Comments on: Haze will be Exclusive, Mass Effect 2 a Timed Release

By: y2julio

y2julio — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:22:55 +0000

Well if there isn’t one in place, Microsoft needs to put one in place. They should just buy EA.

By: Matt Banks

Matt Banks — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:17:39 +0000

Right, but there is no contract for a trilogy. The game was planned as a trilogy, but there is no exclusive contract for all 3 games

By: y2julio

y2julio — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:16:10 +0000

If Microsoft had an agreement with BioWare to keep the trilogy a Microsoft exclusive then EA must honor the contract. When a company acquires another company they also must follow any current standing contracts and any legal obligations.

By: nostars

nostars — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:15:23 +0000

@Fragloser, It’s not a free rental, you have to place a $60 deposit

By: Matt Banks

Matt Banks — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:13:09 +0000

y2julio: Not necessarily. SInce EA bought Bioware, they’re now the publisher. MS doesn’t have the rights to the series, so EA and Bioware are free to bring the game to any other platform. I think they’re throwing MS a bone by keeping Mass Effect 2 a timed exclusive. I wouldn’t be surprised to see it end up on the PS3 a few months after the 360 release.

By: y2julio

y2julio — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:11:15 +0000

The 360 gets the first 3 Mass Effect games. If the PS3 gets anything, it will just be part of the Mass Effect universe.

By: Fragloser

Fragloser — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:09:19 +0000

Haha too bad it seems like Haze will suck . Nah just kidding but Gamestop did take a pretty big stand when they pretty much are letting people rent it in Canada free for 7 days lol.

By: nostars

nostars — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:06:28 +0000

Cool, I like exclusives.