Tony Hawk: Ride is 360 exclusive in UK Comments by Games Industry.biz

I hate this generation.
The game will be shit anyway.

I love platform exclusivity!

Only for the UK? What kind of shit is that? Are Microsoft getting cheap?

This doesn't make any logical sense...

The game doesn't look great though, so probably not the biggest loss for PS3 owners anyway.

Sony have done the same with Ghostbusters the snivelling little bitches.

And now Microsoft have followed suit.

Microsoft, kindly go strangle yourself with your own intestines.

If you like this type of game (i don't, personally) then just get a US copy. No?

If this has been announced as a platform exclusive, then turns up elsewhere later i will fucking scream.

Exclusive used to mean exclusive, we all knew where we stood, if you wanted the game you had to buy the platform. Now everything is so manipulative and deceptive, you never know what will happen with exclusive titles a few months down the line.

At least with Ghostbusters we know that it is coming to everything else later in the year, so those without a Sony console can wait it out safe in the knowledge they will be able to play the game, just not right away.

Can't say I'm too excited about this game at all, the current generation Tony Hawk games have all been dire IMO. The series has been heading downhill (ho ho) since Tony Hawk 4 on the Xbox really.

Ghostbusters was sorta different because Atari Europe was in the shit and they probs sold it to the highest bidder, but this is ACTIVISION!

@Kill_Crazy

Most Xbox 360 games are region locked, so that may not be an option.

I don't think you understand the scenario being presented, Gnort. He's saying that if you're a PS3 owner who wants it badly, you can just import. 360 owners obviously won't need to.

I'm a 360 owner, and that is fucking retarded. PS3 owners aren't in too much trouble thanks to the PS3 being import friendly, but it sucks if you only have a Wii. Especially considering this could be the next Guitar Hero.

ps3 = region free. thankyou and goodnight.

activision get money for the exclusive, but any ps3 owner who wants this can just import it so activison lose minimal amounts.

Sony have done the same with Ghostbusters the snivelling little bitches.

And now Microsoft have followed suit.

It'd be some half assed attempt on Microsofts behalf, at least Sony's Ghostbuster deal covers all of Europe.

@Gnort,

I think he meant UK PS3 owners.

This game looks like absolutely arse-gravy (thanks Fry) and any PS3 owner considering paying import postage on that stupid plastic board would be better off buying Skate and a big bag of sweets.

MS are welcome to this game. If I had to choose one game to not be able to buy, it would be this.

@owl

My apologies, there seems to have been a horrendous failure somewhere between my eyes reading the info and my brain processing it.

/covers head in embarrassment

How about oprdering a Dutch one then? They're always in English.

@Eraysor

Next guitar hero. Not a chance in hell. Too niche.

The Wii version would be totally different anyway.

Ugh. This shit needs to stop.

1) Worldwide console exclusives (forever) = OK
2) Worldwide timed console exclusives (e.g Rockband) = Pointless and annoying to all especially the ones who have to wait (but including the ones who get it first, because the same will happen to them with a different game and then they will be annoyed)
3) Region specific console exclusives = so Fucking pointless it is unbelievable.

Can't believe they have done this, sony and m$ and activision need to stop behaving like a bunch of 3 yr old t**ts.

I don't care which console you love/have exclusives that don't fall into the first category above hurt everyone regardless. Shan't ever by a new activision game again, second hand all they way for me.

Nerdrage is so funny.

wii users have skate with the balance board im sure thats good enough.

and i doubt this will be a permanent exclusive as if it will be good activision will not want to lose out on sales.

Is this going to be an exclusive like most things are exclusive, i.e. this'll come to PS3 in a few months after release anyway?

Makes no odds to me, just wondered really

This doesn't even make any sense. First Ghostbusters, now this. What the hell is going on in Europe that us gamers are not being told about?

@Gnort

No need for embarrassment or apologies, we are all friends here. : )

"ps3 = region free. thankyou and goodnight"

No it isn't, it's just publishers haven't chosen to use the region-locking. Except in this case they probably will.

@ jmg123 you are absolutely right, but you missed out the 4th catagory Region specific timed console exclusives like Ghostbusters and Rock Band in Europe.

ghostbusters is different, sony bought the publishing rights. They thought they would get a profit from game sales so in all fairness they bought it. and for sony to publish a multi-platform game is just stupid they own it they may as well keep it exclusive to them

Either a) Activision expect it to sell really well on all platforms, and so M$ paid them a shedload or b) the game sucks and Activision took the sure bet of M$ money expecting it to bomb. My question is, do Sony and Microsoft sidle up to publishers with bags full of cash or do the publishers hawk out exclusives to the highest bidder?

"The exclusivity deal will be a seen as a blow to Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii..."

LOL... no.

patch sony have stated that they will never pay for exclusives.

Is this EU exclusive or only the UK?

mehgaton

Shoudn't that be 'timed exclusive'? Not detailing whether other platforms will receive the title is a guarantee that they will do so eventually these days...

But I agree with the general sentiment that exclusivity deals have reached a new low: a timed exclusivity for just the UK region... :/

Maybe MS's gaming division doesn't have enough money to buy it for Europe as a whole... As the UK is a 360 region, it shouldn't have cost them much.

Activision: money-grabbing opportunists/Microsoft: still desperately struggling to "broaden the appeal", after they trap themselves under the weight of mr. space suit...more at ten! :p

I'm particularly surprised by Activision, though, because they didn't make the same mistake as EA (idiots) did, in the UK, with Rock Band. Until now! EA didn't get small pockets of appreciation, for what they did. They got a whimper of enthusiasm from the 360 players, and endless requests for information, and their rep thrown down the toilet, by anyone who wanted to support the game, but couldn't AND wasn't being communicated with, outside of recycled corporate backwash.It was an awful, cheap stunt. EA are a total disgrace, and Activision, now, not only fail to learn from their competitor's mistake (no matter what, Rock Band is being outsold in magnitude, vs. Guitar Hero) they're looking all set to go and emulate it...Would never have seen this happening. Talk about defeat being snatched from the jaws of victory.

Not that I see much to appeal, from the game's showing so far, either (remember, it's got to justify the additional cost and space taken by its peripheral) but that's for another time.

Now this is the fanboy baiting news I was waiting for! *rubs hands with glee*

For the record though I don't really care about Tony Hawks games. Just wish someone would release a good snowboarding game this generation!

timed exclusives dont work. i was going to get rockband, but then i heard about gh:Wt and got that. if rockband was released same time on ps3 i would be playing that right now

[braveheart style rally cry]
I think gamers from all 3 consoles should join an active campaign to voice their discontent. When EA put riduclously restrictive drm on spore, C&C, people gave thousands of one star reviews on places like amazon and play.com. So I urge you fellow gamers to do the same for any game that has stupid exclusivity rules (i.e anything that isn't console exclusive forever like halo or gran turismo). I say lets voice our discontent in the thousands, and one star this game everywhere (and ghostbusters, and rockband 2). Who is with me.... [/braveheart style rally cry]

cunts

Play.com. Job done.

@Gurgeh
If the choice on region-freeness is purely with the publishers (as it is with the 360) then why are so many games on the 360 locked while the same publishers release region free PS3 versions of the same game?

The Ghostbusters situation is completely different. That is actually a case of Sony stepping in to save the Euro release from a delay on their platforms. They didn't pay for an exclusivity period - Atari was going to delay all versions outside the US as they couldn't afford a global release. Sony just ensured the versions on their systems were released worldwide to coincide with other stuff they have set for the GB 25th anniversary. Have a read of this ... link.

I think 90% of the people bitching here have zero interest in the game. Isn't Skate the new king anyway?

once again why ghostbusters. sony are the publishers they arnt going to release it on xbox at the same time as ps3

before complaining and leaving 1* reviews on amazon and play get your facts right

Seeing what I have so far, I think the game's a load of rubbish. I could, however, play it, if I wanted to.
It's funny, but I see Ghostbusters as a different situation. We know that will be available to all, and, I think the justification for Sony making that decision was wholly more valid. They have a big media tie-in opportunity, they own the IP anyway, and non-PS3 players will get the game, through Atari. It gets a bit more shaky, perhaps when you think of Europe's embrace and support of the PlayStation brand, historically - though I'd still throw that in, too as reasoning.

Rock Band/2, yeah, I can agree that the local handling of that was divisively destructive.

edit: just read Dr's link. First time I saw that article. I wasn't aware that Atari originally intended to delay PAL release, but Sony took the initiative to prevent that from happening, on their console. Thanks for sharing! :)

I'm surprised that MS bought this (timed?) exclusive - the Tony Hawks games have sucked for years and who will buy the new game with a gimicky skateboard-controller?

I just don't see a huge marked for this...

Ghostbusters was going to be delayed on all platforms in Europe by *Atari*. Sony just stepped in and made sure the PS versions weren't delayed.

@Gurgeh
PS3 Region Free

Assholes. Timed exclusive probably, and judging by most TH games recently will suck compared to Skate 2.

@Beano: remeber MS want to be Nintendo so will buy up all the gimmicky plastic shit they can find to make their console look soft and fluffy to grandma and 4 year olds.

Next it will be a big addon touch screen mounting for your tv and a fucking huge stylus to use on it.