Why NIS kept Disgaea4 PS3 exclusive?

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Doobie_wop said:

mantlepiecek said:

Doobie_wop said:

It was developed using the PhyreEngine. It's a free to use engine developed by Sony that helps developers create cheap games withpretty good production values. It's also a reason why the PS3 seems to get a lot of random exclusive JRPG games from Japan. Disgae 3 wasnot developed using the PhyreEngine, so that could mean that Disgae 4 was developed with a similar or lower budget, despite looking much better.

What about Yakuza? Why is that an exclusive? For the same reason?

It's probably related to the engine and the install base. Yakuza 3, 4 and The End (maybe?) were developed using the Marvel V - Engine, which is a fairly new engine that was built with the PS3 in mind and focuses on facial expressions, body animation and environment detail. Team CS1 have had plenty of experience with the engine on the PS3 and I'm sure the effort to change it's basic structure to fit on the 360 probably isn't worth it. 

The userbase is also on the PS3, which for a niche game, is probably pretty important. A game like Metal Gear or Final Fantasy are aimed at larger audiences and so it is reasonable to believe that those audiences are worth going after, Yakuza is aimed at a specific audience and most of it's in Japan, a country were the 360 doesn't do very well. 

Sony could also be throwing some money at SEGA, which is possible when you consider how popular the franchise is in Japan.

You forgot Ru Ga Gotoku Kenzan the first in the seires on PS3.