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Sony Announces New Exclusive Rockstar Title
The official PlayStation blog has the word that Rockstar is gifting Sony with a brand-new franchise. Gift is probably the wrong word; I'm sure it cost a pretty penny to obtain those exclusivity rights. Just the same, as Gamespot notes, this is a good sign for a company that's lost a number of fish to Microsoft over the last year: "Recently, more and more titles which were previously thought to be exclusive to one console or another have been announced as multiplatform, including Assassin's Creed, Fatal Inertia, and Devil May Cry 4. Some media speculation stated that former Sony chief Ken Kutaragi's 'slowness' in tying up the red tape of the deals had led to Sony losing exclusives for the PS3." No word on what the game is, other than it is not L.A. Noire.
I know this is a joke aimed at the Rockstar franchises, but remember that the guys made a game about ping-pong and managed to actually make it very well.
In case you didn't get the reference (I didn't) :
"Kobayashi Maru is the name of a Class III Neutronic Fuel Carrier in a training exercise in the Star Trek fictional universe. In the exercise, the "Kobayashi Maru" appears to be faced with a no-win scenario. The ship's name is occasionally used among Star Trek fans or those familiar to describe such situations."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobayashi_Maru
Yet another great exclusive for Sony to add to the lengthy list of great games like Resistance, Motorstorm, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Heavenly Sword, Hot Shots Golf, MGS, Final Fantasy, Little Big Planet, Killzone, and many more that I can't even remember. PS3 is starting to look like a killer console.