Sony vs Microsoft double standards?

[BMaker11]

Ka-pi96 said:

BMaker11 said:

Ka-pi96 said:

BMaker11 said:

One is making a statement on a value perspective.

The other is finding a shitty loophole to a contract (the type of contract this company has practiced for years) then whining saying "we wanna advertise, but we can't"

Not. The. Same.

You mean a contract that they never signed and have probably never seen? The contract is between Activision and Sony, it's got nothing to do with Microsoft. So if this is indeed using a loophole in the contract who told them about the loophole?

The contract states that only Sony can advertise for the game. Maybe "loophole" is the wrong word, but you know what I mean.

But again, that contract has nothing to do with Microsoft. They didn't technically agree to NOT advertise the game...

The semantics you're trying to pull is akin to Sony/Microsoft buying exlusivity to a game and then the code is outsourced to a different dev because they "didn't technically agree to NOT develop the game", and they develop it on the other console. The contract says "Game X is only on PS/XB" but Other Developer had "nothing to do with" the contract, so they make the game.......even though the deal is that Game X is exclusive.

It may be copyright infringement or some other legal mumbo jumbo, for a 3rd party infringe on a binding contract. Like, if Adidas made Jordan's. Even though only Nike has the rights to make Jordans, Adidas didn't agree NOT to make Jordans. But that wouldn't fly in a court of law