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Stats87 on 03 December 2008
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mrstickball said:

SE can profit from 360 games. The problem is that they're throwing the rough equivilent of Radiata Stories at the X360 rather than the beefier ones. Lets wait to see how Star Ocean: TLH does before making proper judgements.

Now, there are a few reasons that KH3 could be considered a viable option on the Xbox 360. I'm not arguing it as the best, or most obvious one (I'd think that KH going to all 3 systems would be the most advantageous):

  • Development Costs. They're going to be cheaper than making the game for Playstation 3. More expensive than the Wii, but the game would have far more features, and factors in to other points further down.
  • Install Base. Kingdom Hearts is primarily an American-driven franchise. Quite possibly the most American franchise Square has ever had. Fitting that's also the X360's best region, no?
  • Live Intergration. Since KH characters, and settings are based heavily off of Disney movies, it's only fitting that they intergrate "hey, get this movie off of Netflix, or rent it from the marketplace" for extra cash.
  • Downloadable Content. Along with the whole live intergration bit, DLC could be huge for a game like KH3. Guess which system has the most robust DLC system out there?
  • 3rd Party Support. Of the 3 companies, which one has been the best for 3rd parties this generation? Lets face it: Only Microsoft has aggressively pursued 3rd parties. 
  • Spin-Offs. Even if a mainline KH game came to the X360, it'd be very plausible that other systems would get big KH-esque spinoffs in the future. Furthermore, XBLA would be a great place for SE and Disney to lay claim to bigger, better profits. While Square can say that FF:CC MLAK has done well, the fact is a game like Castle Crashers (which has less overall pedigree than a Final Fantasy game on a DLC system) has sold just as well as FF:CC, but in half the time.

Star Ocean is your "proper judgement"? That's hardly a big series as well

Also your points are somewhat flawed.

You bring up Development Costs/Install base in the context of profits, (I assume) but if that were the case then the Wii or even the DS would make more sense then the 360.

Install Base: Again the Wii huge in NA and MUCH bigger in Japan.

Live Integration: You could apply this to the PS3 as well "hey go buy the newest Disney movie off Blu-Ray" or "hey go to the PSN download service and get some Disney Movies"


DLC: The PS3 can do that as well. Yes the 360 has more exclusive DLC with games like Fallout 3, but how does this effect SE?

3rd Party Support: Yes the 360 has had excellent 3rd party support, but I don't why SE really cares. The fact is, Kingdom Hearts will sell like hotcakes no matter where it goes, so if it is all about profits then the Wii is the logical choice, not the 360. (especially 360 exclusive)

Spin Offs: Not exactly sure where you're going with this one. They already have spinoffs headed to the PSP/Cell Phone/DS and we're unlikely to see more spin-offs this generation. The idea that they'll put it on the 360 just so they can make more XBLA games seems like a stretch to me. A better argument would be that they put it on the PS3 then in conjuction release KH1/2 for Download or re-release them as a bundle.

 

The problem with your argument is not so much that its wrong or anything, but each point could be argued for another console. Personally I'd rather see it on 360 or PS3 then the Wii, but the game is so far away from release that I cannot be bother right now to truly care.