S.T.A.G.E. said:
slowmo said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
slowmo said:
Need for Speed, Guitar Hero, Mass Effect,etc, etc.
You're making up arbitrary rules to avoid the flaws in your argument. While I'm giving you evidence of franchises that refute your argument, you're coming out with hypothetical guesses such as your Uncharted statement. I only have to show that some titles have been successful going multiplatform which I already have thus making your original statement that I had spread a myth/lie incorrect, everything else your debating is meaningless as I've proved my original statement correct.
You've also made a tragic error picking Final Fantasy to linger on as historically it is a Nintendo exclusive originally, therefor has no deep rooted Sony exclusivity. Its also been released on PC too previously so wasn't a true Sony exclusive anyway thus making your point in this thread about the FF franchise moot. FF prior to Sony trying to buy exclusivity were multi plat and that's the way they'll be going again looking at their financials. |
FF rose to the apex of its popularity and promise only on Sony console. Sony didn't try to pull exclusivity from Nintendo, they became exclusive to Sony by default because Nintendos platforms could not stay up to par with what Square Enix imagined for the product. Nintendo has been behind ever since, but Square has still been supporting them ever since. Microsoft gets the ports because their consoles are on par with Sony's, however, Versus was created to take advantage of the PS3's unique hardware. We'll see what becomes of it, because we don't know if it even will make it to next gen.
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No, it rose to popularity on Nintendo consoles hence why more than one title was originally produced. I agree that it's userbase expanded through the Playstation consoles but it didn't suddenly become a popular franchise because it was on them.
I'm pretty sure it's slipped to next gen but time will tell as you say.
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Exactly, only time will tell. Microsoft has basically done a good job of mirroring Sony so people can't tell the difference so it would be a tough decision for Square not to make versus multiplat next gen. As for FF rising to popularity on Nintendo, no one ever took that fact away. It popularized the JRPG in the west. When the original Playstation launched devs and fans switched sides as well as Sony creating an even broader audience.
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Maybe so, I do wonder if the internet helped with the transition of some of the cultural change. I remember at school when you struggled to get anime in this country (UK), where as now it's a few clicks away online or you can order from numerous sites and discuss in forums. I think the internet expanding at the time Sony were on the rise in the market is a big part of the reason the west started to accept some of the "quirky" games from the East.
