Star Ocean 5 announced for PS4, PS3

[Zekkyou]

Ka-pi96 said:

Zekkyou said:

Ka-pi96 said:

Exactly my point. If Sony are helping then they should have had it being a PS4 exclusive (no PS3 version) as one of the conditions for them helping.

The more Sony wants, the more they'd have to give. They probably felt that the 'negatives' of it being a cross-gen title weren't strong enough to warrant them off-setting those hypothetical sales to make it a PS4 only title (this all assuming they are in-fact helping, though i don't know why it would be a PS only title if they weren't).

Because the Xbox One is deader than a dodo in Japan and PS/Wii U games are almost non-existent.

Seems like they would have had it PS exclusive regardless of whether they helped or not, so what exactly are they getting from the deal that they wouldn't have had anyway?

The X1 might be a flat possum in Japan, but Star Ocean tends to sell quite a bit more in the west than it does Japan (and did pretty well on the 360). I doubt it would do as well on the X1, but it should have been able to do more than enough to cover the relative pittance it costs to port between the PS4 and X1.

Another possibility is that the game might not have existed (or at least been finished) without Sony's help/money. In that situation they'd get another exclusive for their part and SE/Tri get to release another Star Ocean. I don't know why they'd make it cross-gen in that situation though. This is all just guess work :p