Masakari on 31 January 2010
| arsenicazure said: Now here is the crazy part. If the 360 was announced in 2005, wasnt it kinda obvious that the PS3 was on the way? Square could have started dev on PC specs or even the 360 and then ported it over! 1.5 yrs is a lot of time and money wasted. |
It also goes to show that maintaining platform loyalty for no apparent reason is bad business. The 360 moved forward earlier, and SE usually ignored PC as well, and it seems some sort of miscommunication with Sony cost them a lot of money and dev time. Like you said, if they had started on PC development and also eyed the 360 earlier, they would have been in a much better position. Putting all your eggs in one basket out of some misguided brand loyalty is bad business - I can understand if they got money or dev incentives, but clearly that's not what happened here.
Maybe this is the reason Square has been moving away from Sony - they got pissed for Sony not informing them accurately about their console plans?
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