Hell yeah!

You should see my little cousin and my dad playing CS 1.6! Then when my grandparents come over we have a LAN party!

The biggest problem came when little johnny said "I fragged that bastard".. my mother misheard and now thinks little johnny is gay...

Though I agree with you, I guess the argument would be that it is fun to beat the 50 levels, so if the gamer is told that they can get more levels, they would get them. Besides, doesn't matter if they play it ever again or not, once it is sold it counts, right?.....right??

@jman8

I may be mistaken, but I thought I heard one of them say that in order to encourage people to make good levels, it is possible for people to sell their levels. Could you or anybody send a link that says otherwise? That would be great cuz the money issue would seem a real detriment.

From what I've read there is some learning curve to the game. I'm not sure if platformers appeal that much to casuals. I don't even think Mario platformers pull in that many casual users anymore.

The real casual growth is from titles like Wii Sports, Brain Age, Wii Fit, etc. because those games can be played by just about anyone without any learning curve.

I already explained this in an earlier post in this thread. Here let me post it again:

"Exactly. Look at games like Echochrome or Counterstrike or Unreal Tournament. In all those games, there's a few end users creating levels, which in turn leads to a very excited much larger user base who just plays the levels. Of course all the games I mentioned are "hardcore" games, but where LBP differentiates itself is in the relatively simple platforming gameplay that anyone can recognize from the original Super Mario games. It's that recognizable gameplay and charismatic cutesy sackboys and girls that will draw in the casuals, not the level creation. "

Read the thread next time. 

Who cares if this game sells to casual gamers or not? As long as it sells good at all, is what matters. Either way, it's all about marketing, I know "casual gamers" that don't even touch their Nintendo Wii games anymore, but does Nintendo give crap? no, because they already have their money. Sony could probably give a rat's ass if casuals don't make levels or play them on a regular basis as long as they bought it in the first place.

LBP will be huge.

LBP is a platformer, lol. Its not all about building maps, its about playing the millions of levels that will be created. 50 levels come with the game at launch, this was more than enough to keep players occupied during the Mario days, was it not?

I think a lot of you are missing the point of this game in a lot of ways. Just because you don't like one aspect of the game doesn't mean its going to fail. This isn't only for the hardcore like shooters are.

Some people will buy these games just because of the sackboys. Some for the platforming capabilities of the game. Some for the community aspects. Some people for the freedom on being able to build anything you want. Other people just for the hype.

Also, have you ever heard of LEGO's before? If you enjoy building levels its not about the finished project, but getting there and trying out new ideas. You dont have to start all over again on ever level, you can edit other levels and add your own twists to it.

And in a lot of cases, you are not building a level entirely by yourself. In my case, I will be building this levels with my GF most of the time (LBP is the game she is most looking forward to this year.)

This game is absolutely going to be a hit. I have no doubts about it. It will be the most talked about game this year. (Yes, more than Gears 2)

@ Paki

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/07/21/scee-littlebigplanet-user-generated-content-free-at-launch/

"SCEE and Media Molecule can guarantee that all consumer-generated content will be free at launch. We know how important this is to the LBP community and what we want most is for people to enjoy playing, creating and sharing their content," SCEE told Eurogamer after being notified of David Reeves' statements. They emphasized that Reeves "was talking about how user-generated content could potentially evolve in the long term" and that any future direction of LBP "will include the community and focus purely on enhancing the user experience."

The charging for content idea was tossed around as an example of how LittleBigPlanet could evolve into something not unlike the Xbox Live community games portal. It's not something that's set in stone and is definitely planned for.

Imagine if the best creators got the opportunity to charge for content. Yeah it would mean we would have to pay, but it would also encourage creators to keep making stuff and to make that stuff even better. I don't understand why everyone's so worried.

Another great post from someone who "gets it"

Little Big Planet will rule!

man I hope so. I've been waiting for far too long to be dissapointed.