wishful thinking

Flop is relative ...

Ratchet and Clank Future is also a game that was published by Sony, received solid review scores, is exclusive to the PS3, received tons of marketing, was retailer's favourite game to bundle holiday 2007, and only sold 1.4 Million copies ... 1.4 Million can be considered a success by Sony but compared to the hype of the game it could be considered a failure as well.

 anybody who says a game has sold almost 1.5 mil is a failure is very delusional

hasn't the game already sold 1m?

So, had Metal Gear Solid 4 or Grand Theft Auto 4 sold 1.5 Million units and (as a result) bankrupted their developers/publishers because of the high development costs they would be considered a success?

There were countless posts of how Ratchet and Clank future would become the best selling Ratchet and Clank game and sell (more than) 3 Million units ... selling (less than) half that much can be considered a failure in relation to those expectations.

Decidedly huger? It wouldn't make sense in any other situation but this one.

I doubt Little Big Planet cost anywhere near as much as MGS4 or GTA IV.

Maybe the marketing is big, but that is Sony. From what I heard, MM was working out of a studio above a toilet store.

Could be wrong above the store part but I could have sworn that was said in an interview. Unless I somehow mixed them up with another dev.

Are you telling me that Ratchet and Clank's sales bankrupted Insomniac.  That seems to be the criteria for failure in your first part of the post, and then in the second you base it off posts on a forum.  People overestimate the sales of games, doesn't make those games failures.

i also own a ps2 a wii a snes a 64 a ps0 a gensis......whats your point....oh wait are you implying i am bias b/c i am not willing to bend over backawards and let LBP have its way with me and my family....ohhhh my i am bias  now what will i ever do with myself i guess i better just stick to gears and halo and stay in teh relm of FPS b/c i couldnt know anything about any other games since i have a gamercard in my sig!

but what should i expect from some one with a psn card in theirs  (see it works both ways)

I didn't suggest that Little Big Planet was expensive to develop ... I was just arguing against the idea that you can claim a game (in general) is successful after it achieved an arbitrary sales level (like 1.5 Million units).