Gamezine: Some cried foul over SCEE gaining European publishing rights for Ghostbusters: The Video Game a mere month before its release, but recent events reveal something more telling.
Earlier this month Atari announced that they had passed European publishing rights for Ghostbusters: The Video Game over to Sony Computer Entertainment Europe; the deal ultimately ended up in an exclusive PlayStation deal.
The game, which had previously been announced for the Xbox 360, PC, Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS, would become a PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2 exclusive for most of 2009. Since the anticipated game was set for a late-June release, many cried foul over the deal, feeling that they had been cheated in the region.
Furthermore, many were worried that the deal didn't only cover Europe but would make it's way to the US. Atari put this rumour to rest, announcing that they would publish the game in the States, allowing it to be released for all announced platforms.
The question is, why did such an odd region-specific deal happen so late in the game?
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Sony didn't save the game, Sony made a wise move!
With the buy-out in place, Namco won't be able to get it published until a few months down the road. Sony stepping in keeps at least their platform games on the same release schedule.
So, instead of people complaining about Sony holding back the other titles, hopefully they can now see that they were only helping to get the game released on time in Europe at all rather than delaying everything the three months it will take Namco.
hm interesting. either no gb in europe or let sony take all the costs with an exclusive deal to make it worth their while
because they dont "buy" exclusives!!(aparently
ha why would they need to pay for it they own it boob lol
and maybe they did save it for the pal territories as of now only the ps versions have a publisher
maybe that why the pushed backed all others version
So its exactly what I said.
If Sony hadn't stepped in, NO ONE in Europe would be getting it.
Sony didn't neccessarily buy an exclusive, (although they might have, thats the point we dont, we're just assuming,) they're just handling their own console.
Why would they publish the other versions?
I dont see anyone complaining anyway, except a few haters that think they have a new bone to chew.