urogamer: You mentioned earlier how important RPGs are in the Japanese market. So presumably it was very important for you to hold on to Final Fantasy exclusivity here?
Shuhei Yoshida: Yes, I presume so. I was not involved in that discussion with Square Enix; it was handled by SCE Japan.
Because of the amount third-party publishers have to invest to produce a game for this generation, it's really hard for them to justify releasing on only one platform. We did expect more third-parties to go multi-platform. I'm very grateful that some key franchises, like Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy, are staying exclusive to PS3.
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=257142&page=2
"I was not involved in that discussion with Square Enix; it was handled by SCE Japan."
can we agree that there is a deal between SE and Sony about FFxiii in Japan and it's not SE decision?
with all the SE support for 360 in Japan it's doesn't make sense that this one stayed exclusive unless there is a deal
discuss -if u want-:)
