If that's the case they better add fucking kratos to the game .
If that's the case they better add fucking kratos to the game .
Lol that part made me wince a bit. The sequels may have been lackluster, but the original absolutely stands toe to toe with Mario Kart."It's no Mario Kart, but it'll keep us busy until Nintendo hits the track next."
Good to know. Lets hope everyone regardless of platform will be able to enjoy this next year.Where are people getting the idea that CTR is owned by Sony? Crash, the IP, was always owned by Universal who happened to license it to Sony in the beginning and through a series of mergers and/or acquisitions now belongs to Activision. Irrespective of the fact that Sony had the publishing rights for the original CTR (and that's presumably why their copyright appears in the legal info), this string probably takes more more precedent:
"CTR (Crash Team Racing) and related characters TM & © 1999 Universal Interactive Studios, Inc. Licensed by Universal Studios Licensing, Inc. All Rights Reserved."
It's no Mario Kart, but it'll keep us busy until Nintendo hits the track next.
you didn't insist old FF games would remain console exclusive to sony?No? Those games have always been on PC. Get your confrontational tone outta here with me.
If you're expecting VII-XII, then no because they have Sony exclusivity.
Well, Sony published FFVII and FFX. There's no exclusivity agreement. They published them.
That's rather self explanatory with those two and explains why FFVII has been console exclusive for over 20 years and FFX over 15 at this point. Most of Sonys 3rd Party games are on PC. They don't consider it as a console, because it isn't. As long as it stays only on PS consoles, PC/Mobile doesn't matter to them. Example: Nioh which is also published by Sony. Only on PS. and PC. SFV, etc.
As for FFVIII, IX, XII that has more to do with the fact Sony owned a large chunk of Square for years and years when they were in trouble after the merger. They helped them stay afloat and published FFX outside of Japan too. Obvious aside that, Sony has a long standing relationship with Square so that factors in too. For example, Dissidia was developed on PS4 architecture. Sony helped with development heavily that even the arcades run on actual PS4 architecture.
None of this is anything like the situation whatsoever with CC. But anyway, I digress.
Actually. They had an investment starting from FFVII. They paid for all the marketing and PR too, aside from publishing it. So FFVIII-FFIX and other PS1 era games also fit this bill. Also explains why those games original versions have stayed only on PS. Parasite Eve, FFT, etc.
After they bought a share of them they owned them for several years until they sold it all back because Square no longer needed the support so Sony has no need for it. It was a gesture because they helped them in their most troubled time.
http://m.ign.com/articles/2014/05/13/why-sony-sold-all-its-square-enix-shares-revealed
There is actual facts...which is why I stopped bothering because it's not worth the effort.
it might be, but if Acti does a full asset remake, as they did the previous games and slap on a new name, it's open gameCorrect me if I'm wrong...crash bandicoot is An Activision ip, yes but crash team racing the game itself (the title, the logo, the PS1 game itself) is a Sony is, right?
That's the last I've heard about CTR and as such, this remake will most probably only PS4 only...we'll see.
Spyro didn't even hit the fuckin PC. what the hell is Acti thinking?Activision: You know, Switch owners really seem to like kart racers and Crash Trilogy sold pretty well...but this CTR remake seems a bit too risky. Better not take the chance
Switch doesn't need it. As Eurogamer reported: it's no Mario Kart.
""It's no Mario Kart, but it'll keep us busy until Nintendo hits the track next." "
lol tom phillips, CTR was the shit, Mario Kart still didn't come close to what it offers
ok so that's that."CTR (Crash Team Racing) and related characters TM & © 1999 Universal Interactive Studios, Inc. Licensed by Universal Studios Licensing, Inc. All Rights Reserved."
And Sony get literally the biggest nostalgia bomb they could get and a fuckton of sales. I doubt either would be upset with that deal.
bash wasn't that good iirc, i hope after ctr they get to working on a true sequel to 3.
It's not really their I.P, Sony would just get blocked by Activision if they ever tried to do anything with it. But using it for a massive marketing deal, makes sense to me. Timed exclusivity would just be the cherry on top.It's a bad deal If you give away one of your ips for one year exclusivity to another game. If the spyro performance on Xbox is anything to go by, they would have gotten almost the same sales anyway.
Where are people getting the idea that CTR is owned by Sony? Crash, the IP, was always owned by Universal who happened to license it to Sony in the beginning and through a series of mergers and/or acquisitions now belongs to Activision. Irrespective of the fact that Sony had the publishing rights for the original CTR (and that's presumably why their copyright appears in the legal info), this string probably takes more more precedent:
"CTR (Crash Team Racing) and related characters TM & © 1999 Universal Interactive Studios, Inc. Licensed by Universal Studios Licensing, Inc. All Rights Reserved."
Somebody else like Crash Bash too? man i though i was alone in this world!
seems like universal owns the copyright
sony may own the code and assets, just like the trilogy, but activision won't need them if they just remake the game."CTR (Crash Team Racing) and related characters TM & © 1999 Universal Interactive Studios, Inc. Licensed by Universal Studios Licensing, Inc. All Rights Reserved."
Somebody else like Crash Bash too? man i though i was alone in this world!
bash wasn't that good iirc, i hope after ctr they get to working on a true sequel to 3.
Found the posts:No? Those games have always been on PC. Get your confrontational tone outta here with me.
Crash Team Racing in specific is owned by Sony. It's a Sony IP like Uncharted, Bloodborne, Spider-Man, Horizon, God of War, etc. Crash and Spyro aren't and are owned by Activision. So I don't know if a remake will constitute towards that or not.
It's not really their I.P, Sony would just get blocked by Activision if they ever tried to do anything with it. But using it for a massive marketing deal, makes sense to me. Timed exclusivity would just be the cherry on top.
CTR and Bash could be complete different beasts these days if they implement Online Gaming.
If the CTR Rumor is true and they implement Online Matchmaking this could be huge for the Game and especially for Sony if this is PS4 Exclusive.
As long as its on the PS4 too i don't care seeing how a certain company is on a spending spree trying to buy every shit they can get these days.
original was at 30, no? i hope they target 60 for the remake.
Marketing deals will always favour the publisher if done well, like the Crash one was, so not surprising.The marketing deal was in favor of activision as well. But well if I can buy CTR next year fine.
Hey, I think if you compare CTR with Mario Kart 64 it's a superior game but to compare it with Mario Kart 8 is unfair, it's another league completely. It has been many years.
i agree with this, mario kart really fails at creating engaging single player modes, it should be super easy considering how much they have to work with but they just don't do it.Also, CTR has a story mode, tons of things to go through, and a boatload of challenges. I still have a hard time getting into Mario Kart when the solo experience remains considerably lesser in terms of story mode. MK8D has a shitload of content, but the lack of contextualization of any of this content makes it hard to remain as engaged as I do playing CTR