Spore wont flop. All they'll need to do is put "from the creator of the sims and the sims 2" for it to sell a couple of mill.

Too human will most likely flop. After that I'd pencil in killzone 2 as the next major flop.

if the OXM review is any indication, the next title which will fall short of expectations (won't be "awesome" but "good") is Star Wars:TFU, but it will sell well regardless

I would say MAG or a slight lean to LBP.. No bashing for LBP please it's just an opinion. It's fun and good an all.. I am thinking it might flop in sales. That's all.

Far Cry 2.

These days FPS games really need to shine. Look at RB6 Vegas 2...

White Knight Story

I see a lot of fanboys hyping the hell out of this game, saying it's going to move PS3s in Japan, sell over a million, etc. Thing is, Level 5 doesn't have that many wildly successful games ouutside of Dragon Quest and Professor Layton. I'm not sure why this game is supposed to be special.

The new Prince of Persia.

All new IPs face this hurtle.  Mainstream gamers won't really find out about LBP until it's released, when word of mouth combined with heavy marketing will get the word out.

Fable II, etc. already have at least some brand recognition.  If a guy that played Fable walks into GameStop and sees a flier for Fable II, they'll be like, "Sweet! A sequel!"  When they see LittleBigPLanet, or any other new IP, they'll probably be like, "What's this?" or ignore it completely, up until right before launch.

Once the TV ads start going in full force, and once people actually play the game, and starting telling their friends about it, that's when things will pick up.

The same goes for any new IP.

I think it all boils down to marketing.  Sony is desperate for JRPGs, so they will push WKC heavily.

Look at Dark Cloud 1/2.  Dark Cloud was one of the first JRPGs on the ps2, and Sony marketed the game rather well. They had TV spots comparing it to Zelda, and it sold decently (went Greatest Hits). Hell, the only reason I bought it was because of a commercial comparing it to Zelda (and once I played it, I found out it was very different from Zelda, but it was a good game nonetheless).

Then a few years later along came Dark Cloud 2.  It received little to no marketing (I didn't even find out it existed until I saw it used at GameStop two years later), and sold quite a bit less than what the original sold (didn't come anywhere close to making Greatest Hits), despite being (arguably) Level 5's best game to date.

Because of Sony's current situation, WKC should follow a path similar to that of the original Dark Cloud, rather than that of it's successor.  It should be marketed very well, and assuming it's a really good game (like Dark Cloud 2 and Dragon Quest VIII, rather than Dark Cloud and Rogue Galaxy, which were still good, don't get me wrong) then it should sell very well.

Will it move consoles in Japan?  Now that I can't say.

errrrrrrrrrrm maybe resistance

It really goes to show that it doesn't matter how long some have played games for when u read some peoples answers. How could it be M.A.G when it's so far away and it HASN'T been hyped yet?

LBP,... lol, clueless indeed! LBP has way too much momentum, push and love from the media for that to happen, keep dreamin' though. I wonder if the same people that said MGS4 will flop are the ones who are saying LBP?

I am going to say Spore as well and/or the Force Unleashed.