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Sounds interesting but I don't see how Sony could've made money from it. It kinda reminds me of TF2 with it's community creators being rewarded.
I guess they planned on charging for DLC only. The LBP team would create levels, introduce new materials, etc, which could be downloaded for a price. Then as user content started appearing, the creations of the highest quality would eventually get taken off the free market and bundled together into a level pack for new adopters. The creators of this content would be approached by Sony to remotely join the team and develop exclusive content that would cost money. The profit from this would either be split somehow with the amatuer dev or they'd be rewarded with free DLC and new materials before the street date.
Come to think of it, they've already done all that, only on a smaller scale - and in addition have made a ton of money at $60 a pop.
Come to think of it, they've already done all that, only on a smaller scale - and in addition have made a ton of money at $60 a pop.
Maybe that explains why LBP feels like a level editor with a loosely connected collection of levels packed with it.
But no user created content that has copyrighted things like costumes, music and tributes would be able to make money.
And those are some of the best kinds in lbp2, like Batman the animated series and the %100 percect donkey kong tribute
And those are some of the best kinds in lbp2, like Batman the animated series and the %100 percect donkey kong tribute
Don't they allready make a lot of money off the DLC? So basically it is the same plan, but they make $60 off of the game sale instead of making it free? Ok so its not any different besides $60 more XD
I have bought almost all DLC and little big planet is one of my favorite series, but I don't really get this news other than it would of saved people $60.
I have bought almost all DLC and little big planet is one of my favorite series, but I don't really get this news other than it would of saved people $60.
It's encouraging to see that they were looking into ways to make that kind of content model work! Hopefully that's not the last we'll see of that way of thinking (though LBP is pretty amazing as is).
To be honest i think LBP should have been at least half price.
Not that it isn't a fucking awesome game, just that if it had been half price, I'd have quite happily spent the other half on DLC.
As it goes, i spent £40 on the game, and every piece of DLC was threatening to push that UP past what any other game would cost.
So I bought as little DLC as possible, if any.
Now for LBP2 i'm going about it a different way. I've waited till it's half price, then I can justify spending £20+ on DLC and it'll still cost the same as another game.
Win.
Not that it isn't a fucking awesome game, just that if it had been half price, I'd have quite happily spent the other half on DLC.
As it goes, i spent £40 on the game, and every piece of DLC was threatening to push that UP past what any other game would cost.
So I bought as little DLC as possible, if any.
Now for LBP2 i'm going about it a different way. I've waited till it's half price, then I can justify spending £20+ on DLC and it'll still cost the same as another game.
Win.
I imagine things would be pretty different in a free-to-play model, especially the maps. Oh yes, especially them.
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