Limbo Could Have Been a Sony Exclusive

<p>Sony was apparently very close to acquiring Limbo as a PlayStation Network exclusive&period; However&comma; Sony wanted IP rights to the game&comma; which led to the deal being scuffed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sony Entertainment executive producer Pete Smith spoke at Brighton&&num;8217&semi;s Develop Conference last week&period; Smith explained that Sony was in talks with Playdead&comma; the developer of Limbo&comma; about an exclusive release on PSN&period; Playdead reportedly refused the deal when it became apparent that Sony wished to retain the IP&comma; which subsequently led to Playdead signing a deal for a release on Xbox Live Arcade first&period; The game was released on PlayStation Network a year later&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite the late release&comma; Limbo is still one of the best selling games on PlayStation Network&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;pushsquare&period;com&sol;news&sol;2012&sol;07&sol;sony&lowbar;wanted&lowbar;limbo&lowbar;as&lowbar;an&lowbar;exclusive&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;twitterfeed&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;twitter" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">PushSquare<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;