Ghostbusters Now a PlayStation Exclusive – Update
In a surprise announcement from a very recent Sony event in Sydney, Australia, Sony Computer Entertainment announced that they signed a deal with Atari and will be publishing the upcoming Ghostbusters videogame.
As for the non Sony-published versions of this game on other consoles, Atari will still be publishing them, but later in the year. As it stands, the game is slated for a June 19th release on the PS2 and PS3 to coincide with the [shal]Blu-Ray[/shal] release of the original film, with the PSP version releasing in the following months.
This is a very aggressive move on Sony’s part, and it should be interesting to see how this publishing deal will affects sales for the game. What we’re wondering, of course, is will Sony do this more often?
Update: While this all applies in Europe, Atari has confirmed that Ghostbusters will release as previously announced on the PS2, the 360, the PS3, and the Wii in North America on June 16th.
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23 Responses to “Ghostbusters Now a PlayStation Exclusive – Update”
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May 6th, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Less consoles at launch mean less sales overall? who knows maybe they’re hoping the Holiday season will pick up the slack.
May 6th, 2009 at 10:53 AM
Hmmm…..I heard this was only in Europe though?
May 6th, 2009 at 10:57 AM
a timed release for the ps3
AWESOME, either way I have mine pre ordered already for June 16th.
May 6th, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Very smooth move by Sony but I don’t see them doing this a lot. I think this was just a special case.
May 6th, 2009 at 11:08 AM
So far, it’s only been confirmed for PAL territiries only and is only a timed exclusive.
May 6th, 2009 at 11:12 AM
The only reason they did this for ghostbusters opposed to other games is because they own the rights the ghostbusters franchise wether it’s movies, games, toys or T-shirts Sony own the rights and nothing gets done without there say so. While I love this move from sony I wouldn’t expect to see too much more of this kind of thing
May 6th, 2009 at 11:40 AM
360 fanbois are freaking on the multiplatform sites, as if this isn’t a fair thing for Sony to do.
I say it’s about time they start fighting back.
I hope they get more aggressive come E3 and for the duration of the console life cycle. Obviously, trusting publishers to have their back due to good relationships didn’t pan out, as knives go into backs as easily as money comes out of Microsoft’s wallet.
May 6th, 2009 at 11:49 AM
Sony Europe definitely used their Pimp Hand wisely.
May 6th, 2009 at 11:50 AM
Haha! Yeah, it’s all fine and dandy when games are out on 360 first, but it’s “not fair” when it’s out on PS3 first. That’s irony for you.
It will be interesting to see how this unfolds.
May 6th, 2009 at 11:58 AM
why would anyone be freaking out? This is not even that huge of a game. Dont get me worng it looks great but it is not like sony just got call of duty modern warfare 2 as a timed exclusive. How sick would that be? That would piss of those 360 tards
May 6th, 2009 at 12:01 PM
I don’t understand, Why is the 360 getting the game at all if Sony owns the rights to Ghostbusters?
May 6th, 2009 at 12:12 PM
@nikrel
very good question. i do not know the answer. you are the coolest by the way!!!!!
hopefully if their will be exclusive content for the ps3 and the box version will be a shitty port.
May 6th, 2009 at 12:42 PM
nvm i retract my earlier statement… this move sucks because its only in Europe, it should be worldwide SONY! Oh well atleast Sony will see a nice step up in sales over the PAL regions.
May 6th, 2009 at 12:51 PM
I wouldn’t say it totally sucks since PS3 games are not region locked. If you were really Gung Ho for this game you could still get it early if you wanted too and only on a Sony Platform.
May 6th, 2009 at 1:01 PM
haha Kotaku said that the game is coming out in the US june 16 for all consoles… and that it has been conformed .. hopefully its more lies from the queen of rumors aka kotaku
May 6th, 2009 at 1:04 PM
Sweet! The more exclusives, the better! 5/5
May 6th, 2009 at 1:20 PM
heres my lightning bolt comment!
Go to hell MS. Sony use those rights they’ve owned for years and use them to do anniversary releases , not just PAY for exclusive deals with the only aim being to disadvantage the competition. It’s almost like MS hasn’t been screwing Sony by throwing money at exclusives since the start of this generation? For any MS fanboy to bash Sony for this move is seriously fucking hypocritical!!
When MS does it = smart business move
When Sony does it = dick move
MS fan boys are unreal…
May 6th, 2009 at 2:10 PM
@Jeneric
no! you are the coolest -=o)
Nice to see you on here as well.
@theHater
Thanks for the info, I just read somewhere else Sony Pictures owns the rights to the GB franchise, so it’s really up to them. Thanks for the info.
May 6th, 2009 at 3:06 PM
stupid ‘update’! i hate you! worst ‘update’ ever! if updates were candy, this one would have coconut in it. (YUCK)
May 6th, 2009 at 3:06 PM
I was so sad when I heard this project was dropped..Then happy when it was picked up; now this is awesome!
May 6th, 2009 at 4:15 PM
It’s true Sony is starting to think now awesome make it hurt.
May 6th, 2009 at 4:29 PM
Sux in NA. There should be more PS3 exclusives.
May 6th, 2009 at 5:20 PM
holy crap that’s a lot more comments for this game than I had expected.