The whole "Christmas miracle" thing was meant to make fun of us, not to insult PS players. It was a joke, and it was my idea. When I heard we finally had our release date for it, I said "It's a Christmas miracle!" and laughed. The 360 crowd has been begging LOUDLY for a long time now, and it was just a joke about how long it has taken us to get this out.
We certainly don't expect any of you to run out and buy a 360. I can't really discuss the specifics of what goes on with Microsoft & Sony as far as licensing and exclusives go. And even if I could, many of you would just say "oh you're just blaming Sony/MS for your mistakes" just like with every delayed release, update, etc.
As for exclusives, here are my thoughts: Publishing on multiple platforms isn't like having multiple children, cats, dogs or whatever. Each child (or pet) will get upset if you give one something and not the other, and parents/owners should treat each one equally. Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Apple, and Android are not children or pets. They are companies that we have contracts with that we have to abide by in order to use their services and bring you pinball. We do our best to bring as many tables to each one, and sometimes we aren't able to bring everything we want to each platform because of those contracts. It's an unfortunate part of business, I really wish there was a faster/easier way to get past some of it. We didn't announce a pack coming from XBLA to PSN because if we weren't able to make it happen, we would not want to disappoint you further. I sincerely apologize to anyone who felt offended as a result of this announcement.
We certainly don't expect any of you to run out and buy a 360. I can't really discuss the specifics of what goes on with Microsoft & Sony as far as licensing and exclusives go. And even if I could, many of you would just say "oh you're just blaming Sony/MS for your mistakes" just like with every delayed release, update, etc.
As for exclusives, here are my thoughts: Publishing on multiple platforms isn't like having multiple children, cats, dogs or whatever. Each child (or pet) will get upset if you give one something and not the other, and parents/owners should treat each one equally. Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Apple, and Android are not children or pets. They are companies that we have contracts with that we have to abide by in order to use their services and bring you pinball. We do our best to bring as many tables to each one, and sometimes we aren't able to bring everything we want to each platform because of those contracts. It's an unfortunate part of business, I really wish there was a faster/easier way to get past some of it. We didn't announce a pack coming from XBLA to PSN because if we weren't able to make it happen, we would not want to disappoint you further. I sincerely apologize to anyone who felt offended as a result of this announcement.
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