[casual_games] more cloning debate

[Clayton Kauzlaric]

My guess is that Ron is correct. The key difference with most of the 
other games you mention is that those IP's all had success before being 
ported to XBLA. With those games it was more of a two way street -- MS 
undoubtedly wanted known, popular casual games for XBLA, and the owners 
of same wanted a new venue in which to sell them.

If GW was wholly funded as a first party title it is extremely likely 
that Microsoft required complete (and permanent) exclusivity. I don't 
know the specifics of Bizarre's deal, but I can say from experience that 
exclusive content is a pretty big priority for the owner of a platform.


Jamie Carlson wrote:
>
>>
>> If I'm not mistaken, they can not port to other platforms due to the 
>> MS deal.
>>
>> They are locked into XLA for some time, if not forever.
>>
>> Ron
>
> I find that hard to believe with Wik, Zuma, Marble Blast, Astro Pop, 
> etc. etc. all on XBLA...
> http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/livearcadexbox360/default.htm
>
> So are you saying the exclusivity only applies to games that had not 
> previously been released as PC downloadable titles?  Either way, if 
> the GW devs signed an XBOX360 exclusivity deal while all of these 
> other devs managed to retain their distribution rights, then we know 
> where the fault lies on that  (assuming that's the case, which again I 
> find hard to believe that they would do that without a pretty 
> significant "signing bonus" or advance against royalties).
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