Revised LittleBigPlanet begins shipping

A revised version of LittleBigPlanet for PlayStation 3 has begun shipping, days after Sony postponed release of the game because it included a song that drew lyrics from the Quran.

Revised LittleBigPlanet begins shipping

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"Looks like our production line churned out new copies quicker than our original schedule, and a few of our retailers did what they could to take care of the fans who preordered ASAP," said a message on Sony's PlayStation blog.

The game, one of Sony's highest profile titles for the PlayStation 3 this year, was due to launch on Oct. 21 but just a few days prior it was discovered that the lyrics used in one of the songs in its soundtrack were derived from the Quran. The potentially offensive lyric was contained in a licensed song played during the Swinging Safari level in the game.

Rather than upgrade the game with a launch-day patch, which would only have reached gamers with an Internet connection, Sony decided to postpone the launch and produce new discs with the song remove. Launch was rescheduled for this week in the U.S. and the following week in Europe.

Sony's decision brought a fast response, both positive and negative, from many gamers who filled online forums with discussion of the move.

Many were disappointed with the delay because it meant another week waiting for what is one of the most innovative games yet produced for the PlayStation 3, according to critics.

The game has won an "editors choice" award from GamePro, been rated "incredible" by IGN, scored 10 out of 10 with Games Radar, and been called the "best thing out there" by 1Up.

In the long run the incident will likely mean little to the sales of LittleBigPlanet. In the game players are challenged to create objects and patch them together using a variety of tools and parts at their disposal. Puzzles and challenges are built into the game to test a gamer's creative abilities and objects created can also be shared with others through the PlayStation Network.

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PaganFest

thats great..... Just wondering. Who won the GP stage contests. I was hoping for a free copy.

artsaber

Shipping? It doubt it ever left the stores. Stores probably just held on to the copies until the mandatory patch was released... which might have been to overwrite the song that was in question. Yeah me too Pagan, I was wondering about the contest results as well.

artsaber

Akronon wrote:

I too demand contest results!
They might as well pick loyal Gamepro members and give the items away to Sony fans here. Many folks who were spamming this site for LBP codes have not been back here since. So even if they won the contest they wouldn't even know about it UNLESS Gamepro called their cell phones. DO NOT give prizes away to spammers, Gamepro, it is time to give back to your loyal gaming community. We are peacefully chanting: Contest results! Contest results! Contest results! Contest results! Contest results! Contest results! Contest results! Contest results! Contest results! Contest results! Contest results! Contest results! Contest results! Contest results! Contest results!
artsaber

PaganFest wrote:

thats great..... Just wondering. Who won the GP stage contests. I was hoping for a free copy.

What kind of level did you make?

monkbaine

artsaber wrote:

Shipping? It doubt it ever left the stores. Stores probably just held on to the copies until the mandatory patch was released... which might have been to overwrite the song that was in question. Yeah me too Pagan, I was wondering about the contest results as well.

Possible. I know many stores in this state sold the copies on the day it was meant to release. If people have a problem with the lyrics they can always turn down the volume on that level.

Fenwaypunk3

Good news. I don't know why, but people were saying that LBP wouldn't be released until November.

Combat_Monkey

Love the game, but apparently PSN can't handle the increased traffic nor can LBP's servers. I guess thats what free buys us. I literally have failed to load 8 times in a row varies online levels, worked fine this morning while kids are at school but now the servers apparently can't hack it.

PaganFest

artsaber wrote:

PaganFest wrote:

thats great..... Just wondering. Who won the GP stage contests. I was hoping for a free copy.
What kind of level did you make?

I went for a classic game level and chose to make the green hill zone.

ddiddy415

if you need to buy a ps3......amazon has a $100 dollar off thing going on right now.....i suggest you check it out.....That means a ps3 for $299.99.....offer good thru december

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