LittleBigPlanet sales continue to disappoint - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 16th Dec 2008, 11:05

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/12...o-disappoint/1

Sony and Media Molecule won't be happy this Christmas, with LittleBigPlanet not selling well in either the US or UK apparently.

Narishma · 16th Dec 2008, 11:38

I think the problem of LBP is that it's a hardcore game marketed as a casual one. So hardcore gamers that would be interested in it only see a childish game from the ads.

steveo_mcg · 16th Dec 2008, 11:39

Wonder what Sony PR will blame it on since piracy on the PS3 is apparently negligible.

Diosjenin · 16th Dec 2008, 11:41

The problem of LBP is that it's a PS3 exclusive. Period.

Cupboard · 16th Dec 2008, 11:45

I had never heard about it before a few news article on bit - that in itself is a fairly major problem.

chrisuk · 16th Dec 2008, 11:46

Yeah, LBP's problem is that it's a PS3 exclusive....combine that with the shockingly high cost of the console given the economic climate and the cost of say, the 360, and it was always going to be a c**p Christmas for Sony.

[USRF]Obiwan · 16th Dec 2008, 11:59

I know a "little big adventure" for the PC from a few years ago.

Xir · 16th Dec 2008, 12:02

I actually don't understand the advertising
...don't have the foggiest what this game is about (based on the TV and print advertisements)

Maybe as a Gamer I'm not the target audience though.

I'll have to read your review, hadn't seen it.

lewchenko · 16th Dec 2008, 12:04

Also, the only people I know who have bought it are women ! (Two of them) !

Conclude from that what you will (in game : dress up your character, paint stickers on things etc)... Hmmm. A great platformer but with too much a hint of Barbie perhaps ?

bilbothebaggins · 16th Dec 2008, 12:13

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Originally Posted by CardJoe

(...) to 16th in the Top 20 All Formats chart, but every title above it is either a Wii, Xbox 360 or PC release. (...)

So that means it's the best-selling PS3 title in the UK?

I always though the installed base for Wii/xbox/pc is a lot larger respectively than that for PS3. How would anyone expect a PS3 game to outsell the others then?

(The game does look awesome, but that's certainly no reason to buy a PS3 if I don't have one)

Atomic · 16th Dec 2008, 12:17

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Originally Posted by Xir

don't have the foggiest what this game is about

Ditto, from the TV adverts you seem to be able to make world's and walk about them making things do stuff...

Zut · 16th Dec 2008, 12:20

I love to get LBP but given how much money I sank into my PC theres no way I'm getting a PS3, especially just for one game.

Also I only one ONE person who actually has LBP (a woman, incidentally!).

Sorry Sony.

Brooxy · 16th Dec 2008, 12:23

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Originally Posted by [USRF]Obiwan

I know a "little big adventure" for the PC from a few years ago.

That was more than a few years ago...I remember it when I bought my first PC running Windows 3.1. Epic times.

And one of the faults is that it's exclusive. I recall saying to the missus the other night, that if it was on the 360, i'd be tempted to give it a crack, but I can't justify buying a PS3 for a game that might turn out to be good.

Veles · 16th Dec 2008, 12:35

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Originally Posted by bilbothebaggins

So that means it's the best-selling PS3 title in the UK?

I always though the installed base for Wii/xbox/pc is a lot larger respectively than that for PS3. How would anyone expect a PS3 game to outsell the others then?

(The game does look awesome, but that's certainly no reason to buy a PS3 if I don't have one)

Because it was a very major release and those kind of releases are expected to sell bucket loads. This was a game that almost every PS3 owner was expected to buy, which would have stomped the other games sales, even if it's on the PS3.

Bauul · 16th Dec 2008, 12:45

We were having a chat about this at work the other day, we concluded right game, wrong platform. Had this been on the Wii, it would have sold millions and millions and millions. PS3 owners are probably not into platformers. It's a gross generalisation, but it's also probably true. And this prejudice will probably put them off the game regardless of how good it is. Wii owners would have snapped it up in a milisecond.

DougEdey · 16th Dec 2008, 12:57

I just think it's too much effort to make the levels and stuff. Hence why I'm not buying

cjoyce1980 · 16th Dec 2008, 12:57

If this game was on the Wii it would be a best seller, casual game on a core gamer console, when only the core gaming public have purchased a PS3, because its too expensive for the casual maket

badders · 16th Dec 2008, 13:00

If I had the money, This would be the game that would make me buy a PS3.

You're right, Ben, about the platform though. If it was a Wii game, it would have done much better.

D3s3rt_F0x · 16th Dec 2008, 13:07

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Originally Posted by DougEdey

I just think it's too much effort to make the levels and stuff. Hence why I'm not buying

Agreed I wouldnt want it if I had a PS3, why would I want to spend all my time making levels? Why would that attract normal consumers as well? They want to pick up and play not faff about, so I wouldnt say it gets any market.

Still isnt a killer game on the PS3 yet.

shigllgetcha · 16th Dec 2008, 13:17

on multiformat games 360 99% of the time out sell PS3.
which shows that PS3 games in general dont sell well, or PS3s for that matter

16th Dec 2008, 11:05	#1
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16th Dec 2008, 11:39	#3
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16th Dec 2008, 11:41	#4
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16th Dec 2008, 11:59	#7
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Narishma Multimodder Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 88	I think the problem of LBP is that it's a hardcore game marketed as a casual one. So hardcore gamers that would be interested in it only see a childish game from the ads.

16th Dec 2008, 11:46	#6
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16th Dec 2008, 12:20	#12
Zut Multimodder Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Near Sheffield, UK Posts: 127	I love to get LBP but given how much money I sank into my PC theres no way I'm getting a PS3, especially just for one game. Also I only one ONE person who actually has LBP (a woman, incidentally!). Sorry Sony.

16th Dec 2008, 12:45	#15
Bauul Sir Bongaminge Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Godalming, near Guildford Posts: 1,553	We were having a chat about this at work the other day, we concluded right game, wrong platform. Had this been on the Wii, it would have sold millions and millions and millions. PS3 owners are probably not into platformers. It's a gross generalisation, but it's also probably true. And this prejudice will probably put them off the game regardless of how good it is. Wii owners would have snapped it up in a milisecond. __________________ Pentium 4 CPU 3.4 Ghz \| 1Gb + 2x512Mb Corsair DDR2 667 Mhz Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 512Mb\| WD Raptor 36Gb, Seagate 300Gb \| Asus P5LD2 SE Ibanez RG 470 Japanese Edition \| 1991 Japanese Lo-TRS Tremolo \| V7 S1 Custom V8 HSH Pickups

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