Atari to publish Ghostbusters on Xbox 360 Comments by Robert Purchese

Yeah one of the Microsoft rep people just said it's a timed exclusive, I can wait, just hope the game is good.

Timed exclusive ain't too bad at all, still plenty of other games to play. If it comes out in September I'll use the ol' Birthday card on the missus :D

I'll be picking it up for my PS3 on launch day. Though I feel for the 360 owners out there, timed exclusives suck, I was so annoyed by rockband in the uk that I shan't bother to buy it. Timed exclusives pi$£ off the majority of consumers that don't have both a 360 and a ps3 and I doubt they generate much more money than normal release times.

i absolutely agree with jmg123. timed releases are bad for everyone.

People without all platforms get annoyed at having to wait. No more harware gets sold as people wait out the delay, and the second release suffers due to less or no maketing.

Weird time to go for an exclusive. Summer is quiet I suppose so they could be counting on that.
They have to be wary that delaying it until Xmas or whenever might even play right into MS and Nintendo's hands sales-wise.

Atari US will still publish all versions of the game, we're told.

So it is just the European versions, meaning the Xbox 360 US version isn't delayed. Better be region free!

Of course, this also probably means that the extra time for the European 360, Wii and DS versions won't be spent on making them nicer.

if the american version is region free, it's getting my money

£300 to get the game earlier with no AA... I'll wait thank you.

As it is I want it on the PC so waiting for games is nothing new to a PC gamer.

@CountFapula

Just done some checking and both Alone in the Dark and Race Pro were region free so looks likely (unless theres some additional stipulation from Sony that says it should be Region locked).

Good news.

I hope this really is the case. I dont mind the delay. Plenty of games i want are coming out in a few weeks time anyway.

I'll wait for the acheivement-tastic 360 version please.

trophies suck sweaty baws.

Just curious, how many people where actually looking out for this? Isn't this just another film tie-in?

@Xerx3s

*Gasp*

Rinse your mouth out with soap and holy water young man, this is Ghostbusters were talking about here!

I want this for 360, hurry up with a concrete date that I can give you my money Atari

Well, it's not just another film tie in.

The storyline is all new and has been especially written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. Not to mention voice acted by them and Bill Murray.

Xbox 360 timed exclusives make sense as they have a higher userbase than the ps3, not the other way round. Fuck it atari i ain't buying this you disgust me phil h.

"later in the year" = How dissapointing...fuck you very much, Atari EU!

"So it is just the European versions, meaning the Xbox 360 US version isn't delayed.
Of course, this also probably means that the extra time for the European 360, Wii and DS versions won't be spent on making them nicer"

It also means i wont buy it. Unless its amazingly good.

Balls. Oh well good move by Sony.

I will pick it up on the 360 when it is released later in the year, assuming it is not subsumed by the winter deluge of titles.

2nd hand buy now whatever platform. Absolutely terrible behavior!

I have no problem with exclusives (timed or not) but don't do it like this games industry....

Wasn't the PS3 version supposed to be the better looking one of the two anyway for once?

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What! What???????

Byron..

I see you're still struggling with the whole 'xbox ambassador' thing.

I don't beleive the PS version was supposed to be better at all, have not personally seen anything suggesting either version to be better than the other, but if you want to furnish us with some linkage, be my guest.

It's called sarcasm mate - would have thought as a reader of this site everyone would know about that!

Onto the subject though - got to say I couldn't care less about it being exclusive or not - in the end its coming out anyway later in the year, and if the PS3 version is good i'll be getting it on that anyway

Damnit. Oh well, plenty of other stuff out in June.

Even as a PS3 owner this isn't on so close to release, what's more I don't believe 360 games are region free, so importing isn't an option.

Some 360 titles are region free, just not all like the PS3

Autumn? Sod it. Unless it's the best game ever.. dont think i'll bother, been waiting too long for this.. And I aint getting the (inevitably) inferior ps3 version.

"I'll be picking it up for my PS3 on launch day. Though I feel for the 360 owners out there"

You don't have to. PS3 owners can keep this one, for all I care. :P

I'm actually surprised this didn't happen sooner, seeing as Sony owns some sort of rights to the name. I'm also surprised they chose this game to pay extra money for.

WHAT!!?

@ ronuds
By all accounts the game's shaping up quite nice though. It's certainly on my very slim 09 must-have list (there's this, Brutal Legend, ODST, and, erm...).

I think this has happened because Sony own the film, and wanted to promote the FILM more: hence the big Blu Ray launch, 25th anniversary, etc. I just hope it means that future GB games don't end up as Sony exclusives; but then again, they own the Spider-Man film rights too, and those are all multi-platform affairs.

I'd have no problem with this if they did it as first party exclusive in the first place, but doing it now proves what I've been saying all along: sony are pricks. This was done out of spite and nothing else. So what small chance there was of me getting a ps3 after a price cut and heavy rain and god of war came out is gone; fuck sony,

I'm gonna order the 360 NTCS version tonight.

This was done out of spite and nothing else

Yes and GTA and Fallout 3 DLC only available from MS, means good business sense only, not spite. Its a business decision the same as your beloved MS business decisions.

GTA and Fallout 3 DLC were exclusive from the start BIG difference....

Agreed that its make business sense, MS does have exclusive agreements but to me MS handles it better by planning it out long in advance and thus consumers would already know what would be exclusive in term of DLC or timed.

Sony doesnt look good either way, that gamers get aggravated with their 'sly' practices OR dithered far too long WITH their own property?! If it was MS who owned the film they would have made moves long before now!

Doesnt change that I would wait for X360 version anyway but applauds others who would get GB on PS3 as its their money and their choice. Not for me to say this or that.

I would certainly be tempted a bit more if the game does have more exclusive contents compared to other version, but now I would suspect Phil at Atari for being non-impartial to the multi platform business but hoped it just a case of Sony being late to decide what to do with their property.

makeamazing, not sure if you have been reading properly, but as I said, if this was announced from the start, no problem, fine, fair enough. But the fact it was so close to release date surely is a sign of pure spite.

all I know is, as if I didn't have enough reason to hate sony, the things that made me think about ps3 (possible price cut and heavy rain and god of war 3) no longer matter. As I said, sony lost any chance of me ever picking up their console.

Does anyone know if the 360 us version will be region free or not?

As a gamer, i didnt particularly care that MS did a deal for GTA/Fallout3 before hand, that to me makes no difference to someone who really wants the extra content. It means that a portion of gamers may not get to try these products. I love Fallout 3 its only because i dont have the time to play it to conclusion yet (and its been out a while), that Im not too concerned, but there are many out there that who may have completed it ages ago and cant play the DLC.

At least it seems like it will still be coming to the other platforms in EU, just alittle later, not a big deal really. So I would say yes its close to release, but certainly less worse than stopping it from appearing on the platform at all.

well, I'm going to get the american one if I can, and if not, oh well, sony are still in third place so fuck em lol.

Prototype's out in June and is looking sweet, so that should tied me over.

lol@spite!

and funny thing is, what's the betting that when the 360 version comes out, it will still probably outsell the ps3 version?

Ironic lol.

I can imagine Sony plotting in his basement as he devised this scheme

'grr I hate that Microsoft with its glorious fanbase and great games, if only I could launch a petty attack at them to make myself feel better...I know! I'll' STEAL Ghostbusters from them then laugh all through the night! that will be the PERFECT plan to get my revenge!'

You should read the Xbox forums - so funny how people who were looking forward to this game suddenly start stating its rubbish,they never wanted it etc - what knobs

"You should read the Xbox forums - so funny how people who were looking forward to this game suddenly start stating its rubbish,they never wanted it etc - what knobs"

people make me laugh when they do that.

Personally I never really gets games on release so timed exclusives either way never really bother me.

"Prototype's out in June and is looking sweet, so that should tied me over. "

it's that or infamous.. that then after this little trick. show Sony what i think of their approach.

Woah woah woah!!! What's all this!?!? No Sony - don't do it! I will HATE you forever (more so since you killed the bloody Dreamcast!) if you mess this game up for me. You can mess with any other game, I don't care, but not Ghostbusters. I have been waiting for what seems like an eternity for this game and there is no way in hell I'm buying this for the PS3. Not a chance - all you've done is piss me off.

Infact, Sony, this is the final straw. I'm literally not going to buy any more Sony products - I will go out of my way to not buy any of your TVs, DVD players, I'll ignore Blu Ray as long as I can and I'll also probably mail you some poo. Killing the Dreamcast hurt - this is kicking me when I'm down you heartless corporation you!

and Sony have messed this game up how?

360 owners can't have it both ways, for years that system has had timed exclusives and better first party games, now the PS3 is receiving the better first party games, and in the case of Ghostbusters, a timed exclusive for a highly anticipated game.

You didn't expect Sony to sit back and let Microsoft have it all their own way did you?

could anyone please tell me how i'm sure of buying an xbox 360 with a jasper chipset
i've heard that it is not used in the elites
i'm not interested in buying an xbox without harddrive
thanks for your help

"and Sony have messed this game up how? "

Er by delaying it for non-PS3 owners. Did you not read that article up there, daddy?