FFXIII 360 Japan Release - HW/SW Predictions

[XanderZane]

Reasonable said:

XanderZane said:

Seece said:

Releases 16th next week.

HW 12k / SW 100k

Your turn!

What...!?!? Why are they releasing the XBox 360 version in Japan now? That's like a slap in the face to XBox 360 owners in Japan. The game has been out for almost 3 months now and it sold 1.4 million on the PS3 it's first week. Does SquareEnix actually think Japan gamers would wake this long to purchase the game on the XBox 360? Are they kidding? I actually thought this was a joke. I'll be shocked if it sells more then 10K and it'll move maybe 6 - 7K systems. They should have released it a week after the PS3 version if anything. They wait until the PS3 sales frenzy dies down and then they try to release this crap on the 360. What a joke. Someone should buy ever copy and burn them all in front of SquareEnix building.

Yes, and Bioshock should have released a week later on PS3 after the 360 launch... oh wait...

This is why I say timed exclusives aren't good for the consumer.  Mind you, I notice most only complain when it goes against their console of choice rather than in general.

If timed exclusives are bad for one console's owners they're bad for every console's owners.

The timed exclusive for Bioshock was paid for by Microsoft though. I don't think Sony paid SquareEnix anything to not release FF XIII on the XBox 360 months later. I think they did that on their own. What's funny is the game wasn't even suppose to be released on the XBox 360 in Japan. I was actually fine with that. I would have rather they released an exclusive XBLA game that's not on PSN for the 360 instead of FF XIII. Everyone in Japanwho wanted to play FF XIII when it came out, ran out and bought a PS3 Slim and played it. The people who bought the XBox 360 version were most likely Americans living in Japan or a few other foreigners who could only afford one game console. SquareEnix had done a lot of things right for the XBox 360 in the past, but this was definitely their first mistake.

The other thing is SquareEnix usually adds addition content to the Intern'l version of the game, but they did absolutely nothing with this version. All they did was throw the Japanese voice /text into the game and that was it. Where are all the extras? i call BS.