the game is a almost a turnkey operation. it almost runs itself for christ sake. just keep giving users more tools, bits and bobs, and it will continue to flourish.

Sorry! I bumped add comment early on my phone! I would expect that MM wants to ride the DLC train for LittleBigPlanet on PS3. A sequel on the next generation system would make sense. The line about not fracturing the community seems to hold out to that point with me. Hopefully, Sony doesn't push 'em.

Are you listening Bungie?

Do games like this or Rock Band 2 really need sequels? They're just meant to be expanded, really, so a sequel doesn't really serve a purpose. Make one for PS2, one for PSP and just expand them after that.

I could understand sequels when some kind of story is at play, but LBP and RB2 don't really have those.

Sports titles could actually learn from this, like that will happen, though. I think its silly people keep forking over $50-$60 a year for a roster update and some tweaks.

wow thank you MM! Finally, a company that is against the milking of the franchise like the Haloes and FFpansies!

Banjo Threeie. Just sayin'.

On a more serious note, I REALLY like the idea of keeping it at one title (with great community support), but consistently adding more content to the retail blu-ray disks in stores for people without internet and to encourage new adopters. Fill that effer up with the best of the best. Confusing? Yes. Awesome? Arguable.

Integrity: Media Molecule has it.

@jamBOT

make a different one?!

I think its a good idea to leave it. Keep LBP active and supported, then move on and make another IP. They are obviously a very talented and creative team. Time to flex those creative muscles again :D

Intereating points all around.

Also, I would say that they're already sort of milking LBP sort of hard. Or maybe I'm the only person who finds most-to-all costumes too expensive?

That explains why Madison looks like a dude.

They'll probably do something with full 3D movement and maybe backwards compatibility with the sidescrolling stuff. Make that shit downloadable on PSN and they'd be all set since they'd never have to worry about the disc becoming too out-of-date for new users and PS4 will assuredly be Cell-based and 100% backwards compatible with the PS3.

Like other people have said, games like this really don't need sequels. They need expansions. In LBP's case they really need to recruit the top community creators to make some levels like they did for the GOTY edition, but give them some trophies and costumes to throw at players to give the expansions some more bite.

It's cool that they say that, but how much power do they really have over something like that? In before Sony forces LBP2.

That's nice. Maybe they could bother with patching it where it has 1080i support then.

@BluDesign

Get a new TV. 1080i doesn't qualify as HD. It's just 540p (otherwise known as DVD quality) doubled up at high frequency.

there is no point for one, they can just release new content like they have been doing

This is actually pretty brilliant and I am glad a developer is taking a stance like that. Even if it's a game that I'll never play on a platform I will never own. But think about it. They release a game that is pretty much exactly what they were aiming for in terms of functionality. What's the point of releasing a sequel? Just to add new content? There's DLC for that. Just to add features? Why not patch the original game instead? The revenue from DLC will fund the patches to keep the game updated and improving. It all makes sense to me. What doesn't make sense is that people expect iterative sequels that honestly hold less improvement than a typical free PC game patch had 5 years ago. It's like if instead of releasing The Witcher Enhanced Edition Director's Cut (free to patch to this state from original game) the developers released The Witcher 2, which was just the old game with the patch. This is how most developers/publishers treat us today, and I think that's total bullshit.

I salute you Media Molecule. Continue "updating" your already good and complete game, and continue releasing DLC to spice things up and fund your efforts. And instead of thinking of a sequel work on a NEW, DIFFERENT, and hopefully just as interesting, game IP.

Respect++

also, because somebody mentioned HL2 as a sequel that introduced innovative gameplay, HALF-LIFE 2''S GAMEPLAY SUCKED!
*flee*

I want to see a LBP next generation, but until then; good. I just wish 90% of all that DLC wasn't costumes.

It's cool that there are no immediate plans, but I'm going to be shocked (and very upset) if there isn't a new iteration on the PS4 / PSP2 / whatever.

LBP could be so much more. LBP could be LBP 2... if only... if only.

Just make some new MM levels as DLC, I'd gladly pay for more of those

I can certainly see where they're coming from, and admire the studio's commitment to not breaking apart the LittleBigPlanet community. Even so, it seems so weird to think that LittleBigPlanet 2 would "never" come out. I can't say I actually believe it, and instead I wholly expect to see a followup game come eventually. It'll be intereating to see how long MM holds out, though. nike shox shoes