Don't get too excited, this is almost certainly a mistake on Sony's part. The latest PlayStation Underground email, which was sent out yesterday, shows an image of our best pal, Sackboy, and below him it states "available October 7th." Which is weird, because we've already had official confirmation that the game will be releasing on the 21st in the US, with other regions following throughout that week. It's doubly weird, because the beta doesn't end until the 12th.
We're not convinced the game is going to be released almost a full week before the beta ends, but the email
is directly from Sony. So, believe what you want to believe, but we're going to go the road-of-least-disappointment.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Rawr @ Sep 26th 2008 6:26AM
Most likely a typo.
Loonknight @ Sep 26th 2008 6:37AM
Yeah in the email if you follow the link it directs you to the sony site which has a closer date. (Oct 20th)
elephant_stone @ Sep 26th 2008 7:03AM
Lies! LIES!
If this does happen then its not fair that MM are looking after the USA rather than thier motherland (UK).
fish_waffle @ Sep 26th 2008 7:12AM
Just saying...
My gf preordered the game from GameStop and she said she got a call from them. She didn't answer but from what i remember game stop usually only calls individual houses to mention some special trade in for a preorder or to remind you that the game is coming out in a week or 2.
Steve @ Sep 26th 2008 7:13AM
so happy I sent this in as a news tip for 0 credit or linkage, thanks
http://www.platformnation.com/2008/09/25/littlebigplanet-coming-early/
bassist @ Sep 26th 2008 8:59AM
"Thanks to everyone who sent this in."
What else do you want? A personalized thank you card? A bouquet of flowers?
You probably weren't the only one who sent this in.
Steve @ Sep 26th 2008 10:41AM
thanks for fixing the link :)
MexicanTerrorist @ Sep 26th 2008 7:21AM
LBP early? Does that count for Canada too?
/sarcasm
Smitty @ Sep 26th 2008 7:36AM
Damn... now I'll be disappointed when I'm not playing this in a little over a week!
warlock7 @ Sep 26th 2008 8:31AM
Somebody is getting sacked!
Whoops... didn't see that until after I typed it. :)
Icon @ Sep 26th 2008 8:39AM
The original ship date for LBP was around the 27 October. Seems like it is probably just a typo, regardless I'll still camp out my GameStop that night just in case.
ClockWyze @ Sep 26th 2008 8:41AM
Please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please please oh please oh please please oh please oh please please oh please oh please
Catdogburger @ Sep 26th 2008 9:16AM
WTF are you saying?
ClockWyze @ Sep 26th 2008 10:08AM
I'm saying that I MIGHT be interested in picking this game up.
rgoff31 @ Sep 26th 2008 9:02AM
Doubtful, but it would be nice. I'm tired of getting torturing with these beta hype marketing schemes.
farfisa @ Sep 26th 2008 9:02AM
Weren't we just talking about the beta yesterday? I think they mentioned they were still doing builds, so seeing it in stores in a week isn't likely.
Then again, if they really wanted to get people's money, they'd release it as a download early, then sell all those shiny discs with the bonuses later! I'm sure they'd get some people to pay twice.
...but that's not what it's all about, is it?
SnazzyD @ Sep 26th 2008 9:27AM
No, that's not what it's all about. It's blu-ray only people, and still a few weeks away. I predict they will have a large update on Day 1 with added tweaks and enhancements
khaliel @ Sep 26th 2008 1:09PM
It's maybe not a rumor as for France, release date is now 14th of october on all websites, including Amazon.fr and all the other video games retailers where preorder is available.