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LittleBigPlanet allows users to charge for created content

What's a better incentive to create a level in LittleBigPlanet than good, hard cold cash?

According to recent comments by David Reeves, president of SCEE, that's what's planned for the upcoming community-driven platformer.

"What we're trying to do with LittleBigPlanet is almost iTunes meets eBay in the sense that once an individual or a developer has qualified by producing certain levels or certain add-ons, they will then be able in the future to exchange these and make money out of them," Reeves notes. "Eventually, it's feasible that you might well see the first LittleBigPlanet millionaire!"

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TheHater6189d ago

Man, this game keep getting better and better. I will pay for a level if it kick ass. I hope to create level also, were I can charge people for it, if it good enough.

i_eatbreakfast4lunch6189d ago (Edited 6189d ago )

so much for this game being a success.....

this will turn this game into a ripoff marketplace, people will begin to set up their own stores and whatnot, its a sham on the whole idea that made UT3 great, free mods, imagine free mods in a great game.... hence what would have been with LBP, now its going to crap!

gaffyh6189d ago

If you can charge for your content that is awesome. I gotta start thinking about what type of levels I'm gonna make.

PoSTedUP6189d ago

ima try and make a good level as fast as possible so i can get it out on display quick ya know so alot of people can see it. this is going to be crazy.

Overr8ed6189d ago

Well then how would the money be transfer? is it going to you or to your PSN ID?

chasuk086189d ago

I hope you all the read the article first, as its not like the itunes app store, where you can charge for any odd crap, you need to go through a process where you have to qualify to be able to charge for your level.

ThanatosDMC6189d ago (Edited 6189d ago )

Did someone mention EA? HAHHAHAHA... watch how EA will copy this... err... or M$???

I'm pretty sure Adult Sexy contents will sell better. Though those would make humorous games!

Lionsguard6189d ago

You have to make something amazingly awesome and get it approved my MM first before you can sell it so no people won't be be setting up shops.

spunnups6189d ago

we're supposed to share the levels, not sell them. i dont have a good feeling about this at all. i hope they change their minds about this.

ChampIDC6189d ago

I hope they have pretty high requirements for being able to charge money. Too many levels costing money might lessen the appeal. I'm hoping they have the right balance for this. It could definitely work if implemented right.

sonarus6189d ago

This is lame. But i can only see myself paying for an LBP level coming off ps store and it better be the greatest level ever made. They need to scrap the idea

PoSTedUP6189d ago

most likely PAYpal or something. if anything.

Peppy la Moca6189d ago

People will be more motivated to create good levels knowing if it's good enough they can make money off it, and others will try to get more levels out there to get themselves established as quality level makers so they too will be able to charge for their even better levels in the future.

CrazzyMan6189d ago (Edited 6189d ago )

+ there will be like 10 000 or maybe even 100 000 levels eventually.)
+ not all people will charge their levels, atleast not all.)
+ it`s a work to create a GREAT level, it`s a good thing when work is paid.)
+ just think, you charge a level for 0.1$, with 50 000 - 100 000 downloads you get 5-10k $. Isn`t that great? =)
+ and it`s cheaper(i hope they won`t charge more), then guitar hero songs.))
+ you will have to do really great level, that people would buy it.)
+ it`s all about choice, to pay or not to pay, to charge or not to charge.)

Omegasyde6189d ago

First off Reeves is saying that you would have to submit your material and get approved first by the developers. It must be rated so they won't let people charge others for crap levels.

"so great now I got to pay to DL content!" is really blowing the point of the content way out of proportion.

This will also net more people into buying the game which is genius. Don't think you have to pay for everything, but on the other hand to those thinking you are going to get rich think again. I can see alot of copycat level making already a problem especially if someone is charging for a level and someone is going to copy the concept make it a tad bit better and then try to submit it. Also I am sure Sony/MM will also get a piece of the pie, of everything sold.

Also if people are still turned off by this...Why not just make your own levels? Problem solved.

yesah6189d ago (Edited 6189d ago )

this is bull, it should be play, create, share not sell. I mean it would be fine if you could charge for sackboy cloths and mods, and maybe even some items to put in your level. But not whole levels, this takes all they joy of roaming level to level with freinds. i dont want to pay to play a halfway decent level, and i want to play some other levels, anyone who makes a level will submit it, they dont want to miss out on making money. So you will only be able to play halfway decent levels by paying.

I liked LBP but this disgusts me as a ways the developers could milk the game. Dont follow blindly and except everything LBP says its not god, and as of now no good.

Edit:

@crazzy man

i hear you but, if you make a awsome level with a chance to make "5-10k" you really are not going to charge for it? of course you would, LBP just got greedy.

Delive6189d ago

MM will monitor the situation and the "dedicated" people making "High Quality" levels and scenarios will be "Rewarded" with the "Option" to receive compensation for their hard work. The rest of us "Casual" designers will make fun and creative levels as we can and the "Pervs" & "Racists", well you know what they will make.

So, this will by no means make it so there are no good quality free levels. Not at all. It will mean that those who prove that can produce worthy content will be able to earn something for it. As long as they don't get carried away with the prices, I'm cool with it.

Tomdc6189d ago

jus imgine how much money you could make from somethin like this if you make one that is really popular! Say 100,000 people buy it at 1 quid a download... thats 100 grand... unlikely but a few levels should get that kind of popularity!

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MaximusPrime6189d ago

this change my mind about littlebigplanet. if it means making profits, then i gotta start getting some ideas for the game. :s

Adriokor6189d ago

allows them for creativity and good start without wasting money on school

Salvadore6189d ago

"...eBay in the sense that once an individual or a developer has qualified by producing certain levels or certain add-ons, they will then be able in the future to exchange these and make money out of them,"

Good thing people have qualify before being able to charge for content.

Hershy9996189d ago

That quote was from a few months ago and they just restated it.

DarkBlade6189d ago

It seem like you are the only one that cares that it's old. Plus i haven't heard of this, sounds awesome.

spunnups6189d ago

because this scares me. PSN is all about being free, make money on advertisements , not creativity.

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel417d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga416d ago (Edited 416d ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow416d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo182416d ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie415d ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow415d ago (Edited 415d ago )

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere415d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin415d ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere415d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow414d ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere415d ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow414d ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX416d ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

Cockney414d ago

They chose well, Sony gave them the backing to pursue their dreams with no restrictions even tho their games especially dreams have very niche appeal. Media molecule and Sony deserve respect for this in an age of risk averse publishing.

RNTody416d ago (Edited 416d ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno416d ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Sheppard7t3416d ago

How did Sony kill the series?

Inverno416d ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii415d ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno415d ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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Most Offensive Video Games That Would Never Cut It Today

Times are changing, and these games would have never been made in today's climate.

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thorstein469d ago (Edited 469d ago )

Every single time someone uses this phrase whether it's music, movies, books, comics, video games, etc it's always the same claim.

The ubiquitous "they" won't allow it to be made. And every decade these claims are made the claimant completely ignores all the "offensive" material that is published when the claim is made.

In ten years, you can write a new article about how you can't make games like Helldivers 2, Resident Evil VIII, Mortal Kombat I, Dragon's Dogma 2, Alan Wake 2 etc etc etc any more.

MrBaskerville468d ago

Yeah, people wouldn't be constantly outraged if there weren't games that people found enraging. The whole SBI discourse shit wouldn't be a thing if all games were inoffensive. A game like Starfield can make a guy froth at his mouth, so there will always be room for a list like this.

0hMyGandhi468d ago

Normally, I'd be inclined to agree with you, but there are massive caveats.
TV shows like Venture Bros, Ren and Stimpy, and Aqua Team wouldn't/couldn't be made today. Hell, Ren and Stimpy was a *children's* show, same thing with Rocko's Modern Life.

It's not for some arbitrary reason, either. It's branding and IP alignment. Companies are far more risk-averse than they were when I was kid in the 90's. Of course, you have companies coming out of the woodwork to hell spur on similar content, but remember: Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon and some incredibly provocative material.

And for movies? it's pretty obvious. American Pie/Wedding Crashers/Eurotrip among many other "raunch coms" have fallen out of style, and are absolutely outside what the modern day film industry is willing to stand by.
Ace Ventura 1 and 2, Dumb and Dumber, Freddy Got Fingered, Rat Race, Harold and Kumar, and Van Wilder follow suit.

Remember: I am not explicitly talking about films put onto streamers. I am talking wide-releases in actual theaters. Same thing goes for games: Carmageddon, Duke Nukem, Manhunt, Six Days In Fallujah (with their original concept), Hatred, and so on and so forth. Of course, I'd be inclined to mention most tactical shooters like Rainbow Six and Joint Ops as well, due to cultural sensitivity regarding *who* you are shooting and why.

And not all of it is bad (obviously). Tastes change, and perspectives change to fit the demographic.
I should add that I'm a lefty, living in L.A. Working in film.

thorstein468d ago

The Boys, Invincible, Jojo Rabbit, Deadpool, Gen V, Last of Us, Banshee... There are plenty of media being made today that people will claim "can't be made today".

Profchaos467d ago

Yeah but if you consider manhunt which was basically a snuff film could you seriously make that game with high than PS2 era graphics.

thorstein467d ago

The Outlast Trials just came out.

But the storyline of Manhunt was that you were executed. But then lived. And if you didn't do as you were told, you'd die. And the people you killed were not innocents.

It was all filmed by a psychopath.

As we speak GTA VI is being finished up for a release. You get to play a Bonnie and Clyde type of protagonist who run up against the law.

Bodycam looks so real.

People are making those games. Articles like this will always exist no matter how incorrect they are, no matter how many times they blame "them" for whatever it is "they" do to prevent "those" games from being made.

ZycoFox468d ago

The UK is the biggest junk country pandering to that nonsense as well, with laws against free speech and expression to match. It got so bad even Rowan Atkinson made a video on free speech about it.

Now the UK raises the age rating on harmless films like Mary Poppins, it's just a load of pansy weak ass nonsense.

MrDead468d ago (Edited 468d ago )

The right wing Tories have been in power in the UK for the 14 years you know the ones that are "anti-woke", blame them for your perceptions.

Killer2020UK468d ago (Edited 468d ago )

Are these snowflakes in the room with us now?

This is more faux outrage designed to get hits. The consequences are unfortunately creating hysteria amongst those willing to buy into it and blame "them" or "the left" or "liberals" meanwhile the left are kicking off about genocide, actual real world abhorrent acts. Nobody is campaigning to censor this shit.

Huey_My_D_Long468d ago

Not too mention the fact that some of these game are controversial for you know, underage porn and encouraging rape.

So either the guy just came in to comment snowflakes without reading anything, or he is calling people snowflakes for having a problem with said titles. Crazy how much brain rot someone can have.

banger88469d ago

Dead Island: "The early PC version of the zombie game swapped the playable character Purna’s Gender Wars skill with a prototype name, which shouldn’t be mentioned directly. The skill name made fun of both Purna as a character and feminists."

"Feminist Whore" lmao

gold_drake468d ago

ill add one more to the list.
drakengard 1.

its ridiculous tho, especially since they'd still be able to find their place in alot of places in the world. except america of course ha. and maybe Australia.

ppl are so sensitive these days. ha. but it is what it is.

Barlos468d ago (Edited 468d ago )

They're not offensive.

And we need another Fat Princess. Fantastic little game!

Some people just have no sense of humour if this sort of thing offends them. They need to lighten up and stop taking themselves so seriously.

Deeeeznuuuts468d ago

Would love a new fat princess game 🤟

CantThinkOfAUsername468d ago

Games literally about sexual assault, mass genocide, bombing civilians, and school shooting. None of which is satirical.

isarai468d ago

Actually it's about fat princesses

Huey_My_D_Long468d ago (Edited 468d ago )

Its crazy that people are fixated on Fat princess when clearly the list is going over controversies, and not all of them are equal. Like way worse examples but pretend the entire list is like that.

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Top 20 Best PlayStation 3 Games (20-11)

Alex DS. from Link Cable Gaming writes: "Is the PlayStation 3 retro? This is a surprisingly hard question to answer as the system definitely has the age to be considered retro, having launched in 2006, over 15 years ago now. But with it being home to so many massive games, many of which still hold up today and in fact were released for the PlayStation 4 when that console was released, make the PS3 a retro console that doesn’t feel retro."

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shinoff21831154d ago

No ps3 is not retro. I dont even consider ps2 era retro. All imo.

shinoff21831154d ago

Typically, the term retro is given to items which are at least 20 years old (but not yet 40 years old).

Quick google search

badz1491154d ago

No the PS3 is not yet a retro console. But if you're gonna put 1 game from a series in this list, then LBP2 should be there instead of the original, Motorstorm PR is also an overall better game than the 1st game and to put Tools of Destruction over A Crack in Time is a blasphemy when ACiT is the best game in the series.