Microsoft have managed to snatch the newly announced, peripheral-based adaptation of Tony Hawks (Ride) from beneath the noses of Sony and Nintendo. Well, in the United Kingdom at least. And probably for a set period of time.
Presumably in a vengeance move against Sony for stealing the timed exclusive rights to The Ghostbusters in Europe, the Xbox 360 will be the console of choice if you live in the UK and want to play Tony Hawks Ride when it hits store shelves.
Tony Hawks Ride gets rid of the controllers and button combinations, instead opting for a skateboard device (a la the guitar in Guitar Hero). Players will have to imitate the moves while standing on a plastic replica skateboard deck.
This news seems to only apply in the UK, so all other territories and possibly even the rest of Europe could still see the game on the Wii and Playstation 3 as well. So, there’s going to eb a fair bit of importing around the time of release then?
Update:
It seems Activision have backtracked on the exclusivity claims and apologised for any confusion caused. So to calrify, Tony Hawk Ride will be on all the same consoles at launch, including in the UK. (Thanks “Whoops”!)
WRONG!
“Further to the erroneous information which was distributed this morning regarding Tony Hawk: RIDE, we would like to clarify that the game is due to be released on the following platforms: Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Wii™ home video game system.
“We apologise for the confusion caused by this morning’s mail out and we would be grateful if you could update your coverage to reflect the correct details above.”
Do you have a source for this information?
I’ll gladly update this article if you have valid source, but as far as I can tell, this is true, it is in th UK only at this time though.
That quote is from Activision.
http://www.virginmedia.com/games/gamingnews/news-story.php?storyid=38705189
http://uk.gamespot.com/news/blogs/london-calling/909183773/26886643/activision-backtracks-on-tony-hawk-exclusivity.html
http://play.tm/news/24703/tony-hawk-ride-will-not-be-360-exclusive-in-uk/
and so on…
Thanks for the sources Whoops, I’ll update the post accordingly.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/activision-apologises-for-tony-hawk-blunder