Sony bags Ghostbusters timed-exclusive

[The Ghost of RubangB]

axumblade said:

The Ghost of RubangB said:

axumblade said:

The Ghost of RubangB said:
I still fail to see how this will benefit Sony or benefit PS3 fans.

It give Sony the opportunity to release the game and the movie together on 1 blu-ray. I think it will be pretty cool because if it sells for the price of just the game, and it comes with the movies. I'll buy this first day (and I even have the ghostbusters movies on regular DVD). I think it's a really cool idea.

I think they could have the movie and a game deal exclusive to PS3 without delaying the Wii, 360, PC, and DS versions, which won't come with the movie.  I don't see how delaying the competition helps Sony or PS3 fans.  If anything, it will just hurt sales of the game, which will cost Sony money (they own the Ghostbusters franchise and will profit from all versions).

I think it's because Sony owns the rights to Ghostbusters specifically. Well, they own Columbia Pictures. So they want them to arrive at the same time. They took over publishing rights to ensure they will be out the same day. I understand why they did it because it would suck having the game set to release with the movie and the game being delayed. Sony aren't pushing the release dates back for the other Ghostbuster games, I think Atari is in full control of when those are released. Or that's the way I'm understanding it.

But what does Atari gain from delaying the rest of the versions?  They didn't just come up with that idea on their own at the same time Sony decided to publish the PS2/PS3/PSP versions.  That was part of the deal.  And it's only happening in PAL versions.

Delaying the European PAL non-Sony versions was Sony's idea.  And I have no idea how it helps them or anybody.