This just in, LBP failed. Kidding. The game hasn't released in some places yet.

I'll be honest . . . I didn't read the article. Reason being . . . I can already tell that it's probably biased, fanboyish, or at the very least plays the "childish card" as a last, not even worth lifting a finger to retort, resort.

Of course, it also is sure to mention the very widely blown out of proportion moderation of levels that is going on too.

But, I, along with hundreds of thousands of others, LOVE LBP and will continue to LOVE LBP. By no means is it a "LittleBigMistake."

LBP seems more like an upgraded arcade game than a proper game.

It's a good game. I have played it a couple times. I can't complain about it.

Koloth is right. It has only been on in stores no less then a month and already sold around 500,000 (including nov. days) this game is going to reach a million sells by the end of the year.

Well the counter points for LittleBigPlanet going on the Wii. First: LittleBigPlanet is a hardcore title, the casual gamers would have fits trying to create a half decent level. Second: That the game would have to simplified (eg complexity of levels, graphics and physics) due to the consoles restrictions and Third: That the Wii's online sucks balls and that knowing Nintendo you would need friend codes to share content with someone.

I'm not bashing the Wii, but to be fair their are advantages and disadvantages to going with any platform, Media Molecule made their choice.

Interesting stuff. A good read is here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=343292

A quote:

"Shuhei Yoshida, Sony worldwide studio boss, said: “LittleBigPlanet is going to be the biggest title for Sony in all markets this year” and producer Eric Fong stated it was "going to be a hardware seller".

Looking at its first month's performance, it is simply not hitting these targets.

It positioned 8th in october NPD selling just ~215k copies - not terrible, but not "biggest title" of the year territory.
In Japan it has sold ~80k (still a way from getting through its initial shipment of 130k) and is already out of the top 20.
In its European homeland it crashed out of the top ten in just its second week, and has subsequently slipped further down the charts.

There is no sign that LBP has significantly contributed to hardware sales either.
PS3 sold just 190k in october NPD, way behind 360 (370K) and Wii (800k).
The PS3 is now even being outsold across Europe by the 360 (a reversal of trends here).

Whilst the title might have legs, weekly sales in Japan and Europe show no evidence of this (sales have declined substantially every week, whilst even a struggling mass market game like WiiMusic managed to go back up into the uk top ten this week). It is very unlikely it will appear in next months NPD top ten."

It's the games fault, and it's Sony's advertising. The need to make it appeal to mature audiences.

My opinion is that the reason it might not be selling as well as expected, is for the reason I didn't buy it: Because there was not enough information about what the game was actually ABOUT. I never understood what you could do except build levels online, and then do what with them?
However, I now know what it is about, and I cannot see why people do not buy it other than the reason stated

I think the game has a lot of potential still, and I would like to see something similar on the 360. While talking to PS3 owners I know on a more personal level, I would ask about their interest in LBP (since there was so much hype in the gaming community). These people ranged from casual to hardcore gamers (a few bought it for the actual games, some for Blu-Ray and... 'cause they thought it looked cool)... and I was disappointed by the fact that most of them had never heard of LBP. When I tried to explain what the game was about or linked them to websites, they just thought it sounded ridiculous/stupid. Seriously, made me very sad. Sony really should have invested way more in advertising this title.

I hate this stuff. They go with a very stupid claim, and then they don't even talk about it, they keep talking about themselves.
"Title : LBP is not good.
becuase? Wii has this, this and that..."

Just shut up. And they even dare to confess they are mainstream.

I'll wait for the sales numbers for x-mas before I decide whether or not I think LBP failed. Right now, though, I couldn't care less. It's one of the most fun games ever made.

Well the article makes some decent points. I haven't touched LBP in weeks, but to be fair I tend to rotate games a LOT. I just got pissed at the ungluing system in the level editor.....man it tears me up just thinking about it!!! LMFAO

I'm getting this for Christmas, this isn't putting me off, i think this is one of the best PS3 games ever, especially the create-a-level feature

The only reason people don't want it most likely is because there's no killing. But I enjoy the game and online play is ok I really wish it was better

I never really figured this game out, to be honest.

This game hasn't sold because the ps3 is soo expensive. i really want to play it but can't cause my parents won't give me a ps2. i only know one person who has one. he has the game and it's so fun IMO

*raises hand*

I bought it, my attempt to buy it should have fixed the game for success because of my epicness