Star Ocean 4 - What went wrong with its sales?

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Soriku said:

They actually said SO4's engine could work on any system, even on the DS or PSP... 

 

If you're referring to this:

http://gonintendo.com/?p=75319

That's not what it says. It says that it's technically possible to port it to any platform, not that the engine is up and running on all platforms.