will final fantasy ever be a nintendo exclusive again?

[angrypoolman]

Joelcool7 said:

angrypoolman said:

hunter_alien said:
Short answer: no
Long answer: hell no


Even if lets say Sony would leave the console scene IMO they would still have to share the FF IP with MS...

why? what if nintendo had the best graphics/controls, millions sold, and microsoft was just trying to cater to the casuals (a demographic that nintendo already has a firm grip on), and as a result, has incredibly low sales? yea im sure square would stick with microsoft at that point.

Thats a large what if. If Sony was to dissapear likely a new competitor would enter the market to take their place, say Apple or Cisco or one of the half dozen other major hardware manufacturers who have been eyeing the console market. Not to mention Microsoft would likely become the new home for the FF main series.

Why because , Microsoft would see the vacuum in Japan as the perfect oppertunity to break in to the general Japanese market something they've failed to do to date. Microsoft would pay Square millions and would likely become the new publishing partner much like Sony was for FF7 onwards.

Then lets say Microsoft was switching its focus to casual gamers, as long as it has the biggest graphical guns Square would support them not Nintendo.

So no, in short Square-Enix will see much greater support by sticking with Microsoft in the case that Sony does leave the industry (Which won't happen) I don't expect to see Final Fantasy exclusive to Nintendo platforms for at least another decade if ever!

 

i think its just stupid to say nintendo will never see a main final fantasy exclusive game ever. why would it be nintendo that are the last ones to ever see it again? and i seriously doubt square cares who has the biggest 'graphical guns,' do you think thats why the developed ff for ps2? some would argue the genesis had better graphics than the super. so i think saying graphics is a deciding factor between square going to microsoft over nintendo is bullshit, and even if they did make their decision based off graphics, who is to say nintendo wont have better graphics than microsoft either next generation or the generation after that? afterall, nintendo is the company that gave final fantasy a chance, and its hard to say whether or not they would even be here without them.