CGI-Quality said:
Seece said:
CGI-Quality said:
Seece said:
CGI-Quality said:
HEAVY RAIN should not be on Sony's list. It's very much Quantic Dream's IP. Now fixed.
Alan Wake should not be Microsoft's list. Also now fixed.
Edit: In fact, much of those lists should be edited. Microsoft does not own Mass Effect or Gears of War. Going to fix.
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MS owns Mass Effect 1 AFAIK.
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Nope, strictly EA's property. Like HR, MS just published.
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Well, no I didn't say the franchise was, just Mass Effect 1. Ea can't do anything with that, MS owns the rights to it.
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An IP is an IP though, I'm not sure you can own only part of it. The ME IP is EA's, but Microsoft likely has some say in what happens to ME1. Again, it's very similar to HEAVY RAIN; Quantic owns the IP, but Sony has some say in what happens with the game. However, Sony still doesn't own it. In fact, Gears of Wars 1-3, HR, & ME1 are all in the same boat; they have publishers that have some say, but those publishers don't own the properties.
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Its publishing rights. They own the rights to publish the title for X number of years. Once that number is reached, anything can be done with the title. This is how it is for ME1, but I would assume its the same or close to the same for the rest.