| Reasonable said: Unless I'm misreading the situation (and someone tell me if I am) this is in no way a paid exclusive. I should note I don't like the idea of paid exclusives anyway whether Sony or MS do it. However I can accept its part of the industry. So MS pay for Bioshock and Sony pay for Haze. But those games wre not released anywhere when the deals were struck and once they became exclusive (or timed) then everyone knew that. They were made exclusive (or timed exclusive like UT3) and launched that way. From my point of view Rockband is a multiplatform release and MS has stepped in after the game is finished to dely launching for certain platforms in a specific region - assuming the rumour is true obviously. That's not a timed exclusive - in my view it crosses the line from acceptable exclusives to unacceptable tampering with the market. I know this seems like splitting hairs but to me there is a difference in paying for an exclusive and paying to alter launch schedules late in the day for certain regions. Mind you, I won't be getting it (or at least I doubt I will) so I'm not personally affected - but the simple fact is MS is impacting European console owners for a game that has always been multi-platform so far as I know, and I don't think that's an acceptable move. I'd feel just the same way if Sony had paid to delay the 360 launch of a multi-platform title in Europe as well.
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Everyone plays this game, Reasonable. EA has always pidgeonholed various consoles for their titles, and this is no different. What about Nintendo and Resident Evil 4? Grand Theft Auto? Armored Core? Eternal Sonata? Rock Band on Wii?
Those are the ones that I can think off of my head that were meant for a specific console, but got railroaded somewhere else thanks to a companies desire of securing exclusive content. The fact is, in this day and age, if you want exclusive rights to a multi-platform game for any length of time, you must buy it. Nintendo did it with the great-selling Resident Evil franchise, Microsoft has done it with Rock Band, and Sony is trying to do it with LA Noir. It's part of the business. Atleast Rock Band comes out at all in Europe.
And for all we know, Microsoft could of merely stepped upto the plate, allowed EA to get Rock Band done earlier for the PAL release, while the PS and Wii versions languish due to other issues. EA has tons of incentive for the 360 version first, because of the DLC.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
