makingmusic476 on 17 March 2009
| RSEagle said: I don't get it, Microsoft Game Studios published this game, how is it being released for PS3? |
Publishing means little. What really matters is whether or not you own the IP. MS owns the IP for PGR, for example, so that franchise will never appear on other platforms. However, they did not own the rights to Vampire Rain (and yes, they did publish this in NA xD) nor Geometry Wars, thus we've seen versions of these games on other platforms.
Same goes for Sony. Look at Crash and Spyro. They got it right with Jak and Ratchet, however, by making sure they own the IPs. They own the IP of just about every game they're working on with a third party at the moment. LittleBigPlanet, Resistance, White Knight, InFamous, etc. The only one I can think of that they don't own is Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain.
