According to reports, Sony was gaping after a bit too much when they requested to have an exclusive launch of Limbo on PSN.

Sony Computer Entertainment executive producer Pete Smith explained some of the benefits of the developers keeping the game rights during a recent Developer Conference.

“There are obvious benefits to keeping it, but also to giving it up: you’re way more likely to get the deal,” he said. “Remember, 100 per cent of nothing is nothing. A publisher is much more likely to commit to marketing and merchandising if they own the IP.”

“Sometimes all we want is protection so [devs] don’t make a game, finish it, then go to one of our rivals,” he added. “We look at IP on a case by case basis. With a bit of common sense, you can find common ground.”

Regardless of which, the game launched through XBLA in July of 2010, and a year later on both PS3 and PC.