BasilZero said: Lets be real. Xbox gamers got screwed bad by this announcement. Unless SE decides to release the games on Xbox One in the west. :/ |
2012:
Nomura: One thing was that the Kingdom Hearts series had been released over several different consoles. I wanted to unite the scattered titles at once at the right time. I wanted to bring together the whole story before we turn to its conclusion.
2014:
Yasue: When we first wanted to create Kingdom Hearts III, we made a decision to make 1.5 and 2.5 as well, and the reason for doing that was we wanted the players to actually understand the story.
2015:
Hashimoto: We want to help spread PS4 even more. If that happens, even more games will come out, which would make me even happier. (Laughs.)
Nomura: This week at E3 we announced several titles coming to the PS4: not only FFXV, Kingdom Hearts 3, and World of Final Fantasy, but [also] a new Star Ocean and more. Rather than announce the remake after those titles went on sale, we wanted to give gamers something that would make them happy -- open them up, perhaps, to buying into the PS4.
Nomura: As “KHIII” is a numbered title, it is an expansive work that takes a long amount of time to develop. However, as “0.2” is made in the influence of “KHIII”, it will not be a problem. I thought it would be great for players to get an “early bird” small piece of “KHIII” in the time period that they’re waiting.
Nomura: Just like with [KH1.5] and [KH2.5], I thought about how I wanted to package [KH3D]'s essential story with a product that was a part of [KHIII] and its technology. In result, it was inevitable that the console would be the PS4.
2016:
GamesBeat: 2.8, is that just PlayStation 4, or is it also Xbox One?
Yasue: It's PS4 only.
GamesBeat: But Kingdom Hearts III is multiplatform.
Yasue: Right.
Anyway, a miracle happened. I thought it'd come out after KH3 due to "we're under time constraints" statements. Great they found the time.