Archive: 29 posts

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As you may have noticed, Summer was quite a drought of LBP community activity. There aren't many players online, and there hasn't been many decent levels. Do you think that in the next few months we'll see a huge jump in activity now that Summer is over and the Move pack is coming out? I think that it's hard to say, but I sure hope that the community AT LEAST re-gains the velocity it had right after LBP2's launch. I know that's kind of an unrealistic hope, but still, it'd be nice.

2011-08-30 10:12:00 Author: littlebigmeteor Posts: 396

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I do really hope so. Such a shame to see 700000 people play CoD each day on average, and see <4000 players some days on LittleBigPlanet.

2011-08-30 10:36:00 Author: Clayton Posts: 181

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With the move pack out soon, I'm pretty sure people will start beating each other up just to go in lbp2, however, that's just what I'm thinking.

2011-08-30 11:11:00 Author: TheUltraDeino Posts: 1274

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For the sake of LBP2, I hope so. It's been much different since the launch in the beginning of the year. It was like a boom town, now it's pretty desolate and I'm sure everyone has noticed. While LBP2 is still broken in many ways, it's still a fun innovative online multiplayer game that needs MOAR players. I just hope the Move pack brings back a great majority of the players that barely play anymore.

2011-08-30 12:45:00 Author: Shadowstarkirby Posts: 205

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I haven't noticed. I don't think it was the ghost town you make it sound to be/have been this summer. I think there was plenty of activity going on, especially with the LBPC contest going, LBN had some contests, the planetarium, etc. My queue was always bursting at the seams, still is. Quite a bit of DLC was released and we had the Community Meet in St. Louis (still angry that I didn't get to go). Plus, we had a lot of new players come in due to the welcome back program, So, no, I haven't noticed.

2011-08-30 16:15:00 Author: biorogue Posts: 8424

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I still find it hard to believe the community is as huge as it were when LBP2 was first released. I might sound crazy, but I definitively noticed some low amounts of players online at all times of the day (weekends, weekdays, whatever else I've seen changes)... ...but then again I could be wrong and simply be overreacting since it's just solely based on an experience, which doesn't really suffice as facts.

2011-08-30 18:36:00 Author: Shadowstarkirby Posts: 205

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It may just be me, but the school year did just start, and I haven't gotten to my PS3 since. I'm speaking for myself when I say that I probably won't be on much, seeing as I have just started my first year of high school, and I'm not sure about other people, but...

2011-08-30 23:52:00 Author: Super_Clone Posts: 849

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It may just be me, but the school year did just start, and I haven't gotten to my PS3 since. I'm speaking for myself when I say that I probably won't be on much, seeing as I have just started my first year of high school, and I'm not sure about other people, but... Yeah me too, school will be in and alot of players wont be on cause they have school work to do

2011-08-31 01:05:00 Author: zzmorg82 Posts: 948

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Schoolwork and vacations... oh dear... I hate to say that tired saying, but now I get the sentiment! "I'm too old to relate to you kids!" Heh.

2011-08-31 03:43:00 Author: Unknown User

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We'll be moving from the summer drought where everyone is off doing summerthings to the autumn drought where everyone is playing the multiple new releases in the next 3 months.

2011-08-31 12:37:00 Author: Rabid-Coot Posts: 6728

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Those that have the Move would do well in acquiring LBP2+ Move Pack for it. Considering that otherwise it's a pretty gameless gimmick...

2011-08-31 14:35:00 Author: SnipySev Posts: 2452

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Those that have the Move would do well in acquiring LBP2+ Move Pack for it. Considering that otherwise it's a pretty gameless gimmick... It's like saying mouse is gameless gimmick ;] I do really hope so. Such a shame to see 700000 people play CoD each day on average, and see <4000 players some days on LittleBigPlanet. Actully i think we got between 10k and 20k on peak

2011-08-31 17:13:00 Author: Shadowriver Posts: 3991

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It's like saying mouse is gameless gimmick ;] No it's not even close to saying that at all. almost everyone has a PC. not even close to as many have a PS3. and MOVE is pretty much only for MOVE games. so even far less people have reasons to need it. so yes MOVE's usefulness next to a mouse is almost useless as the reasons people need one is super low. *mew

2011-08-31 17:43:00 Author: Lord-Dreamerz Posts: 4261

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No it's not even close to saying that at all. almost everyone has a PC. not even close to as many have a PS3. and MOVE is pretty much only for MOVE games. so even far less people have reasons to need it. so yes MOVE's usefulness next to a mouse is almost useless as the reasons people need one is super low. *mew This. I'm not saying the Move doesn't work as a controller, just that there simply are no good, Move specific games that give people a reason to buy it. It has party games, it has shovelware, but those aren't really genres the non-casual audience wants to invest in, are they? I'm sure there are good experiences to be had with it in Killzone 3 and soon LBP2 and Resistance 3, and those aren't even games that have the Move as a core aspect of gameplay. They're normal games that just throw a bone to those who spent 50? on that device. The one Move game that caught my eye when the controller was announced, Sorcery, is nowhere to be seen. There aren't nearly as much third party developers making games for the Move as there are for the Kinect or the Wii, therefore it's gameless. And a gameless controller is an useless controller, probably not worth investing in. I may buy it eventually, because my copy of LBP2 keeps staring at me with big sad eyes. Or that might just be the mushrooms I had earlier, but whatever. Mouse: universal PC tool used by billions, gaming being one of its many uses. Move: Sony's sad attempt to tap into the movement-controlled gaming market made popular by the Wii.

2011-08-31 21:05:00 Author: SnipySev Posts: 2452

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Maybe we won't see the same numbers again but we're far from seeing the super-duper awesome stuff that can be made in LBP2, not that there aren't already jaw-dropping levels that is I think a lot of people are just quietly working away on their projects for now.

2011-08-31 21:46:00 Author: Ayneh Posts: 2454

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This. I'm not saying the Move doesn't work as a controller, just that there simply are no good, Move specific games that give people a reason to buy it. It has party games, it has shovelware, but those aren't really genres the non-casual audience wants to invest in, are they? I'm sure there are good experiences to be had with it in Killzone 3 and soon LBP2 and Resistance 3, and those aren't even games that have the Move as a core aspect of gameplay. They're normal games that just throw a bone to those who spent 50? on that device. The one Move game that caught my eye when the controller was announced, Sorcery, is nowhere to be seen. There aren't nearly as much third party developers making games for the Move as there are for the Kinect or the Wii, therefore it's gameless. And a gameless controller is an useless controller, probably not worth investing in. I may buy it eventually, because my copy of LBP2 keeps staring at me with big sad eyes. Or that might just be the mushrooms I had earlier, but whatever. Mouse: universal PC tool used by billions, gaming being one of its many uses. Move: Sony's sad attempt to tap into the movement-controlled gaming market made popular by the Wii. I was saying that in technical way Move is a pointing device same as mouse, a device that pad is complily infiror to, there for saying that Move gimmnick is like saying Mouse is a gimmnick, so if htey would add Mouse support to LBP2 it would be gimminick? As far as i know gimminick is something that don't anything to the value, do mouse is a gimmnick then? Now after reading what you write quastion formed in my head? Do you truly understand possibilities of LBP2 or you just forgetting about it in sake of expressing your motion-phobia? Most hardcore gamers think that those devices are for casuals, in reality it's just a contoller that didn't been made in technical way to any genre or people group... it's just piece of hardware that can be used in anything, it don't need to be for casuals. I still makeing big eyes of shock when im reading some people here about Move, form community that suppose to love thing called "creativity"

2011-08-31 23:59:00 Author: Shadowriver Posts: 3991

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I was saying that in technical way Move is a pointing device same as mouse, a device that pad is complily infiror to, there for saying that Move gimmnick is like saying Mouse is a gimmnick, so if htey would add Mouse support to LBP2 it would be gimminick? As far as i know gimminick is something that don't anything to the value, do mouse is a gimmnick then? Now after reading what you write quastion formed in my head? Do you truly understand possibilities of LBP2 or you just forgetting about it in sake of expressing your motion-phobia? Most hardcore gamers think that those devices are for casuals, in reality it's just a contoller that didn't been made in technical way to any genre or people group... it's just piece of hardware that can be used in anything, it don't need to be for casuals. I still makeing big eyes of shock when im reading some people here about Move, form community that suppose to love thing called "creativity" I do think of the possibilities the Move could unleash on LBP2. On the other side, my point is that LBP2 will be the only game unleashing said possibilities from the controller. That's why I said I would buy it eventually, when I'm rich enough to spend... lemme see... at least 60? on a controller pack that will probably only be used to play one DLC of one game. It'll be around the same time I have enough expendable income to buy a golden toilet seat. LBP2 is probably the game with currently the best online value around but it's still one game. It's not motion-phobia. It's spending-money-that-could-be-put-to-better-use-phobia. Let' say I buy the danged thing. And the Move Pack. What do I buy next for it? Start the Party? Sports Champions? Eyepet? Face it, even though the Move could use some non-casual games on its catalog, they just aren't there. A ton of cheap casual games are in the place games like MadWorld or Monster Hunter Tri should be. Meanwhile, everytime I pass by a store's showcase games like Deus Ex and Infamous 2 seem to yearn for my attention like orphan puppies in a kennel, and in a few months Dark Souls, Batman: Arkham City, TES: Skyrim and Uncharted 3 will join them. By then those 60? will seem very poorly spent. Okay, maybe calling it a "gimmick" is an exaggeration. It's still a device hardly worth the money for a core gamer. As for the Move vs Dualshock debate, someone borrow me a copy of Killzone 3 and a random team of Dualshock players. I'll be happy to play against any team of Move supporters and prove the superiority of the classic gamepad.

2011-09-01 00:37:00 Author: SnipySev Posts: 2452

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I really wish MM wasn't tying so much creator content to the Move pack. It makes everything more expensive. Especially for the majority who don't own Move. Many, many people are skipping out on this because of the feeling that they are being asked to pay for something they won't/can't use. Putting all weight behind Move was probably the wrong "move", no pun intended. I'm looking forward to the tools available, but have no interest in the Move content or gameplay, even though I have Move. Just feels like between the glitches, broken scoreboards, unfixed items since launch, and tying their biggest DLC release to Move, that MM just keeps making mis step after mis step.

2011-09-01 01:42:00 Author: CYMBOL Posts: 1230

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You can play Move community levels without buying the pack, that's what I heard anyways. I think activity will go down this fall, this is a game that I feel is aimed for a younger audience and they'll be in school. Many adults that have seasonal jobs will not be able to play either. I think that four thousand people playing community levels at once is a lot. This is almost a three year old franchise and it still has a great community. Not many other games have that going.

2011-09-01 05:45:00 Author: tanrockstan34 Posts: 1076

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I honestly think that we won't get much of a change. What remains of the community, is the community. I don't think old members who have ditched the game are going to come running back because of the Move Pack. It would be nice, though, if we finally got a decent number of people playing, and in turn, more quality levels and an increase numbers of plays across all levels.

2011-09-01 08:09:00 Author: lbp2goty Posts: 104

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I really never understood what people were trying to say when people were saying people were not playing LBP much from being on vacation and it being summer... summer is the best time of the year for normal people to play LBP. all the kid-things have no school in summer I think? and to us adults what time of year it is never made a difference to us from the start most of the time when it comes to having free time to do things. summer vacation was the time of the year we should have had more players then normal if you ask me. and as we did not, just means we'll stay with about the same number of players from now on as we have had. So basically, People who like LBP are the only people who love it. others are just not interested. we most likely are not gonna get much new players coming no matter what time of the year it will be. on the upside, as less kids will be on right now, hopefully that means the more annoying kid groups like the fake Emos or whatever will also be away at school. *mew

2011-09-01 08:25:00 Author: Lord-Dreamerz Posts: 4261

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Why would there be a rush when Fall is the time of year for the latest AAA releases from all the big guns? I may be fine for September, and I'll try to ballance October with Uni stuff, but in November i've got Sonic Generations and Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games to attend to. I'm sure other people have similar such plans.

2011-09-01 09:19:00 Author: Vector-Espio-Fan Posts: 119

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I do hope that the move pack will generate some more players but not everyone has move. When LBP 2 first came out I looked down my friends list & nearly everyone was on it. Now I just see 'Call of Duty Black Ops'. Hardly anyone goes on it these days. Excluding me, there's about 1 person on Little Big Planet each day and as we're approaching October/November & ultimately Christmas, there'll be so many new releases that people won't have time for this game. And what with MW3 and all, I just can't see an Autumn rush coming.

2011-09-01 10:46:00 Author: bdT96000 Posts: 25

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Well, I just assume the people who lost interest in the community abandoned LBP2 long ago and now only those who really want to stay continue active in the game. Sure, the activity we see now is just a shade of what it was back in February, but I don't think that was because we had more people playing. It was because back then we had a whole new world of possibilities to explore, and our interest in seeing what we could do in Create was higher than ever. And if not the Move, then the Platinum price of the game will attract more players. I've seen at least 3 people in another forum saying they were going to buy LBP2. Lucky buggers, they'll have about 70 MM picks to play at once. I remember when I played my first LBP2 MM pick. It was Bluetonberry's Classic Zelda level. I had to pick my jaw from the floor afterwards. Ah, sweet memories

2011-09-01 14:53:00 Author: SnipySev Posts: 2452

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I remember when I played my first LBP2 MM pick. It was Bluetonberry's Classic Zelda level. I had to pick my jaw from the floor afterwards. Ah, sweet memories I remember the first MM pick I played. I was in LBP2 beta and was playing my friend Luos's "Beh-ta level". other level I played around the same time was "Flower" man... feels just like yesterday i played them~ *mew

2011-09-01 15:13:00 Author: Lord-Dreamerz Posts: 4261

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I think a fall rush is a good idea; actually thats my plan. A lot of good games are coming out after september, and its probably a good idea to get some games out before a lot of the big AAA titles hit. I dont even think i will be playing LBP2 that much lol And school typically gets busier as the months go by.

2011-09-01 15:32:00 Author: Rpg Maker Posts: 877

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Oh speaking of why community went down then yes, it was vacation other then that some key members hidden to shadow to help out PS Vita, that might be impact also, but on other hand it gives chance to others to shine.

2011-09-01 20:03:00 Author: Shadowriver Posts: 3991

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I think we will have less players playing actually. As the game gets older & more games come out for people to play. I think people that have school will be able to play less also not more. Hopefully the move pack will bring back some players that haven't played the game in a while though.

2011-09-02 02:17:00 Author: IAmChavez Posts: 142

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Actully i think we got between 10k and 20k on peak Yeah, on peak. Under 5k at its lowest.

2011-09-03 08:12:00 Author: Clayton Posts: 181

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