It is naive to think that the game would have been exactly the same if it was PS3 exclusive. There were probably some structure changes to the game when they decided to go multiplat. With FF XIII-2, SE planned on it being a multiplat game from the beginning.
However, SE is the main one to blame. They were fixing things that weren't broken to begin with. The story and characters would have been just as shitty as a PS3 exclusive. I could see it being a little less linear and maybe allowing for more backtracking if it was a PS3 exclusive.
Now, SE's insistence on putting out jRPGs as 360 exclusives at the beginning of the generation (along with Namco) was plain stupid. I think those decisions hurt the genre quite a bit.
"Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, IT IS THE LEADERS of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is TELL THEM THEY ARE BEING ATTACKED, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. IT WORKS THE SAME IN ANY COUNTRY." --Hermann Goering, leading Nazi party member, at the Nuremberg War Crime Trials
Conservatives: Pushing for a small enough government to be a guest in your living room, or even better - your uterus.
