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The_vagabond7 said:
Square isn't a second party, and final Fantasy didn't start on a sony platform, and has appeared on numerous platforms. Why Sony fans feel such entitlement to the series is beyond me.

series peaked in the playstation though. exclusivity helped the game get most out of the hardware.

Actually, SquareSoft basically was since Sony owned the highest percentage of stock in the company. Once Square merged with Enix, Sony lost majority rule.


no it wasn't even close, Sony has to own 50% to have majority rule.  Highest percentage doesn't equal majority rule.

it does when your vote persuaded others because you were the major player in the console market. Persuasion can be a major player in investor relations. You dont need to own 51% of a company if you can persuade 51% of investors to vote in your favor.

Last I heard... they didn't have a vote.  It was all non-voting stock.

Then maybe Sony the last two gens just had an insane amount of influence due to how many consoles they had on the market. Which prevented Square from deciding to release any FF game other than 11 on a Microsoft console till this gen.

That and the Xbox just wasn't nearly as popular as far as I know.  There was no reason to do it then.  Multiplatform games seem WAY up this generation.

Or it could of just been an agreement... afterall Sony pretty much only purchased the stock to save Square's ass long enough so they could merge with Enix. 

Afterall Sony didn't just buy Square stock... Square BEGGED Sony to buy Square stock.  They needed the money in a bad way.

Though at the same time as Square put it...

"We are not necessarily obligated to Sony, because of this deal," said Hisashi Suzuki, Square's president. "But we can gauge the situation in the future and offer software to the best selling hardware maker, and at this time there is no doubt that Sony is the best."

It's lucky Sony is getting any games at all... based on their past logic they should be making Wii games.