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XIV is multiplat for now on PS3 & PC and we know that SE is talking with M$ about X360 version.



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nightsurge said:
Carl2291 said:
If true, I guess they don't like sales all that much.

FFXIII has shown where SE need to be if they plan on doing exclusive stuff...

Oh come now.  FFXIII was always destined to sell more on PS3.  It's been a PS franchise for 2 generations now.  Other SE games would obviously sell much differently.

So was Star Ocean!

Look what happened with that! If they released it Multi on day 1 it would have possibly doubled what it did with 360 timed exclusive.



                            

donsterydo2 said:
XIV is multiplat for now on PS3 & PC and we know that SE is talking with M$ about X360 version.

Yes, and that is a good thing. It is an MMO. It needs to be multi-plat and so do these other games. They complain they get hardly any sales but they don't give the game to everyone.



nightsurge said:
Carl2291 said:
If true, I guess they don't like sales all that much.

FFXIII has shown where SE need to be if they plan on doing exclusive stuff...

Oh come now.  FFXIII was always destined to sell more on PS3.  It's been a PS franchise for 2 generations now.  Other SE games would obviously sell much differently.


As was Valkyrie Profile.

 

I will be sad if I don't get "Valkyrie Profile 3 : Hrist" on my PS3, and I know this game is going to focus on Hrist since VP focused on Lenneth and VP2 was Silmeria.

 

Only thing they will be doing right here is that I am pretty sure the 2 disc compilation mentioned in that link will be VP and VP2. It would make no sense if it was any other way.



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Carl2291 said:
nightsurge said:
Carl2291 said:
If true, I guess they don't like sales all that much.

FFXIII has shown where SE need to be if they plan on doing exclusive stuff...

Oh come now.  FFXIII was always destined to sell more on PS3.  It's been a PS franchise for 2 generations now.  Other SE games would obviously sell much differently.

So was Star Ocean!

Look what happened with that! If they released it Multi on day 1 it would have possibly doubled what it did with 360 timed exclusive.

Then that was definitely silly of them, I agree.  I just mean for either new IPs or ones that weren't heavy PS exclusives it shouldn't be a big deal.



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So many random Japanese games I've never heard of! Gah



S04 could have done well close to 2M if they didn't mess the PS3 crowd over, especially in Japan.



This is obviously fake. Come on people. Valkyrie Profile would surely be announced at a Japanese event, and a compilation of two Capcom games remade in HD by Square Enix on one disc just sounds ridiculous.



I will be buying this game either way. So in a sense i'm glad a new game is coming but i'm also getting pissed off that they are killing off good series's.



Wagram said:
bugrimmar said:
to all those hating on square for backing the 360:

what do you want them to do, say no to money?



MS: ey square, you want a few million dollars to make a game (timed) exclusive for us?
Square: hm, but the 360 doesn't sell the types of games we make...

Square thinks for a minute.... : sales = money.. so we want sales.. but if they want to pay us for the money we would make anyway for sales....

Square: how much money is that again exactly?


think about it. sure they want to sell their game. but they only want to sell it to make money. if someone were to pay them the money they were going to make anyway from sales, why not? it's a hell of a lot better too coz the money is going to be there before development, so essentially square has nothing to lose.

Nothing to lose? HELLO?!!?!

 

How about the credibilty of their games, and the loss of the fans that could have purchased future installments?

lol, what's all that stuff compared to money? and it's not like the games suck just because they're on the 360. and if you look at final fantasy 13 tracking above final fantasy 12 in the west despite the "betrayal", it's pretty clear that they haven't lost any credibility whatsoever.

square is a business. it isn't a PR company that wants to please the fans first. they want to make money first and foremost. again, if someone will pay you for all the sales you would've lost, then there's no loss at all. it's super super better because square has no risk anymore. even if the game flops, hey, we got paid for it anyway and it's not like the game was different just because it was on the 360.