Poll: Little Big Planet: sleeper hit?

[NeedAUserName]

It will be a hit . No sleeping about it.

 

[Captin Planet]

Dont think its a sleeper hit and thats just some stupid marketing talk anyway. I dont see what all the fuss is over its looks like a very casual game. A game that will be played for short periods over a couple weeks/months then it will become a drink coaster for the rest of eternity. i have only seen screen shots and only know what others have told me so my opinion is worthless but its still the impression i get.

 

[Jumplion]

It most certainly isn't a sleeper it, I'm reading the exact same Gameinformer you were and it's getting annoying actually.

Frankly, I'm glad it's getting all this hype. This means that it's going to have a very large fanbase just from all the hype it's getting and shows how many people are excited to create their own levels.

To bad they're going to have to wait another week...

 

[Programmed_For_Damage]

I'm worried the opposite will happen - tons of hype and then no-one actually buys the game.

That's what I was wondering about. It will be interesting to see the sales figures. Games like LBP deserve all the attention they get.

Braid is what I'd call a sleeper hit; even then I don't know if that translated into heaps of sales (although it bloody well should).

 

[Altorin]

lol, I love how all the semantics terminology discussion cropped up

 

[Mistah Kurtz]

I haven't really heard any details about Little Big Planet...sounds a lot like Spore from what I heard, and if that's the case, fuck it.

 

[Lucane]

I'd say it'd be pretty hard for it to be a sleeper in a true sense but maybe as a wait an se for some who'll buy it shortly after but we're aware of it's exsistance prior to purchase but unsure of it's merit.

P.S. Did anyone see this last minute release delay coming?

 

[Dr Spaceman]

We don't really have a lot of "sleeper hits" in the game industry anymore. It's too bad. If you look at Metacritic, just about all the games for the major platforms (360, PS3, Wii, and PC) that have received high scores are highly-hyped games, except for indie games like Audiosurf and Braid.

If Little Big Planet is considered a "sleeper hit," then I guess Gears of War 2 will be one as well...

 

[Dr Spaceman]

We don't really have a lot of "sleeper hits" in the game industry anymore. It's too bad. If you look at Metacritic, just about all the games for the major platforms (360, PS3, Wii, and PC) that have received high scores are highly-hyped games, except for indie games like Audiosurf and Braid.

If Little Big Planet is considered a "sleeper hit," then I guess Gears of War 2 will be one as well...

LittleBigPlanet's an Indie game too....

Well, you're right, but the difference I see is that where LBP is getting huge amounts of press and previews months prior to release, I hadn't heard anything much at all about the other indie games I mentioned. So despite the fact that LBP is from a previously unknown developer, it moves into the category of "highly-hyped" since is has been... well... highly hyped.

 

[shatnershaman]

But isn't it a PS3 Exclusive? The cutesy Wii crowd doesn't have a PS3. And the controller is too complicated.

It has buttons man!

Amazingly, so does the Wii. And the use of SixaxiS in LittleBigPlanet would be just as appealling as the use of the Wiimote.

Sure its expensive, but when has that ever stopped a soccer mom? Checked the price on an SUV lately?

Wii has far less buttons even with a nunchuk (which is not necessary) and LBP requires more than "Swing!" to control it (Like the top selling Wii games Wii Sports and Wii Play).

Checked SUV sales lately? Or how about GM and Ford's Stock.