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Griffin on 27 October 2008
radha said:
CaptDS9E said:
"but the 2 MTV guys are trying to defend Rock Band"

One of the guys is an editor for gametrailers, the other is Jeff Gertsman from Giantbomb.com. They don't work for MTV.

As for LBP, I hope it does sell. The industry won't implode if it does not, but it is a original idea, and the first real big game for user generated content on a console

 

i think GT belongs to MTV. can someone confirm it cus am not sure.

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theprof00 on 27 October 2008

haha @ squill
I've been playing all day yesterday. All night tonight. I'm at the third world and I'm having problems putting the controller down :P



Millennium on 27 October 2008

LBP does indeed represent a baby step forward for Sony -a step outside the only remaining demographic it has after ten years of domination by the so-called "hardcore"- and this should be encouraged. But gaming as a whole is already well ahead of what even LBP has to offer; you just need a different console to experience what happens when gaming really moves forward



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Squilliam on 27 October 2008
theprof00 said:
haha @ squill
I've been playing all day yesterday. All night tonight. I'm at the third world and I'm having problems putting the controller down :P

 

 

I hate you...

We only get it on the 7th!

I blame Wii Music.



Tease.

Stan85 on 27 October 2008

Many people are not interested by LBP. It`s a great game,but you can`t say that it will move the industry forward when not everybody can play it or want to play it.



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Torillian on 27 October 2008

You don't think that buying new, inventive, and different console games helps move the industry forward (and thus make it better)? Don't you think the gaming world would be just a little more awesome if games like Okami or Beyond Good and Evil had been huge sales hits instead of just awesome games that unfortunately never caught on?

This is what he's talking about, he just doesn't want to see another great inventive game become a sales flop.



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nitekrawler1285 on 27 October 2008
Millennium said:

LBP does indeed represent a baby step forward for Sony -a step outside the only remaining demographic it has after ten years of domination by the so-called "hardcore"- and this should be encouraged. But gaming as a whole is already well ahead of what even LBP has to offer; you just need a different console to experience what happens when gaming really moves forward

 

Please do tell what console you are referring to.



theprof00 on 27 October 2008

Millenium what are you talking about
ps2- Katamari Damacy (AKA casual GOTGeneration) end of story.



kylohk on 27 October 2008

Do people really buy games to "benefit the industry" and "show their support"? They should only buy games that they are interested in playing for fun. (Yes, the game can be very hardcore or Wii Sports like, but still it's the fun that matters).

You might as well buy the shares of the company who made the game to show your support.



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theprof00 on 27 October 2008

actually kylohk, "benefitting the industry" aka supporting "ingroup dominance" is rather detailed and prevalent among all walks of life.