Little Big Planet: Open Beta Goes Bye-Bye
My interest in the impending release lineup for the PS3 has been as follows: Home, Little Big Planet and Wipeout HD. Sad as that may be, these games are selling me on buying a MGS4 80GB bundle with my tax rebate. Public betas of the the former two have been implied on and off over the last year or so, and I for one would love to "try before I buy".
PS3 Fanboy was able to sit down with the Little Big Planet producers and delve in a little deeper on the subject. When asked about an open beta, they were sadly informed that an open beta would not be happening.
Pete Smith (Producer) maintained that a public, open beta will sadly not be happening. The game will go through a beta phase, obviously, but this will be performed by an internal group at Sony.
I'm always wary of games that depend on a large open network model. Since the game is now going to be tested entirely on a controlled, internal network it is likely that we will see problems with on launch. Sony hasn't exactly had the best track record with network stability. We are just going to have to stay positive on this one.
Asterick
Posted to Video Games on 8 May 2008
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I'm so looking forward to this game. But if the lack of an open beta means that they don't have to delay it again, I'm all for it. Beta versions take time to put together, I would rather have that time and energy spent on the real game and not a temporary trial.
...although I still really, really want to play this. As Homer once said, "The Waiting Game sucks. Let's play Hungry Hungry Hippos!"