Sony Gives 64 Million Gamers the Finger

[theRepublic]

theprof00 said:

theRepublic said:

theprof00 said:
LOL in fact, now that I think about it, This deal could actually allow for the ghostbusters game to actually be released.
Because it will allow income to roll in while removing the costs of publishing on the ps3.
Thanks Sony, from the 64M gamers!

What are you talking about?  This game was on schedule.  All versions were set to release on June 19th.  This deal only delays the game for the 360, Wii, PC, and DS.

 

 

I'm sorry, I was under the impression that Atari was not going to publish or finish the game for that matter and then Sony stepped in, finished the ps3 version and bought the rights.

Atari then sold the rights to the other versions of the game to other devs who are finishing the game.

Sony buying this game has nothing to do with the schedule of the other games. The game was gunna duke nukem forever until Sony came along and at least finished their own game.

Ghostbusters: The Video Game has a complicated history.  From wikipedia:

Development

In 2006, game developer Zootfly started work on a Ghostbusters game before having secured the rights to develop the game from Sony. The company subsequently released videos of an early version of the game onto the Internet. However, the company was unable to secure the rights to develop the game as a Ghostbusters game. Zootfly then continued development of the game as a non-Ghostbusters themed game renamed TimeO.[16]

Coincidentally, in the Spring of 2007, Sierra Entertainment and developer Terminal Reality met with Sony to discuss the possibility of developing their own Ghostbusters video game.[17] The positive reaction that Zootfly's videos garnered helped sell the concept of such a game to Sony.[16]

Development of the game stopped when Vivendi merged with Activision to form Activision Blizzard. On July 28, 2008 Activision Blizzard (the publisher of Vivendi's and Sierra's titles) announced that only five franchises would be released through Activision. Ghostbusters was not one of them and was put in developmental limbo following the announcement. The Sierra PR team later confirmed that the game was not and would not be cancelled.[18]

Ending months of speculation, Infogrames announced on November 7, 2008 that Atari would be releasing the game in June 2009[19] to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the first film's theatrical release. At the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show, Sony confirmed that the game will be released on June 16 in North America and June 19 in Europe, alongside Blu-Ray releases of the Ghostbusters films.[6] Sony later announced that they would be publishing the PS2 and PS3 versions in Europe, while Atari will publish the game for other consoles later in the year. Atari will remain the sole publisher for the games in North America. [3]