The thing is though LBP has been given a lot of support by Sony as people have mentioned. I think they have done well with the marketing of the game. The hype is up there with Halo 3. At least here in the UK. Everywhere you turn you see LBP adverts or posters etc..even most shops have a card board cut out of sack boy in the window. IF the game bombs i can't see Resistance 2 or KillZone 2 igniting the PS3 sales that some are predicting. I base this opinion on actual sales of the first titles. Im not sure if these are correct but LifeTime sales of Resistance in US is 1.2m. It sold 45k on release (is that right?). Naturally it was a new title and now has a bigger following. KillZone did not sell well at all. In fact even to this day it has not reached 800k worldwide and sold 30k on it's 1st day, that was obviously down to the savage reviews it got. But that was under 4 years ago. Only 1 year before the last gen ended and with 120m consoles to sell it too. Now all those things don't = the sequels will fail. Nobody knows what they will do. But to believe those 2 games will generate as much interest as say LBP is pretty hopeful. LBP is a game that can and has been marketed at the hardcore and the casual gamer. Killzone 2 and Resistance 2 can only be marketed at the hardcore surely? So it is my view that if Sony want a slice of the casual gamers then LBP is their IP most likely to get it. I would think Resistance and Killzone 2 will double there previous sales which would be combined near 3.5m units sold. If that is true then that will be good numbers for the games but it won't change the current trend. As others have said maybe it is an image thing now?
