LordTheNightKnight said:
That is not the answer to my question. Microsoft would still have insisted the 360 get the game in Japan, and you know it. |
a simultanous release of ff xiii in japan on both ps3 and xbox would have meant pushing release back at least half a year.
SE's strategy for this game looks like they release the game in japan and invest the money they get from the sales there into the localisation and porting costs. So I guess if ms would have wanted SE to push back release date to do a simultanous release they would have had to pay a lot more money, which would have probably been far more than they could have gained from that. so the only other option would have been a timed exclusive for ps3 in japan, and a later xbox 360 release when the port is done, but that probably would not help ms console sales in japan.
For the US/EU release on Xbox they probably payed not too much since it also makes sense for SE to sell multiplat to a bigger potential userbase.