FINAL UPDATE: Everyone who’s going to receive a beta key from us should have already received it. I’ve noticed a lot of, um, pointing out that “I sent mine in before [that guy] and I didn’t get one and he did.” The way we did it is – we gave keys out in the order they showed up in our inbox. With the amount of emails we received, it’s entirely likely that they didn’t arrive in the order that they were sent. Of course, we’d have no way of knowing that… so goes the interwebz.
UPDATE #2: The beta keys are sending out now, so check your inboxes (and spam filters). All should be reach their destinations within about 2 hours (it’s 4.23pm Pacific right now). Good luck!
UPDATE: You can stop sending emails now, we’ve gotten more than enough. We’re processing them now and we’ll update right here again once we’ve begun sending out beta keys. Thanks for the awesome response!!!
Our first dive into the world of LittleBigPlanet taught us all about the SackBoy, now it’s time for another visit! The second episode in this series takes us deeper into the wonders of LBP. This time we answer the question- “How do SackBoys Play?” You’ll soon find out, alone or in a pack, these little guys know how to have a good time.
Oh, and a few days ago, we stirred up a bit of a frenzy by handing out the remaining 50 beta keys we had left over from our Orlando Meet-up. Some of you thought that, as the official PlayStation blog, we should have a bit more than 50 to give away. Well, we here at the PSB don’t like having our Bloghood called into question. So, as of the time of this writing, I’m sitting on a monstrous stack of burlap-covered LittleBigPlanet beta keys, and they’re there for the asking. So ask away, send an email to [address removed, all codes have been sent] and we’ll get them out to you.
Now we’ve got *a lot* of beta keys to give away, and I’d hate for you to develop repetitive-stress disorder from whacking your F5 button to refresh your inbox, so expect it to be a few hours before the codes are sent. We’ll update this post when we have it lined up and start pressing the “send” button.
If you receive a code, this paragraph becomes relevant to you:
1. Public Beta Ends October 11th, 2008
2. You must use a consumer PLAYSTATION 3 system that is connected to the internet.
3. You must have a PLAYSTATION Network Account.
4. If you have previously redeemed a LBP voucher code, you must delete any old LBP data (along with save data and game data) and download this version (go to Download History and redownload the new code).
5. This version does not require a DNS redirect and levels created here will be available for consumers at launch of the full title.
6. Please refrain from creating anything inappropriate, as we do have moderation in place and it may result in your account being suspended or banned.
Downloading the LittleBigPlanet Public Beta.
After you have signed in with your PLAYSTATION Network Account, select [Account Management] on the XMB interface located under the ‘PLAYSTATION Network’ tab, then select [Transaction Management] and click on the option ‘Redeem PLAYSTATION Network Card or Promotion Code’. Enter the following unique code to start the download of LittleBigPlanet.
And once you get in, you can start getting creative. What’s that, you’re looking for inspiration? Have a look at Wired’s Top 10 User-Created LittleBigPlanet Adventures.
Thanks Jeff!!! I received my beta key!
Guys, just in case you want to know, I sent my e-mail around 1:07 PM (PST).
For the ones that sent e-mails before that time………you should be fine! Just wait a bit more. According with Jeff’s comments codes will be distributed according with the order e-mails were received. First come first served. So, there is still hope!
@1397
Reread what you just said. Jeff says “Some of you thought that, as the official PlayStation blog, we should have a bit more than 50 to give away. Well, we here at the PSB don’t like having our Bloghood called into question. So, as of the time of this writing, I’m sitting on a monstrous stack of burlap-covered LittleBigPlanet beta keys, and they’re there for the asking.”
He has WAY more than 50.
@ 1398
I sent mine at 1:08 PST and I don’t have a key yet. We can only hope but I highly doubt that we will get it considering the amount of time that has passed.
lol renck have you been here the last hour and a half?
@ 1405. What time did you get it?
I still want an update but I doubt he will give us one until about 10 hours from now, see you guys, if I get on email, itll still be there tomorrow
@ 1405
can you tell us the exact time you got the mail ??
Renck, what was the time stamp on the e-mail? We’re trying to figure out if there is any delay on the server end.
I can’t believe the audacity of some of you people complaining being children and literally WHINING and crying over not getting one on a first come first serve basis. Do you people have ANY idea how many press and other people besides you that read this blog on an hourly basis for updates? Simply, just stop it, you were being done a favor and you weren’t OWED a damn thing. Just wait your few days and you’ll be able to buy it.
1406 “WAAAAY” more is as subjective and not a number
@ 1413
please, we don’t need “good” people like you. Read comment 1396 and you will know what sony has done to people. just shut the f**k up, please.
you didnt get in either did you VisIniquity?
I received the e-mail at 5:10 PM (PST).
I sent mine at 1:22 PST
Oh crap..was I too late?
@ renck
and its 3 hours since you got the mail, you shouldn’t have given us false hope
I rode my camel ten miles through the snow and then he died. I bought a PlayStation 3 and then another camel to ride home. The PlayStation 3 came to life and slaughtered my new camel.
And now this….
SHAME SONY, SHAME! ;)
@ 1417
so that was within the time period
@ Vislniquity – shut the f up, im tired of the “appreciate whats given to you” and “dont bite the hand that feeds” and “there were no promises” posters just shut up. its not helping
He said something would happen, it didnt yet, we have every right to be mad
Just like trophies were promised to be retroactive on Burnout & werent, we have every right to be pissed so shut up
@ shibbie03
i totally agree with you,
my bad i got it earlier but my internet was down it came in around 7 pm eastern
@1408 – I was downloading the beta (obvious) and then playing with it.
@Spartan, Thanks I needed some back up there, lol
I sent my email at 2:38 CST. No email yet.
Ok, I can’t take any more of this tonight. He obviously wont be back until tomorrow so I’ll look for updates then. If anyone would like to add me on PSN, its Doogla. See ya tomorrow!
TWO CAMELS!!! The very least I DESERVE a beta key for LBP!
@1397
first off you didn’t read the whole article. Here let me rephrase it so you can understand it better.
“We stirred some of you into a frenzy after giving out the 50 beta codes we had left after our orlando meet-up. While some of you thought that being the offical Playstation Blog we should have had more than 50 keys to hand out. So this time I am sitting on a monstrous stack of burlap-coated beta keys to give away. Now we have ALOT of keys to hand out. I’d hate to see you develop carpel tunnel refreshing you inbox’s, I’ll update you when we start sending out codes. Remember this is first come first serve so get your emails in early.”
Hopefully that cleared things up for you :)
I think I’ve finally coming to terms with the death of my camels and lack of beta access.
Gnite all, relax, have some camel milk and rest under your freshly sewn quilts of happy dreams.
Renck – So you emailed at 1:07 you said. You should really read up on how many people are upset for emailing BEFORE you and STILL have nothing. Thats what we are going on about.
Now dont get me wrong, I am grateful for the opportunity. However when you say that “if you send me an email, I’ll send you a beta key” I expect you to live up to your end of the deal. Period
Hi, read a Post from ps3trophies.org about more beta keys.
Hope I’m not to late. =]
I have a feeling if everyone received a Beta Key the complaining would be WORSE.
Sent my email at 12:33 PST, posted on this blog at 12:37 PST (14th post) still know beta. Seems like a lot of people that sent their email before 1:00 are still without keys. Oh well, I guess I give up.
Look people, there still hasn’t been an update stating all of the beta codes have been handed out and that is final. There is, yes, still a chance. There’s no point in complaining before something has happened. Don’t get me wrong, I’m impatient about it as well. But it won’t do any good, it’s out of our control. So might as well just suck it up and wait for news to come our way. I’m pretty sure Jeff and them aren’t getting much motivation on sending the codes from the comments being left here.
No if we all got keys like we were told, then we would be to busy playing the game. We wouldn’t have time to complain.
@1436- “know” beta means “no” beta, my bad.
@1435
how could it be worse?
ending my fact now:
theres people here who are saying we’re complaining and stuff, need to understand, this IS FIRST COME FIRST SERVE, some of us was here right when this thing updated, on the spot, and sent the email right then and there
there is no saying “well this wasnt first come first serve” or anything else that is trying to prove a point that these guys are doing they’re job right
if you tell people that your going to send out beta’s to the first people and yet send nothing, Your lying, trying to pull alittle event to bring in more views to your site, simple as that
theres over a 1.000 people here who will agree, and almost 500 of them was here within the first 30 minutes,
i am not complaining, i dont care about not getting in, but i do care about the people who had theyre hopes up and wanted this, i understand what an angry reader is, and if i writed at this blog, i would be very upset for making my readers pissed
1434 what did you read?
Too late to get a key? I sent an email
If by some miracle we do get an update for the mixup or my key comes while I sleep then I’ll apologize and be on my way. Anyway I wont be back. If its not there tomorrow, I know my 360 wont let me down.
@Khamikazi
I see. But, as I said before: if my e-mail was sent at 1:07 and I received a code, then as per Jeff’s comments all the ones that sent e-mails before me should receive one too.
Now, did you send the e-mail from your e-mail account linked to your PSN ID?
Let me explain, just to increase my chances to receive a code I sent 2 different e-mail accounts and one one code was provided…………yep, the one that is linked to my PSN ID / PS Underground.
FIRST COME FIRST SERVE my @ss i sent the email at 12:42 an i haven’t receved recieved anything
Jeff, what’s your problem? You made a promise and swore you’d get EVERYONE a Beta Key. Then you disappear, leaving ALL of us without a Key or an explanation. Don’t you realize you OWE us these Beta Keys? You said “EVERYONE GETS ONE, I PROMISE” You jerk!
aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
alright im really leaving now, hopefully tomorrow ill have a shiny new email with a key in it
i got a beta key!!!!!!!!!!! finally!!!!!!!!!
@mat if for reals what time..
@1447
He does not owe all of us a key. Secondly, show me where he PROMISES everyone a beta key? You can’t, cuz he DIDN’T!
Stop trying to ream out Jeff. And no, I didn’t get my key either, so don’t try and flame me. I’m just as upset as everyone else who didn’t get a key, even though I was one of the first to e-mail him.
@1450
You just got it now?? What time did you e-mail them at?
@ SarobiTheNinja
i just checked my email and it was sent to me at 7:10 pm central time today…. im very excited