LBP is Sony's last chance to pull ahead

[bardicverse]

Spankey said:

bardicverse said:
I don't expect LBP to be the game to really push the PS3. It will do well do the current user base, but it's not really a system seller. I could be wrong, but at the price tag the PS3 goes for, the economy as it is and LBP being an unknown IP, I can't see LBP pushing big PS3 system sales.

That said, I think there are more games in 2009 that will be bigger system pushers for Sony. I can't wait for January so people can finally stop talking about LBP. Its flooded this site for 6+ months now.

 

This so called looming global recession doesn't seem to have affected hardware sales by much.

Look in the sales growth across the board in sales over the last two weeks:

The Wii is selling at it's highest amount for 16 weeks, the 360 is generally back up to April sales levels, and the PS3 is back to where it was just after the last spike 6 weeks ago.

http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=Wii&reg1=All&cons2=PS3&reg2=All&cons3=X360&reg3=All&start=39481&end=39740

People are buying again

Back on topic - Saying LBP is SONY's last chance is like saying Wii Music is Nintendo's "make or break" title or Fable 2 Microsofts.

It's just stupid.

Let me clarify - casuals are not going to drop $400 on a system for one game, the hopeful crowd that people are clamoring for with LBP