Sony Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida has declared that Media Molecule’s highly anticipated LittleBigPlanet will be the most important PlayStation 3 release of 2008 across all major territories.
Speaking to VG247.com, Yoshida stated, “LittleBigPlanet is going to be the biggest title for Sony in all markets this year.”
“History tells us how difficult it is for games developed in Europe or in the US to be successful in Japan, and with this generation we see Japanese consumer supporting more and more games coming from western Europe,” he added.
“It’s massively important, because it has so many things that it’s doing right in our minds.”
“That really shows the way the whole industry will be heading. Giving power to the consumers to express their creativity by creating something that’s fun for others to play. So we really want to make it a global success, including the Japanese market.”
LittleBigPlanet is scheduled for release in October 2008.