Sony on 3rd party exclusivity

[Fumanchu]

Gearbox said:

Fumanchu said:
I must have imagined Sony buying the publishing rights and timed-exclusivity period for Ghostbusters.

isnt it because they own the movie, so y not? 

Yes Sony own the license rights from buying Columbia Pictures.  Still this doesn't change the fact that the game was scheduled for simultaneous multi-platform release, until Sony intervened by buying the publishing rights to release the game in Europe on the Sony consoles first.  I'm guessing that instead of Atari paying for licensing fees/royalties that they cut Sony a deal.