Dianko on 15 February 2009
| niallyb said: I'm pretty sure Sony paid for FF back in the day when Square needed support. They bought a percentage of the company , gave SE TONS of help on the technical side, free dev workstations and a big fat publishing break in the beginning.... |
Yep. It was a pretty gutsy move to go from Nintendo to Sony, and I think Nintendo's own arrogant attitude at the time had alot to do with it (the cartridge format limited developers and was making Nintendo tons of money). Sony helped Square financially (though the 19% stake they bought in the company didn't come til later), lower royalties, dev support and published FFVII in America (and Europe as well?).
