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Aura7541 on 20 January 2017
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shikamaru317 said:
Aura7541 said:

The way FFXV turned out for the XB1 definitely helps its case. Getting the KH collections on the XB1 is still a hard sell, in my opinion for various reasons. For one thing, the KH series is nowhere as large as Final Fantasy. The other is that KH2.8 is coming out in just 4 days. Timed exclusivity, whether it's intentional or not, dampens the sales potential of the version that releases later. We see this with Rise of the Tomb Raider even though the series is more aligned with the PS fanbase than the Xbox fanbase. There might be some hope for KH 1.5 + 2.5, though those collections have been on the PS3 for a while. Those who are interested in buying KH 1.5 + 2.5 are most likely PS4 owners.

I was thinking something along the lines of a full KH Collection, including 1.5, 2.5, and 2.8 all in one package, this Holiday on both PS4 and XB1. Of course we don't know if that is even possible, maybe Square paid for full or timed exclusivity for 1.5, 2.5, and 2.8, but assuming that they didn't pay for any exclusivity or that they only paid for 6 months of timed exclusivity, a full Collection should be possible by the Holiday season. It definitely seems like it's in Square's best interest to release the previous games on XB1 before they release KH3, the KH story is known for being pretty complicated and while there are XB1 owners like me who own other consoles and have played some of the previous games, there are plenty of other potential buyers on XB1 who won't have played any previous KH games. If they release KH3 as the only KH game on XB1 like they currently seem to be planning to do, I can't see it selling more than 300k worldwide in the first month, but if they were to release the full KH Collection on XB1 first, not only would they see some pretty good sales for the KH Collection on XB1, KH3 on XB1 would also sell more. 

Yeah, that may be the best case scenario. The million dollar question is how many of those "other potential buyers on XB1" are there? Whenever Abdiel chimed in on the FFXV and KH3 ratios on GAF, the KH3 ratio was extremely skewed (90/10). Maybe FFXV increased interest on KH3 from XB1 owners and that may be the ticket to convincing Square to port the collections to the XB1, who knows? It largely depends if Square saw a significant difference pre-FFXV and post-FFXV.