!!! Woot Woot!!
— Grasshopper Manufacture (@Grasshopper_EN) March 7, 2014

Grasshopper Manufacture even teased Twitter followers that it considered the sales justification for a sequel to the hack and slash title.

Lollipop Chainsaw was released in June 2012 by Kadokawa Games and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and achieved a Metacritic of 70.

Speaking at a Kadokawa Games event in August 2012 CEO Goichi Suda revealed the game had sold 700,000 units, setting a new record for Grasshopper Manufacture.

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