Little Big Planet Will Be Hardware Seller Claims Sony

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Diomedes1976 said:
Precisely because of that ,it will sell the console to non-playstation demographics.

Exactly, just like Viva Pinata sold tons of 360's to non-xbox demographics...oh wait

fayewong said:

Alot of people said the same stuff about the wii, people were laughing and thinking it was a joke, now that its number one in sales. Now the joke is on them right?

oh well whatever, we shall see when the game comes out in October and the results show.

The difference is, even before the Wii launch we had the stampedes and long queues at E3 06 as an indicator and the a couple months before the launch we had the mainstream media talking about it in the news and raising awareness about it while also educating the customers about what it was and why they should want it. Is any of that true for LBP outside of a hardcore elite?

That is LBP's biggest hurdle; the game looks like it will be very good but also very hard to convey to a non-gaming audience which is why it is unlikely to be a system seller and even if it is it would more likely be a small initial spike followed by slightly raised console sales for a long time as the more "casual" gamers hear about it via word of mouth.

Hopefully Sony can deliver on the marketing side because it looks like MM is delivering on the game side.