(POLL): LBP may actually end up selling more copies than MGS4.

LBP is for a wider audience. Fun for adults and kids. Like a big kids coloring book or level designer for adults. Even for mom and pop to play together with their kids.

While MGS4 is great... it is in a niche market for people who like FPS, tactical games, action, stealth.... some poeple and even most mom may not like it.

So I think LBP may reach 1million copies "before" MGS4 does.

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Ok, I added a POLL. Lets dance the numbers.

What if I own a PS3 and plan on not getting either?wiretoss

Sry man. I ran out of choices to make... only so much. If that is the case, then just choose the 4th choice which is Neither. Even though you have a ps3.

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Why I like MGS4? Cause I like stealth game. After playing MGS1 on my bros ps and Thief on the PC, I found it fun. Not just mindless FPS.

Why I like LBP? Also this is a new IP. If done right, I think this will be a sleeper hit( just like when I first played Magic Candle 1, Heavy Gear, then Heavy Gear2, and also Starsiege Tribes 1 on PC. ) If the backend is done right beside the create part, we can easily upload, save and share the complex objects and levels we assemble with other people online, I think this unknown game will take off. I can see myself playing this with my son. He using it like drawing book on our 37" lcd. And I can see my wife playing it with my son. Laughing up and creating a nice house or christmas tree. The create part seems priceless.

LBP is a new IP, however, while MGS is already established. I don't see it happening unless the people who have PS3's are very open-minded about newer things.DaAznSaN

Then again, there will be people who end up buying both like myself.

^ Ah, agreed, both look great, but LBP I think might sell more too. Simply because it does have a wider appeal range, and (hopefully) older gamers won't be like "Great, another mediocre kids game"Durkoki

Most might find it hard to believe that MGS4 will sell a million on day one, now to think LBP will sell more than that, hmm I doubt it.

[QUOTE="DaAznSaN"]LBP is a new IP, however, while MGS is already established. I don't see it happening unless the people who have PS3's are very open-minded about newer things.gamenux

Then again, there will be people who end up buying both like myself.

same

LBP is for a wider audience. Fun for adults and kids. Like a big kids coloring book or level designer for adults. Even for mom and pop to play together with their kids.

While MGS4 is great... it is in a niche market for people who like FPS, tactical games, action, stealth.... some poeple and even most mom may not like it.

So I think LBP may reach 1million copies "before" MGS4 does.
gamenux

No, it won't. Because the audience for the game which you describe primarily owns the Wii, not the PS3. Kids and family is nintendo territory.

MGS4 is a "niche" game with a fanbase of a few million...

I shall be getting both yar? I'm keen on the MGS saga, I wanna see how it ends. And LBP looks too innovative and plain fun to pass up. Ps3 yar?

[QUOTE="gamenux"]LBP is for a wider audience. Fun for adults and kids. Like a big kids coloring book or level designer for adults. Even for mom and pop to play together with their kids.

While MGS4 is great... it is in a niche market for people who like FPS, tactical games, action, stealth.... some poeple and even most mom may not like it.

So I think LBP may reach 1million copies "before" MGS4 does.
Weapons_Free

No, it won't. Because the audience for the game which you describe primarily owns the Wii, not the PS3. Kids and family is nintendo territory.

MGS4 is a "niche" game with a fanbase of a few million...

I am sure there will be wii owners who will ask their parents for a ps3 just for LBP or they will get the ps3 just for LBP for their kids.

[QUOTE="Weapons_Free"]

[QUOTE="gamenux"]LBP is for a wider audience. Fun for adults and kids. Like a big kids coloring book or level designer for adults. Even for mom and pop to play together with their kids.

While MGS4 is great... it is in a niche market for people who like FPS, tactical games, action, stealth.... some poeple and even most mom may not like it.

So I think LBP may reach 1million copies "before" MGS4 does.
gamenux

No, it won't. Because the audience for the game which you describe primarily owns the Wii, not the PS3. Kids and family is nintendo territory.

MGS4 is a "niche" game with a fanbase of a few million...

I am sure there will be wii owners who will ask their parents for a ps3 just for LBP or they will get the ps3 just for LBP for their kids.

[QUOTE="gamenux"][QUOTE="Weapons_Free"]

[QUOTE="gamenux"]LBP is for a wider audience. Fun for adults and kids. Like a big kids coloring book or level designer for adults. Even for mom and pop to play together with their kids.

While MGS4 is great... it is in a niche market for people who like FPS, tactical games, action, stealth.... some poeple and even most mom may not like it.

So I think LBP may reach 1million copies "before" MGS4 does.
Masterfubu

No, it won't. Because the audience for the game which you describe primarily owns the Wii, not the PS3. Kids and family is nintendo territory.

MGS4 is a "niche" game with a fanbase of a few million...

I am sure there will be wii owners who will ask their parents for a ps3 just for LBP or they will get the ps3 just for LBP for their kids.

What if I own a PS3 and plan on not getting either?wiretoss

Sry man. I ran out of choices to make... only so much. If that is the case, then just choose the 4th choice which is Neither. Even though you have a ps3.

All parents are going to see is GTA IV when they go to buy a PS3, therefore, they probalby won't buy it for thier kids.
Goten_king

Exactly. Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City, and San Andreas all caused the PlayStation 2 to be an absolute failure when it came to sales. Grand Theft Auto IV will do the same for the PlayStation 3.

I think Metal Gear Solid 4 will hit one million more quickly, that's pretty much a given since it is one of the biggest IPs on the PS3. Little Big Planet is interesting though, it may be one of those games that really convinces a large part of the more casual market to get a PS3. Little Big Planet could definetely have more staying power than MGS4, which will be overshadowed by another Kojima IP in the future. I'm pretty sure I'll end up getting both, but I'll definetely get MGS4 first.

wii fit will outsell both combinedKakarot00769

ignore the twelve year old troll

ZHENGI SAID:

LBP is overrated, imo. MGS4 should outsell it quite easily.

- how can it be overrated? The game is not even out yet.... :|:|:|.... overhyped maybe...

[QUOTE="Kakarot00769"]wii fit will outsell both combinedFreewayScruff

ignore the twelve year old troll

ZHENGI SAID:

LBP is overrated, imo. MGS4 should outsell it quite easily.

- how can it be overrated? The game is not even out yet.... :|:|:|.... overhyped maybe...

Ok, overhyped. I don't think it'll capture the casual crowd that people imagine it will.

wii fit will outsell both combinedKakarot00769

The content of your posting makes it almost impossible for me to understand how you've managed to stick around here long enough to reach almost 9000 posts. Truly amazing.

[QUOTE="FreewayScruff"]

[QUOTE="Kakarot00769"]wii fit will outsell both combinedZhengi

ignore the twelve year old troll

ZHENGI SAID:

LBP is overrated, imo. MGS4 should outsell it quite easily.

- how can it be overrated? The game is not even out yet.... :|:|:|.... overhyped maybe...

Ok, overhyped. I don't think it'll capture the casual crowd that people imagine it will.

Probably, the casual crowd definitely buy 360's and Wii's before they get a PS3

[QUOTE="Kakarot00769"]wii fit will outsell both combinedWeapons_Free

The content of your posting makes it almost impossible for me to understand how you've managed to stick around here long enough to reach almost 9000 posts. Truly amazing.

I'm with you man this guy is a joke. *lights Weapon_Free's Ciggarette.* He's a full out sheep, he's ignorant and will avoid tough questions, the truth is too hard for him to handle.

Hoenstly LBP looks like an amazing game but i cant shake the feelin that it will flop in sales, i see the innovation but it seems to me the game is for harcore gamers (i know its weird) and the casuals wont care much about this game. Any of my friends who own a ps3 never list LBP as one of thegames they need for 08 and they're casuals.

....hopefully im wrong cause that games derseves the sales if it pans out in the end

Little Big Planet is going to flop. The PS3 doesn't have the right audience for it. This is going to be yet another game that a month before it comes out cows are going to claim they didn't hype.heretrix

I think LBP won't do that well. It will be too hard for young children, and older PS3 gamers seem to think that any game with bright colors is the anti-christ

Source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/PS3-gamers-liken-Bright-Colors-to-the-Anti-christ-ancient-scrolls-show-mayamoto-has-ties-with-satan.htm

[QUOTE="heretrix"]Little Big Planet is going to flop. The PS3 doesn't have the right audience for it. This is going to be yet another game that a month before it comes out cows are going to claim they didn't hype.CommanderTy

Count me in as another who thinks people are really exaggerating the selling power of LBP.

It's a 2D game without any recognizable characters and a game mechanic that is quite hard to fully explain briefly. In other words, it's going to be a very hard game to market effectively. Some are arguing that the aspect of designing your own levels appeals to a broader consumer base, but I think it's the opposite; people who only play a couple of hours a month aren't going to spend that time designing a level. Plus, it's a game that depends on online support more than just about anything, and we're still far away from having everybody playing their PS3 games online.

9 months ago LBP would have been enough to make me buy a PS3, 9 months down the line and we're STILL 9 months away from release and all I can muster now is ... meh.

18 months waiting for it to arrive is just taking the piss.

Even though I am not intending to buy a PS3, LBP looks good. I have a passionate hatred for the MG series, and personally I always mantained it was overhyped.

I would also go for LBP for another reason - its looking like one of the few games on the PS3 or 360this gen that is actually trying to do something unique or interesting, like Spore. This is what we need more of. Not more of the same MGS. No offense MGS fans.

[QUOTE="Weapons_Free"]

[QUOTE="Kakarot00769"]wii fit will outsell both combinedFreewayScruff

The content of your posting makes it almost impossible for me to understand how you've managed to stick around here long enough to reach almost 9000 posts. Truly amazing.

I'm with you man this guy is a joke. *lights Weapon_Free's Ciggarette.* He's a full out sheep, he's ignorant and will avoid tough questions, the truth is too hard for him to handle.

Sheep or not, hes probably right. I desperately WANT games like LBP to sell, but they just wont, not when compared to something with as much mass appeal as Wii Fit. I abhor the very concept of Wii Fit, but as a gamer who has practically torn his hair out trying to look for something other than shooters and awful movie licences for the last couple of years, I know only too well that Wii Fit will come, and there is nothing we can do. Thats consumer capitalism for you.

Even though I am not intending to buy a PS3, LBP looks good. I have a passionate hatred for the MG series, and personally I always mantained it was overhyped.

I would also go for LBP for another reason - its looking like one of the few games on the PS3 or 360this gen that is actually trying to do something unique or interesting, like Spore. This is what we need more of. Not more of the same MGS. No offense MGS fans.

Quofan

uh, MGS is finishing the story. It has a purpose, its not just another sequel to a popular game series. Wii is the shovelware console.