BF2S Forums How many million copies will LBP sell?

=NHB=Shadow wrote:

2,751,984.

Last edited by Kptk92 :D (2008-09-20 16:08:45)

=NHB=Shadow wrote:

Kptk92 wrote:

=NHB=Shadow wrote:

2,751,984.

Thats pretty precise.. how about a friendly wager with me? I bet £1,000,000 that LPB will not sell that precise number of copies.

i agree to your bet and raise it by $1,500,000.

heggs wrote:

More than 5 million.

I don't think that you guys realize that this game is going to become a system seller. I personally think that it is innovative enough to attract new people to purchase the system. It can appeal to a huge, diverse crowd: people that just want to play the levels and those created by others, those that solely want to create levels, those that want to do a little bit of both, and, most importantly, those that want to have fun playing a unique game that can create a lot of nostalgia and bring people back to their childhood in using these materials to create whatever they can imagine.

The last point is what I think is what will really drive people to play it (and subsequently buy it). Every one of us has, at one point in time, laid down in the grass or on the floor of our bedroom and just imagined whatever we could. This game gives people the ability to finally do that, in a very accessible interface. At that point, LittleBigPlanet becomes much more than a game and I think that is why people will want to buy it: for the experience it offers.

I may be wrong but it seems like there's some misunderstanding over what this means. As ever, here's a mini FAQ.

Is online create in the game from launch?
No it's not, however it will be included in the first game update after launch. We're working on making this available as quickly as possible, but want to make sure it's right before releasing it.


What does online create actually mean?
Online create, quite simply, is the ability to use the create side of the game in an online multiplayer fashion.

So I can still share my levels?
Absolutely. All of the sharing features of the game are up and running.

And I can still play multiplayer?
Yes. Online multiplayer for playing the game is still very much there.

And I can still create levels with my friends offline?
Totally. Up to 4 players can work together on a single PS3 to create levels. Also, you can still work collaboratively with friends to build levels by exchanging them through the share portion of the game.

From my perspective, which you can take or leave, it is well worth getting some practise in with the create side of the game before trying to use it in a multiplayer fashion as it can be somewhat frustrating to get things done if everyone you're working with is still getting used to all the functions. While it's not ideal to have to wait for this feature to be released, it might actually be beneficial to creators until it happens as you'll be able to work out the tools entirely, and figure out how best to work with others on your projects.

Last edited by r'Eeee (2008-09-22 07:01:58)

Let's start with LittleBigPlanet, then. Media Molecule's quirky, original platformer was always going to be a struggle to sell to the holiday masses, what with it being an original IP that involved neither rock music nor guns. But even Sony's most pessimistic sales teams wouldn't have been prepared for this.

The game sold an OK-ish 205,000 units in October, but wasn't out for that long. It'd do a lot better in November, when it was on sale for all four weeks, right? No. It sold a disappointing 141,000 units for the month, which saw it slip out of NPD top 20 charts altogether.

Lord only knows how few copies it would have sold had it not been marketed to hell and high water. Then again, maybe that was the game's problem. The game itself is fine, as its "failure" is a relative one. Selling 346,000 of a niche, debut IP with novel concepts would otherwise have been a huge success!

But selling 346,000 copies of your most high-profile holiday release? That is not a success.

Spidery_Yoda wrote:

Where is serge anyway. Not seen him for a while.