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The Anarchyz on 17 November 2008
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Riachu said:
The Anarchyz said:
xlost7 said:
Not only is Square Enix bringing a wealth of software to the Xbox 360. But it is finally understanding the market. They will not get any profit if they stay exclusive to a platform that is underperforming against a platform that is surperior in the states, and thats the Xbox 360.

The Wii, well I don't know maybe they know some of their software might not do well considering what the Wii is targeting.

 

Then you can explain to me why Star Ocean 4, a game of a franchise that sells the most in Japan, is exclusive to 360... If they want to take advantage of the states, get the most out of Europe and not lose Japan, the title should be multiplatform...

Star Ocean 3 was arguably more successful in the West than it was in Japan.  Many of the game press consider the Western sales of SO3 to be quite good.  Star Ocean The Last Hope will also sell some 360s in Japan, especially if it gets a bundle like ToV and TLR.  There is also several hints that indicate that SO has peaked in popularity in Japan during the PS1 era when SO2 came out and has been in a steady decline in Japanese popularity ever since wherea it seems to have been vice versa in the West where SO3 has been considered the first SO title to reach global popularity.

 

Star Ocean 2 sold 720k LTD with 374k in its first week, Star Ocean 3 sold 550k with 396k in its first week (and that was because some problems due to not playing in older PS2's, the directors cut that we received didn't have that problem, that's why it was a little more successful in the West), do you really think that Star Ocean 4 will pull those numbers in Japan??? my bet is 250,000 tops, and i'm willing to bet that SO4 will not pull a 750k on the US or EU... The best real bet for that game was going multiplatform...