We said yesterday that there were no current plans to implement JPG image importing into LittleBigPlanet. This appears to be the PR line, so that’s the line we’re sticking to - as far as we’re concerned, there’s been nothing officially announced and it appears SCEE are happy enough to keep it that way. However, that doesn’t stop Media Molecule sneaking out little photos like this:
So, yes, it’s coming. We all know it’s coming. When? Well, that’s not for anyone but Sony to announce, in our opinion. Regardless, stay tuned for something rather cool and LittleBigPlanet related in just 30 minutes.
Via Jas-n in our comments, via Media Molecule’s Flickr account.
November 5th, 2008 at 8:45 am
30 minutes? well thats soon isn’t it.
roll on whatever time it will be 30 minutes from whenever you posted this!
3shirts Says:
November 5th, 2008 at 8:48 am
Just realised there is no time on the news posts. That might be a nice feature.
nofi Says:
November 5th, 2008 at 8:48 am
Oh yeah. Right… 9am, anyway, for the ‘thing’.
3shirts Says:
November 5th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Just time to get a cuppa and some battenberg then
hannes_truce Says:
November 5th, 2008 at 8:54 am
mmmm, battenberg. now you’ve made me hungry.
Michael Says:
November 5th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Mmmmm, cake…
hannes_truce Says:
November 5th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
I just went and bought a battenberg on my lunch thanks to you, i’ve eaten half of it and now i feel sick.
cc_star Says:
November 5th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
half of a whole one???
jeeez!
Michael Says:
November 5th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Jeez! Wonder if I can better that though…!
hannes_truce Says:
November 5th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
the other half’s sat on my desk looking at me.
i might have to eat it.
what does everyone think, should I?
fredrikpedersen Says:
November 5th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
No!
..well mayb if you’re hungry, sandwich would do better tho ; )
November 5th, 2008 at 8:53 am
I like to think i bring some information to the world.
colossalblue Says:
November 5th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
You’re on fire today.
Good to see someone paying attention, I’m still technically asleep after pulling an all nighter to see the results come in and America to elect it’s first black president.
Pixl1983 Says:
November 5th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
History was made. Result!
November 5th, 2008 at 10:42 am
Back to topic: Yes, if true, this is a most logical feature - save ppl from just going out to buy the eye toy!
colossalblue Says:
November 5th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
But patch it late into the game so a lot of people have already bought the eye toy and kept Sony happy?
TheDeathAvenger Says:
November 5th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Yes
November 5th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
According to Alex Evans at GameCity on Saturday, it was all about time.
Unfortunately, they did not have the time to complete the code prior to the launch date and so it will be released as a patch prior to Christmas.
(what follows is my take - not taken from presentation…)
If you have a feature that works - Eye import, an almost identical feature that doesn’t - JPG import and a whole bunch of other requirements to sort out prior to launch then the JPG import is going to be put down the list of priorities.
The fact that Sony will do welll out of the need for the Eye is no bad thing really. If this means that more Eyes are bought this gives them a larger base to develop against and hopefully we will see some really cool stuff develop for it.
One of the other presentations was about the EyeToy (PS2) and the fact that there are about 11 million units in the EU - this means that they are still developing for it - Pom Pom Party and Hero are due out soon.
(Just a developers take on this…) and really looking forward to trying out LBP that finally arrived today
although clashes badly with Orange Wednesday to see Bond 
nofi Says:
November 5th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Of course it was. We’re just setting the story straight because obviously people are jumping to conclusions and it’s clear what the PR take on the whole thing has to be.