Ghostbusters: The Video Game
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I don't know. I know PS3 is the lead platform via the interview.
I know the game's info movie made me feel connected to the older Ghostbusters movies.
I know the game's info movie made me feel connected to the older Ghostbusters movies.
Sony have bought the game off Atari, so now we can be confident what'll be lead SKU 
Edit : Scrap that.
It's a regional timed exclusive.
Edit : Scrap that.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/multiplatform-ghostbusters-release-for-us-in-june
It's a regional timed exclusive.
Sony have bought the game off Atari, so now we can be confident what'll be lead SKU
Timed exclusive to PS3 and PS2 (at least in Europe and Australia)
SCEE must have offered a lot of money. If teh Eurogamer most wanted is anything to go by, some ~5x more XB360 owners were looking to buy this game than PS3 owners!
I mean... do they have that much to gain. Were The Ghostbusters very popular over there
Then they really just shot themselves in the foot.
How did you get this number? I only see one list, and that's with useless platform labels and no numbers.
What are you talking about?
SCEE are publishing it - so whatever that costs.
So now they all have to buy a PS3 if they want to play the game in June.
Jokes aside, the article says Atari is short of cash and this may be a way of saving some marketing money by letting Sony take the cost during the slow summer period. The game will likely be out for the other platforms before the Holiday season starts.
Registered Eurogamer users can add a game to their list of 'most wanted titles'. At the bottom of the Eurogamer article there are 76 XB360 owners listing this game as most wanted, and 16 PS3 owners. Of course if you didn't know the Eurogamer article was there, you wouldn't know to look! I saw the news story there first and posted here, but then followed the link to the GI source, which explains why I'm talking Eurogamer in a GI.biz article, much to everyone's confusion.
I don't know any moreso than anywhere else, but it was a very popular franchise in its heyday. I'm certainly scratching my head as to why SCEE would do this, unless it was a cheap deal. But then why would Atari go with the sale? So there must have been a considerable sum invovled. In which case, why did SCEE do it? Maybe Crossbar is right, and SCEE reckon this is a platform mover? I guess there could be a large Ghostbuster fanbase of exactly the right demographic who haven't bought a PS3 yet. Give them the HD experience and game to go with it, it might see some interest, although I wouldn't expect much myself.I mean... do they have that much to gain. Were The Ghostbusters very popular over there
They should include a BRD of the Real Ghostbusters cartoon to go with it
. And a custom case with the iconic logo and ECTO1 lights and siren.I don´t find the deal with Atari that strange. Sony would be marketing the Blu-ray release of Ghostbusters anyhow. Combining the market campaign for the movie and the game sounds pretty rational to me.
Sony shares the ad space and probably expands the marketing effort somewhat in the PAL territories and in return gets a timed exclusivity. Atari concentrate their limited marketing money on the US market and still will sell pretty well in PAL.
I don´t think Sony expects Ghostbusters to move a significant number of units, but Sony seems to be building up a significant number of exclusive game titles this year and this will just add to that. I think it is the total sum of games that will move units combined with an expected price drop. We will find out.
Sony shares the ad space and probably expands the marketing effort somewhat in the PAL territories and in return gets a timed exclusivity. Atari concentrate their limited marketing money on the US market and still will sell pretty well in PAL.
I don´t think Sony expects Ghostbusters to move a significant number of units, but Sony seems to be building up a significant number of exclusive game titles this year and this will just add to that. I think it is the total sum of games that will move units combined with an expected price drop. We will find out.
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I don't know any moreso than anywhere else, but it was a very popular franchise in its heyday. I'm certainly scratching my head as to why SCEE would do this, unless it was a cheap deal. But then why would Atari go with the sale? So there must have been a considerable sum invovled. In which case, why did SCEE do it? Maybe Crossbar is right, and SCEE reckon this is a platform mover? I guess there could be a large Ghostbuster fanbase of exactly the right demographic who haven't bought a PS3 yet. Give them the HD experience and game to go with it, it might see some interest, although I wouldn't expect much myself.
They should include a BRD of the Real Ghostbusters cartoon to go with it
Not really that strange, and probably didn't cost that much. Atari is still going to publish the 360 and Wii version in the EU IIRC. Basically Atari got some "security" money, as they couldn't really tell how well it would sell in EU on the PS3. Now Sony get's a timed exclusive, which may help bolster their software sales for this game.
It's not like they purchased the game as a system seller, it was just an opportunity for them to buy publishing rights for their system. I don't find it strange or anything.
True,
It's no different than what SEGA, Sony and Nintendo used to do back in their day. Also MS has done a little bit of that this gen as well.
Regarding the game. So far it hasn't really piqued my interest yet. I'm a big fan of the movies, but so far the trailers haven't really given me the nostalgia I was hoping for with a Ghostbusters game...maybe the humor just doesn't translate as well.