According to
Thatvideogameblog, some major retailers have not gotten the memo on the
LittleBigPlanet recall and held their midnight launches last night. The crew phoned numerous stores in their area -- namely Wal-Mart and Target chains -- and most stores seem to still be set on bringing out the title today. If you've got an itch to play the game early (scratch that ... we mean "on time"), you could possibly swing by your local shop and see what's going down over there.
Current copies of
LittleBigPlanet include the song which caused the delay; however, a patch removing the song will be released alongside the official new release date for reprinted discs. Both new and current copies will end up being identical and will function just the same.
[Thanks Peter!]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Shaun @ Oct 21st 2008 11:09AM
Great news!!!
PSN: johnnynumber5 @ Oct 21st 2008 8:42PM
I got my copy about 3 days ago ... There was actually a full retail copy mixed in with the pre-orders at Best Buy! When I took it to the register it said "DO NOT SELL PRE-RELEASE ITEM" or something to that effect ... The young lady just clicked Enter and BAM I had an early copy of LBP!!!
It not only going to win GOTY but it's also (IMO) the best game of all time. EVAR.
kfm423 @ Oct 21st 2008 11:11AM
...darn pre-ordering bites me in the rear again
Pumapayam @ Oct 21st 2008 12:59PM
It was my first time pre-ordering a game. This was not the outcome I expected. At the same time, I'd rather not support a business Like Wal-mart or Sam's Club.
Z-Johnson @ Oct 21st 2008 11:12AM
Sony needs to lift the delay and let stores with the game in-stock go ahead and sell it!
cocolizo2000 @ Oct 21st 2008 11:20AM
I had a preorder from Best Buy and got an email yesterday saying that they're recalling the game. I called up Best Buy to cancel the order and get it somewhere else, when the person on the line told me that they would be shipping the game, then recalling it and shipping out the new one.
James @ Oct 21st 2008 11:21AM
I tried to buy a copy at Walmart this morning and the sale wouldn't go through!!!! Ah man it sucks coming so close!
tony @ Oct 21st 2008 11:41AM
well if you cant get one at walmart go to Blockbuster. my bb had copies for sale and for rent. so you might want to try there. also i work for walmart and the store i work for had them out too but i told them about it and they scanned them and said they can still sell them bc the computer didnt tell them they couldnt. lol
Hirsbrunner @ Oct 21st 2008 3:03PM
I was at my local walmart at midnight last night. They had seven copies, one of which is now mine. No problem getting it.
The cashier even said he had read online about Sony recalling LBP, but still sold me a copy anyway.
That said, LBP rocks! I was up all night playing. Lots of fun and I may even get an EYE to make use of the pics option.
tom @ Oct 21st 2008 11:38AM
Who said the disc was being reprinted?
Kodros @ Oct 21st 2008 11:58AM
Meh, see my comment below.
Tom @ Oct 21st 2008 12:00PM
Who's stealing my name?
D:
Kodros @ Oct 21st 2008 11:58AM
Umm, how else would they do it?
tom @ Oct 21st 2008 12:03PM
The online patch.
sony87 @ Oct 21st 2008 12:18PM
They allready said if you don't have the internet then you will not get the patch. That is why they are being safe and reprinting them.
JeiShi @ Oct 21st 2008 11:59AM
You guys think that Gamestop will have game already or not yet? I did get a call that the game was changed to Oct. 27, but when I heard about this should I just wait?
Gervin @ Oct 21st 2008 12:33PM
The one near me didn't.
Daniel @ Oct 21st 2008 2:27PM
The scholars at my local GS still think it is releasing on Nov. 4th...
Rock @ Oct 21st 2008 7:13PM
I have a hard time believeing they can reprint, package and ship every copy and have it in stores in that short of time.
Bad Mojo @ Oct 21st 2008 12:02PM
I'm making the rounds at lunch time to see if anyone is selling them.
I pretty much have access to all the major retailers on one street corner... so why not?
Wish me luck :)
adolson @ Oct 21st 2008 12:11PM
Toys R Us has it, at least in some places.
sony87 @ Oct 21st 2008 12:21PM
You can buy it on Toys R US website.
Popfrogs @ Oct 21st 2008 1:52PM
Yeah, I checked TRU's website yesterday and they had the ship date marked as the 21st still. I may change my Gamestop preorder and buy it there instead today...if they're in the store.
FAC3xLESS @ Oct 21st 2008 12:22PM
For some reason the walmart website showcases that it will ship 11/11/08 any news on that guys? Either way I should probably check my walmart later today. Wish me luck!
FAC3xLESS @ Oct 21st 2008 12:25PM
There's that 11th number again.. Hmm don't tell me it's being pushed back again?! :(
Eric E @ Oct 21st 2008 12:38PM
Ok i just tried my walMarts and targets
DONT BOTHER.
Either they knew it was recalled and wouldn't sell it
or
They didn't know why it wasn't in the system and they got the store manager (eventually) down and he said he couldn't even do it w/o calling corporate (if i was willing to wait) and i knew there was no point.
THE COMPUTERS HAVE BEEN UPDATED!
Kyle T. @ Oct 21st 2008 3:59PM
Yeah, I was at Wal-mart last night for Fable II because I'd given up on getting a copy of LBP. They had a whole box of LBP games, but one of the guys knew about the recall. They tried to ring up friggin Fable II and some computer error came up. Even though the Gamecrazy down the street was selling the damn thing, they wouldn't sell Fable II to me for some god forsaken reason. I'm sure it'd be even more difficult to get LBP.
Lard @ Oct 21st 2008 12:45PM
"There's that 11th number again"
That's the secret conspiracy tie-in to how LBP was involved in 9/11.
strike @ Oct 21st 2008 5:59PM
Thats wat im trying to say! Sackboy is EVIL! he was flying that plane, he is osama bin laden and he is pulling the strings!
EVIL I SAY!!!!
FAC3xLESS @ Oct 21st 2008 12:48PM
Just checked with my walmart and target. No go guys.. ah well still got my preorder at gamecrazy.. hope they get it in next week..
Joe14k @ Oct 21st 2008 1:00PM
So if they're going to put a patch why change the release date?
Sam @ Oct 21st 2008 1:12PM
Because not everyone with a PS3 has an internet connection, so Sony figures to be safe, they would recall all of the discs so non-internet PS3 users will not be in danger of their brains exploding from the naughty bad horrible words.
Or something.
Popfrogs @ Oct 21st 2008 1:53PM
Although, I gotta say this, it'd be completely stupid to buy LBP with no internet connection. It's all about the sharing and level creation. 20+ levels on the disc is just the beginning.
bluerei @ Oct 21st 2008 1:13PM
Just tried at Target 5 minutes ago, they had 3 copies and I asked for all of them. He rang it up and it wouldn't pull up a price, then he checked the system saying they couldn't sell it till the 11th. I HELD 3 COPIES IN MY HANDS!!!! :(
gfx @ Oct 21st 2008 1:14PM
And so? I have my copy more than week, and i live in Poland. Servers are still down. :(
ceejay3k @ Oct 21st 2008 1:18PM
yup..I literally just got back from Toys "R" Us and they definitely sold me all of their copies...
jed @ Oct 24th 2008 1:17AM
I have already talked to people planning to do just that.
davebo @ Oct 21st 2008 1:40PM
I have a feeling this pandering to the Muslim community is going to result in enraged gamers finding elaborate ways to somehow make anti-islam levels for LBP. Hopefully with amusing results.
Raster @ Oct 21st 2008 4:10PM
No. Just no.
Tyler @ Oct 22nd 2008 4:06PM
That actually gave me a great level idea!!! HA! Its guna be sweet!
Neo @ Oct 21st 2008 1:59PM
I got my local target to sell me one (noon, 10/21). Had to get a manager but he just rang it up as "merchandise".
LBP Rulez
VaTifosi @ Oct 21st 2008 2:03PM
G/f is calling toys r us right now....
rickjamess @ Oct 21st 2008 2:13PM
I checked around 12:30 est:
-Kmart
-Walmart
-Target
-ToysRus
-Blockbuster
-Best Buy
Only Walmart and ToysRus had it in stock. And both wouldn't sell it to me since their computers have been updated. So, moral is most places probably will not have it.
jokapr @ Oct 21st 2008 2:20PM
i picked up a copy at midnight at walmart. however i went back this morning at 8 to get a second one, but when i arrived they had already pulled them. i asked for it but they told me they werent being sold. the register told them "not allowed" when scanned.
mike @ Oct 21st 2008 2:21PM
My friend and I got our copies at 1204 last night and the 3 dudes behind us didn't. Thanks again Wal-Mart. I think the computer cut off the sales just after we got our copies. Still can't play online though. Gotta get those SP trophies
Dembonz @ Oct 21st 2008 2:24PM
Called Blockbuster, Toy-R-us, Wal-Mart, and Target. They were all aware of the recall, so no go. The guy at Target told me that if anyone was selling it they could be stuck with a stiff fine. Whatever.
Good that some people got it, but for the rest of us...well, we'll just wait while you rub it in our faces :P
rrdmxjedah @ Oct 21st 2008 2:40PM
Someone on here said they bought one from toys r us. I called them to confirm they had them in stock and they did. Im working so I sent my girlfriend to buy it and they was checking the computer at the cashier but they sold it to her eventually. This was just 10 min ago approximately 2:25 EST.
Firequake @ Oct 21st 2008 2:48PM
Just bought it. My local video-games shop in Zurich Switzerland is already selling it. No clue why so early than the rest of europe.
shinseiromeo @ Oct 21st 2008 2:52PM
Seriously... Sony is FORCING the deletion of the song? Even if I get the real copy of the game, I'll lose the song? It doesn't offend me, and if Sony chooses to edit the game, then they lost the sale. I refuse to purchase any edited game, back from Spiderman when they edited it because of the Twin Towers, to C&C3's level deleting because of anthrax. You edit a game, you lose my money.
PSN: Puselva @ Oct 21st 2008 3:31PM
You'd be pretty silly if you actually skip this game because they are changing a SONG. I understand where you're coming from, and I'm all for standing up for my principles, but a SONG really isn't going to alter the game/experience much.
Just think, if they had chosen a different song over this one in the first place, it wouldn't be an issue, no changes would be made, and you wouldn't even have noticed. They really aren't removing any content, such as in your other examples. Don't think of this as REMOVING or CENSORING, think of it as REVISING.