http://thesilentchief.com/2010/05/23/square-enixs-nier-initially-was-a-360-exclusive/

What the fuck is wrong with Square? did they really think this kind of game (sales coming mostly from Japan) would sell on the Xbox 360? There's something really wrong with that company

Well, if MS had already paid them cash for exclusivity deals, then it doesn't really matter to S-E whether the game sells or not. Whatever it sells would just be bonus. I'm sure there're a lot of dealings in the background that we wouldn't know about. Most companies don't intentionally try to make less money.

SE has made some serious misjudgement on their part.... mostly concerning exclusive rights.

and how is the company doing right now? Well, it speaks for its decisions

their games might not sell, but they swim in M$ money. For now

Lol.. first people are bitching about FF13 going mulitplatform.. and how it should stayed an exclusive.. and now they are bitching about Nier was to be an exclusive and thank god it went mulitplatform...

Anyway.. it's a Cavia game.. they haven't made any PS3 game before but they did some 360 games... so it's not strange they targeted the 360.. they probably got some help from SE to get it on the PS3..

the key word is... Does it grow the brand???

I bring the example of GTA4. which clearly is a great move going multi. Since it sold much better.

but with SE. is it worth the extra effort and manpower and delay to gain the what? 1 and half million xbox sales LT???

And more ridiculously, is it really worth the cash to bring many and many of its title as time xbox exclusive?

Yes, you do get cash up front, but are you growing your brand? To me, the answer is no.

look no further than SE's profit

Last time I checked GTA4 sold less than GTA:SA.

Last time I checked FF13 is on its way to sell much more than FF12 & be one of the most successful (possibly outselling FF7 in europe) Final Fantasie's in the west (where it was multiplat).

No you sound ridiculous, you PS3 fans spent the majority of last week saying how multiplat games sell less than exclusive ones, now your moving goalposts hahaha.

Multi-Plat is the way to go for Square.

Staying Exclusive to one console is just a retarded move on their part. Especially in this situation where the PS3 version outsold the Xbox version.

last time I checked, FF13 going multiplaform did not come close to achieve the effect as GTA4 going multi.

Sadly, FF13's success has more to do with the recent explosion of PS3 sales than anything xbox contributed. Frankly, if the game HAD been exclusive, with less privacy, SE would be making more money. What's the latest download torrent for FF13??? 2.1 million?

But more critical mistakes by SE is making some games time exclusive (or exclusive all together) for xbox.

Their games are all mediocre this gen anyway. Who cares if they make exclusives until they prove they have any hint of old Squaresoft left.