Gnizmo said:
makingmusic476 said:
Warhawk doesn't really have all that much casual appeal. R&C has some, but not that much, and it's not exactly the top of the heap in terms of platformers. Also, neither games were advertised near as much as this LBP will be.
LBP, unlike most games, has a great combination of both casual and harcore appeal. It's easy on the surface, but provides great depth for those who look for it, somewhat like Super Smash Bros., but far more so. Not to mention, it's looking like it will be a critical success the likes of Bioshock. Combine these factors with an insane marketing budget (Sony has stated this is their biggest release of the year - even bigger than Resistance 2), and you have the makings of a great success.
There's a certain combination of factors that makes titles like Animal Cross sell so damn well, and I think LBP has all of this, plus even more, as I believe that LBP caters to the hardcore just as much as the casual, while a title like Animal Crossing or the Sims catered more to the latter (not to say that that's a bad thing, as I think the Sims is a great series - haven't played too much Animal Crossing, though).
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Fair enough. We will have to see how much advertising ends up happening for the game. Until we see that we can't really ciompare it to the advertising other games have seen. I just feel the need to speak up when people hype it too much. For example, Leo-j is using the sales of a game that was bundled for a great deal of time as an indicator of the sales of LBP.
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I agree that we can't really say for certain how it will do, but I'm learning towards the idea that it will do very well, and will only be limited by the ps3's install base...which will continue to grow, over time.
As for bundled titles, this game will probably be bundled at some point as well. It's the perfect game for it, and you know Sony likes bundling these days. :P
