LBP is Sony's last chance to pull ahead

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andersonalex said:
I don't like LBP's chance to be too huge on PS3. It's an expensive platform that so far has been bought by older gamers, and LBP really will have more success among younger gamers with parents who aren't anxious to spend $400-$500. If it were coming out for the Wii, I think it would sell more.

That's pretty much my point exactly. PS3 NEEDS that alternate userbase to bring a lasting increase to their sales, otherwise, it's going to be stuck in that same rut as 360 of being viewed as a "hardcore only" console. If they can push a price drop on top of this for the holidays, and maybe ice that cake by pumping out a couple holiday classics onto Bluray, they could really make a huge difference. Come out with 3 or 4 more games that touch on the same family crowd, and you could turn PS3 totally around. Where 360 is stereotyped as hardcore and wii is stereotyped as casual, PS3 could show itself as being for both.
But with that comes the same risk, it might not succeed for the very same reasons that PS3 needs it to succeed. That's why I keep saying that this is the make or break point. I'm not concerned with, nor am I attempting to predict, whether it WILL succeed or not, but merely that it's success or lack thereof will tell of that to come.

I don't care how big GT5 or any of the others are, they're going to appeal to the same base that GTA4 appealed to and all the other hardcore games did. You'll get a temporary, albeit drastic, surge to console sales, and then it will die right back down to where it was before.

Also, i'm not thinking short term here. I'm not saying LBP will be a success if it gets big sales for the 1st 3 weeks, i'm talking about continued sustained sales like what Wii fit has done (though obviously not on that same level, just hopefully with those type of legs)