1.5 Million New Users Visit LittleBigPlanet Following PSN Outage

by Mike Bendel on July 20, 2011 @ 4:15 pm


Media Molecule’s create-a-thon LittleBigPlanet has seen a sizable uptick in new users following the PSN outage last April, thanks in large part to Sony’s Welcome Back offering.

Speaking at a Develop panel, MM co-founder Alex Evans told attendees that 1.5 million new users flocked to LittleBigPlanet’s ever-expanding, community-driven world since the outage.

“I like that stat because it’s growing. LittleBigPlanet is not a stagnant community. There’s multiple levels published every second. You can no longer keep up with the amount of content,” said Evans.

It’s a win-win for Sony, too, given the wealth of optional microtransactions available in LBP — which range from extra costumes to more elaborate level kits.

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Comments
hush404 says:

LBP is pretty awesome. Good that more people are able to check it out. It was LBP1 that was included for free, no? Maybe it'll drive sales for LBP2? Hard to say.

July 21, 2011, 4:12 am
Trigun says:

Eh, Good for them I guess. Personally LBP is rubbish imo.

July 21, 2011, 6:05 am
january39 says:

I am not one of those 1.5 million at least, i too think it is rubbish...

July 21, 2011, 1:51 pm
Abe Froeman says:

I downloaded it; still haven't played it.

July 22, 2011, 1:50 am
Robby says:

It's a fun game, but it lost it's appeal to me after a couple of weeks. Really cool concept and everything, but after 3 weeks I felt like I did everything I could do, even though you could do more, but I just had that feeling.

July 22, 2011, 2:42 am
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