Stats87 on 17 November 2008
| Dodece said: I am a little dismayed that others are surmising that the Cell acquainted staff has already been lined up. These are actually the most difficult of positions to fill. Seeing as so few programmers are conversant in the architecture. While it is true that some middle ware has helped to ease the burden. The reality is that you would still want specialists with the hardware. This is a interesting development to say the least, and probably shows one thing that certain members of this site dread. Square is moving closer to Microsoft. More to the point they seem to be wholly committed to developing games for the console, and perhaps more titles exclusively. Now if this is the case Sony has lost itself a critical ally. Square will probably not be giving Sony any more exclusive titles. We have been seeing a progression this entire generation of Square distancing itself from Sony. First came the unhappy comments, then came the exclusives for the 360, then came the rescinding of a Sony exclusive, then we have a console prioritization in Last Remnant. I think most here at least smell the smoke even if they refuse to see the fire. What I want to know is what is next will Sony lose versus as well, or could Microsoft snatch itself up even more exclusives. This is almost like a veiled message. Square is obviously saying which two consoles are most important for them as a company. The 360 and the Wii. |
A whole lot of wrong in this post
They already got people making FFXIII and Versus for the PS3, so yes they have a good amount of people to work on the Cell, plus they're eventually making TLR for the PS3.
How exactly is is SE "distancing itself" from Sony? It still has all 3 FFXIII games, TLR and a crapload of other PSP games...that's an odd way of moving away from a company. (plus the outside chance of the SO:TLH one day)
SE has also stated numerous times that they want to expand their global influence, abandoning the PS3 doesn't exactly fit that with that notion.
Supporting the Wii? The Wii support has been weak at best, the correct statement would be that the DS and PSP are the biggest systems to SE.
