Cactus said:
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Gearbox said:
hum. so i guess another flopped excluisve? Man we are seeing a lot of these *cough haze too human cough * |
Don't worry, It'll be better when it comes to PS3
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umm?
It was originally published by microsoft and funded by them why would they let it go to ps3??
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Um... no. Square-Enix is the publisher, and owns the material 100%. They can do whatever the heck they want with it, once any timed-exclusive agreements with MS expire. Same thing with Tales of Vesperia, etc. -- not owned/published by MS at all.
Here's a (pretty much exhaustive) list of MS published RPGs that will never see the PS3: Mass Effect series, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Fable series, Too Human series.
That's it. No holds barred for any other RPGs, I'm afraid -- except timed ones, of course.
Of course, were I to list the Sony exclusive RPGs that will never see the 360, it'd be much shorter: Folklore. That's it. I can't think of another modern-era RPG Sony even owns the publishing rights to.
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Microsoft owns the name though, so wouldn't they have to grant permission to SE if they want to release this on the PS3?
http://www.microsoft.com/library/toolbar/3.0/trademarks/en-us.mspx
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Hmm, yeah I think you're right... although I notice that the same list also includes BattleTech and MechWarrior, both of which are fully owned by WizKids these days, and not by Microsoft.
IU is listed as a TM though, which I believe would apply to a full game series, as opposed to an individual video game -- so SE would indeed have to secure rights from MS to publish IU on another platform... I think.
