I doubt Microsoft paid Square to make FFXIII for the 360. What they may have paid for is for it to be a simultaneous launch with the PS3 version. True to what Microsoft did with many other developers, they probably hounded Square to make a 360 version. I'm sure Square was watching the 360 vs. PS3 numbers in North America also. With the 360 numbers still much higher in this region (a key region for Square as well as many other devs), the move to the platform was likely motivated by those numbers.
@ronster - As much as I loved my Sega Genesis, Sega screwed the pooch at every step after. They confused the market with the 32X and SegaCD. When the Saturn came out, no one had confidence in Sega anymore. The Dreamcast was their heroic last stand as a console maker but still burdened by a bad reputation and with Sony, which had built a good reputation with the PS1, having a new console on the way, Sega never had a chance unless the DC did something spectacular. It didn't. It wasn't marketed well. The Sonic games rated well but they were not spectacular. It had what was without a doubt the worst designed controller in the industry. Sega killed Sega. Sony just put the nails in the coffin. I have always wanted Sega to rise again but they still do not make great business choices and within the next couple years I can see them being bought out but a bigger fish.
I give this thread a 9.6.
Thank god for the disable signatures option.
