I've only just joined as a poster, however I have been lurking on these boards for quite a while, indeed quite a while prior to LBP's release so I have seen the contempt for this game from certain groups of Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360 fans.
The thing is that they try to talk this game down because they are jealous it is not on their platform. Such an innovative and critically aclaimed game is bound to suffer from this due to jealously, another prime example of this being Metal Gear Solid 4 (also on the Playstation 3). Because of the hatred of the game being on a different console, the groups have made up the ridiculous argument that the game is more like a movie than a game, which is ofcourse completely untrue and such statements will be shown in their stupidty as soon as one plays the game.
The facts are that LittleBigPlanet is a new IP, an innovative game that many said would fail because it is too 'kiddish' and geared toward an audience that didn't exist on the Playstation 3. The sales figures of the game to date clearly show the game as a success, as it is currently sitting just shy of the 1.5 million copies sold milestone and is continuing to sell well.
Another way the game was said to fail would be that the community levels created would not be of a sufficient quaility to sustain a high level of interest in the online and thus the game would die. This has been proven wrong with the flood of fun and well designed new levels created by community members.
If the above is too long:
In answer to the original poster's question then, the fans of LittleBigPlanet are defending the game against groups of fans of the other consoles who are jealous and thus feel the need to take their jealously out through attacking the game.
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