The reality of the PS3 hardware is well known despite what anyone believes to the contrary. The design is obviously not friendly for developers, and more then a couple developers have confessed to this. This has often enough lead to game delays, and other convolutions such as obscene install downloads for the console. This is just common knowledge at this point. This is not a rumor it is more a statement of fact.
Beyond this the rumor brings to light a very interesting possibility. The rumor insinuates that Sony and Square had a contract in place for Final Fantasy. Which was suspected but never confirmed. However if Microsoft paid for breach of contract or in other words paid the penalty clause then Sony may no longer have any protection for title retention period.
Sony could very well lose the title for their platform all that is required is for Microsoft to offer a lucrative enough sum to Square. Which may very well be their intentions for the Tokyo Game Show. Imagine the tumult that this title losing exclusivity caused. Now image the insanity of biblical proportions that the title going exclusively for the 360 might very well cause. For propaganda value Microsoft might consider doing just that. After all I am sure any breach provision would have already cost them a pretty penny.
What others forget about rumors beyond the fact that they are occasionally correct is the following. A rumor being fictitious does not necessarily mean that it will result in being wrong. A good hoaxer knows that the secret to success is not to say any old thing to get a rise out of others. A good hoaxer uses a great deal of deductive reasoning to formulate their rumor. Not only is it more reasonable, but also that much more likely to happen.
Anyway it frames the events in a way I had not considered. Which means it was a good read.
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