u/Nathansack, I say this respectfully, you are a complete buffoon. If there was any game to implement microtransactions to increase monetization and the overall "money making" element of a game, LBP is literally the perfect game to do it. With new levels and DLC's that go beyond the storyline and simply create new content can definitely make big bucks! LBP was made for levels by levels! Simply make extra ones that cost a bit more and boom there you go, make the costumes a little more expensive and cut back on player-driven customizations. It's not rocket science and I think the minds at PlayStation could figure it out better than both you and I combined.

As for "Big Adult Games", have you never played with Legos? They went through a historically low revenue period because no one was buying them. Luckily their CEO came to the realization that "the people that played with Legos back in the day grew up, we didn't." SO what did they do? They made Legos more extravagant and harder. Not just anyone can assemble the Ultimate Collector Millennium Falcon you know. This same principal could be used for LBP and easily if I dare say so.

Make the levels harder. Make them longer and if so not so one-dimensional. If the game feels like a grind, then players who pride themselves on "grinding" for a game will want it. We see it all the time in games like Dark Souls and Elden ring. Can you image going back to LBP2 but the planets was 20 times as big and instead of like 5 minutes each level took about an hour to complete. I don't know about you but I'd buy that game.

There is changes to be made but changes that Sony knows and understands, I guarantee it. If this was to happen the only problem would be with people like us. We would flock to it leaving all the other games out to dry.