| albionus said: DQX is the easiest. It's going to the Wii, no doubt about it. FFXIV is the most difficult. You'd think it would have to go to the Wii since the Wii will be the only system alive in Japan and will lead everywhere else by lower margins. On the other hand Square can't seem to kick its graphics obsession. I don't think after FFXIII becomes the worst selling 3D FF game that Square will repeat its mistake of putting it only on the PS3 again. More likely I would think they will milk FFXIII a little more (more spinoffs for all systems) and then make FFXIV a first year game for the Super Wii. Kingdom Hearts is the most interesting. It is the most casual game of the 3 so I would say odds favor a Wii exclusive. As for Disney, didn't they recently set up a game studio to specifically work on Wii/DS games? I may be mistaken but I thought I read before. The interesting part of this game is if it comes to the Wii, will it be traditional Kingdom Hearts or Mushroom Kingdom Hearts? If Disney refuses to support the Wii because of bluray (which is odd, I'm sure I've seen Disney games on Nintendo systems before) then that augurs all the more for Mushroom Kingdom Hearts. If I had to put money down I'd say DQX-Wii, FFXIV- Super Wii, KH - Wii but as MKH. |
You just said everything I wanted to say. Damn you!!! Seriously though that's exactly how I view it, other than the MKH part.
DQX may remain on the DS, because DQIX is going to be unbelievably successful. Still, if Square decides they want more options for DQX then they had for IX the Wii will be the console of choice.
I think FFXIV's platform depends entirely on FFXIII sales. With he horrible 2.4 million sold of FFXII, I don't think Square will continue down the Sony path if FFXIII sells bad as well. If they stray off the Sony path, they really only have 1 more left to go down, since the Japanese hate the 360.
Kingdom Hearts is very casual, and seems like it would sell well on the Wii. Disney is willing to make Wii games, see: High School Musical. Again though as Bodhestava said, it's not really their choice unless they for some reason refused to have their characters in it.
