makingmusic476 said:
dsister44 said:
makingmusic476 said:
thekitchensink said:
I think what everyone's forgetting here is the $50 million Microsoft paid for it to be exclusive for a set period of time. Unless Rockstar wants to pay it all back, I doubt this is happening. |
The best you can get out of these publishers is a timed exclusivity deal. If you want something permanent, you're gonna have to bargain for IP owernship. Hell, Ninja Gaiden II was published by Microsoft, and it still went multiplat after a year.
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Microsoft gave Rockstar a $50 million dollar loan. Unless Rockstar wants to pay that back I highly doubt that it will ever be ported
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You just repeated what thekitchensink said. >_>
And like I said, the best deal (you know a deal, involving money, like $50 million dollars) Microsoft or anybody else can hope for is a TIMED exclusivity contract, unless they obtain ownership of the IP. If they don't own the IP, anything can happen once the contract expires.
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Not to mention there are loop holes. There are also escape clauses. Contracts are to protect both parties. If a contract is too one sided for one party the contract is actually vioded... but this wouldnt be one of those instances since 50 million means it isnt one sided.
