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PlayStation 3 News by Robert Purchese
Sony has explained to Eurogamer that there has been a slight production hiccup with the Sackboy toys, meaning they won't be shipped in time to be sent with pre-ordered copies of LittleBigPlanet.
Instead, retailers will offer t-shirts to early adopters of the game.
But reports of copyright problems are untrue; the toys will still arrive, either at or just after the game's launch on 24th October.
All of this, incidentally, has had no effect on the Eurogamer LittleBigPlanet competition, which lets you design a level for the full game and offers heaps of prizes including a PS3 and those Sackboy toys.
The winning level will be playable at the Eurogamer Expo, which stars LittleBigPlanet among other Christmas blockbusters.
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the_dudefather
06/10/08 @ 10:47
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So who will get the toys once they are made, and how if they are done after the game is released? will people who preorder the game get a coupon or something?
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CannonAnBall
06/10/08 @ 10:49
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I got an email about this which mentioned the copyright problems and that i will get a t-shirt instead. Great! I think i'll leave that in the drawer!
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ShadowsFall1978
06/10/08 @ 11:15
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I cannot believe the copyright issue has taken this long to crop up there is to much resemblence to the doll numetal Korn use on there promotional material Artwork etc. The doll image comes in many different forms and guises but the image I have on one poster is very like sackboy. Other images have a mild resemblence but under copyright laws etc i feel it would be enough to open up a case.
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Triggerhappytel
06/10/08 @ 11:33
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Yeah, I'm not really sure who these are going to be made available for if they're waiting this long before starting production. Can you clear that up at all, EG? Will a Ltd Ed version of the game go on sale six or eight weeks after the game's launch?
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RustyBullet
06/10/08 @ 11:44
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I wasnt realy looking forward to this but after playing the Beta all weekend i am loving it. Adictive little game and the animation is all nice and fluid. Defo buy when full release is out.
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TheBoyChris
06/10/08 @ 12:07
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How many news stories can one game spawn without actually being released? Jesus.
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kinky_mong
06/10/08 @ 12:09
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First Fable 2's reduced Ltd Edition and now this. Bad times for people who like collecting silly little toys. Still at least they'll always have McDonalds Happy Meals.
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Publishers - "Pre-order and you can have loads of 'goodies'!"
*waits til pre-orders are all in* Publisher - "Oh dear, we can't quite make them in time. Despite having promised them, and knowing we needed them sorting months ago, you know, when we came up with the lame idea. Still most of you won't cancel over it, so we've got the pre-orders without having to supply the bonus stuff. We win, you lose. Hurrah!" |
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@mem
"local blockbuster never had any fifia 09 footballs that were supposed to be given with pre-orders instead we were given 2pound off pre-owned games vouchers .whic sucks i wont my ball......... " Well that does suck, a football is worth more than a 2 quid voucher anyday (unless the football was so shitty it could be bought for about 1.99 that is). |
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captainrentboy
06/10/08 @ 18:34
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Facking hell, either PS3 gamers are just calmer in nature than the crazy 360 ones, y'know the ones who called Molyneux a cunt, and cancelled their preorder because they aren't getting a silly figurine with Fable 2. Or that fable 2 comments section was filled with twats who actually had no interest in Fable 2 in the first place.
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