Ask Gamestop: FFXIII, Fishy! Fishy!

[NightstrikerX]

forevercloud3000 said:

NightstrikerX said:
I say it's this simple. If you want to play and enjoy the game, buy it. Multiplat just means more people can enjoy the game, and share experiences from it. Xbox 360 and PS3 alike. At this point, there is nothing we, the consumer can do. Square-Enix made their decision, obviously a decision that had alot of thought and attention put into it, and was made most likely months prior to E3. So we just need to simply accept it. Move on, and enjoy it on whatever system you want.

Will this affect sales any? Yes, but having thing game can only improve sales, for BOTH systems. I say its win/win!

 

true, it is good that both get to enjoy the game. But why this game? Why not something that did not have the weight of PS3 riding on it's back? At the E3 conference they said the decision was VERY recent. So months is probably out of the qeustion. Especially seeing as they have not started at all. The game has made many promises as stated in OP, the anouncement of a 360 version broke every single one of them. That is NEVER a good thing...

And sales of the consoles will be effected. PS3 sales will not be as much as expected on day of release for FFXIII now that I would say about 25% of it's fanbase can now play it on a system they already own or is cheaper for them to get. Thats not fair, thats not fair at all, for sony at least. 360 sales I see staying pretty much the same tho so they are still on the upside of this situation.

Underhanded if you ask me. THis has turned to a cock fight instead of a business, measured by who is in the lead.

While this does seem rather unfair in the perspective of sony and PS3 owners. You have to look at the business from both ways. This is a rather pinnacle point in the development of gaming, new ideas are coming and replacing some of the old ideas. Square-Enix just wants to make sure they have the money and the support they need to contiune to make great games in the future. If this means they need to expand their area of influence to multiplatform titles, then that is entirely their choice.

I'd rather see Final Fantasy 13 selling ALOT more copies overall on both systems, than selling fewer on one, or the other. If square-enix was being picky about which one they would make the game for. Then I would bet 5 dollars they would port the entire game to xbox 360 for the larger american userbase. But they don't seem to be picky about which one they want, they just want to ensure they make a decent profit off this game. So they can continue to make more games in the future.

In the business world, you cannot let politics between businesses stand in the way of money. Because that is what it all boil down too, if sony cannot cough up the cash to keep a game exclusive, or if square feels their game will be more successful multiplat. Then so be in. I look forward to upcoming games for all 3 systems by square-enix.