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<blockquote data-quote="Sinistar" data-source="post: 32696" data-attributes="member: 683"><p>Richard. B I'm sure that you would rather have FarSight answer this personally , but they really tend to pick the topics they answer on something that has a simple direct answer. AC/DC Pinball is a expensive license , it's not that Sony wants it for PS3 or Sony consoles in general , it's just a license for a IP , a very popular music group commands big royalties . These guys in music industry hire lawyers whose job it is to get big money for contracts , the amount they want to re-license the Pinball table you want is non cost productive , FarSight does not have finances for going after every table , and only the ones with a chance to garner enough support get the Kickstarters . Even if Sony was able to hash a deal with F.S. studios to exclusive a Pinball DLC table based on a music group they own, Microsoft has strict policies they use to prevent games that offer DLC on competitor consoles from being offered in their store . If FarSight struck that deal with Sony , the 360 community would suddenly be cut off from the Pinball Arcade (from what I heard while working at a Gamestore chain last year) . So even if it was a matter of convincing Sony , which is not the issue , it's high cost is , they have other agreements that they have to honor in regards to DLC .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sinistar, post: 32696, member: 683"] Richard. B I'm sure that you would rather have FarSight answer this personally , but they really tend to pick the topics they answer on something that has a simple direct answer. AC/DC Pinball is a expensive license , it's not that Sony wants it for PS3 or Sony consoles in general , it's just a license for a IP , a very popular music group commands big royalties . These guys in music industry hire lawyers whose job it is to get big money for contracts , the amount they want to re-license the Pinball table you want is non cost productive , FarSight does not have finances for going after every table , and only the ones with a chance to garner enough support get the Kickstarters . Even if Sony was able to hash a deal with F.S. studios to exclusive a Pinball DLC table based on a music group they own, Microsoft has strict policies they use to prevent games that offer DLC on competitor consoles from being offered in their store . If FarSight struck that deal with Sony , the 360 community would suddenly be cut off from the Pinball Arcade (from what I heard while working at a Gamestore chain last year) . So even if it was a matter of convincing Sony , which is not the issue , it's high cost is , they have other agreements that they have to honor in regards to DLC . [/QUOTE]
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