Kantor said:
CrazyHorse said:
MDMAniac said:
CrazyHorse said:
Both games were made by different studios, neither of which are owned by Sony and so if sackboy or any form of Little Big Planet was used from the start then royalties would have to be paid to Media Molecule for every copy
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LittleBigPlanet IP is owned by Sony, isn't it? Carry on.
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I'd be surprised. Sony published the game but that doesn't mean they own the IP. If Media Molecule were able to secure a publisher why would they sell their IP? Any number of things could have been argreed upon in the contract. MM may have licensed the IP to Sony or they may have sold the rights to a making a single (or number certain of games) or they may have kept full rights and just agreed to a share of profits. Even if they did sell the IP why would United Front Games want to then use that IP (there is no chance Sony would give it them for free)?
I could be wrong of course but it's not quite as simple as you originally suggested.
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How do you know they weren't able to secure a publisher by selling their IP?
I'm 99% sure that Sony owns the LBP IP.
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I've actually been trying to find out for sure now and came across this on the BBC which suggests you're right:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/03/a_little_big_business.html
So I'll hold my hands up to that one.
@MDMAniac
Even so, there are still a number of issues with including LBP in other games. Whether Sony own the Modnation Racers IP, what deal MM had in place under the contract, whether United Front Games wanted to use LBP and whether Sony thought that setting up 2 seperate IP's is better in the long term than any possible short term return on increased sales of 'Little Big Racer'.
