| Kantor said: Sony clearly have a deal with SE to keep it exclusive in Japan. I'm sure Square Enix wants this game out as soon as possible, a 360 version will only delay things. I don't think Microsoft is petty enough to pay 40 million dollars to make it multiplat in Japan just to spite Sony. They get some 6 bucks per game sold, so with the 400k this would probably sell on the 360 in Japan, they'll get 3 million back. Contrary to what some people believe, Microsoft are not business morons. |
1. It doesn't cost $40M to basicly copy the PS3 JP soundtrack onto the 360 version.
2. MS is that petty.
All MS would have to do is waive the licensing fee for the JP 360 version and I bet they'd do it. Maybe throw in some cash for marketing promotions, as if MS would not advertise the hell out of having FFXIII in JP now. They wouldn't have to sell many copies to make a small profit, and it'd make MS happy. I suppose Sony can't cry since the PS3 version would still outsell it.
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