I hear a lot of people saying that LBP is going to sell massive. See a lot of people putting their faith into the title as the next great IP. See that the creators have already stated they are working on selling content and even talking about a sequel. So all in all before we have the numbers the general census is that LBP has done very well.

BUT

What if it hasen't? As others have mentioned we have seen this before a few times and in the 2nd week sales (proper week sales) it has been only an increase of 100k at most. Point being if LBP sales lets say 250k next week and you add that to the 150k this week would 400k in nearly 2 weeks really be seen as a success for the PS3? Would that put the console back on the path to competing with the 360 and Wii?

Or would it just mean Resistance 2 would then get the hype treatment from the Sony camp?

we havent seen the first week numbers yet though.... The game hasnt even released.

 My estimate of 400k was just a complete guess, im talking about that we have all assumed that the game will sell a lot which it will. But the point is what sort of figures would we consider a success and what would we consider not so good? And IF the figures fall into the not so good what would it mean for the PS3, was LBP really the last hope for it as some imply?

I hope this game still sells well and believe it will do. However I think the stalled launch will affect initial sales of the game. The momentum of hype that had built up can't be sustained. People will already be thinking about the R2 purchase.

The delayed release may have a small impact on the PS3 hardware sales spike that LBP creates but it won't be critical. For long term sales it's more important for Sony to have another critically acclaimed 'AAA' title which will have legs in it's library.

LBP the last hope? What about R2, KZ2, GOW 3, and GT5? PS3's still got some legs and a little bit of hope left.
LBP should do pretty well though. I'd say anything less than 2.5 million lifetime would be considered not a success, considering the development time, and the amount of support this game has gotten from Sony.
But this a rare game that'll get better with time as new and more creative levels get published. Word of mouth will spread, and sales will be pretty steady for quite a while.

I dont think it means that much people expected Haze would be a system seller but i think LBP already proved that it will sell good.

The Ps3 has a lot of titles coming out for it. Remember all the "just wait"? Well, those titles are actually going to come out relatively soon. There's no lack of titles.

The real problem is really if this generation has brought in a more of buying the cool consoles, and that no matter how many good games the Ps3 gets, it has now recieved a relatively bad name, meaning that it will not get as many sales as it had coming for it.

The sales of 1 single title isn't going to change a lot. Even if LBP takes off like hell, and becomes a new GT, it isn't going to mean more than 500K to a million (or perhaps a million and a half) in the long run.

Already around the forums we are seeing PS3 fans backing away from LBP a bit, and shifting their focus back towards Resistance 2.

In my opinion this is wise. The game could have been the second coming of Christ quality wise, and it STILL wouldnt have met their sales expectations.

All I would know is the people that didn't buy it are idiots.

delayed domination ?