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发表于 2007-10-3 18:22 · 香港
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来自Bungie网站的消息,据说是初步协议,本周末应该就有正式的官方消息了。
微软将得到所有与 Halo 有关的知识产权,还包括马拉松、奥妮、神话。
Bungie 将重新独立。Bungie 成员和其他股东将从微软手上买回 Bungie Studios 品牌,Bungie 不再受微软管治。
Bungie 将可以制作他们想做的任何游戏、为任何主机制作。
以下是一些限制条件:
Bungie 仍然维持与微软的工作关系,他们需要继续对 Ensemble、Wingnuts 制作的 Halo Wars 和 Halo 电影提供协助和支持。
Bungie 将来制作的游戏,微软拥有优先发行权、并且可以独占一段时间,例如 3-5 年。
Bungie 将组成几个开发小组,将来其中一个小组有可能以合约形式为微软制作 Halo 游戏,例如 Halo 4。
“对于微软来说,没有真正的改变。如果微软不同意这些条款,Bungie 的核心成员将离开 Bungie 组成新的制作公司,这样微软仍然与 Bungie 有一个良好的工作关系。微软可以在将来只负责发行 Bungie 的游戏,这样可以不必负担这个 200 人制作公司的庞大支出,而且可以优先发行或者出售这些版权。或者这是一个双赢”
http://www.xbox-sky.com/showthread.php?t=158364&page=2
基本上就是从M$的第一方转为第二方了。下面是英文原文。
The rumour is true. Guaranteed. You can all come back and quote me over the next few days (or call me out if you have doubt).
Specifically....
0. Microsoft will retain all IP related to Halo. Present discussions include all IP rights to current Bungie games - Marathon, ONI, Myth, etc. - ***
1. Bungie is going independent. Bungie employees/other stakeholders have purchased the name of Bungie studios back from Microsoft. Bungie will be leaving the MS domain.
2. Bungie can now make whatever games they want, for whomever they want....
HOWEVER...
a. They will continue to have a working relationship with MS. They will continue to consult with Ensemble/Wingnuts on related Halo games.
b. Microsoft will have first dibs at any/all Bungie games for a predetermiend period of time (3-5 years).
c. As Bungie plans to have several development teams, there is nothing to stop one team from working on future Halo projects (Halo 4) "on contract" for Microsoft.
In the end, nothing REALLY changes for MS. If MS did not agree to these terms, most key players from Bungie were going to leave and start their own dev house anways. This way, MS still has a nice working relationship with Bungie.
MS can dictate terms of agreements for future games, without having to pay the expensive overhead for a 200 person development studio. And MS gets first dibs at any independent IP, and have (of course) sole dibs on any contract IP.
I see it as a win-win. Do not know why so many of you are -blam!-ing about MS. MS really had no choice, and this works out well for everyone.
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