Sony Gives 64 million Gamers the Finger

This article comments on the repocutions of Sony's late play at securing PAL timed exclusivity for the upcoming Ghostbusters game. It reveals the anger at a media and retailer level, as well as for consumers.

"With all due respect to developer Terminal Reality, Ghostbusters isn't about to ship a million consoles. Nor is it suddenly going to do huge new numbers because it has a PS3 exclusive tag. Other than the hardest cores of the Sony Defence Force (check out our Idiot's Guide to Being a Sony Fanboy to learn more), we doubt the majority of current PS3 users will even care: it's not like the game utilizes the Cell Processor or something. The whole thing just stinks like Mr. Hanky."

[Whoooop]

Business is business... Giving the finger is for kids.

[SlappingOysters]

how does Sony benefit from this? Really? It is not a console shifter... it seems like business is making consumers of someone elses business feel like crap and totall not compelled to invest in a Sony machine from spite alone.

I own a PS3, so I am sweet, but I am still upset for my fellow gamers

[sonarus]

WTF. 360 gets timed exclusives all the fukin time. Sony owns the ghostbusters IP and they exercised their rights with the game. If it was microsoft they would have done they same thing. Whether or not they benefit from it is irrelevant. They have the right to promote their product anyway they want to. If you don't like it buy a ps3 or shut the fuk up

[Masta_fro]

whats going on man?

did i miss something? its just Ghostbusters for crying out loud!

Why is this such a big deal? I mean sony does own it so why are people so mad?...And who are these people?

and why am i asking all these questions?

have i gone mad?

should you continue reading my post?

have you gone mad?

and where in the world is Carmen Sandiego???

[RememberThe357]

No, your going sane in a crazy world!

[WildArmed]

being an insane rabid fanboy = being Sane on N4G.
If you do not belong to the above group, you are insane and you don't deserve to be here

:( *leaves*

[cayal]

"repocutions"

wtf? That isn't even a word.

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

I think what the article is pointing at is the sudden disappointment for gamers that expected this game to be released within a month suddenly turning timed exclusive.

I kind of agree here, this is the worst kind of timed exclusive. Imagine, Street Fighter IV or Resident Evil 5 one month before release suddenly get's turned timed exclusive. I wonder what happens to the people that pre-ordered, that would piss me off. In some ways it is even a bigger slap in the face that it only applies to Europe.

It is not as if it was announced differently in advance. On the flip side, who really cares about this game that much? It isn't exactly GTA IV or RE5.

[sonarus]

exactly. I don't even care if its exclusive or not. But its ridiculous to see people trying to act like sony played foul. Its their job to make sony customers happy not xbox or wii owners

[Aclay]

I don't recall all of the specifics, but last year there was some issue with the Publishing of GhostBusters, and that led to the game being delayed until 2009, and the game itself was put on hold.

After that happened the developers had to go through the process of finding a new publisher.... so I'm thinking that during that time, Sony must have made an agreement with the developers to publish the game in Europe... and then Atari agreed to publish it in all other territories. For all we know Microsoft COULD have decided to publish this game when the need for a publisher was in limbo, but they didn't and Sony seized the opportunity.

I have NO idea why Sony would want to publish a game like GhostBusters, but I imagine it's because the game was in development for the PS3, PS2, AND PSP. In terms of PS3 sales, Europe is a larger region for Sony than North America, so I think that might be another reason why they chose to publish it in Europe.

[vasilisk]

Funny, I didn't know that this game was going to be the best selling game ever with 64 million copies...

[Rock Bottom]

Man this is stupid, why would fanboy of both sides give this game as much attention, IT'S A FREAKEN MOVIE PORT for god's sake.

[littletad]

Business is business, why do the disagrees seem to be more evident when Microsoft snags an exclusive?

[Viper7]

Sorry to say this but Microsoft has done this multiple times in last few years. Its nothing new in console war.

Still why such hate, its not X360 wouldnt get some ghostbusters goodies even tough later than Ps3 owners. Maybe bossibly with some exclusive content/dlc too.

[Sharingan_no_Kakashi]

64million gamers just gave this article the finger

[Bnet343]

lol Ghostbusters so what. This game isn't going to be that huge.

[La Chance]

about Ghostbusters a before this whole "exclusive" thing?L ets just carry on like that.

I dont know what all the fuss is about.

[SlappingOysters]

Glad to see you read the article. With all the idiot fanboys above you trying to take as much offence as usual you are shining light that n4g has hope.

The rest of you sorry fools should starting asking questions of Sony and Atari and MS rather than giving crap to the one site with balls to say what a lot of people with playstations are thinking.

[gaminoz]

"Microsoft is derided for its anti-gamer exclusivity deals, now Sony and Atari have sullied their name in the same fashion. Perhaps worse: at least we knew about the likes of Lost and Damned well in advance."

All are demonstrated a bunch of hypocrites in the end...

Well written and expressed article. And he's right: it makes NO sense except to piss people off. I mean, Ghostbusters? Really? That was my #1 AAA title for the year! Not.

[GameGambits]

As an owner of all 3 consoles I want to bring sense into this discussion.

A) LMAO Ghostbusters game.(IDC if it's for wii, ps3, 360, pc whatever. It's just a rental at most. End of story.)
B) At least Sony is actually letting you know it's a timed exclusive unlike Microsoft that slaps the only on 360 title on it for a few months then lets it go to other platforms.
C) Look back at A
D) ???
E) Profit

Really anyone who cares about a Ghostbusters videogame at least this one should be shot in the head. The movies weren't even oscar worthy to say the least and the videogame knock off that looks almost close to a rental is getting panties in a bunch?

[7thNightvolley]

now sony is playing just as MS... so i dont want no one to say "oh MS is a this or that" coz now sony is doing the same ... well MS started it anyway.. lool... let the dirt begin!!!

[SaiyanFury]

Oh Sony gets a timed exclusive and all of a sudden Sony is in the wrong? We PS3 gamers have been getting the shaft from multiple companies developing on the 360 first and the PS3 after and nobody complained. Now that Sony has one game first, and all of a sudden Sony is the bad guy? Sheesh, internet journalism sure has a double standard.

[SL1M DADDY]

Thanks to the user that submitted just enough information here to let me know that the author of the article is a little baby. MS has been securing timed and not so timed exclusives for the last few years and Sony does it once and what do we get? A whiny little baby crying over it. Gameplayer sucks arse anyway.

*SL1M DADDY gives Gameplayer the finger*

[Nineball2112]

WTH? Why all the drama by xbox fanboys? Geez, it's Ghostbusters... save your outrage for a game that might mean something.

Put on your big girl panties, and deal with it. It's not that long of an exclusitivity and it's not in all regions. This is probably the mildest form of exclusive content I've seen.

[morganfell]

There are a lot of foxes on this board. Suddenly Ghostbusters is nothing but sour grapes.

And hypocrisy is flowing like a river. Microsoft is the king of payola. Bioshock anyone? Lost Planet 2? Mass Effect 2? Do we even need to keep going?

[morganfell]

What is hilarious is that Ghostbusters is a Sony property. They could have, and should have completely locked the 360 out of the picture.

One thing is for sure, gameplayer is one of the most idiotic collection of writers and editors ever.

[caladbolg777]

Is the author trying to get me to believe that there were 64 million gamers in PAL-regions who had plans to purchase Ghostbusters on non-Sony platforms?

Pfft. Add this site to the "never click again" list.

EDIT: Chris Stead, the author of this flamebait garbage, is apparently the "Editor-in-Chief" of Gameplayer. So... if this guy's writing is the best of Gameplayer's best, then I suggest everyone look elsewhere for their gaming news.

[MmaFanQc]

LMAO, all i see is SOME "gamers" who hate sony because the ps3 will have a timed exclusive......SO WHAT?

lol....like if it never happened before with microsoft, ....now its outrageous just because its sony? ...LMAO

get over it fanboys.....

buy it on ps3 and stfu......or simply wait.

[flOw]

Yep, Sony giving finger for the piracy.

And PC gamer is not a real gamer. And Wii gamers too.

[SlappingOysters]

There are some interesting comments below the article itself suggesting that Sony fanboys seem to me more about revenge than what is good for gaming.

[antt3]

Cry me a river.

This dude has got to get over it. I thought he might slash his wrists halfway through the article.

[edhe]

Comparing this 11th hour move to an announced,long running, well known exclusivity is stupid.

I don't care about the IP or the game, however the nature of this business is in line with the reasons that Sony have lost so much face in this generation.

They've not secured them anything other than another scratch on their image.

[Saigon]

when ms does this its ok...

[cherrypie]

"the epic comeback"

Bwaha. Ghostbusters is Sony's own IP. What is the big deal? I think we'll all be _JUST FINE_ without their movie-tie-in-cashgrab shovelware.

Its not a big deal for a "who cares" title. Ghostbusters? Who gives a frack.

[ultimolu]

Cry me a f*cking river.

These people are whining for nothing. Why is it that people whine when Sony does this but when the other company does it, it's business?

[butterfinger]

64 million gamers wanted this game?! Sony made a hell of a move then! I expect this to sell at least 5 million now, day one. lol.

I didn't care about this game 2 days ago, and I don't care about it now. I will play a demo, then I might rent it. Life goes on.

[LONEWOLF231]

Dragun619

its Xbox followers and not XB*** as you called them, next time take it to the Open Zone if you feel like insulting specific console followers like a rabid follower yourself.

[butterfinger]

LMAO. There is nothing like seeing the pot call the kettle black. There is a reason you only have 4 bubbles.

[50CALheadshot]

Now that the tables have turned, ITS WRONG?

LOL, sounds like a whole bunch of angry gamers dont have any new games to play so they are crying for a multiplat game

[green]

To the fanboys that agree with this tactic, please answer this very simple question

When have anyone of you or anyone you know pre-ordered a clearly stated multiplatform game, only to have the game either canceled or delayed at the 11th hour by half a year due to Microsoft?

Or let me rephrase it, you go to GAME, pre-ordered Resident evil 5 on PS3 4 months ago, and 4 weeks to its launch date you here the game has been delayed by 6 months due to Microsoft.Now tell me if that is right?

When you reply answer my question and tell me how a completely known timed exclusive or payed exclusive is the same as this?

@ Butterfinger: The thing is that i am not condemning their actions at all.Business in Business and if i was in their position, i will do whatever it takes to give my business a competitive advantage.I don't see anything wrong with paying for exclusives or DLC.if anyone has a problem with it then buy the other console.

My issue is with the fanboys like the idiot below you who is comparing it to Microsoft's tactics which so far is not true.Microsoft has not done anything like this so far.Thats all i am saying, i am no Ghostbuster fan.

[butterfinger]

I understand what you are trying to prove with the whole 11th hour thing, but the fact of the matter is we have to deal with games being delayed all the time and that is exactly what this is. This is nothing more than Sony delaying the release of the Wii, DS, and 360 versions. Batman Arkham Asylum was due to come out around the same time, but that just got delayed, possibly until the holiday season, but I'm not crying about that (and that is a game I actually want). If you are big enough Ghostbusters fan, then you can buy the PS3, PS2, or PSP versions, if not, then you simply have to wait. I highly doubt the game will be THAT great anyway. Besides, you may still have the opportunity to import the NA version on the 360 regardless.

[ZuperAmazingCooKie]

Let alone all the multiplaform games that had to be gimped to accommodate 360s inferior hardware.

I also never knew that Ghostbuster had a potential 64 million buyers.

This game will come out day and date on every platform everywhere except Europe, so SUCK IT.

[Rainstorm81]

I see most of you on here is either very young or not really up on good movies.The Ghostbusters franchise was very very popular and has a stronger fan base than some of the CRAP movies games that had graced this generation or last (Wanted or Enter the Matrix anyone?)

Most of you are too young to remember the ghostbusters movies (GB2 came out 20 years ago 1989 some of you complainers aren't even 20! I was 8 when it released) The game is bringing back the original cast and is being written and supervised story wise by Dan akiroid and Harold Ramis all is left is for the game to play good and be fun if it can so that and still maintain the feel of ghostbusters the game will be great (**for a movie game**)

It definitely has the potential to be better than the Ultra BUGGY X-men origins which has been dubbed "Best movie game ever" I guess bugs and glitches make you a great game this generation (Xmen origins, Gears2, Fallout3)

As for the PAL PS3 exclusivity .............................. .nuff said

@green
what about Tekken 6 the game has been in arcades for almost 2 years if it wasn't for the Xbox360 version the game wouldve been out fall 08 especially since the arcade hardware is similar to the ps3. the 11th hour crap dosent fly because whether it was a year in advance or a month timed exclusive sucks for the owner of the opposite console.

[Smacktard]

I don't own a PS3, but I don't really care. On the other hand, I was never really looking forward to Ghostbusters. Was it a douchey move on Sony's part? Absolutely. It doesn't affect me though.

edit: Also, I see the people saying, "MICROSOFT DID IT SO SONY CAN TOO!" That doesn't make it right. Simply put, both were and are being douchey.

[The Lazy One]

I don't really see it being worth it for sony at all at this point. It's too late in development to really build a lot of hype for timed exclusivity, and it really was never the kind of game that shifts consoles. Everybody already knows it's going multiplatform too. It's not like bioshock or LP where they were thought to be exclusive, then went multiplatform after the initial sales boost. Just a wierd choice.

I don't really mind waiting longer, but it's just a puzzling business decision.

Anybody know when the actual release date is for the other consoles? Is it a fall or just later summer?

[butterfinger]

I have never seen a problem with paying for exclusives or DLC either (I don't understand why Sony doesn't do it more, to be honest), and I really don't get why everyone has to compare this to Microsoft's tactics at all. Timed exclusivity sucks for owners of the opposite console in every situation, but everyone has to get over it. Imagine how annoyed I was when I got my 360 FOR Bioshock, just to have the game release a month later on the PS3. That and Rock Band 2 are the only 2 games I have bought for both consoles. lol.

[green]

@ rainstorm: not saying your lying but any source to back up your claims would be good otherwise it is N4G speculation.

@Butterfinger: lol at your Bioshock dilemma, sure that was not easy to swallow.Funny thing is that i think i am one of the only people that did not really like that game due to it's zero replay value.Anyway i agree with what you said about exclusive DLC sucks for single console owners but as we said it's business.

I can afford to own all consoles but i never have the time to even play my 360 properly talkless of 1 or 2 other consoles (sick and in bed thats why i have been online the whole day).So i stuck with the 360 because of Bioware support,PGR and Halo while realising that there are some PS3 exclusives that i will miss out on.So in order for me not to get tempted i don't read articles about sony exclusives.If i tell you i have never seen videos of uncharted 2 before and only one of Infamous, you will say i am lying.

But i will get a PS3 later because i can not stay away from God of War 3 because it was to me one of the best games released last gen.

[Thugbot187]

@Raiinstorm81

I disagree, I was also 8 years old when Ghostbusters came out "Who you going to call Ghostbusters." While I remember this as child, it was more of my parents who wanted to see this move. No it had some parts as a kid that I enjoyed, but then I would never have told my parent Oo I want to go watch Ghostbusters, they were no Heman, Voltron or Ninja Turtles. No to say there are several movies that have since come that have shapped my likes in movies. Yes, the game will sell but I don't think it will sell all that well.

People like my dad who are now in there 50's and 40's would be the biggest fan base for this game. Sad to say many of which don't play video games. Then take this a step farther do you really think PAL cares about Ghostbusters? I can tell you I was in the UK when it came out only people who cared were my parents and other military people on the base. Outside of the base I don't remember a single poster. It was dubed an American thing...

[Qui-Gon Jim]

green, whether this "tactic" is fair or not, the article hugely overstates the issue. 64 million? Is there really that many people who are hotly anticipating this game? Most of the people who will end up buying this game are probably people who won't even know of its existence until they see it in the store anyway.

[IaMs12]

Yah true Microsoft does but not a freaking MONTH before its release! damn secure it when its in development not when its done! Also its kinda of good and bad now just wait MS i bet will pull something like this too, like they always do so in turn could this be a trade off for MGS5 then for the 360 owners?

EDIT @ Above: What he means with 64 million is he is "throwing away" chances to sell that much. He has potential the oppurtunity to sell that many more if it was that amazing, but will it? heck no we all know that just like the PS3 Wii and 360 have the opputunity to sell 5 billion more consoles to the world population but will it no.

[Mikerra17]

because FF13 is coming to the 360, us ps3 owners had to wait an extra amount of time for it, this person fails, cry me a river

[flash74]

It's hard to believe that anyone even cares! It's not going to move that many copies in the first place. Sony has much better games to offer than that pile of crap. The only end-game result to this whole thing is drastically reduced sales since owners of other platforms that were interested might be too disgusted to even bother buying it now. It's the type of game that might sell better on a Wii than anything.

Challenge my brute in the free online arena rpg at, http://flash80.mybrute.com

[raztad]

@butter

Sony doesnt pay for exclusives because they cost A LOT. Should Sony kept FFXIII, GTA4 exclusivity, right now it will be in the same situation as MS. Very few first-party studies and few to none exclusives. Even the almighty MS CANT keep paying for timed exclusives rights.

When Sony get a good chance it pays (support exclusive developments) indie PSN games are a good example. Its not a moral issue, its all about budget.

IMO GB move is something Sony did because they think game got potential. Before, I wasnt even interested though I love the cartoonish look in the Wii version, now it caught my attention. Looking forward the psp version.

I understand why so many people are piss off, specially Wii owners that are really lacking in the game department. They were expecting GB and now it just got delayed cause of Sony-Atari deal, but business is business. Look at Bethesda-MS Fallout 3 DLC deal and you will know what I mean.

[callahan09]

What is so bad about this? Look, Atari is having troubles and they probably needed some kind of deal with someone to be able to co-publish the game in Europe. The company that happened to be able to negotiate that deal with them was Sony, and of course Sony isn't going to co-publish a game for non-Sony platforms. The deal didn't scrap the release of those other versions, it just set up a timetable wherein Sony has exclusive publishing rights in Europe for a limited time, then Atari, having had ample time to configure launching the game themselves, will reacquire those rights and be able to publish their on-hold Wii, DS, and 360 versions.

I highly doubt that Sony went out and bribed Atari into this deal, Atari was probably shopping their game around FOR a deal like this, and Sony happened to be the ones that negotiated that deal with them in the end. It could have just as easily been Microsoft, but it wasn't... It could have been Activision, but it wasn't. You get my point?

It's not a bad move on Sony's part at all. If they hadn't done it, somebody else would have. If nobody did, then the game probably would've been delayed on ALL platforms in Europe.

[TheRealSpy02]

you guys are really missing the point.

this article isn't about ghostbusters. and it's not about saying sony is worse than microsoft. you are all so busy being fanboys you can never read anything without some silly bias, corporate-slave filter.

the article is saying that actions like this set a precedent (which is exactly the word he uses). if it becomes okay to take timed exclusivity at the very last minute, then we can start seeing all 3 companies doing it. and like the author also said, retailers have already started taking preorders, and magazines and websites are starting to do reviews and previews for the systems. timed exclusivity is lame in the first place, no doubt. but if they can do it at the last minute, then consumers never know what to plan for. and eventually you could see much bigger titles suddenly getting yanked from a ps3 or 360 release just a few weeks before it launches.

just cuz you love MS or Sony doesn't mean you need to take a side in EVERY discussion. this affects all of us.

[callahan09]

@theRealSpy:

The reason it became a timed exclusive is because Atari is in dire straits, and the only way they could afford to keep this game alive for Europe was to siphon it off to another publisher in a deal like this one. Sony happened to pick it up, and because they are in the console business, they are only publishing it for their consoles. The deal is on a time limit, and eventually it goes back into Atari's hands, who, by that time, will have the means to publish it proper, and then it comes out on the other planned platforms.

The lesson learned is that you shouldn't expect anything from companies that are in the crapper. You never know what will happen with their properties. Like this.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Some of the above need to look in the mirror. Believe me, the Sony fanclub wrote the book on whining about timed exclusives and now listen to yourselves.

Now it's suddenly okay to have a timed exclusive and it's not something to get upset about? Where were all these sane voices in the Fallout 3 DLC threads? I mean it's just DLC for craps sake.

Anyway, this only effects the PAL region so I'm not bothered by it but I will say the timing of this announcement is pure cheeze from $ony.

[SaiyanFury]

@1.31 Morganfell

Yeah I know, Columbia Pictures made Ghostbusters back in 1984 and it's sequel in 1989 and I also know that Sony owns Columbia/Tristar. They could've easily locked out the property from other companies. Ironic indeed.

[No Way]

"and where in the world is Carmen Sandiego???"

:O I found her!
She's under my cover. :)

[caladbolg777]

I'm still stuck on these claims of "64 million".

If Sony gave anyone the "finger", it's to those Ghostbuster fans and pre-orderers who are:
a) PAL XBOX-Only Owners
b) PAL Wii-Only Owners
c) PAL Wii60 non-PS Owners
d) PSWii60 PAL gamers hellbent on buying only the XBOX/Wii version(s) of Ghostbusters and not the PSP/PS2/PS3 versions.

(And PC-Only gamers which were not included in the 64 million statistic.)

The sum of which is but a small slice of the "64 million" PAL Gamer pie. The author would lead us to believe that all 64 million gamers in PAL regions have been wronged, which is an extreme exaggeration and ultimately FALSE. You might be able to argue that a small minority of PAL gamers (who fall under points a through e above) have been given the "finger", but even then it's debatable.

[Sarcasm]

" One thing is for sure, gameplayer is one of the most idiotic collection of writers and editors ever."

Not so sure about that.
The top two contenders are:

The Hip Hop Gamer Show
and
Kotaku

Although if singled out by one person, Hydro is the top of the list.

[Sarcasm]

"Now it's suddenly okay to have a timed exclusive and it's not something to get upset about? Where were all these sane voices in the Fallout 3 DLC threads? I mean it's just DLC for craps sake."

No, it's not the same thing if you think about it. At least the complaints.

The difference is being that PS3 Fallout 3 owners get the shaft, when they spent $60 on the game already.

While the latter consists of X360 owners not getting the game at all, but they didn't spend on money on it anyway. So move along, just another timed exclusive.

It's obviously a thin line between the two, but I'd feel more shafted if I paid $60 for the incomplete/glitchy version.

That's why owning both consoles, completely makes this exclusive ordeal moot. Pretty much what Torrance Davis was trying to point out. One of the only few times I agree with that guy.

[nveenio]

Go figure. Sony does what Microsoft has been doing for two years and NOW everyone thinks it's a bad idea. How stupid.

[SlappingOysters]

I hate this exclusive crap going around at the moment. Especially in cases like this where I really cannot see the benefit for the game or for Sony.

Me thinks it is something to do with Sony Pictures and a third film in the series... or the blu-ray release... but that does not explain why NTSC territories are fine.

[lh_swe]

I'm sorry but how does that make sense? I would be suprised if even 80% of the angry people commenting here even wanted the game in the first place, I can understand someone being angry about this if they own a 360 and have been anticipating this game since the git-go.
Besides timed exclusives are not a new thing I don't see what the big deal is now.

[jmare]

Yes actually, Sony should publish for MS and Nintendo. Why? Because it's not exactly a system seller. Even if the game is really good, nobody is going to rush out and buy a PS3 just to play it. An even better reason is that platform holders (i.e. MS & Nintendo) have to pay licensing fees to the publisher. That means MS and Nintendo would be paying Sony to have the game on their systems. I'm not sure the game is big enough for MS and Nintendo to be willing to pay a competitor for a game.

[yojoe26]

You're whining is making me sick at my stomach. After all of the crap that Microsoft has done in the past three years of exclusive buying and whatnot you have the audacity to whine about Sony securing a timed exclusive with.....wait for it....GHOSTBUSTERS! Good grief can you get any whinier? If so, please don't try as I will probably throw up.

[The Lazy One]

Atari is already going to publish the other versions of the game later in the year.......

[lh_swe]

You have a good point but Sony isn't known for playing it fair and neither is Microsoft, but its a dog eat dog world and this kinda thing happens once in a while.

[IcarusOne]

I understand that MS has done some things that made the sony vaginas cry and weep. But what they're not understanding is that MS always played by the unwritten rules. They didn't steal it at the 11th hour. Did you guys even read the article? When MS has a timed exclusive, it's presented in one of two ways: 1) they don't even mention the timed-exclusive - and suddenly eight months later, the PS3 gets a nice little surprise; or 2) all the details are on the table a year in advance.

What Sony has done is a face-palm to the media, to game-retailers, not just gamers. MS has never come along and essentially invalidated 1000's of preorders. Add to this the fact that Sony really doesn't benefit from this at all - as many of you indicated, the game won't be moving consoles. So it's literally just a spiteful, bitter, middle-frakking-finger to those of you not in the US. Bear this in mind as you continue to support Sony/Atari. And the authors right: the precedent this sets for future releases is frightening. As much as most of the Sony cult is supporting this move, just wait until MS has its revenge.

Luckily I am and will be able to pick up my achievement-laden copy on opening day.

[No Way]

If it's a multi-platform game, I don't think Sony should be involved in publishing it.

Atari should just go ahead and publish it..

[Consoldtobots]

Ghostbusters special edition Bluray with both movies and game included = $80-90

Accessing online content and possibly online play with this title = FREE!!!!!!

Watching the biggest 360 trolls on this board cry like little girls at a Sony TIMED EXCLUSIVE = PRICELESS

[cmrbe]

said about FF13 delay?. How about GTA4?. What about nemerous MS DLC and time exclsuive deals?.

Sony owns GB.

man. Gameplayer really must be x360 trolls in disguise.

[SlappingOysters]

I didn't see anything about FFXIII in that article.

And at the end of the article they make mention of how Microsoft is already hated for doing the same thing...

[FantasyStar]

Obviously cmrbe was defending Sony's decision. However I don't believe in "an eye for an eye" because one can never gauge exactly what is quantifiable as "an eye".

[skharadi]

So when Microsoft does time exclusivity it's okay with the world? Its about time Sony did something.

[dericb11]

Weird that MS can do this with Bioshock, Eternal Sonata, and More games. And then they do this with DLC.

Sony does it this one time and its the end of the world. Whoever wrote this is a Xbot plain and simple. And where did he come up with 64 Million is beyond me. He did the number but didn't show them. Something MS seems to do with there number of RROD and now E74 numbers.

[SlappingOysters]

There is a link to where they got the numbers.

Bioshock and Eternal Sonata and co. were not timed exlcuisves, they just came out earlier on 360 because the X360 launched earlier.

Sony have doen the wrong thing here - just as MS has many times before it - why are you defending them?

[caffman]

UT3 says hi

[pixelsword]

back in '05, so I doubt they got exclusive rights for that game when Epic didn't even show anything for the 360 back then.

[-EvoAnubis-]

No, UT3 was Epic's choice; don't even go there. They wanted to do mods for UT3. Sony said yes, MS said no. So they released it on the PS3 until they could figure out what to do about MS. They made that choice. Not Sony.

[Tone]

Are none of you getting it???

Its coming out on the 360 etc on the same day as the ps3 in NTSC regions. The problem is that PAL regions is the ones that are losing out.. for no apparent reason at all. I would laugh if when they decide to release it.. no one will buy it.. would serve them right.

[Sony Rep]

Go read the article. It's Ghostbusters and won't shift any consoles or sell a million the first day

wtf do you care

[bigj]

I can say it would have been a good game for Nintendo.Why is Sony spending money on GHOSTBUSTERS.LOL Is Sony still living in 1980's.Noone really cares about ghostbusters anymore.Whats next Sony spends money to get exclusive game ALF.It has got a good laugh on xbox live.Who cares Sony can keep the game for all I care.

[voice_of_ reason]

You couldn't be more wrong. There is an entire generation that loves Ghostbusters. It was my favorite movie when it came out and it's one of my favorite movies now--both of them actually. Grow up.

[pixelsword]

but they are exercising their options for the movie tie-in.

[BX81]

Please tell me you're a teenager or a younger kid. If you think Ghostbusters has no fan base you would be completely wrong my friend. Ghostbusters represents a classic for a lot of adults today. I still watch GB1 & 2 on dvd. From what I've seen of the game, the cut scenes represent the GB very well and the gameplay looks good. I just don't see what you are so upset about.

[eagle21]

and 64 million people won't buy this game....my lord. :)

[Kleptic]

its not so much a finger to all those that don't own a PS3...

its more like the end of The Last Crusade: "He chose...poorly"...

whatever...Pal 360 owners can just import the game, er...wait...MS doesn't let them do that...

although I do somewhat agree with the article...as I won't buy the game exclusive or not...always seemed to be a rental at best for me...but I am also in the US, so that entire point is moot...

to the 360 etc. kids screaming about it though...deal with it...no different than MS forcing everywhere outside of Japan to wait for a 360 port of FFXIII to be completed...right?...when 90% of 360 owners are always "pfft, jRPG's are teh ghey...wat abowt haylo?"

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

...you can always buy the Blu-ray Film and play it on your ChatBox 360's...
Oh you can't... ;-D

So much fuss over this game to??? Don't think it was on many peoples 'Must have' list this year??? I loved the Film tho;) It might be a good game...who knows;)

[cryymoar]

yet the xb360 gets heralded for paying for it's exclusive DLC like L&D?? I don't think so!
F*ck the media's double standards!

[Deadman64]

lol sounds like sony wasted their money making a crap game exclusive.....erm timed exclusive. I know I wont be buying it either way - xbox exclusive even.

:'(

**Fast forward to ghostbusters PS3 release - the numbers come in, over 1500 copies sold the first week!!! Breaks all sony first week games sales!! :D:D:D***

:o

:'(

[theKiller]

"It reveals the anger at a media and retailer level, as well as for consumers."

what about:
1: bioshock?
2: lost planet?
3: GTA4?
4: DMC4?
5: SO4?
6: Last remnant?
7: FF13?
8: and all the DLC which suppose to come with the games but MS payed to cut it out from the games??

CONCLUSION:
1: media is bias
2: controlled by some powerful people
3: pro MS
4: anti sony
5: cheap shot

[TooTall19]

Why are xbots mad about this game being exclusive? This game was getting too hot and their console would burn up within the first hour.

[AngryTypingGuy]

@TheKiller: Not all of the games you list were timed exclusives. BioShock was, but I believe that Lost Planet was out before the PS3 even launched. And some of the games like DMC4 and GTA IV were just going from being Sony exclusives to multiplatform, you can still play them on the PS3, so I don't see how MS is screwing you over there. There is no media conspiracy against Sony.

I was disappointed to hear that Ghostbusters won't be on the 360 this summer. If it's just a timed exclusive then I don't really care, I have plenty of other games that I want to play by the time it'll come out.

I can't really blame Sony though, I think it's a good business move. This won't be the last time that the two companies do it to each other. I hope it doesn't happen too often though, because if it does, then we're all going to lose great games that we want to play unless we buy both consoles.

[Maxned]

Why are people making such a big deal out of this? Its a movie game. If this happened to, say, Modern Warfare 2 then it would be a big deal.

I highly doubt this game will get anything close to AAA scores.

[villevalorox]

the point is that it is business. Anything is better than nothing. duh!! if M$ had the chance to make dark sector or 50 cent a timed exclusive the would had. I'm sure someone out there is really really wanting to play this, and considering how stupid people are they won't wait, they might go buy a ps3. who knows. but it is not like sony just shat on other gamers. Because if that is the case M$ has took their wee wee out and shoved it down other gamers throat and then shat on their face and took pics and posted it all over the web. get over it. Why are you guys making a big deal out of it, your saying sony is. noo... poeple who write articles like this is.

[KR1ST0F3R]

funny how it is all fun and games when microsoft do it.

i am glad sony has grown a pair.

ultimately though this should all stop.

[Mahr]

Er, even if we accept that timed exclusivity is some kind of grievous, unforgiveable insult, it's kind of an exaggeration to say Sony's giving the finger to 64 million gamers, as I doubt even one-tenth of those people are actually interested in the game in question.

[ZuperAmazingCooKie]

If the title wasn't as exaggerated as it is.

[shqype]

I'm extremely disappointed that the blatant fanboyism of this "article" passes for "journalism."

I'm glad that all Playstation brand owners in the PAL territories will be able to enjoy GHOSTBUSTERS. Cheers to you all!

[Expy]

The biggest fanboys are those who write these stupid articles.

[RememberThe357]

For being unbiased, he seems pretty pissed.

[nightelfmohawk]

Ah, it's good to own a PS3. ^_^

[Lekumkee]

That pic is what happens when you wake the sleeping silver-back gorilla(AKA PS3).

[SlaughterMeister]

Yeah...

[crck]

Where was the outrage when MS snapped up the dlc for GTA4, Fallout 3 and Tomb Raider UW? Or when they made PS3 owners wait a couple of months for Rockband in Europe and Rockband 2 in the US? I agree it sucks for gamers but MS started and sent the industry down this ridiculous path. If you wanna blame a company blame the one that started this BS.

[pixelsword]

...they invented avatars.

*rolls eyes again*.

[drewsny]

sony invented achievements.... i mean trophies.

[pixelsword]

*grins*

[ceedubya9]

Now, I have both consoles, so I would be able to play it regardless (plus I'm in the the States, so it doesn't really apply to me).

However, the difference between this and what Microsoft has done is that Microsoft timed-exclusivity has been known well in advance.

This Ghostbusters thing drops a bomb about 1 month before the game releases. I feel bad for any of the 360 owners that actually put preorders down for this game, expecting to play it next month.

[crck]

Well this is slightly shorter notice. But not by much. Some of the dlc and the rockband garbage was announced 2 or 3 months before release.

[ApocalypseShadow]

"SUCK IT!"

just like sony owns music,movies and games.their music is exclusive and may not be used by some companies.their movies were not shown and released on hd-dvd,and their games are not on wii or 360 or PC.

"SUCK IT!"

microsoft gave 28 million gamers the RROD/E74 finger.

nintendo gave million of hardcore gamers the finger by not announcing or releasing a new zelda(not a gamecube port),mario or kid ikarus for wii.

"SUCK IT!"

after seeing things like this and actually liking ghostbusters,i want to play it.but sony can do whatever they want and have the right of some say in a property "THEY OWN."

tech demo 1
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
tech demo 2
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
tech demo 3
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

apocalypse................&qu ot;SUCK IT!"

[voice_of_ reason]

How is this shocking to anyone? Ghostbusters was distributed Columbia Pictures, who guess what, is owned by Sony. I'm actually sorta surprised Sony didn't publish the game from the start. It makes sense from a business standpoint, especially since the 25 year anniversary of Ghostbusters is coming up.

[Tone]

Timed exclusive... in PAL regions only!!! ... we get shafted again!! then again this has happened to us with quite a few (non exclusive games) 360 and PS3 alike.

And another thing, I dont mind timed exclusives... when we have plenty notice about it.. not suddenly find out 1 month before its release date. I can imagine what the poor staff in the game stores will have to put up with.. with all them people moaning and complaining that they put down a deposit for the game or pre paid it in full, and them stores whom have paid out good money to companies to make signs etc for their shop windows.. which state the release date of the game.. which is no longer valid.

I hope you are beginning to see my point.. and its far from being a fanboy point of view as i own every console since the early 80's

[ceedubya9]

I'm surprised (but not really) that a lot of others on this thread don't.

So many are saying that xbox fanboys are crying sour grapes, instead of looking at how truely messed up the whole situation is.

Yeah Sony owns the rights, blah blah blah. But they didn't just start owning the rights yesterday. Why couldn't this have been done like, say 6 months ago?

I can't condemn Sony at all for this, because I don't know what went on behind the scenes. For all we know, this was the ONLY option, for some reason or another.

But really, some real advance notice would have been better if possible, and may have softened the blow. I'm sure game stores probably won't be too happy about giving up preorder sales. Oh well, that's business.

[RememberThe357]

Get over it.

To the author,

1. Sony Owns "Ghostbusters".
2. Microsoft does this all that time.
3. 64 million people weren't going to buy this game. Way to be a drama queen.
4. The author is a fanboy calling out Sony fanboys.

"I’ve been telling my X360, Wii, DS and PC readers to get hyped for the game’s June release for a while. My colleagues in print – including Official Xbox 360 Magazine – have run covers on the game, so I cannot see them being any less impressed. Sony has made fools of us all."

So your a winy Sony hater, that only told his readers to look forward to the X360, Wii, DS and PC versions of the game?

This isn't Final Fantasy, there is really no reason to b*tch about it. If you were a real gamer you profess to be, you'd have a PS3, and you wouldn't care.

[caffman]

but why PAL region only? That just stinks. I will just wait to see if its multiregion and pick up a copy online

[jack_burt0n]

gameplayer.au = worthless

idiots guide to worthless internet.

[Matpan]

Big trouble in little china is the best movie ever, period.

[Imallvol7]

Biased hate for PS3. Coming to you since 2006!

Where were these articles with all the Xbox Exclusives? I agree its stupid, but seiously, PS3 is constantly getting the shaft with these articles.

[BXbomber]

when M$ does things like this noone complains like when FF13 went multiplatform and the ps3 version was delayed cuz of that i mean pplz were mad but still pplz were complimenting M$ for doing wat they did but now that sony does sort of a similar tactic everyone is mad about wat they did. its sooo stupid!!! i'm glad sony did wat they did if anything its fighting fire with fire.

[Shane Kim]

Agreed. When MS did this, they made a huge accomplishment. When Sony does it, they are the devil.

[Mo0eY]

Because Xbots are all 12 year old pre-pubescent kiddies who whine over anything they can about the PS3.

[Man_of_the_year]

maybe you idiots should READ the article rather than just post your ignorance in reply to the title....

[Goldenboy87]

I actually did read the article and it was a double standard to say the least. I think the "Console Wars" are dumb but this article was just for some hits...

[Iceman100]

This is why sony is trash today, and what's the point of doing this nobody who has a ps3 is going to buy it anyway.

"Sony Owns "Ghostbusters"

Sony does not won ghostbusters stupid.

[Soldierone]

If we didn't care sony wouldn't have done it, if you (as in xbox fanboy) didn't care they wouldn;t have done it....Time to get a taste of your own medicine and what do you do? Cry haha

Like people said up above me, MS started it so you have no one but the company you praise everyday for this happening. Sony owns it and had the opportunity to take action at an exclusive and took it, end of story. They dont care how any other coneole gamers feel, they are taking care of their own customers and giving them the best experience possible. After 3 years of exclusive crap going to xbox its about time Sony got something other than Unreal Tournement 3 and im happy they made this move. Is it going to move consoles? No, but its going to make the news, its going to make ghostbuster fans want a ps3, and its going to sell the movie. Thats good enough for me!

[SlappingOysters]

you're on a game forum.

Regular PS3 owners - a heap of which got their console with a Bravia - won't know that it is not available elsewhere.

[TheGreyArea]

Okay, now that I barely have any one's attention. I believe the prime argument in this article is not an attack on Sony for a timed exclusive and that Microsoft does this all the time. It's simpler than that people.

This author is mad because he and his colleagues, along with many other media outlets, have been advertising the game to come out in a month and have put their time and effort into building hype, and suddenly the Sony fist comes crashing down squashing the release.

That's all. Stop talking about MSFT v. SNE and go back to playing your Killzone 2 or Halo 3.

[deshon09]

fanboys

well they could have made the game a full exclusive in the beginning but they did not suck it up fanboys suck it up

[Trebius]

A foreign company does what a native company does ALL the time, and they get pounced on like they were caught with their pants down in an elementary school playground.

This isnt a big deal...

Everyone...get over it please.

It's not even like Sony's paying for a game's exclusivity...GB is THEIR title...lol...

[BYE]

It's Sony's brand so they can do whatever the f*ck they want with it.

[AKNAA]

Only the all mighty microsoft can pull this stunt and get away with it! WTF?! How dare sony attack us with our own dirty techniques!

..huh.. they own GB... oooh.. well..auhhh.. give them sh1t anyways! WOAHAHAH!

[DMasta718]

People are seriously overreacting.

[Oztheboss]

What is WRONG with some people?

Microsoft buys DLC and Timed exclusives ALL THE TIME, and they don't get slammed for it?

Sony buys ONE timed exclusive of a license that they OWN to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first movie and people get their knickers in a bunch.

What the fack.

[Rmagnus]

Doubt they have to buy it as they own it, I am kinda suprise at the massive reaction... I highly doubt all the folks here moaning are actually gonna to buy the game ( please note all) Having said that I myself will not be picking it up on day 1. Just too many games coming up... one after another... Infamous, blazblue, uncharted 2, cross edge, WKC(if its out this year) and that's not counting the back log of games i have yet to complete..

[Rob0g0rilla]

Why is this guy complaining NOW? How come he didn't dedicate an entire article to all of the games Microsoft made timed exclusive? Where's the article about Microsoft paying 2K to lie and say BioShock is exclusive to 360? I could go on and on creating a list of all the games Microsoft did this with and it's much longer.

It seems like he's doing this more for himself then for everyone else. PS3 owners are stuck with not being able to level up past 20 in Fallout 3 because Microsoft buys DLC. Write an article about that. If this was really for gamers and not himself then we should have an article for each game Microsoft did this with. And if he already did then someone give me a link.

[cyclindk]

360 GTAIV owners have content that PS3 owners will NEVER get

360 Fallout 3 owners have content that PS3 owners will NEVER get

Sony owns Columbia Pictures and therefore the Ghostbusters license and they were still kind enough to allow the title to be developed for multiple platforms and now that it's being delayed, ONLY delayed in some territories, everyone get's into an uproar.

Now, if Sony shafted all the other platforms by forcing Atari to scrap the other titles, then that would have been sorry, but it's only a timed exclusive for god's sakes..

[Magna Farta]

sorry to do almost a duplicate post there regarding said exclusivity, we posted at the exact same time

[Magna Farta]

..50 mill for GTA DLC exclusivity, effectively giving multiple millions of gamers the finger?

Or Bethesda giving PS3 gamers the finger when it comes to DLC (however broken it may be)?

Seriously, you people need to get over yourselves. ZOMFGWTF!!!!!! If news like this is THAT earth-shattering to you then I'm surprised you've survived this long without your brain collapsing within itself from some more important news....like what the weather's gonna be for the next few days or if your favorite baseball team lost an exhibition game.

[cyclindk]

Yeah, I'm sure there a hundred others like ours :)

[Whoooop]

I'm actually glad that Sony did this... They are finally playing hardball.

The game might not sell much, but they are making a statement.

;)

[redsquad]

The article is written in a very childish way by someone who's clearly had a knee-jerk "throw teddy in the corner" moment.

Anybody who wants to get GHOSTBUSTERS the game WILL be able to. Some have to wait a bit longer than others, that's all - I've had to do it plenty of times for other games and it didn't stunt my growth or anything.

It's not as if some people had the game snatched away from them permanently...

[HDgamer]

bubbles, exactly right.

[Marojado]

Funnily enough, i just commented with the same thoughts. It's like baby didn't get his bottle and so the toys came out of the pram...

[Myst]

Didn't really read much from the article, but I have to say that Ape's "Smile" and his finger sticking up like that made me laugh. Though from the gist of this article it seems rather "pointless" to some to care about this being a timed exclusive when microsoft has done the same thing. Yet on the other side of the coin those that are complaining seem to be upset at the rise of timed exclusives overall and find it to be an annoyance to all of gaming.

My viewpoint on the situation is, well it's business and it's capitalistic business so not much you can really do when one business tries to outdo the other (even though sometimes the other business knows what one business will do before hand anyway). On the other hand I have to say, that timed exclusives can be a bit of an annoyance and I generally don't like them.

[Marojado]

"we doubt the majority of current PS3 users will even care: it's not like the game utilizes the Cell Processor or something."

What a professional and unbiased statement. "Gameplayer.com.au" can cry me a river.

[Neurotoxin]

Swings and Roundabouts.. Stop the whinging

[debuchan]

tenenent tenent tenene ne nenent tenenent tenent GHOST BUSTER.

if it's fanboy buster it will surely sell 64M

[outlawlife]

very poor move doing this so close to release

rather questionable ethics on this one, i was going to buy this but now i doubt i will

sure people jump to the fact that microsoft has timed exclusives, but they secure the deals long before the game is released, or even close to being finished

now in the case of ghost busters the games are done and will just sit there for months until they decide to release it

regardless of your console preference this was a sad move considering this game has been delayed so much already by the financial issues

i see a lot of preorders getting cancelled ad i honestly think this game will hurt in the long run from this

[Another One]

That's the point of the article. The fact that Sony did it so close to release is really messed up. It's not that it's a timed exclusive, it's that they did it just before release after people had pre-ordered and expected it on day one.

All the PS3 fans pointing to MS having timed exclusives completely miss the point of the article. Way to jump to conclusions based on your own distorted and clouded views. If MS did this, they'd be destroyed, and rightfully so. Sony deserves it just as much as MS would if they did it. People need to stop being so damned biased. Be a fan, but don't be blind to faults.

**2 disagrees for being objective? Haha keep it coming fanboys. Destroy anyone who can be objective. It makes you look smart.**

[cyclindk]

I'll remain neutral on that point only because for all we know the deal may have been in the works for a long time now and only just got finalized; in reality, every non-Sony platform was lucky to get a Ghostbusters game at all considering Sony owns Columbia and thus the GB license..

[Traveler]

Guys this is no big deal. It's not like it isn't coming for the other platforms.

The thing I think some people don't understand about why many people are annoyed by Microsoft's practice of buying DLC and timed exclusives is not that it is bad in and of itself, it is simply a matter of what it replaces.

As a dual console owner the reason I get annoyed with Microsoft's focus on buying DLC and timed exclusives is that it seems that that money could be better put to use in making NEW gaming experiences.

You see, when MS spends millions on something like the GTA4 content it provides no value to me as a consumer.
The content would have still likely been created even if MS had not spent money to get exclusive rights to it, the only difference would be that gamers on other consoles would also get to play it.

When you pay to make DLC or a 3rd-party game a timed exclusive nothing new has really been produced, you have only restricted who gets to play it. It might make more people buy your console, but what does it do for me as a gamer? Why would I care if people on another console also get to play the game as long as I still get to play it? On the other hand if you CREATE something new that otherwise wouldn't have been created then you are providing something truly valuable to gamers that wouldn't have existed otherwise.

Instead of spending so much money on 3rd party timed exclusives or exclusive DLC I would like to see Microsoft spend more of that money on the creation of fresh new experiences. Those 3rd party games and DLC will still be made for everyone to enjoy (including 360 owners), but we would get more fresh and truly exclusive new games on the 360 that might push the boundaries a bit more.

This is the problem I have with Microsoft's tendency to buy DLC and timed exclusives. It's not bad in and of itself and in smaller measures is not a big deal.

So what Sony have done here is not a big deal. First, they don't hardly ever do things like this. And second, and most importantly, Sony is spending the vast bulk of their resources on creating truly new game experiences that wouldn't be created otherwise. There is a big difference.

[Rmagnus]

I agree with every word you have type although i don't own a 360

[outlawlife]

actually what sony did here is a big deal and worse

they are delaying the release of a finished game to thousands of people

in microsoft practices they secure they deal long before the game is done, not right before release

this isn't a good thing at all, for anyone

[Myst]

I agree with what you said, I especially agree with the part about how microsoft should instead spend some of that money on new games.

Bubbles to you.

[Rmagnus]

come on, we don't even know when Ghostbuster might be out for Xbox 360, it might come out 1 week after the ps3 one. First of its only the pal region is exclusive ( is the 360 region lock? I don't own one so i dunno, if it isn't you can just import it) secondly PS3 owners had to wait how long for Bioshock? Tales of Vasp? Eternal Sonata? So before you guys at all fire up why not wait for 360 to come out with a release date before grabbing those pitchforks.

@ edit
if its done long ago, it just means that this article will be out earlier thats all no? Seriously you really think its gonna to take a year before GB will be out for 360?

[outlawlife]

my main point is if this deal were to be done it should have been done long ago

those other games you mentions weren't developed for the ps3 until after the 360 version was on shelves for the most part

in this case all of the games are done

[Traveler]

Oh come on, Outlaw life. We all know that this game has had publishing issues and that more than anything is likely to blame for the short notice. It's not as if Sony had secured publishing rights to this long ago and just maliciously waited to spring it on us now.

Besides, I think you are really stretching when you try to make it sound like people are going to be suffering because they thought it would be coming out soon and had it pre-ordered. I mean, it obviously isn't an ideal situation, but delays happen all the time, sometimes even with short notice. And as others have pointed out this is only for one region and we have no idea how long the wait will be for that region anyway.

How many people have bought a game on the PS3 only to later find out that the upcoming DLC for the game will be exclusive to the 360? I fail to see how this is much different than that.

[outlawlife]

dlc isn't a game and we all have come to know that most of this dlc isn't worth it, it is a frill...a frill that costs you more money

i don't know about you but i don't enjoy paying 10-20 extra dollars for cash grab content, so if you are actually missing that aspect i assure you it isnt as fun as it seems

look at fallout DLC for example

you'll find few people who aren't blinded by bethesda to say that those packs are definitely worth buying

then you have games like tomb raider underworld, dlc sure helped that game a lot

and i'm not stretching anything, the games has been delayed so many times that a lot of people may potentially give up on it at this point

the excitement for games wears off when they are continually pushed back

this game wasn't going to break any sales records as is, and i don't see the logic in delaying it further

in my opinion it was a bad move, i don't have to convince you of that it is just what i think

[Johnny Jiron]

and no offense, but did even half of you twats read the whole article?
It doesn't berate Sony, but snides them for dropping to Microsoft's level when it comes to exclusive deals and the possible ramifications. It attacked both companies. If you cannot be bothered to read a bit now and again why are you online?

Anyways it's no big deal there's plenty of other games coming and it will probably come out for all platforms sooner or later in PAL territories. Yeah it's a lame move to pull this type of thing so close to release, but meh what can you do? Oh I know play other games and be patient or save up and buy both systems or better yet get a life and quit crying over such a small thing.

[redsquad]

Did you even find out who DID read the article before calling everyone "twats"?

Funny how people always put "no offense" JUST before being offensive.

[Johnny Jiron]

I see many people taking this as a fanboy article when if read properly you can see it that it is an examination of what both MS and Sony may be inclined to do from this point on. It was not an attack on one but both competing companies and their business practices when it comes to exclusive content. In the article it even states that it may be an extreme view, tho not entirely impossible.

So yes, not only did I read the whole article, but also a majority of the messages back when there were roughly 80 of them. Half of which only read the title and filled in the rest with whatever their imaginations wanted.

The "no offense" part is sarcasm. Sorry if I didn't feel the need to make it italic or with quotations.

If needed I can provide about 40 examples of people who clearly did not bother to read the short article. A couple of those people who couldn't read the article probably only read the first half of my own statement as well. Laziness and blind fanboyism is an annoying combo.

[techie]

DOn't they mean Atari?

[Cajun Chicken]

More concerned about the Wii owners looking forward to that version of the game that isn't even by the same developers, about time that 360 owners get a taste of their own medicine, besides, this is looking like a simultaneous release with the Ghostbusters Blu-Ray and the Ghostbusters IP is Sony's.

[aldesko]

There's 64 million 360/wii/ds-only owners in PAL regions that were going to buy Ghostbusters?

[Henry Cain]

This sounds like someone who owns a 360. How many times has M$ gave the middle finger to gamers because of their timed exclusive or faulty consoles? If M$ wants to thrown some money to keep prototype timed go right ahead it looks like $h!t anyway. I'll be enjoying the many games that PS3 will offer me this year. The funny thing is Sony owns the rights to Ghostbusters, they probably didn't pay a dime to make it a timed exclusive.

[picoso36]

....And the outrage I experienced when they put it on Xbox where it has no fans!

[free2game365]

The developer said the PC version is threaded to use up to 8 CPU cores, given they probably port that between different platforms it probably does use all of the cell CPU.

[JD_Shadow]

Yeah, PushSquare ( http://www.pushsquare.com/1... ) was right:

"Now we know it’s only marketing, and that’s fine, but here’s our point: the gaming community holds such a double standard towards Sony these days that we’re 101% convinced if Sony had released this pamphlet we’d be sifting through hundreds upon hundreds of: “ZOMG Sony should focus on their own system not the competition, they should shut up, make some games, Sony sucks” comments. You’ve read the ones.

We haven’t come across a single comment suggesting the same about Microsoft’s tactics. Interesting eh?"

After reading THIS article, I have to think that PS was onto something here. I've known it for months now, and now a lot of others are starting to see the same thing.

[AliC]

I don't understand Mircosoft buys Exclusive deals all the time (looks at the GTA 4, Fallout 3 etc..)

Yet when Sony get a "Timed" exclusive deal its like the world is going to end and Sony is the bad boy...

There is a awful lot of jaded people.

[Rmagnus]

Let them write whatever they like as long as Sony keeps giving me great games to play they will be getting my $$. Seriously you guys are upset over a mutiplat game? Its not even an exclusive to begain with... Just wait at most a couple of months and you guys will get it on 360 pal/ We had to wait like a whole bleeding year for some games like Bioshock( got it cheap though, like 45 usd brand new)

[ifhd]

I can't stand crying fanboys

[Rmagnus]

how on earth did you last so long in this gen =)

[ifhd]

by playing games every day .
you know what they say
one game a day keep the crying fanboys away.

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

I can't believe how hot these news have been on the Ghostbusters game. I never ever read any comments or read a preview about gamers looking forward to this game. Cmon now, who really cares about this game?

[JD_Shadow]

Obviously you do because you just commented about it.

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

Well it's the hottest news of the day with 113 comments so I came in to see what all the fuss is about. I could care less about this game.

[Argento-Nox]

Sony owns the rights to the Ghostbuster movies, I'm guessing they were able to get a timed exclusive for the game to promote the blu-ray versions of the movies coming out in June.

I can't believe the hypocrisy of this article, especially when MS is better known for timed exclusives (Eternal Sonata, TOV, LP, NG, Bioshock etc.). In fact it looks like Lost planet 2 is going to be a timed exclusive, where's the uproar over that?

MS gave everyone both middle fingers for the RROD issue until the billion dollar lawsuit came while bringing about this onslaught of ridiculously overpriced DLC and timed exclusives, and this guy's moaning about getting the game later this year?

The only one that really deserves the finger, is the hypocrite who wrote this article (-_-);;, what a whiner (>_<)@#$.

[OmegaSlayer]

This piece of blog is pure dumbness.

[peeps]

hmmm Sony owns the rights to it though...

and i don't see what the big deal about this is when ms paid $50 mil to get exclusve gta4 content. that is a real middle fingers to gamers (when you consider a lot of gta fans in the past will have bought the games on sony systems)

[Ninjamonkey82]

One up for sony imo.

[hesido]

Now, we learn from gameplayer.com.au:
-Timed exclusives have to shift millions of consoles.
-Timed exclusives have to utilise cell.
-Timed exclusives have to cell huge.
-Ghostbuster would be played by all 64 million non-ps3 users.

Now that'a revelation!

Also: "..we doubt the majority of current PS3 users will even care.."

Of course I don't care, because I'll have it on my PS3. Xbox360 users should care.

[Blackcanary]

at the end of they if u wanna get it and u live in the UK and u don't own a PS3, buy the NTSC version from EBAY simple as stop ur crying you babys.

[peeps]

i don't think 360 games are region free. i know ps3 games are though cus I've bought some from America myself before.

[Blackcanary]

my bad lol i meant if u own a ps3 lol

[SpoonyRedMage]

This is bad mainly for Nintendo but also for MS. Sony is going to be using all of their movie/music IPs and stuff and limiting what can be on the other consoles. MS can't really do this and Nintendo could only limit a Baseball team from being in games.

It's the bloody same thing that happened with the film industry. The bigger, integrated studios started using their other properties and franchises and it makes it much harder for smaller studios to compete. Look at how The Dark Knight did compared to a smaller film like Hunger(although I doubt many have heard of it).

[darkjanus]

while im not happy with sony for pulling this stunt please stop acting like its the end of the world people.

Sony has pulled this bull countless times before and while im not pleased about it this is nothing new.

They are a Japanese company, hence most of their games come out in their own region first. This has always been the case with high profile sony games. Anyone whos owned a playstation for more than a year should know this. Europe always gets screwed not just by sony but by everyone. Wining aint gonna change it so just deal with it.

[chad22hkd]

Microsoft gave 28 million of you the finger.When they sold faulty hardware and knew it.The red ring of death,ohh those words hurt don't they.lol how does your butthole feel.

[hakis86]

Why not use your brains and energy to write something serious.
As many have said already, microsoft has done this many times already (even withbigger games) so Sony definately deserves this one.

Too bad this article has gotten so much heat.

[ifhd]

what if mw2(cod4:mw2)became a "Timed" exclusive

[OmegaSlayer]

If the game is announced as "timed exclusive", there wouldn't be any kind of problem.
You know that you have to wait 4-6/whatever months more if you want to play the game, but you don't have to buy another hardware.

This thing is pointless.
This argument is pure EPIC FAIL.

[ifhd]

So why is GB "Timed" exclusive a problem and why are we talking a bout this .

[-x.Red.x-]

xbots angry they can't get to play a game this year!!!

effin LuLz

[Man_of_the_year]

IF i was to purchase this game i could very well do so since i am in Canada. This is only affecting the PAL areas...so actually "xbots" will still be able to play this game. And Pal reagions may have imported NSTC consoles as well so that they can play the game still...damn your ignorant.

[PantherDST]

AHHHHHH HA HA HA

Personnaly I could care less, but it is pure joy to witness the crying and whining from all of the Fanboys.

[OmegaSlayer]

You know the REAL deal?
360 owners, you have to learn to wait.
You will have the game for your console, you don't lose anything, so just stop to whine.
And you don't have to buy a console you don't like/don't want/can't afford, because you know right now that the game will come out.

Is it better for the people that had a PS3 and bought a 360 for Bioshock, Eternal Sonata, Ninja Gaiden 2 or Tales of Veperia?

Sorry, but I think that whoever whines, cries, laments on this news is a whining sissy.

[Delive]

I am cool with it.

[Run_bare]

It's nothing wrong with what SONY did, it's just business, well done on SONY. Microsoft do this all the time, they should just grow up. What the gamers are feeling today is what the IT Industry already feeling it long time ago (IBM vs HP vs DELL vs SUN vs Hitachi, etc etc). This site is so childish, do not blame SONY for doing this deal, but Blame Microsoft why they don't do it. Look at what MS did with "the Last Remnant", need i say more.

[Man_of_the_year]

I agree. Business is Business. And there is nothing wrong with securing the rights of a product to better entice your customers or potential customers into buying your product.

MS does it all the time and i 100% agree with it. If Sony does this then i am 100% in agreement with it as well. Its good business. If you chose to buy the competitors console then you have chosen not to play certain games, either announced, unnanounced, exclusive DLC or snatched rights to once multiplats.

Buy both consoles and STFU already.

[freestyle1976]

and nerds I must say.

Cry and cry.

[ChickeyCantor]

hey hey hey, crying of the fanboys comes from many sides, not just the "xbox fans".
You all cry when you think something isn't fair.

>=(...

(no don't have a 360 but a ps3, so go ahead, call me a xbot.)

[threepy]

I'm not too interested in the game really, may pick it up eventually (on PS3) and see it as being quite cruel by Sony, having announced it so close to the release.
But I have to admit I'm finding it absolutely hilarious. Gaming sites complaining in mass numbers. All that has happen is Sony have got timed exclusivity of a game in one territory. I doubt they wanted to annoy the PAL 360 owners, that's just a side effect.

Microsoft have announced things like previous PS3 exclusives going multiplatform, maybe not close to the release of a title, but at an opportune moment when it will have a large effect. Sony fans moaned.
Now the 360 fans are moaning like Sony has done some unspeakable evil act.

It's timed exclusivity. And funny. Evil business act, but funny.

[DoucheVader]

This stuff happens against PS3 owners all the time.

Welcome to the club whiners!

[MriownBOTH]

i live in the USA. so sony didn't hurt me i don't really care about other counties. i bet it will sell the same even on a timed exclusive makeing the whole thing a waste of sonys money. but whatever.....ill be playing it on my 360 the normal release date with the ps3 in USA..

sony shouldn't have even bothered

[ChickeyCantor]

If there is some IP to get released, who you gonna call, SONY!!
*epic synth solo*

Its "TIMED" so you will get it eventually.
But sucks for those who are a fan though.

[Dannehkins]

Hold on.. what's this? Do I actually see people getting riled over this? Wow... I'm sure Microsoft haven't done this before.

Shouldn't these types of articles be removed from my search by the filter? No offence, but this article was just asking to entice people into arguments.

And the ignorance of some people. As Sidar said, it's timed so live with it and get over it.

[bigjclassic]

This is a bad move because the Wii version of Ghostbuster actually
would have sold well, and at least been fun. Now we get to
BUTTON MASH in glorious HD.
/sarcasm

[NateDPG]

LOL WTF? PS3 owners are waiting a whole year longer for Tekken 6 just because of Billyboy.

[JeepGamer]

When you're done crying a river, you can build a build a bridge and get over it.

I do at least have some sympathies for the Wii owners, but if you're a 360 fan...? Now you are seeing first hand what Microsoft has done time and time again.

[JeffGUNZ]

I don't care if it just comes out for gameboy exclusively, it's ghostbusters. The movies were great, but this game will be as exciting as King Kong. I could see this being a big deal if this happened again with bioshock or modern warfare 2.

[Death]

We've atleast learned a few things if nothing else.

1. Sony isn't above talking smack and taking jabs. For a couple years now many people have forgotten the constant stream of bs before the PS3 launch. Now that Sony is starting to gain momentum they feel it's necessary to call out their competitors publically. This is evident with the whole "Wii in the closet" fun early in the week.

2. Sony does buy exclusives. You can say it's because they own the IP, but you would only be fooling yourself. Sony's gaming division does not own the IP, their movie division does. If this was not the case, the game would have been PS3 only since day 1, not a few weeks of months before the game is released.

3. Sony's budget for their gaming division is still relatively small. FFXIII is exclusive only in Japan, now Ghost Busters is a European timed exclusive according to this article. Granted Europe is Sony's stronghold, but still that is kind of weak. Maybe there are other compelling reasons, but so far it is more spite than anything. Financially it's humorous since it shows their cash reserves are small and also because GhostBusters isn't exactly a killer IP to play this game with.

-Death

[andron]

It's a timed exclusive, just as a all those 360 ones. You'll get to play it later.

Sony want to heighten their PS brand awareness, and that's what this timed exclusive will do. It will be interesting to see the sales number when all versions are released...

[Sheikh Yerbouti]

GTAIV, Bioshock and Fallout is akin to deep anal probing with a broomstick. Whine about those while you are at it.

[andron]

I could understand this outrage if Sony just canned the 360 and Wii version.

But now it just looks lame to get this worked up about a timed exclusive deal. They don't have to wait that long either...

[Phantom_T]

Easy.
Undermining the opposition.
same way Microsoft does with its campaigning and comments.
"Sony is hemmoreaging at retail" etc etc.
It's all business,Microsoft has undermined Sony since day one and now the boots on the other foot.

[psiom]

Unbelievable.

What a hyperbolic, completely ridiculous article.

Some one else could have published this game, but Sony decided to do it, so WTF do you expect now?

Sony as publisher (a business move, to you know, make money...) should support rival platforms just cause it'd make em nice guys?

Cause Microsoft is so friendly to Sony?

Cause 360 owners are such nice guys full of love and support for all other gamers?

right?

right...?

[Daz]

1 guy writes an artical and he knows 64 million people's opinion on the game.
If you want to believe him then you can ;/.

[ironmonkey]

no need to cry you kids will eventually get to play it on your whimpy console and sony owns the the movie and game so there no wasting any money maybe paying to develope the game but not big like contract wise..
Quick somebody call the waaaaambulance! lol that was funny had to say it again

[Dannehkins]

I like this page. It's full of mature people with logical explanations :D What a total contradictory to the article itself.

[PirateThom]

People are taking this way too seriously.

[Dannehkins]

It's seems the norm as of late. Gaming seems to be more about the business side of things rather than the actual game as of late (only applies to the minority) which is a real shame.

[ThaGeNeCySt]

Here's the bottom line as to how I see it:

1. This article stinks. Point blank.

2. Ghostbusters is not that HUGE of a deal for an outcry of this magnitude

3. As is pretty apparent by the comments in this article... the next time Timed Exclusivity is made on a video game, there should be 0 complaints... all those "well it's ok when ___________ does it" will look pretty hypocritical when this happens again.

Everybody relax...

[XPC HARDonE]

If they own it they can do what they want, its not like we haven't had our own timed exclusives like Bioshock. I'm all for arguing over who has the better console, but this is stupid. Its not like Sony at the last minute made this a PS3 only exclusive, in fact maybe cause of the delay 360 and wii owners will get something akin to the challenge rooms that PS3 owners got with their version of Bioshock. Or not. There are plenty of other games coming out. I guess if your a hardcore Ghostbusters fan the wait may be a pain, I doubt people will go buy a PS3 just to play Ghostbusters, but whatever.

[psiom]

Also, this author should bang his head against the wall until all urges to use terms like "Sony Defense Force" are gone. That kinda over-used juvenile crap destroys any sense of professionalism and fails at being funny.

[Dannehkins]

A fair point Plang. Use of this words really can derail a discussion quite rapidly.

[jro211]

I don't understand what the fuss is all about. Microsoft has been doing this type of business since the Xbox 360 first released: Giving the finger to Sony. It's about time Sony did something in retaliation. If you think I'm full of it, look at what's going on with Fallout 3 and Grand Theft Auto DLC. There are several other games that M$ paid large amounts of money to keep off the Playstation 3. I don't understand what the fuss is about. This is just proof that there is so much bias toward the Xbox.

[PirateThom]

Actually, I'm going to say my piece, disagrees be damned.

Sony already said they needed more of their divisions working together. This does benefit both SCE and Columbia, "Ghostbusters Trilogy on Blu-ray", fantastic marketing for both departments.

And, honestly, this is nothing like what Microsoft do. Microsoft try to make people think the games are full exclusives, even though they appear on other platforms later. Sony just made a deal that looks good from a marketing point of view and Atari have made clear where the deal stands.

[psiom]

Careful...your well constructed, rational comment will confuse and anger people.

[ThaGeNeCySt]

I clicked disagree, but only because I'm one of the phantom disagreers on this site

[FadeToBlack]

Really! its only a ghostbusters game lol

[ToeKneeHaze]

I guess you guys forgot what Microsoft did with Final Fantasy last year?

Whatever, get over it...too many whiney babies in this industry who havent grown up or care too much about stupid things...

[L-Teezy]

this article is a joke. why is it such a big deal if sony gets the jump on a game? doesnt microshit do this all the time?

[DanSolo]

Seriously, who really gives a fvck??

Microsoft do this type of thing all the time with games and DLC, its just the nature of the business unfortunately, but have some consistancy, if you are gona throw a tantrum about Sony doing it then throw one when Microsoft does it.
Or even better grow a set of nuts and stop all this fanboy sh!t, its fvcking sad!!

[Shrinkwrap]

Real gamer's do not have to worry about this being a timed exclusive.
They pretty much have all the consoles.
Anyone else will barley notice this has happened, if they do, maybe its time for them to buy a PS3. (if there in such a hurry to Play)

This whiny rant sounds like a five year old on the floor, kicking and screaming at the candy shop with no money.

I think most of us here, seen this coming.

Sony one up's Microsoft before E3.
Get over it, Dude. (Welcome to the real world)

[KifKroker]

go tell your mum Sony has been nasty too u

[prunchess]

I wont even give their site a hit anymore due to this kind of tripe they've been banging out about Sony for the last year or so.

We've been seeing this kind of crap coming from the US, UK and OZ since the launch of the PS3. Where's their sense of out rage when M$ have a timed exclusive?

I repeat, do not give this site a hit!

[Qui-Gon Jim]

They push the opposing players all the time, but when they get pushed, they fall to the ground dramatically and scream "FOUL!"

[Rhezin]

Canadian like you manotheyear. I think you should stfu now, oh wait you have no say in that matter now.

[stuntman_mike]

this article even has the nerve to start throwing crap about fanboyism when the whole article is written in a fanboy way and reeks of jealousy. why when sony gets a timed exclusive these arseholes start making a stink.

also sony could have made this sony exclusive period (seeing as they now own the rights) but thier letting it go multi and probably earning loasds from it.

[GameHero]

But SONY all the suddend pulls it and it becomes a criminal offense?

To the guy who wrote this artical (Chris Stead), get your head out of your a$$, SONY IS ALLOWED TO HAVE EXCULSIVES...What your saying Chris Stead is microsoft has the exculsive on owning exculsives.

Chris I hope your reading this cause your a QUACK!

[heavensdevil]

It's amazing how so many people are so shallow. Their mind is so narrow that they fail the see the big picture. What the article pointed out is something that will inevitably happen again in the future. This won't be an isolated case I can assure that. This isn't about it being a timed exclusive, it's the timing of Sony that is questionable.

[OmegaSlayer]

This is dumb.
WTH matters the time.
Who can't get the game June 19th can get it later on his consoloe of choice.

Or maybe MS users would have preferred an announcement made a year ago where Atari says that the game was PS3 exclusive, just to discover some months after the release that it was a timed exclusive.

Please be serious, use your brain and don't shot bull***t.

[ELite_Ghost]

64 MILLION???!?!?!?! WTF?!!!!???!!!

[Shnazzyone]

You are such hypocrites! Plus you are defending a move by sony that will probably PREVENT more people from grabbing a sony console or portable. This was a real Dic* move on the part of sony and it shows in the anger from this journalist. I mean gameplayer is a pro sony site to begin with and even their apparently pissed! Every ps3 fan was calling foul when lost and the damned was bought for temporary exclusivity then you defend sony for doing something that actually hurts a developer. I'm sorry but sony fanboys deserve their reputation after reading some of these comments. I'm officially never buying a ps3 this gen and I hope many other gamers who have morals and a concience will do something similar. Sony deserves every drop of backlash they get from this low down greedy move.

[heavensdevil]

Sony doing this is like they are giving an ultimatum to MS saying that they can play dirty too. Both companies will then compare who has more cash to buy exclusives or timed exclusives. Nintendo butts in and this becomes Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Think who'll be stuck between them and get the hit most.

[Shnazzyone]

If this is an ultimatum by sony then it is not at all the game changer all you sony kids are painting it to be. The title will still become non exclusive eventually and the author of the article that noone seems to be reading made it clear that this is not a system seller and is only highly anticipated by very few people. What i don't get is why Sony waits until 1 month before release to make this decision. If they loved the ghostbusters franchise so much how come their epic group of developers weren't the first to cash in on it? All sony is doing is cashing in on something they care nothing about for no reason other then they can. They had plenty of time in the 3 years of this games development to ask for it to become exclusive but no they wait till the last minute to punish the people who worked hard to make this game. That is why this is BS. It is not some epic slap in the face to MS or anyone the only ones it hurts is gamers and developers.

It is a stupid thing to do and demonstrates nothing more then sony is run by a bunch of As*holes. I just don't understand it in the least and i find it sad that anyone can defend this pathetic action. There is a million ways sony can make the point that they are a great game company this is not one of them in any way shape or form. You people are ridiculously ignorant to defend it and it makes me angry to no end. I feel like I'm the only person smart enough to see through the fanboy bull.

Though I'll shut my mouth and let the Sony children pretend it's somehow their day in the sun while they continue to show their stupidity and immaturity and how they truly don't care at all about progressing the media of games forward. How any sony fan can defend this and call themselves "true gamers" is completely beyond me.

[firetaw]

if anything xbox 360 fanboys and microsoft deserved it for rubbing in our faces "wooo look at us we got time exclusif why bother with a ps3 version"

now that they get a taste of there own medicine, everyone gets bitter and a foul taste in there mounth.

GET A LIFE

[zodiac909]

i fail to see how this is a big deal.

[Veneno]

Nothing more needs to be said than that.

[Socomer 1979]

This guy is lucky sony didnt pull out a phat Dhick and wrap it around his throat.

this guy is all why? why? Why? Why?
shut up.

just too annoying for me. see ya gameplayer.com I'll never visit the site again. I dont read tears.

[xbollox]

and quit whining like pu$$ies, you're an embarassment for the entire gaming community

[xionpunk]

Talk about overreacting.

[OmegaSlayer]

Wait all the whiners...
Maybe you think that Microsoft and Bethesda behaved better?
Since they gave the finger on one million of PS3 (this is a correct number btw), without releasing patches and DLC for a game full of glitches...
A game that the press recognizes as GOTY.

Well, I think that Beth and MS show two hands, each one with 5 middle fingers.

[MysticStrummer]

Sony just did what Microsoft has been doing all along and Sony is the bad guy? Gimme a break. GTA4 could have been even more impressive if it hadn't been gimped for the 360, something Rockstar has admitted, and I strongly suspect the same for the upcoming Final Fantasy. Now you're gonna cry about Ghostbusters??? LOL !!!

[koikomoru]

You guys don't get it. It is not about the console war in this case! It is the case of people like me who pre-ordered the game for Xbox and now they are not releasing it. I don't care that it is a PS3 exclusive. what i care about is how for months we have had the carrot dangled in front of us, and right as we get to take a bite it is swept away for good.

[HarukoHex]

look at all the sony trolls defending this after years of attacking MS for it. how pathetic.
-hex-

[Qui-Gon Jim]

look at all the Microsoft trolls attacking this after years of defending MS for it. How pathetic.

[xlr]

if this does not bring any importance , then why u are so curious about it(i mean the author ) ?????

[tawak]

xbots is angry because they can no longer download and burn the ghostbuster game for free..lol
new downloaded games on 360 are becoming less and less these days
too bad to those people who stock pile somes dual layers dvd..lol
dont worry i also own a modded 360 so i know pretty well whats going on underground,am on your side guys
but on the other hand i also own a ps3..
so either way its a win win for me =)

[joevfx]

this game should have been fully PS3 exclusive in my opinion

[DFresh]

There's 2 sides to every story on this topic.

Microsoft gave the finger to gamers as well not just Sony.
ex.)
-Exclusive GTA IV-----DLC (3 Episodes with 1 out of the 3 being released now. Lost & Damned.)
-Exclusive Fall Out 3-----DLC (3 Packs. 1 Pack = Anchorage. 2 pack = The Pitt. 3 pack = Broken Bond. Plus who else knows what's coming later on.)
-Exclusive Tomb Raider DLC (Big franchise on Playstation now on Xbox w/ exclusive content.)
-360 has bad hardware and a high failure rate guess what you gotta do. Extend your warranty. That costs money.
etc.

Sony:
-Exclusive Marvel VS Capcom 2 demo.
-Exclusive FFXIII Demo.
-Exclusive content in Batman Arkham Asylum where you can play as the Joker.
-Sony gets the rights to the Ghostbusters game now exclusive on PS3.
-Only Qore Subscribers get first dibs on all of the newest betas/games.
-Tales of Vesperia & Eterna Sonata come to the PS3 w/ exclusive content.

Each firm are all evil don't get it twisted like they care about you.
Remember it's business plain and simple.

[CobraKai]

The first time sony gets off their ass and bags an exclusive to what is their OWN PROPERTY (Ghostbusters is Columbia Pictures which is Sony) and the world cries foul. I hope thi is a sign of Sony getting more aggressive since I felt that they were just sitting idle, twiddling their thumbs in regards to third party exclusivity.

At least now MS fanboys knows what it feels like to all of a sudden lose a game to Sony and Sony fanboys can sleep better at night knowing that there is a MS fanboy out there that's just a little upset.

[Knightofelemia]

I haven't played Ghostbusters since the Sega Master System days this might be worth playing, but I am not going to buy it I'll just go to Blockbuster to rent it. As for this game being a timmed exclusive on the PS3 well now Xbox fans know how it feels now when Microsoft flashes cash for a game that was suppose to be a multi platform. Sony does it to help there fans all hell breaks loose Microsoft does it Sony fans are pissed but its not the end of th world.

[Guitardr85]

Even though I don't really condone what Sony is doing in Europe, I still feel like this is what Sony fans always complained about when they lost a franchise to the Xbox. As with Sony earning publishing rights to Ghostbusters in Europe * (which surprises that they didn't in the first place since they own the rights to the movies), maybe some people will finally feel what it's like to get shafted by the man. PS3 owners (me included) have had this happen to us many times before and while it really sucks that this happened...I really don't have any sympathy for all those 360bots that blew it in our face when we lost exclusivity or had to wait for a game. We're lucky this is only the case in Europe as I'm all for everyone getting to play what will probably be a great game as early as possible.

[Enigma_2099]

... all of a sudden, Sony pulls a "Microsoft" and immediately become far more evil than they ever were.

Umm, TIMED exclusive... meaning you're still getting the game... stop whining. Seeing as how many people are screaming bloody murder, you should be glad you're getting it at all! They could pull another "Microsoft" and lock you out all together.

Let's talk about Left 4 Dead... Let's talk about Portal... let's talk about GTA IV exclusive content... let's talk about Gears of War 2... let's not talk about Halo 3, because we don't care about that one... LET'S TALK ABOUT EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 2017!!! I ACTUALLY WANT THAT ONE!!!! And until you start talking about those 360 exclusives you PAID for... SHUT UP.

[Christopher]

First, thanks for the laugh.

Second, Earth Defence Force 2017 is a simple but very enjoyable co-op game actually :p

[Enigma_2099]

EDF 2017 is the only reason I'll even TOUCH my brother's 360!!!! YES, I know it's simple, and oh YES I know it's enjoyable!!

[Christopher]

No, I wasn't kidding. Just wasn't sure if you were or not.

[Raoh]

micorosoft does it, its business, sony does it its screwing over gamers.

double standard much?

actually sony dropped the ball, they should have made this move sooner and with more titles. and i'm not talking to combat microsofts checks for timed exclusivity.

i'm talking about sony pictures movie licenses that have a game attached to it.

thats the part people are forgetting, sony owns ghostbusters.

sites like this that are moaning and groaning are just they type of sites dedicated to slamming sony and look for new reasons to slam sony.

i dont even take them seriously.

[Kyur4ThePain]

Jesus. I can't take anything you say seriously.

[NegativeCreep427]

Nobody knows for certain whether this Ghostbusters game will even be worth the hype it has been getting for over a year now (I remember reading a January 2008 issue of Game Informer in which this Ghostbusters game was the cover story) but I can cleary see the egrecious levels of journalistic hypocrisy come to the front...once again.

Microsoft decided to go all out and buy FULL exclusivity with the GTA IV Lost and Damned DLC. Were retailers and members of the gaming media pissed at how Microsoft just shafted such a great portion of the GTA consumer base? Nobody gave a f*ck about it. Any discomfort for the manner was handled purely in fanboy forum discussions.

Now that Sony has decided to take off their gloves and fight bare-fisted like Microsoft, everyone is reacting to it like Sony just sacrificed a million baby kittens. I have always been vocal on the great level of hypocrisy regarding the PS3 in the eyes of the so-called gaming "media", but this has just taken it up to another level, which was already high enough to reach the damn Moon.

[Christopher]

Let's put it in perspective:

Ghostbusters, a game that probably would be lucky to sell 1 million total on both the 360 and the PS3 in its first two months, is now being put out 3 months early (where the heck are people getting 6 months from? July->August-> September) in PAL regions, which accounts for about 25% of the sales of video games in North America.

Whereas, Final Fantasy XIII was paid by Microsoft to release on the 360 and the PS3 at the same time and delayed almost 1 full year in all regions but Japan.

So, a game is delayed 3 months in all regions but PAL Regions or a game is delayed 1 year in all regions but Japan...

Also, the game would not have delivered on time if the developers had been working on all versions of the game at the same time. It would still have been pushed two months past the release of the anniversary DVD release date. So, those 3 months will be spent finishing up work on the other versions of the game, not just having it sit there gathering dust. So, for you who preordered and think that this is Sony screwing you over, you still would be waiting at least 2 months to get your game regardless.

[swansong]

Something tells me that we are going to see alot more of this being done by both sides. Next time it won't be just the PAL area and it will probably be only two weeks before a games launch date that MS or Sony step in to screw the consumers, you know,us. I,m not a fan of any company (Sony,MS,Nint)They all have something to offer. I am a fan of video games,and if the game is fun I will buy it and play it.

[strickers]

Why do these aussies care?Games sell about 3 copies anyway.There would be no fuss if it was MS.It would be look at "clever" Microsoft.The site is garbage and should have 360 in it's name.I own all 3 systems and live in EU and couldn't care less.Wait a few months.I understand that games are thin on the ground for 360 at the moment but why not use it to catch up on some missed gems.Try Crackdown,it's a great and undervalued 360 exclusive,especially in co op.

[scott182]

Have we been living in a world where every game hasn't been a timed 360 exclusive or something??? And now some microsoft fanboy writes an article about sony getting 1!!!!

I hate people.

[Raoh]

OH and can someone ask the whiner so called journalist where was he when last remnant (not saying it was a good game) was previewed as a ps3/360 title to be released at the same time yet the ps3 has yet to see the title?

many others could be mentioned.

[360Hater]

A big middle finger to the 360 community... Who plays that console anymore anyhow? It sucks

[illjaden]

I dont understand this bull!"#%... Microsoft has for what feels like Ages done things like this... Last Remenant is one of the examples. I also hate people that talks about this like if this doesnt benefit Sony. Ofcourse it does. Sony wants to say: Hey guys look at us we got alot more good exclusives then 360 and Wii. And they do look at them: Uncharted, Ratchet & Clank, Heavenly Sword, Killzone 2, Resistance, Resistance 2 | upcoming: God of War 3, Uncharted 2, White Knight Chronicles and well now Ghostbusters.

Just becouse many people are waiting for Ghostbusters, becouse it realy looks like it can become a realy good game but its not an BB-titel you go crazy about Sony being an ass. Their not an ass, they just payback the debt to Microsoft.

[Enigma_2099]

.. Micor$oft has brainwashed everyone into thinking that bashing Sony on this site and other sites is the "in" thing to do.

[katanalpha]

Great article, dumb move on Sony's part. If your going to shell out the duckets for an exclusive in any region you have to let the world know well in advance to avoid this kind of backlash. Gamers anticipate games and plan for the release of the games they are most interested in. Suddenly being told that you have to buy a PS3 after getting hyped for a game is a real kick in the nuts. Now if said game was a AAA title then yes you might get a bump in console sales. While I'm positive Ghostbusters is going to be 10 sh!t loads of fun, it's not that game.

[Christopher]

Really? You _have_ to buy a PS3 to get a game? Or, you know, you could wait three more months to play it?

Hey, how long do I have to wait to play FFXIII? The Last Remnant? Lost Planet 2? GTA4 or Fallout 3 DLC?

[katanalpha]

@cgoodno /finger

[Enigma_2099]

... didn't you buy a 360 because you wanted to play certain games? How is this any different?

[LiquifiedArt]

I'll kill you online!
http://liquifiedart.mybrute...

[Brock Danger]

The sheer amount of agrees and disagrees must mean that the SDF sent out a four alarm fire to win the thread war! congrats.

I think you guys are missing the problem here, mostly because the article is taking a one-sided stance (which they have every right to) but the late announcement of the exclusivity is the whole problem. Had this been known from the get-go, no one would have cared. But a month out? That's lame as hell. I'm glad it's still launching here, GB is a goddamned classic and i'm looking forward to some live coop in the first piece of canon since the the second movie. But I feel bad for all those other fans who are shut out of the same experience.

Weaksauce.

[Sheikh Yerbouti]

Those happen all the time...like with Batman. Take it as a delay. You are still getting it sometime.

Not too long ago, this game didn't even have a publisher. I'm sure that had loads with the timing. Calm down. Now you have extra time to save your pennies.

[Mindsucker]

I think your missing the point this article is just like 1000000 others it is flame bait and only true Xbox fanboys will get the point of it.

Anyway if right was left and up was down you would not be upset.

[Argento-Nox]

@Brock

As mentioned by quite a few already, this is no different than MS doing timed exclusives like Last Remnant, which was supposed to be a day 1 multi-platform release, yet the PS3 version has gone MIA.

Having this so close to release isn't going to negate a wait period of less than 6 month's, which is still less than what PS3 users have had to wait for other timed exclusives.

Besides, whining from either side isn't going to reduce the wait for a game most people won't even glance at.

[slave2Dcontroller]

why everone is so up in arms about this, especially the author. Its a well know fact that the PS3 doesnt have any games and that its... well... dy...dying. All they want to do is publish one game that is based on their own SONY COLUMBIA STUDIOS movie before all of our PS3's roll over and parish :(

Who do these Sony guys think they are foolin around with things that they OWN THE RIGHTS AND LICENSE TO?!-End Sarc

Now down to business- If Sony REALLY wanted to be pricks, when the developers approached them and said hey, we'd love to do a GHOSTBUSTERS based on you guys' movie and it going to be availible for PS3, Wii and 360. Sony could've immediately shot they ass down quick fast and in a hurry at the very idea of their license products appearing on rival consoles.

You bastards are lucky that its coming at all and its sweet because Sony is going to reap the royalties of all the haters who buy it when it does release on your Wii's and 360's.

These articles never surface when that fat ass Gabe Newell is announcing 360 titles exclusively or every 3rd party and their mum are announcing exclusive DLC for the 360 and making 360 the lead plat for multi's. Its about time Sony started shaking things up and I'm all for it.

I'm in full SDF_General#1 mode right now!!! I cant wait to see what they do next! I have no interest in buying this f'n game but this article reeks of bias bs!!!

[Daz]

But why didnt sony choose to do it a month before release? That is the first time ive seen this happened and its stupid in my opinion.

[Christopher]

Likely because that's just how things ended up. Up until a month ago, they were looking to be published by someone else and that obviously fell through with the timeline Sony had in place for the game. So, Sony did what they could to make sure that it would be published in some way, shape, or form on time rather than being held up for three more months in Europe.

It likely has nothing to do with Sony being a-holish, but with getting another Publisher to get through the necessary red tape to publish in Europe on time.

[Magicferret]

This is a fcking joke, 1 month before release. This really shows what they think of europe. I own both the ps3 and the xbox. however i have the say the ps3 is the worst console ever for games. The controller is awful, the games are rubbish. The Online multiplayer content ??? what multiplayer. This sucks, i want to be able to play my friends on live in co-op i don't want to have to play it off line on my own. To tell people 1 month before release is really bad. My ps3 is a blueray player as thats the only good thing about it. Other than that , i play on my xbox its the better of the two by far !! come on game companies get the act together. Why should the us get it and europe not????? thats just a usual fck you europe

[HelghastKid]

If thats all you use your PS3 for then you might as well sell it..
"Why should the us get it and europe not????? thats just a usual fck you europe"
LMAO since when was it sony's job to take care of the 360? The only people that are getting screwed over in Europe are the people who don't have a ps3. The solution? Buy a fukin PS3!!

[TriforceLightning]

Kudos to Sony for its mishaps.Everybody loves a good car crash once in awhile.

[HelghastKid]

Damn 248 comments!?!?!?
I remember yesterday everyone was like "who cares it's just ghost busters its gonna fail anyway..."
Now its like its the end of the world! No one was going to buy this game anyway...i mean it looks good but i think sony wasted their money on this one...
As for the xbox fans in Europe who were going to buy this i feel sorry for you guys but...NOW YOU KNOW HOW THE PS3 FANS FEEL.

[Daz]

A month before release is great on sonys part? first time its happened so close to release. Thats why people are angry.

But you get more sence out of a wall on this site then talking to people.

[HelghastKid]

where did i say this was good for sony? I think it's a dumb idea for them to do this since it's wasting money....wait do they have to pay for this game since they already own the rights for it o.0?

[slave2Dcontroller]

will be feeling more pain from that shot in the foot than they will.

LOOK, you 2 are already crying. LMAO!

[ASSASSYN 36o]

Why is everyone worked up over ghostbusters? I am sure it is going to be a joyful game but it isn't anything epic.

[slave2Dcontroller]

context that the article was written in and the reactions that has me worked up. I aint buyin that game XD

[Magicferret]

ps3 have tons of game the xbox will never get . look at killzone 2, uncharted:drakes fortune. Little big plannet , not massive games. They have far more than the xbox, any sony studios title, xbox will never see them :( Ghostbusters though. This is a hugeeeee game , people have waited years for this

[slave2Dcontroller]

its still coming. You just have to be patient and wait for it. Just like I have to wait longer for FF13 due to MS bs.

Nothing is fair anymore sir.

[Magicferret]

yea, true. it just pee`s me off :)

[slave2Dcontroller]

I totally understand where your coming from. Sorry for being a douche as I really have no interest in this game and was just messin around for s#!tz and giggles but I can tell you are genuinely excited for it.

Sometimes waiting for something can payoff though, theres tons of games like Eternal Sonata and Bioshock come to mind- that were timed exclusive for the 360 but when they arrived on the PS3 they had some extra bells and whistles that were not included in the 360 version.

The same will probably apply here as developers need to offer an incentivefor people to re-buy something thats been out for the other console. So you might be waiting for the better version.

I've tooled around long enough in this article. Its time to play inFAMOUS. Peace

[KINGKON51]

SONY NOW NEED TO DO THE SAME WITH MODERN WARFARE 2

[Lord_Ranos]

Hell yeah!!

[learte]

How about the fact that ff13 demo is not available in america? that the fallout 3 dlc was delay and the gta 4 dlc exclusivity?? lost planet, ninja gaiden just to name a few that have been hit by corporate strategy. this is the might not be the first time sony does something like that, (can't remember others at the time). so just be happy that sony isn't making this exclusive and you will get to play it before the end of the year.

[xg-ei8ht]

Did I.Q drop sharply while i was away.

SONY Owns Columbia. Columbia owns ghostbusters.

Therefore it only makes sense that SONY would be first out of the gate with this title.

It's not a big deal, unless you wanna call ghost busters.

[DJ]

And globally, not just for one region. Big whoop.

[ukilnme]

Not that I care, I'm getting the PS3 version anyway but has MS ever done this so close to the release date?

[vagisil]

no microsoft hasn't ever done this so close to release. the sony droids on here are retarded anyways. they always want to say "i hate MS's business practices", but conveniently forget how sony treated nintendo.

bottom line folks i don't give a fvck what console you "worship" these are corporations and corporations want money first. how could most on n4g be so damn naive to think that sony has a halo over it's head.

no huge corp. is as successful as microsoft and sony without doing some dirty sh1t at some point.

sony=greedy
microsoft= greedy

neither one of these companies are angels, trust me!

[ukilnme]

@ vagisil

I completely agree. Bubble up.

[Qui-Gon Jim]

People did see it only affects PAL territories, right? Many of the XBox fans will still see a simultaneous release.

As far as why did Sony do this now? Who knows. Publishing contracts, like all business contracts, can be very complicated. Isn't the movie coming out on Blu-ray soon? Maybe Sony has some kind of tie-in with that in mind, and this was the best way to set that up (eg. maybe they are planning a movie + game package, but since the game has had trouble getting a publisher, they stepped in themselves to make that possible, adding in timed exclusivity as a condition to take advantage of the simultaneity).

For all we know, it happened the other way around. Maybe Atari agreed to publish it everywhere but PAL regions, so Sony stepped in and said "okay, we'll take care of PAL regions, then, but..."

[2FootYard]

Not like I was going to buy it anyways.

[JadedWriter]

Where was this article when the PS3 gamers got f@cked out of all of the Fallout 3 DLC or the Lost and the Damned and countless other things?

[Covenant]

And the console war gets uglier.

[ukilnme]

Sure it sucks for some but Sony owns it. Get over it.

[Neo604]

middle finger to u all.

[ThatDud3]

I think all of you seem to be missing the point. If this sets a trend it could cause some huge issues. Imagine you had pre-ordered a game and a month before it was to come out on your PS3, MS bought timed exclusivity. How would you feel? That you wasted your money and bash MS? Everyone knew before they purchased GTA and Fallout that the 360 was getting the DLC. I think a move like this would cause more people to not buy a Sony product then to purchase one. Just an idea not a mindless rant.

[topdawg122]

This article makes a good point, but for ghostbusters? and 64 million gamers really care? Right

[deshon09]

i love it how wen ms dose this it great good move ms but we sony dose something with something they own it a bad move have you shot yourself in the face sony it show how many 360 owners are relly mad it would be funny if at e3 they decide to make it a full exclusive ha the 360 fanboys would die

i'm still puzzled if the 360 has so many great games coming why dose it mater if ghostbuster stays of go's ether way or anther it will be on the ps3/ps2/psp nitendo and ms or even T.R. do not have a right to complain because at the end of the day it is propriety of the sony corp.

[click 2 get virus]

360 fan boys are mad

[The_Devil_Hunter]

ONe two step step by step.

[Ldubbz]

The last thing Sony needs is any further degredation of its brand name, and this sure as hell doesnt help.
Now of course the actual particulars arent necessarily clear to everyone yet; we dont exactly know the reasoning behind this is. But from the outside, it doesn't look good.

While some here cite MS as doing the same thing in the past, I dont see that as being true. Securing exclusivity for titles is nothing new, despite what people say. This has been happening since Nintendo/Sega days. DLC is definitely a bit of a new beast, but if a company is willing to actually fund the DLC (like with GTA 4), then that is what it is.

But this is markedly different. To actually pull this right before the release of a game is a bit strange. If Sony actually pulled a d!ck move like that, its not a good look for them. Though I think it may have come from the powers that be at Sony; some exec somewhere saw that a Sony movie was releasing on other platforms and made some moves. Spiderman was a bit different since it is a Marvel property through and through, and I doubt Sony had any say in where the games showed up.

[deshon09]

keep justifying wen ms dose it but wen anyone else dose it it a cyme what the hell are you guys the desperate . and i love how you guys keep say they bought exclusive rights well sony has all ways had exclusive rights no need to pay for something they already own and it only the pal territory right now

but that would be huge if at e3 they just said it was a full playstaion exclusive you never know with phill at the head of atari it mite just happen

[Lord_Ranos]

meh

[demonslayer]

May people are suggesting that Ghostbusters is not the game may are looking forward to play and at the same time they are glowing with anger regarding Sony's move. How come? If i were giving such a statement i would be thinking "thank God such a game is not a choice for me to get for my console, let someone else try it for a few months, and then when released on my favorite console maybe all the bugs and crap which might surface during that time would have been fixed by default at that period in time".
But the mere anger at such a move which Sony took gives the game and Sony more credit.
And then again, as many have asked, why is it that what's allowed for Microsoft to do is a taboo when someone else takes the same step?
I do not own any Sony shares, neither am i on their payroll, but i believe they just practiced a normal business move, and good for them.
As for me ill be back to scream and curse in case the game turns out to be a total disaster. :)

[Javier19]

oooooooooh the Hypocricy....

How about the millions of gamers Microsoft gave the finger too when they did stuff like purchase exclusive dlc?

[Bill Gates]

Screw you BABOONS......AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HA

[Seferoth75]

Not that I care about Ghostbusters but it i amusing to see all the little kiddies come running to defend Sony from something they hate MS for. Just another example of who really is a fanboy and who really isnt. Just look at some of these guys past history and see how bad it was of MS to have an exclusive, now its all ok though because this time its Sony doing it. Just pathetic.

Anyway all the developer did was shoot themselves in the foot. Most PS3 games fail hard. Only 1 game in 2 years even got over 5 million in sales compared to the many on 360, Wii, and we all know most of their game sales come from heavy discounts(LBP) or thrown in for free with the system. So I'll pass on the game altogether and they can be happy with the sub million they might hit on PS3 if they drop the game to 29.99. Then again most people will probably think it is an actual movie and buy it. Those seem to sell real well on PS3.

[deshon09]

are you retarded thats ok you just proved your own point you are a xbox fanboy who dose not like to lose

[PokemonMaster]

ARRRRGGGHHHHHH!

[Bathyj]

These whiney maggots should be happy the game's coming to their machine at all. It was stated from the very beginning it could have been better if it had been a PS3 exclusive.

Besides, we dont even know for sure why its delayed in PAL territories. Maybe Sony is the only one who wanted to publish it. Games dont print themselves.

This is so stupid, for the first time in 30 years I'm actually starting to feel like a nerd for being a gamer. We need to raise our standards people.

[Mindsucker]

Man we need a better reason to fight. This game sounds like it is going to be great btw. But this is stupid like the XBDF needs to complain and like the SDF needs to fight against this stupid article I mean why waste your time?

[DW]

for heat points ... is just .. ridiculous... then you read the article and all you find is hot air.

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

MS making FFXIII multiplat in the NA/EU regions is worse than this. They are delaying the release date for everybody. Xbox fanboys praising this article makes them look like the biggest hypocrites.

[TiLL i DiE]

i guess the filters don't work after all

[Szarky]

Man, this site is really hitting a new low. This is not news. The trash the makes the top stories is horrible.

[cherrycreamsauce]

Thanks for the troll!

[stuntman_mike]

as McDonalds say "im luvvin it"

[JJFNIGHTS80]

This have to be the MOST B.S. article I've ever read. Why say "SONY GIVE U THE FINGER"? And when M$ have the first rights when they PAID TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE FOR BIOSHOCK THAT SELLS OVER 2 MILLION. I think who ever wrote this article need to straighten thier facts out b4 talking shET at SONY. Cause SONY have every rights to have this game first put on thier system first b4 Xbox 360 owners. Bioshock came out on the PS3 like a year later. I think he needs to reset his facts b4 saying anything bout half gammers world wide that have Xbox 360 not getting Ghosbusters on thier systems first. Think bout Bioshock when they had it first. Don't anyone agreed?

[Shrinkwrap]

For one, your going get to play the game, eventually.

The movie and the game has been put on the back burner many times.
Be happy it's even coming out, Now you whine because the did this one month ahead of the release.

No one but parties involved with this decision knows what went down behind Ghostbuster doors.

But if you need more answers. |
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Who ya going to call...
GHOSTBUSTERS!

I'm not afraid of no ghost....

[Allowen]

Just see this,
Frist - both Xbox360 and Wii have more multiplayer split screem games then the PS3.

Second- one of the main reasons ppl liks Wii so much is because the easy to play games and lots of cooperative games for the system.
The xbox360 is not far behind with titles such Halo3, GoW2 and Left4Dead that all have coop splitscreem but those are for more hardcore players.

Now Sony bought GhostBusters game that will probably be one of the best coop games of this year !!
I guess Sony is not looking to "steal" some gamers from Microsoft's video game but also from Nintendo's.

Indea I am impressed with 'thos great chess move made by Sony.
I am now interested on this game ) Wooot, 4 split screen and coop online !! Awesome.

[PS3_anyone]

looks like ghostbusters has made a lot of controversy over the PS3. Stop the bashing, so what, one game is exclusive to PS3, 360 was lucky enough to get FFXIII shouldn't that raise some controversy?? since everyone sees that PS3 is an inferior console, all 360 fanboys should be insulted that an inferior game from an inferior console is being ported to the superior xbox 360. Shouldn't it be seen that way?? Ghostbusters isn't gonna make everyone go out and buy a PS3 but GT 5 will, so will God of War 3, so will infamous.......uncharted 2, MAG, Starhawk, R3, Heavy Rain, Twisted Metal, and the list can go on as the year and years unfold. So lets hope none of these games cause a Sony bashing controversy.

[tonywood24]

For the hater who wrote this post, you do know that the Ghostbusters movies are Sony films, right? So, Sony is suppose to help it's competitors....like Microsoft and Nintendo would return the favor!

STOP CRYING!! I guess Sony should allow Metal Gear Solid 4, LittleBigPlanet, MLB: The Show 09, God of War 3, and Grand Turismo 5 (All of which are on course of being the best for it's genres). As soon as Gears and Halo end up on PS3, people can start talking about sharing. I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE CONSOLE WARS?!!

[PS3_anyone]

I may hate but its justified hate, just as everyone that thinks PS3 is a rip off and they don't like it cause of this and that, i have my reasons to hate the 360 too, I'm not crying, and sony should allow what? You never finished that sentence. I just don't see anything that I would like on the 360. If a game comes out like warhawk on the 360 then there might be a chance I'll buy it, until then I'll be on my PS3.

[Amplitude]

*Calls the waaaaaaambulance for this guy*

Seriously... Jesus.

[importfighter]

Sony is Finally Starting to Grow some BALLS! I respect them more as a Company since Microbucks is an awful company

I should know cuz i was once an idiot who owned 3 xbox 360's and paying for an online service! Sony is punishing all u idiots who didnt convert yet!

[CobraKai]

Fiirrsssttt! Is that how this works, do I get a prize?

[Steyene]

The thing that irks me the most, is the fact that this has been a last minute change. Their are people out there on the PAL consoles that would have already fully payed off a pre order on it, but now have been told to duck off. The result, pissed off gamers who will not buy that game when it finally is released.

As for all of you people comparing this to Bioshock and the L&D DLC for GTA. Pull your heads out of your ass. Bioshock was a 360 exclusive and was never said that it was going to the PS3, you guys just got lucky essentially, and as for L&D, GTAIV was out for a while before the DLC was even announced, and when it was, they said from the start that it was going to be 360 exclusive.

Yes Microsoft have pulled this trick numerous time, but do you think it makes it any better?

Drop your fanboyism, and realize that there are other games besides you, who have been let down. This include fellow PS owners.