LittleBigPlanet Delayed till Fall 08
- Posted December 22nd, 2007 at 18:20 EDT by
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Cursing the sky abound as PS3 awesome-o looking title, LittleBigPlanet is delayed until late 2008.
If the release schedules in Electronic Gaming Monthly (or EGM, as they like to be called) are to be believed, the much hyped game has indeed been delayed until much later next year.
It’s not all that bad though. What with Killzone 2 and Metal Gear Solid 4 coming out next year, it’s hardly like there will be a drought of exclusive, kick ass titles to get down and dirty with. And then there are the multi-platform games like GTA IV, Battlefield 2 Bad Company, and Burnout Paradise to look forward to.
Either way, LittleBigPlanet could be set to rock some televisions next Christmas.
Stay tuned.
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The Cleaner
- 9:39am GMT - December 23rd, 2007
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There is still a lot of turbulence at Sony's publishing businesses after some staff cuts done three months ago - so who knows why this particular game is being held up?
A very credible rumor came up today - both Sony Online & Sony Publishing business is for sale. The rumor broke when Reuters & the Economic Times reported Zapak Digital Entertainment was close to announcing to their shareholders the acquisition of Sony Online. Richard Branson Virgin is apparently supporting the deal to move Sony's online gaming assets out of Sony and into the business controled by $22 Billion Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Group. John Smedley (CEO at Sony Online) has tried to hose down the rumor but a british based financier for Sony unfortunately let slip that Sony was valuing the business on the market for potential buyers but no deal had yet been signed...
In a different rumor the recently announced loss at Sony BMG Music has apparently triggered a second look for Sony to sell off the business unit with most pointing to Sony BMG joint partner Bertelsman also wanting to sell out of their 50% stake in the Sony BMG business too. The likely buyer is Universal Music. Rick Wilcoxen VP of Sales at Sony BMG Entertauinment quit Sony earlier this week to join Ubisoft, whilst Thomas Gewecke former VP Digital Business resigned from Sony BMG to join Warner Bros. No one gave reason for the high profile departures...
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sjp4d3hfkyfk
- 10:29am GMT - December 23rd, 2007
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Sony you better get your stuff together. This is crazy!!! First GTA4 and then the rest of the line up as been push back. To make up for this down the road to all of your die hard fans, you should work to get shenmue3 and the get FF7( remake) on the ps3. I would act like this never happen. lol
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bluecapone
- 10:42am GMT - December 23rd, 2007
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the delay is good gives the devs time to make the perfect game instead of some half done rush crap
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Staticneuron |
Staticneuron- 11:07am GMT - December 23rd, 2007
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@the cleaner
What does Sony BMG or SOE have to do with LBP? The only project from SOE for the PS3 is the agency and if SOE gets sold they either can the project or continue it. Not really earth shattering.
Or are you just trying to spread some FUD for the season?
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Righteous
- 12:39pm GMT - December 23rd, 2007
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whine whine about delays....as if you guys buy games come day 1 of release....if that is so uncharted, R&C and UT3 sales would've skyrocketed on the 1st week of their release...but what? less than 100K is sold, and there are +6million PS3 owners out there....and all the while you complain about delays...pffft. my PS3 is only 3 months old and already i have 13 titles, bought every exclusive on day 1 of it's release.
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Battlebum |
Maestro_- 2:52pm GMT - December 23rd, 2007
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This is a little dissapointing but im stll having fun playing some of the games ive had since Nov 06 when ps3 came out (Resistance) but i got unreal tournament recently which is awsome and ive got guitar hero III. For christmas im getting CoD4, Assasins Creed, Ratchet and Clank, and ROCK BAND! So delaying one title isn't tat big of a deal. Fall 08 will come sooner than u guys think
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tom ass
- 5:04pm GMT - December 23rd, 2007
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@ The Cleaner... Okay Captain Obvious. Its already well known that Sony BMG, along with every other record label/company, have been losing millions for years now so please quit trying to spin that one. Sony Online Entertainment is not, nor has it ever been for sale. That rumor was proven false on reuters yesterday. You should know that if Sony sold SOE then they'd have no way of competing with Microsoft online.
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French |
French- 7:30pm GMT - December 23rd, 2007
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I have been looking forward to this game so much I don't want to be disappointed... so take your time Media Molecule, make a system seller!! There are plenty of great games coming out in early '08 that this game would have kept me from playing anyway. Now I can spend more time with Burnout, Haze, Turok, Dynasty Warriors, and Army of Two... jeez I'm gonna be busy next year!!
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SolsticeZero |
SolsticeZero- 7:49pm GMT - December 23rd, 2007
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I don't mind if they delay the game if it's going to make the game better. Let them work on it and make it great.
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Dave-The-Rave |
Dave-The-Rave- 8:06pm GMT - December 23rd, 2007
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They are going to lose sales over this..I was pumped about it when I first heard of it like everyone else...now I don't really care but I was still going to get it if it came out first half 2008..but now..?? No chance not wasting my money on it I'll have plenty of other stuff to spend my money on
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InfernoReaper |
GrimDarkling- 12:20am GMT - December 24th, 2007
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[Insert every curse known to man here.]
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snake_eater |
MetalGearHMN- 1:31am GMT - December 24th, 2007
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this game looks so simple, i'm surprised it got pushed back
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chimmy
- 6:02am GMT - December 24th, 2007
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All the other "games" mentioned in the article and in several posts are "me too" products- Haze=Doom, Killzone=Doom, GTA IV=GTA III, Burnout Paradise=Burnout, MGS 4=MGS... The reason why many have a right to be pissed off is because LBP looked like a revolutionary title AND a PS3 exclusive. The demo´s looked pretty polished t me, what´s going on? Surely they could have pushed the game out and then released additional levels via PSN?
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Dave-The-Rave |
Dave-The-Rave- 10:54am GMT - December 24th, 2007
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f**k off chimmy if you think LBP is sony only new IP that looks good you are an idiot !!
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the-great-one
- 6:43pm BST - April 14th, 2008
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i am the onl one who has a ps3 that wont be buying this, sure if i was 6 years old yes but i want some thing a bit more gritty.
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