Why do some companies not reveal which platforms a game is being made for.

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Legend11 said:
I really don't get the whole Star Ocean 4 thing. Why doesn't Square Enix simply come out and say which platform or platforms the game is being made for? Why all the secrecy? The same for TimeSplitters 4, wouldn't it be better to let people know ahead of time so they can take it into consideration if they're planning on buying a system well before the game comes out?

 Because of threads just like this.  It gets people talking about the game and gets the word out about the game.  If we knew it was for x platform there would not be nearly as many threads about it.