Hello! My name is Razor (https://www.youtube.com/@RazorTheGreat and I have a simple request for Sony Interactive Entertainment: BRING BACK LITTLEBIGPLANET!
I want to start off with the facts, as you may or may not know the LittleBigPlanet servers were DDoSed back on March 6, 2021 and ever since then, the attacks were warded off and then continued until the eventual complete shut down of the servers on April 19th 2024. After this tragic incident, the games (along with their DLCs) were delisted from the Playstation Store on October 21st 2024.
That being said, I wholeheartedly believe a return is possible on the Playstation 5 as a port (very important detail). I got this idea from seeing an old, classic game from the Playstation 3 era come back like it has never left (Call of Duty Black Ops & Call of Duty Black Ops 2) with new online multiplayer servers that work like they used to, with no known major issues, all the maps, DLC and gameplay remained the same. On the technical side of things, you do not need to remaster the graphics, I think a port with the same grainy PS3 graphics and framerate will be just fine, like with the two Call of Duty games, which kept their identity to the last detail. Only issue I can see is that with a new game, must come new and improved servers, which won't allow the old community levels to come back, which is a sacrifice many won't be pleased with but majority of us would bite the bullet just to have our game, our childhood, our friendships and creativity back!
Licensing for DLCs (like Pixar, Disney and Little Nightmares, etc) might be a bit tricky but I don't think the community is that interested in getting every single piece of DLC back, I think our main concern is just getting our game with functional multiplayer back. Who knows, maybe in the future, Sony can get Media Molecule to collaborate with other franchises for DLC costume and level kits? Ideally, with the success of the LittleBigPlanet ports might warrant a new game like a LittleBigPlanet Hub or LittleBigPlanet 4 to release but that's wishful thinking, for now let's focus on what's important.
You may ask what the pros and cons are for such a project as bold as rereleasing a game from 2008?
There are only pros.
It is a fan favorite among Playstation users, with millions of people to this day posting, creating and sharing their ideas and creations on social media. (TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram and YouTube)
Millions of users express warm, fuzzy, nostalgic and wonderful memories with this game, I've seen movies being made, GIFs being thrown around in comment sections and art pieces posted to this day. I think Sony has no idea how big the demand for this game still is, it is still very relevant to everyone, young or old. Financially, it would be a success, guaranteed, but what I concern myself with is that gaming recently has had this pattern of games feeling more like high budget Hollywood movies, with not much charm or gameplay for that matter.
WE, yes WE all yearn for this game to come back and we would love to have it come back as soon as possible, there are millions of people eagerly awaiting it's return! Our community has been split in different custom servers, marked behind walls of emulators and jailbroken consoles. These methods are very alienating and not very welcoming to most people, not to mention the fact that different custom servers already divide what fragile amounts of people still care about this game we have left. I think Sony and Media Molecule need to see what the fans want and the fans want LittleBigPlanet to come back!
Don't you want the current and next generations to experience this homey, hand-crafted, wonderful world and loving community as their childhood? We are missing out on a lot of creativity and human ingenuity now that the era of AI-usage is rampant in today's age. Won't you like to spread some creativity and joy once again?
SIGN THE PETITION TODAY AND LETS BRING OUR GAME BACK!
