makingmusic476 on 02 April 2008
| Dodece said: The lack of confirmation actually bodes ill for this being an exclusive PS3 title. Sony has been trading on potential for so long that it would be contrary to their interest to have a title undisclosed. They need big confirmations now and more of them to avoid the PS3 enjoying the same horrific sales it saw last summer. Were this title PS3 exclusive we would know now, and Sony would be advertising the hell out of it. The contrary view for 360 exclusivity is that Microsoft would actually not want the titles platform disclosed and neither would the developer. Microsoft doesn't need JRPG confirmations they will have ten before the year is out. However if they get consumers excited and then drop the bomb that makes it harder for consumers in Japan to dismiss the title. Better to get consumers in the frame of mind that they really want the title before telling them they have to make a deal with the devil. What is most interesting to me is how Microsoft has played this generation in Japan they haven't just gotten developers on their side for one title it is two or three. Which to me says that Microsoft probably bought game packages in bulk before this generation even began. Mistwalker is obvious, but then look at Bandai Namco, and now here we have Tri-Ace Square. That would most definitely fit the existing pattern. Just a thought but if Microsoft did purchase package exclusivities before this generation then Star Ocean would most definitely fit that mold. |
You do realize that IU is being fully funded by MS, correct? Star Ocean is one of Square's bigger IPs, and they wouldn't sacrifice it's sales for MS by making it 360 exclusive (50% of SO's sales generally come from Japan).
Best case for the 360 is that the game is multiplat.
