Thechalkblock on 01 June 2009
| Dodece said: @Thechalkblock Square was not mercenary in regards to Sony. In fact they were one of their most loyal supporters. Time and again according to Square themselves they advised Sony against their PS3 strategy, but they still supported them. They lobbied for Sony to change their marketing strategy going so far as to state their point publicly. Still they supported them. They went so far as to show public disdain for how Sony was conducting business, and still they supported them. Square are not the mercenaries here. How else do you explain their unwavering support for years in spite of everyone else distancing and defecting. Before long they were one of the few standing beside Sony. All the while Sony doing whatever it damn well pleased. It was like Sony was saying we will do whatever the fuck we want, and you will do as we say. No Square didn't betray Sony. Sony betrayed Square, and Square stood by them until it could no longer do so. What Sony was doing hurt Square, and it hurt other third party developers. Get your facts straight. Square was not a bitch to Sony, they were a partner, and Sony did just about everything it could to hurt that partnership. Even so Square did more for the survival of the PS3 then they had any obligation to do so. They could have gone out on Sony like everyone else, but they didn't they kept delivering a very public high end exclusive to the console. They are still delivering a regional exclusive to Sony. You should bow down and kiss the ground they walk upon, because without Square the PS3 would be short a few million units sold right now at least. Without Konami or Square the PS3 might not have even made it out of its first year, because that was most of the Sony high end lineup right there. Metal Gear and Final Fantasy sustained that consoles meager public perception. Appreciate what Sony got they sure as hell didn't deserve it. A six hundred dollar console was never in the third party developers best interest as far as exclusives go. That price tag dragged sales down, and they all knew it. That is why the PS3 was in a drought most of its first year. I recommend you go review the history of this generation, because your dangerously misinformed. God I hate Sony fanatics attacking Square. They owe them so much it isn't even funny. Without Square where would the PS3 be now. |
Thanks for filling me in, I learned a lot reading your post. Though I must say that I am not a Sony fanatic, if I am any kind of fanatic I am a Nintendo fanatic, which brings me back to when Square supported the Super Nintendo and switched to Sony when Nintendo decided to go with cartridges for the Nintendo 64. I can see that what you have said works in this situation as well, assuming Square wanted Nintendo to make their next console disc-based. Is this correct?
