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Editorial: LittleBigPlanet Was A LittleBig-Flop Because Of Beta

November 30, 2008 in Blog comments 21

Blend Games writes an article that speculates the mild sales of LittleBigPlanet to the overwhelming success of the LBP Beta. And that many gamers didn't buy the game because they already played the beta.

Sony seemed to put enough interest into the game to promote it as the next mascot-based title for the PlayStation brand. However, things didn't seem to look quite as grand when the NPD results were released, and LittleBigPlanet looked more like a single-A title rather than a triple-A system seller.
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  • 2
    Cruxis Mana Nov 30, 08
    What a load...

    That was more a subtle swipe at Sony than anything else...
  • 3
    Salvador_Dog Nov 30, 08
    I call shenanigans!
    all my friends and i were in the beta, we loved it and bought the game, i don't even think LBP is doing that bad.
    For a new IP its actually doing very good.
  • 8
    Big A2 Nov 30, 08
    This LittleBig tile cliche is getting LittleBig old.
    • 0
      Cruxis Mana Nov 30, 08
      Amen to that.
      • 0
        Zeon I Nov 30, 08
        LittleBigAmen to LittleBigThat.

        I shall quit now.
  • 1
    Red 9 Nov 30, 08
    If you played the beta, you won't be saying "That was so good, I won't be getting the game!" seeing as the beta ended and became unplayable, thusly forcing you to buy it if you wanted to continue playing. Also, sales are actually getting good, seeing as the last article only based its assumptions off of 4 days of sales...

    This article is full of FAIL.
  • 2
    BANDITO ATTACK Nov 30, 08
    oh my god nobody is allowed to say anything bad about littlebig planet whats wrong with you.
  • 1
    Zerpent Nov 30, 08
    I've heard that LBP is selling fairly well, if not as well as they had hoped it would. I personally think that LBP will get a kick in sales once the x-mas shopping starts for real, since it's a game that anyone could enjoy, meaning families will probably pick it over more hardcore games.
  • 1
    Onvacation Nov 30, 08
    I'M NOT BUYING THIS GAME PURELY ON ACCOUNT OF THE AMOUNT OF ANNOYANCE THAT HAS BEEN MADE TO ME BY PEOPLE PULLING LAME JOKES FROM THE NAME.
  • 4
    Slumpy monkey Nov 30, 08
    Who really gives a shit if it flops in sales or not.

    If people are enjoying the game, then that's what counts.
    • 1
      Goldva_X Dec 1, 08
      Sony do. I agree with you about your second point, but it does matter for Sony. They're going to be in deep shit if it does flop.
      • 0
        Slumpy monkey Dec 1, 08
        But it hasn't been a huge flop.

        What we need to know is the production costs, if the sale revenue overcomes that then it isn't a flop at all.
    • 0
      Big A2 Dec 3, 08
      If it's a flop then there's little hope for a sequel.

      So yes, we give a shit.
  • 0
    Roy Nov 30, 08
    Yeah, and I have a couple of people on here to thank because of LBP.
  • 0
    iLLmatic Nov 30, 08
    I actually had so many lag and connection problems with the beta, that I stopped playing after a while. The same goes for my friends, but we all got the game.
  • 0
    Bale Fire* Nov 30, 08
    Most of the comments on the site sum up my view pretty well, it was only 25 000 Beta keys, almost all impressions were positive, and all this is based on less than a week's sales.
  • 1
    RabidChinaGirl Nov 30, 08
    I don't care if people keep writing about how bad LBP is, I just wish they'd stop making puns out of it. Seriously.
  • 0
    HisServant77 Dec 1, 08
    Well I thoroughly enjoyed the Beta. I thoroughly enjoy the game too (just wish I had more time for it)!

    These articles hating on LBP . . . sure are numerous. It seems that if LBP were so BAD like they claim . . . there wouldn't need to be so many articles supposedly "proving" or showing it because it would be obvious and show itself. Instead. . . it seems to prove itself otherwise.
  • 0
    Krunal Dec 1, 08
    I was in the beta, I didn't get the game... the only thing that matters was that whether I was in the beta or not, I was never interested in this to have even gotten it. If anything the beta made me want to get it slightly, but I still probably wont....
    • 0
      HisServant77 Dec 1, 08
      Aw, sorry it's not your type of game, Krunal! I know for those who do like the game, there's a big replay value. But, I know what you mean
  • 0
    Final Blade Dec 3, 08
    This has to be the dumbest thing I ever heard. How is it the beta's fault for the sales? Beta's are like demo's where you can play the game or in this case test them to find bugs, and its only small fragments on what the full game is going to have. That's like saying Resistance 2, Killzone 2 and every other beta screwed up the sales of the full game.

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