Considering that enhanced late ports are nothing new, especially for the Tales series (remember the GC to PS2 port of ToS?), the Japanese Tales and Star Ocean fanboys were foolish enough to buy a console for a single game that they assumed would remain exclusive. Namco and Square-Enix never said they will remain exclusive. They just used the BS "we have no plans for a PS3 port at this time" line (even though they're working on a port behind the scenes).
I also find it amusing that Microsoft is supposedly evil for giving out moneyhats when Sony did the same deal with Rockstar for GTA III, Vice City and San Andreas timed exclusivity (all three ended up getting ported to the Xbox with extras and enhancements as well. Funny, you never heard Xbox 1 owners call us PS2 owners beta testers even though it was very common for PS2 games to get ported to Xbox with enhancements). It's business. It's not the best for the fans but corporations don't operate on the basis of doing what's best for their fans. It is not from the benevolence of the video game developer that we expect our video games, but from their regard to their own interest. This is why fanboyism is irrational. There is no reason you should be loyal to a company that cares only about your wallet and not much else.
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