Gamespot: NO LittleBigPlanet Keys till Wednesday

Gamespot reports:

"Final Update
Okay slight change of plans. The winners will be receiving their keys via the email that they entered the contest with. You will NOT be receiving an email from me stating you won. Keep checking your email, I would anticipate these keys being sent out tomorrow or Wednesday. Thanks for entering!!"

[Timesplitter14]

Gamespot... when the hell will you stop gamespotting?

[Kyo]

"No keys till Wednesday"? The title of this news isn't exactly what they're saying.

[trancefreak]

we had to sit that threw long show in agony, then to be misinformed on how to submit for the contest. I feel disgust towards them at this moment. These clowns really took advantage of of us ps3 owners whom just wanted a lil taste of LBP from MM who dished out free keys. Waste of time completely on gamespots account.

[Timesplitter14]

Read the fully updated post. The hidden one. Press ''show''

[beast]

Where is the final update posted. The only update that i see is update#2

[ageoflight]

the first comment is 'hidden' due to too many negative thumbs. Hit 'show' to see the message

[Relcom]

gave me my key litterally 2 hours after i entered. Get off your asses Gamespot. BTW if i get a extra key from Gamespot i'll gladly give it away to a non-fanboy type.

BTW i seriously suggest people do everything to get into this beta, its just something like gaming heaven. So many creative people out there and it shows. The user created levels are just stunning, way more so than i thought they would be.

[Imallvol7]

Wow. This is just dumb. GIVE OUT THE DANG KEYS. All these sites are being fun. BE LIKE THE EUROPEANS and get them to the people who want them . . . and pay your income. By the time they are done with these "contests", the beta will be over.

[trancefreak]

yup man i agree

[strotee]

I could have made serious bank with the beta key IGN sent me last Friday. Not that I'm complaining since I got to play the beta, but looking back, selling it on Ebay might have been a smarter choice.

If there was a way to share the game, I would give everyone on N4G my key; I feel bad, I really do. Sony should just throw it up on PSN for 48-72 hours just to avoid this fiasco.

Don't worry, the wait is worth the experience.

[LinuxGuru]

Selling beta keys or access to a beta is illegal.

[strotee]

So is selling cocaine but people do it because there is a market. Today pretty much illustrates that there is a market for the beta, there would be at least one person who would want to play the beta for a few dollars.

Besides, I was kidding, just wishful thinking. :)

[BigKev45]

No need, save yourself the trouble guys.

[lesk8vaincra]

They must be kidding... right?

I've waited all day long just for that f*ckin key, and now, they are delayed?

Pouah. They won't see me again on their website...

[LinuxGuru]

Wow....almost a week after the contest.

Unbelievable.

[zozol]

Gamespot = gamewh....ore

[PeterGriffinSays]

They aren't the same Gamespot from the 1996 - 2005 era

[sandip787]

gamespot suck

[trancefreak]

Gamespot your ON the Spot show suks. Your cast suks, and your presentation suks. We wanted keys not to sit threw your lame show. "YOU GUYS SUK" LOL quote from battlefield bad co.

[enjoi187]

just make a demo

[SteveBallmer SonyRep]

What like the bots version of Alone in the dark...o0ohhh sick burn!!

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

"Gamespot, sucking monkey balls since 1996"

[jay2]

http://forums.n4g.com/m_318...

I'm sure you guys will agree with my post.

[cherrypie]

So, we are getting stories about websites *not* giving keys now?

Are we going to get 100 duplicates of those a day?

[poindat]

I swear, the beta will be over by the time they give out the keys.

[poopsack]

damn this is ever since the show? wow, you guys suck.

[HairyBrownSack]

But how am I supposed to make pen1ses if I can't get in the BETA?!?!?!?!?

[Cyber Gamer]

I just hope they send us the beta key

[BIGELLOW]

...isn't the beta ending on the 11th? Which means once people finally get their keys, they'll have about a week and a half. Nice.

Anyway, I've noticed that this "beta" is more like a "demo." In other words, it is a full-blown limited time demo that they can give out to those who are "special"... but so far, they've been giving out tons through all sorts of places. By the time the game comes out on the 21st, everyone will have eventually found their way into the demo... erm, beta. After all, a beta is supposed to mean "this probably has bugs, so we want you to find them and report them so that we can fix them." It's unlikely that they would have such a solid date (the 21st) but just be getting around to releasing it for beta testing. It looks like they are using Google's definition of beta, here.

It's all just a part of the hype machine. I, for one, am hooked, even though I see it for what it is.

[Lumbo]

your definition of "beta" is a bit to strict. LBP is doing a server beta = they allow a load of random users on their limited servers to test the stability of said servers and to get info on how much they need for the launch. Therefor imho this beta is reasonable and it is not a 'demo' exactly as it ends more than a week before the launch. If it was a demo they would keep it running till the release, like criterion did with burnout.

[BIGELLOW]

...getting blurred. I hear you. I guess it just seems that a lot of terms are getting blurred these days. Beta just isn't what it used to be, thanks to gaming consoles and Google.

Google has mutated the definition of beta by applying it to web applications (which change regularly and have no need for solid releases) rather than stand-alone applications (which would need to be boxed and shrink-wrapped.)

And now, consoles have mutated the definition of a beta tester... it has gone from carefully selecting people who will be good testers and will be able to concisely report problems... to handing out beta keys to the first 1000 posters to a message forum.

If they are testing the load on their servers, then it's a load test... not a beta test. These days, everyone just slaps the "beta" label on it if a non-developer ever gets a chance to see the product before it is widely released. Although this is often a "beta test" it isn't ALWAYS a beta test. If they have already worked out most of the bugs and are just trying to determine how many servers they will need to support the load, it's no longer beta testing... it's just load testing.

It would be like calling balancing your tires a car tune up. Sure, just about any physical change you could make to a car could help to keep it in top shape and could therefore be seen as a "tune up"... it just breaks the true definition of what a "tune up" really is.

In fact, a proof that this isn't really a "beta test" is that once a beta test is over... and all remaining bugs have been fixed... the product goes gold (or golden) and is prepared for release. They had already announced a while ago that LittleBigPlanet went gold (or golden). That's the end of beta testing. So, really, at this point it is just a load test... or a clever marketing ploy.