Sony has a holiday hit on their hands. So far from my experiences around others and people at my local game stores. No matter the price of PS3, I always see some people reserving LBP and PS3 for the Christmas season of just buying it early because that Christmas shop early. Not many games can persuade gamers of all types to buy an overpriced console. LBP has the potential to do that and yet Sony isn't capitalizing on that. This game has already attracted many core gamers but what really gets me is that I see casuals at stores reserving PS3's or buying PS3's just for LBP. Thats pretty big considering how the competition has cheaper consoles. So far i've seen NO advertisement of this game besides internet advertisement, small signs in a very cities. This game is coming in 10 days and yet there is no new advertisements. I see more De Blob, Fable 2, $199 360, Live your moment, and Rock Band 2 for 360 commercials. Sony has a massive system seller and they are letting the sales potential slowly slip away. More people should know about LBP. People say casuals will only buy the cheap console, yet they forget that casuals and parents also buy their spoiled little kids the game no matter what the price of the console is.
Saw a commercial on Comedy Central like last night or something. Of course, it had the annoying Gamestop crap at the end about "pre-ordering".
I don't think it's a system seller, nor do I think it'll be the massive critical success many hope for it to be, but I do think it'll sell pretty damn well because the online hype is ******* insane. The game could get a 5.5 and the hardcore audience is still gonna make sure it sells like hotcakes.
the only tv comercials i have seen for gaming are SW:FU, Guitar Hero, and the PSP Madden deal. in short, no body is promoting their product right now. wait for christmas and there will be tons of commercials
I remember watching SpikeTV and they had commercials of video games left and right, games like Shawn White Snowboard, Far Cry 2, and I recently saw a TV ad for Dead Space. I expect to see LBP commercials by next week, if not, then that's when I think Sony is falling behind on its LBP marketing.
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