Looks like SO4 coming to 360 (almost confirmed)

[shams]

DOATS1 said:

shams said:
So... question for you all. Would anyone actually be *pissed off* if FFXIII came to the 360 (as WELL as the PS3) - even if the PS3 gets a 1-3 month exclusive period? Surely something like that would only make people happy, not angry?

(assuming the PS3 version is not gimped, maybe the 360 version is a "port")

...what about a Wii version as well as a PS3/360 version? Surely more money for SE is good, and lets them make more mega-games?

i think that every console needs at least one big game in each genre to be exclusive. racing, shooting, platform etc. if ps3 loses exclusive rights to final fantasy, then the ps3 has no big exclusive rpgs to boast about. it would nullify any reasons for japan users to buy a ps3 too.

i got a question too, if you were a developer, where do you think rpgs would make the most money out of the hd consoles? considering the install bases in each region. i personally think the ps3 would at the moment.

Well, I can tell you that as a developer:

  - I would steer as far away from the PS3 as possible (most expensive dev, least chance of breaking even - esp. with something"new")

 - Wii or DS would be "target" platforms, or both

 - if it needed to be HD, it would be 360. I would go talk to MS, and try to get some money from them to help with development.

 - the "bigger" the project, the more chance I would look at a PS3/360 cross-platform title. There is no way I would develop our own engine though, buy something off the shelf.

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I think the demographics per region are not important anymore. If its designed to appeal to Western audiences, it will sell just as well in the US/Others as Japan.

PS3 games are just NOT selling well enough in Japan to consider an exclusive, PS3, Japan focused RPG. There is ZERO chance I would consider that. Games just have to be worldwide these days.

If I could do anything - from a business point of view, I would do a RPG that was "cool" (yet semi-kiddie) on the Wii - and aimed at an American audience. Once you nail that, you drag along most of Europe. Japan would almost be an afterthought. Alternatively, an exclusive 360 RPG "could" work - maybe leading to a x-platform title.

(depends on the IP, and a million other things - including whose money it was!)