LittleBigPlanet remains, inarguably, one of the most important releases for the PlayStation 3 game console. Apart from allowing users to create and share their own levels and creations, its real treasure was allowing full interaction between players to fully immerse themselves in the worlds of their own creation. When word came that Sony would be porting the game to their PSP console, many questioned whether the smaller hardware could handle the frantic action of the original. Turns out, it couldn't.
Speaking to Eurogamer, the game's senior producer Mark Green explained that when the PSP version of LittleBigPlanet is released this year, multiplayer won't be part of the package:
"It's a trade-off. The system is physically capable of doing multiplayer, but perhaps not with the full physics system. On the technical side of things you lose a third of the processing power or a third of the system memory just to do multiplayer at all. With those limitations we couldn't achieve it."
While nobody was expecting the smaller, portable version of the smash-hit PlayStation 3 title to include each and every feature, the loss of multiplayer options is one that will likely be missed. Here's hoping the developers are able to keep the rest of the original game's exceeding charm and personality, which is definitely something the world could use more of.
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