What FishyJoe said.
Also, Zack & Wiki is only an 87 on Metacritic, and LBP is a 95. The game is decidedly huger than that game.
| mesoteto said: i doubt it there is nothing really new or differnt about this game its a solid platformer that lets you make a level level creation has been around for a while as well as platforming |
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it will see atleast 2,500,000
No, because it has what Z&W needed: MOAR HYPE.
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| DMeisterJ said: What FishyJoe said. Also, Zack & Wiki is only an 87 on Metacritic, and LBP is a 95. The game is decidedly huger than that game. |
@ BOLD: This is why I feel it will be a harder pill to swallow if it doesn't sale well. It's being billed as an "AAA" game...
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| FishyJoe said: Z&W is a low budget title with no advertising and limited audience. LBP is a big budget titles with large marketing campaign and much wider scope. There is really no comparison. |
This.
That is absolutely all there is to this thread
| DMeisterJ said: What FishyJoe said. Also, Zack & Wiki is only an 87 on Metacritic, and LBP is a 95. The game is decidedly huger than that game. |
I'm always a bit wary of pre-release reviews. Well, reviews in general especially after GTAIV. I'm not saying LBP won't deserve good reviews, just that the way people treat reviews like they are the hand of god gets a bit ridiculous sometimes.
That being said, good marketing can make up for even bad reviews and vice-versa. Marketing can make even a horrible game sell, see Kane & Lynch.
Zack and Wiki was a game that, because expectations were so low, received critical acclaim and sales which matched or exceeded most peoples' expectations.
From what I have seen, Little Big Planet is a game that, because expectations are so high, the critical acclaim and sales will end up being a disapointment for a lot of people. There was a lot of people who claimed that Little Big Planet was going to be the highest rated game of the generation at 98%+, and with how aggregate game reviews generally fall over time it will be lucky to stay over 90%; and there were a lot of people who claimed that Little Big Planet was going to sell 5+ Million (and in some cases 10+ Million) copies, when (realistically) it would be lucky to get half of that.
I think it will do much better, main reason: the level creation aspect is almost like free advertising. Everytime someone creates a level that parodies something or is really creative, it pops up all over the internet.
I also think it conveys "casual" through it's art style more than "kiddie", where Z&W did not (note: I own and
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I think its going to have trouble with legs. Yes pre orders will make it look successful but will this motivate people to buy a PS3 kids game over a Wii kids game, not likely at all.
BTW im aware ZW is a wii kids game but that's not the point.
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Sony will not let LBP, a first game which is now almost guaranteed AAA metacritic and gamerankings rating, a game that is exlcusive to PS3, flop.
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