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richardhutnik on 26 June 2012
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Andrespetmonkey said:
milkyjoe said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
Kyuubi Ricky SSJ2 said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
OT: Personally, I just find Mario completely uninteresting, and I can't see why anyone over the age of 12 doesn't feel the same 

You can't say that and then have a pic of Little Big Planet in your sig or Domo in your avatar, it's completely contradictory.

Why? LBP appeals to mature gamers as much as children IMO, everyone is creative. And I don't find the sackboy character interesting, it's the game that I think is awesome. As for Domo... it's just something I liked when I was little, and someone got me the poster so... yeah, not much more explanation needed.

I can't get my head around the idea that Mario doesn't appeal to a wide demographic but LBP does. They have practically identical appeal, the only difference between the two is that LBP obviously has a massively inferior fanbase.

LBP is all about creativity and user-generated content.

And most people don't care about that.  People generally don't care you can create your own stuff.  What they care about is getting a ton of fun content at a low price.  This is part of the reason Mario does better than LBP in the market.  I say this as a game designer and fan of user generated content.  The reality is that isn't want people want.

I might as well also jump in regarding the post you responded to also.  LBP and Sackboy are Sony's attempts to jump on Mario platformer and Kart racing.  They want Sackboy to become a mascot.  Apparently, just doing user generated content didn't cut it, which is why Modnation Racer is pretty much being abandoned for a Sackboy Kart Racing game.  It is the same market, just done differently by Sony.  Sackboy and LBP are Sony's response to Mario.  And you also have Microsoft going with Trials Evolution as an answer to LBP.