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sieanr on 10 June 2008
Pristine20 said:
Jandre002 said:
I dont understand what S-E is actually going to get out of this. Sure Microsoft will pay them loads of money, but they lose fanbase in both Europe and Japan for this. They tried this method before and its already been proven hopeless. If people aren't buying the PS3 in Japan they arent going to buy a 360, lol.

But hell, Square-Enix wants to ruin all their IP's to please Microsoft then let them do it. 360 owners in NA arent going to buy that shit, so they just blew one of their biggest IP's for a little cash. All they have left now is Final Fantasy, unless they start dropping a lot more new IPs. I would atleast think they would release this game on the Wii if not the PS3.

Just like with the Final Fantasy movie, SE is determined to destroy their company. Im pretty sure Sony isnt going to bail them out this time though

S-E gets cash in hand from M$ to fund FFXIII while they dump Infinite Undiscovery on 360. I guesss buying over sakaguchi wasn't enough after all.

Sakaguchi was looking for a way out of Squeenix. All the whoring out of IPs and old titles got to him, especially given the reluctance of SE to try making new titles.



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Aiemond on 10 June 2008
Godot said:
I agree with the OP. People seem to think that gamers in Japan are not interested in consoles anymore but I think it has more to do with the fact that the only japanese-oriented games are on Xbox360. Wii does well over there but it's with the expanded audience and Nintendo fans. I think that what Microsoft is doing is hurting PS3 but the Japanese companies are hurting Japanese gaming.
 Incorrect. Wii is doing good with the expanded audience and the japenese hardcore. It is following the same pattern as the DS was. 

 



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Godot on 10 June 2008
sieanr said:
Pristine20 said:
Jandre002 said:
I dont understand what S-E is actually going to get out of this. Sure Microsoft will pay them loads of money, but they lose fanbase in both Europe and Japan for this. They tried this method before and its already been proven hopeless. If people aren't buying the PS3 in Japan they arent going to buy a 360, lol.

But hell, Square-Enix wants to ruin all their IP's to please Microsoft then let them do it. 360 owners in NA arent going to buy that shit, so they just blew one of their biggest IP's for a little cash. All they have left now is Final Fantasy, unless they start dropping a lot more new IPs. I would atleast think they would release this game on the Wii if not the PS3.

Just like with the Final Fantasy movie, SE is determined to destroy their company. Im pretty sure Sony isnt going to bail them out this time though

S-E gets cash in hand from M$ to fund FFXIII while they dump Infinite Undiscovery on 360. I guesss buying over sakaguchi wasn't enough after all.

Sakaguchi was looking for a way out of Squeenix. All the whoring out of IPs and old titles got to him, especially given the reluctance of SE to try making new titles.


 Wasn't it because he felt humiliated of the failure of the FF movie?



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thekitchensink on 10 June 2008
SpeedBreaker said:
mrstickball said:
Only infuriate PS3 fanboys...Gamers go where the games are. If the PS3,X360, or Wii have he games, then thats where they go. The infuriation is only by those that wished their system of choice had the games they wanted.

It infuriates every Japanese gamer. They don't want anything to do with Microsoft since they have nothing to look forward to except GOW2. Plus, this ain't gonna help the 360 in Japan also since the TLR is also on PS3, they could wait for that version.


 So, wait... they have nothing to look forward to except Gears of War 2... and yet the supposed reason you think that they hate Microsoft is that they're getting most of the JRPGs...

I have one thing to say to that:

 



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Hawk on 10 June 2008

I didn't realize Americans didn't believe this was done for Xbox's image in Japan. Who's been arguing with you that it was done for the U.S.?



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ConAir on 10 June 2008
mrduckbear said:

Whether americans want to believe it or not, Microsoft did this to boast Japan's 360's image, it wasn't for the U.S. If they thought Microsoft was doing this for them, they're crazy. Why else announce this IN JAPAN? But also, whether we want to believe it or not, It's image is also tarnished because of its american roots. buying the 360 helps america's economy, buying a PS3 helps Japans. you get the idea.

But personally, i think this announcement PISSED OFF Japanese Gamers because they're probably waiting for a Bigger PS3 JRPG Library before purchasing it, especially from S-E. But this annoucement that S-E sold out to Microsoft and has made exclusive or timed-exclusive JRPG's for 360 while still shunning what the Japanese want, it's probably pissing them off hard-core lol. I mean you've already tried big named JRPGs for 360 in Japan, it failed. Why not give PS3 to show it can sell them 2-3x more?? But no, these announcements keep pouring in to save the 360 in Japan and i think the japanese public are saying "WTF???. We don't want your stupid console, why do you keep torturing us???" lol. If it's going 360 exclusive and not multi-plat, you know they're gonna be pissed and end up boycotting their games until they realize it. 

If Microsoft's goal is to keep doing this until they finally give in, the XBOX 720 will already be out and they'll still ignore it 

 


Their aim is exactly what you can tell from the looks of your story. It's to sabotage the opponent. To prevent them in taking a bigger lead in Japan. Besides that, They hope to raise the sales also, but they won't.

 Tbh, I only agree to those who say this could seriously damage the `JRPG`. Cause releasing those on a console that isn't known for these games and with no real installed base in Japan will probably give dramatic sales. And, by no surprise S-E will decide not to release it on PS3 at all or only in Japan...



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Million on 10 June 2008
Frodaddyg said:
Million said:
Omac said:
Haha it's so funny how many people this is pissing of. Ya, Japan is playing there handhelds and don't really care about PS3 either.

Or Maybe the japaneese are playing JRPGs on the DS out of lack of choice , it's well known they hate the 360 unconditionaly. If the PS3 had a similar sized libary of JRPGS as the DS did then I don't think it would be the gaming device of choice for JRPG's.


Good luck hauling that PS3 with you to play on the train during the commute to and from work/school.


 Yeah in a similar fashion we used to carry our GC's/PS2's to schoo/work  , WTF u talking about.

 

Japaneese people don't live in trains. 




phil on 10 June 2008
mrstickball said:
Only infuriate PS3 fanboys...Gamers go where the games are. If the PS3,X360, or Wii have he games, then thats where they go. The infuriation is only by those that wished their system of choice had the games they wanted.

Dumb gamers, perhaps.  Clever ones dont just follow the games, we avoid the "shitty hardware rushed to market fuck you in the ass" consoles.  Do I wish that the console that isn't built like shit had all the great games?  Absolutely.  Does that make me a fanboy?  No, it means I don't like taking it in the ass.  Maybe you don't mind, but let's not pretend that makes someone a fanboy.

crumas2 on 10 June 2008

Does anybody have a tranquilizer gun and case of darts for all the PS3 fans who can't stand the idea of MS not rolling over and dying in Japan?



Frodaddyg on 10 June 2008
Million said:
Frodaddyg said:
 

Good luck hauling that PS3 with you to play on the train during the commute to and from work/school.


 Yeah in a similar fashion we used to carry our GC's/PS2's to schoo/work  , WTF u talking about.

 Japaneese people don't live in trains. 


The DS (and to a lesser extent the PSP) are phenomenons in Japan because of their portability. Unlike the US, where we just LOVE driving cars around by ourselves, a much larger percentage of the Japanese populace use mass transportation to navigate to and from work, school, shopping, etc. The portables are huge in popularity, and one large reason for that is because they are perfect time killers for that hour long train ride to/from the office.

They've sold nearly as many DS systems to the Japanese populace as they have to the US population, but to not even half the number of people. Hmmm... wonder why that could be?



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