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Sackboy now even less likely to grace the Xbox 360

By Chris Bennett, Tudor Carsten, Michael R. Coburn, Sarah Dale-Harris, Pablo Guzman, Danielle (Dani) Lemon, Chris Metcalfe and David Spratley

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Sony acquires LittleBigPlanet developer...360 owners sobbing everywhere

Way back in October 2008 when platformer LittleBigPlanet was released to much fanfare and universal critical acclaim as a Sony PS3 exclusive, the seeds of hope were planted in many Microsoft Xbox 360 owners that it would one day be granted a wider release and perhaps one day even grace the 360. These hopes were dashed somewhat by certain statements attributed to LittleBigPlanet's developer - Media Molecule - shortly after its release: "We couldn't have made it on the Xbox 360 and the reason for that is actually because we designed it around the PS3's strengths" and that while theoretically, LittleBigPlanet could one day be found on the 360, "it'd be a different game." Different game or not, and despite the fact that Media Molecule badly dissed the technical capabilities of our hardware of choice, those of us who failed to convince our spouses that we needed both a 360 AND a PS3 still hoped that we'd be able to create our own levels and play with our own Sackboy on our own consoles.

Yesterday, the chances that LittleBigPlanet would one day be released on the 360 became akin to the chances that Halo would one day be released on the PS3 - situated firmly in the "not a hope in hell" category. On March 2, 2010, in the Playstation.Blog , Sony officially announced that it had acquired Media Molecule. Media Molecule, in a press release posted on its official website confirmed the acquisition, and made the following (cruel) statement: "In a strategic move to continue to secure excellence in game development for current and future PlayStation platforms, the acquisition of Media Molecule formalises the successful exclusive relationship with SCE."

Did they say "exclusive relationship"?

NOOOOOOO!

Gamasutra coverage here

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Full post as published by Video Game Law Blog on March 03, 2010 (boomark / email).