Square-Enix CEO Says 360, PS3 Over-engineered

[windbane]

windbane said:

Dolla Dolla said:

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=14298

"Speaking in a new article by the Financial Times, Wada suggested that the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 were poorly suited to the current market and that handheld consoles would continue to dominate sales this year, as the demographics of consumers fundamentally alters following the success of the Nintendo DS and Wii."

"[...] these consoles[360,PS3] are mismatched to today’s environment. In a year or two years they will fare better."

He also discusses why they chose the DS for Dragon Quest IX. Interesting article.

 

Interesting that you left out the part where he says that DQ9 is on the DS because of the install base. That's the main factor, and the fact that DQ has never set standards for graphics like FF does.

FF13 is only on PS3, FF7: Crisis Core is only on PSP, Dissidia is only on PSP, FF13: Versus is only on PS3, The Last Remnant is only on PS3 and 360. I can't wait until 2 years from now when the PS3 and 360 are "ready." That'll be a good time for FF14 and maybe DQ10, although I expect that might be on the Wii.

I would like nothing more than FF14 on the PS3 and DQ10 on the Wii, because those will be the 2 consoles I own. I really wish all you Wii guys would stop looking for things to criticize the graphically superior consoles with.

I am not anti-Wii.  I'm also not blindly accepting everything Nintendo does.