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chocoloco said:
Does anybody know how long gamestop keeps preorders b4 they sell them because I am just to busy to pick up my PS3 version b4 Thursday?

48 hours

For EB that is, same company, would imagine it is the same...  Should say on your preorder receipt



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BW_JP said:

I still think a lot of you are mis understanding the reason 13 is on the 360 in the first place.

It's not there  to serve valued customers, It's not there because mircosoft wants to expand its genre division, It's just there because microsoft doesn't want you to need to buy a ps3.

What have they done? Paid for extensive advertising for the 360 version of the game, and paid for websites, gamestop and other publications including SE to keep the fact that its the vastly inferior version hidden.

now they are taking the retail plan. They massively overship the 360 version and when the ps3 version sells out from pre-orders you will not be able to get the ps3 version in NA for a few weeks while there will be hundreds of unbought 360 versions on shelves to continue to say "you don't need a ps3 for this"

It's all part of the plan. You should of pre-ordered if you wanted the ps3 version.

That being said, here in my small small town there were 160 pre-orders for ff13 at one store. I live in the middle of no where, nova scotia canada. 150 were PS3. 

Actually SE had stated many times that they wanted to expand their presence in the western markets. At the time FFXIII was announced for the 360 the user base lead was more than double that of the PS3's in western markets, specifically the US. So to say it wasn't a strategic move on SE's part to broaden the presence in the US/Western markets by releasing on the 360 is pretty naive. And the reason why FFXIII Versus was never announced for the 360 was because they knew it's release date was much further away and didn't know what the userbase ratio's would be. Versus may still be announced for the 360 but had the Slim not come out to help the PS3 outsell the 360, it almost most certainly would already be in development for the 360. As of now, it might have a good chance of staying exclusive as is FFXIV because of the PS3's huge momentum within the last 8 months.

MS might have thrown some money at SE to get it to come aboard with XIII, but it might have just been SE getting what it knew it could get from them even if it already wanted to release on the 360.   



RVDondaPC said:
BW_JP said:

I still think a lot of you are mis understanding the reason 13 is on the 360 in the first place.

It's not there  to serve valued customers, It's not there because mircosoft wants to expand its genre division, It's just there because microsoft doesn't want you to need to buy a ps3.

What have they done? Paid for extensive advertising for the 360 version of the game, and paid for websites, gamestop and other publications including SE to keep the fact that its the vastly inferior version hidden.

now they are taking the retail plan. They massively overship the 360 version and when the ps3 version sells out from pre-orders you will not be able to get the ps3 version in NA for a few weeks while there will be hundreds of unbought 360 versions on shelves to continue to say "you don't need a ps3 for this"

It's all part of the plan. You should of pre-ordered if you wanted the ps3 version.

That being said, here in my small small town there were 160 pre-orders for ff13 at one store. I live in the middle of no where, nova scotia canada. 150 were PS3. 

Actually SE had stated many times that they wanted to expand their presence in the western markets. At the time FFXIII was announced for the 360 the user base lead was more than double that of the PS3's in western markets, specifically the US. So to say it wasn't a strategic move on SE's part to broaden the presence in the US/Western markets by releasing on the 360 is pretty naive. And the reason why FFXIII Versus was never announced for the 360 was because they knew it's release date was much further away and didn't know what the userbase ratio's would be. Versus may still be announced for the 360 but had the Slim not come out to help the PS3 outsell the 360, it almost most certainly would already be in development for the 360. As of now, it might have a good chance of staying exclusive as is FFXIV because of the PS3's huge momentum within the last 8 months.

MS might have thrown some money at SE to get it to come aboard with XIII, but it might have just been SE getting what it knew it could get from them even if it already wanted to release on the 360.   

Is FFXIV still exclusive?

 

http://www.vg247.com/2010/02/02/square-enix-cv-confirms-ffxiv-for-360/#more-77862



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PS3 version sold out everywhere. Walmart, Futureshop, bestbuy, HMV, EB Games, Gamestop hell even Zellers



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Tanstalas said:
RVDondaPC said:
BW_JP said:

I still think a lot of you are mis understanding the reason 13 is on the 360 in the first place.

It's not there  to serve valued customers, It's not there because mircosoft wants to expand its genre division, It's just there because microsoft doesn't want you to need to buy a ps3.

What have they done? Paid for extensive advertising for the 360 version of the game, and paid for websites, gamestop and other publications including SE to keep the fact that its the vastly inferior version hidden.

now they are taking the retail plan. They massively overship the 360 version and when the ps3 version sells out from pre-orders you will not be able to get the ps3 version in NA for a few weeks while there will be hundreds of unbought 360 versions on shelves to continue to say "you don't need a ps3 for this"

It's all part of the plan. You should of pre-ordered if you wanted the ps3 version.

That being said, here in my small small town there were 160 pre-orders for ff13 at one store. I live in the middle of no where, nova scotia canada. 150 were PS3. 

Actually SE had stated many times that they wanted to expand their presence in the western markets. At the time FFXIII was announced for the 360 the user base lead was more than double that of the PS3's in western markets, specifically the US. So to say it wasn't a strategic move on SE's part to broaden the presence in the US/Western markets by releasing on the 360 is pretty naive. And the reason why FFXIII Versus was never announced for the 360 was because they knew it's release date was much further away and didn't know what the userbase ratio's would be. Versus may still be announced for the 360 but had the Slim not come out to help the PS3 outsell the 360, it almost most certainly would already be in development for the 360. As of now, it might have a good chance of staying exclusive as is FFXIV because of the PS3's huge momentum within the last 8 months.

MS might have thrown some money at SE to get it to come aboard with XIII, but it might have just been SE getting what it knew it could get from them even if it already wanted to release on the 360.   

Is FFXIV still exclusive?

 

http://www.vg247.com/2010/02/02/square-enix-cv-confirms-ffxiv-for-360/#more-77862

I wouldn't be surprised if it comes out for the 360 but even according to your own article it says that the game has only been officially announced for the PS3 and the PC. Not to mention that article is over a month old and hasn't gained much traction in that time. I think it's safe to say it is still a PS3 console exclusive for now. 



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RVDondaPC said:
Tanstalas 

Is FFXIV still exclusive?

 

http://www.vg247.com/2010/02/02/square-enix-cv-confirms-ffxiv-for-360/#more-77862

I wouldn't be surprised if it comes out for the 360 but even according to your own article it says that the game has only been officially announced for the PS3 and the PC. Not to mention that article is over a month old and hasn't gained much traction in that time. I think it's safe to say it is still a PS3 console exclusive for now. 

I will agree with the "for now" part, I think FFXI came out on the Xbox didn't it?  (Like a few years after PC and Ps2)

I could look it up, but I'm lazy



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Tanstalas said:
RVDondaPC said:
Tanstalas 

Is FFXIV still exclusive?

 

http://www.vg247.com/2010/02/02/square-enix-cv-confirms-ffxiv-for-360/#more-77862

I wouldn't be surprised if it comes out for the 360 but even according to your own article it says that the game has only been officially announced for the PS3 and the PC. Not to mention that article is over a month old and hasn't gained much traction in that time. I think it's safe to say it is still a PS3 console exclusive for now. 

I will agree with the "for now" part, I think FFXI came out on the Xbox didn't it?  (Like a few years after PC and Ps2)

I could look it up, but I'm lazy

It did, it really wasn't much special, or at least any more special than the PS2 version.  The only real advantage of playing it on the 360 was that it took five minutes to get all the achievements (assuming you've earned them already).  That game may have been made for the PS2, but it was best on the PC.

Anyways, I assume it's coming on the 360 eventually.  It won't be on the 360 at launch but it will be there eventually.  The fact they have been so specific with the wording in every announcement for it all but confirms it.



twesterm said:
Tanstalas said:
RVDondaPC said:
Tanstalas 

Is FFXIV still exclusive?

 

http://www.vg247.com/2010/02/02/square-enix-cv-confirms-ffxiv-for-360/#more-77862

I wouldn't be surprised if it comes out for the 360 but even according to your own article it says that the game has only been officially announced for the PS3 and the PC. Not to mention that article is over a month old and hasn't gained much traction in that time. I think it's safe to say it is still a PS3 console exclusive for now. 

I will agree with the "for now" part, I think FFXI came out on the Xbox didn't it?  (Like a few years after PC and Ps2)

I could look it up, but I'm lazy

It did, it really wasn't much special, or at least any more special than the PS2 version.  The only real advantage of playing it on the 360 was that it took five minutes to get all the achievements (assuming you've earned them already).  That game may have been made for the PS2, but it was best on the PC.

Anyways, I assume it's coming on the 360 eventually.  It won't be on the 360 at launch but it will be there eventually.  The fact they have been so specific with the wording in every announcement for it all but confirms it.

Yes everything points to a 360 release later on.



My roommate went yesterday after class to try and find a copy of it on the PS3 at every place in town(best buy, gamestop, target. kmart, two walmarts, and even sams club). Every place was completely sold out of the PS3 version. He said that each place had a bunch of copies of the 360 version though. He was actually anticipating this game wanted to play it right away. Because spring break is next week we will probably not get the game for awhile now.




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