Demon Souls on the 360?

[themanwithnoname]

heruamon said:

CGI-Quality said:

themanwithnoname said:

Looks like it's on the PS3 for the long haul, I don't care that much though since I don't enjoy being beaten into the ground repeatedly by a game. I don't think it would sell well on the 360 anyway.

Also, I can think of a few examples of Microsoft owned IPs coming up that they own but "second party" (whatever that even means) are handling them: Alan Wake and Crackdown 2, and you could even count Halo: Reach. So yes, it does happen occasionally.

Microsoft owns Alan Wake?

I don't think M$ owns the IP...they just have publishing rights...so I don't think there is any chance of the game ever porting to the PS3.  This wasn't a timed-exclusive deal, like the ones with the Japanese developers.  M$ seems to basically contracted Remedy to produce the game...but of course, IP ownership isn't Game ownership.  This situation isn't the same as Mass Effect, but it's similiar.  it's taken them 5 years to produce Alan Wake, so that freaking game had been be the bomb dizzle!

http://forum.alanwake.com/showthread.php?t=1216

Does anybody have a link to Demon's Soul's IP ownership...this might be a similiar case...I know M$ financed Ninja Blade...and got robbed, imho!

Yeah, I am a bit confused as to how to phrase it. There is definitely a more solid relationship between Microsoft and Remedy than Microsoft and BioWare. Considering Remedy is letting Microsoft decide on a PC version or not, I assumed they had some kind of control, definitely more than I think they do or has been made known with Mass Effect. I think the situation is probably more similar to Epic and Gears of War?