mrstickball said:
HDDVD started to lose serious studio support because Bluray just had a much bigger userbase. The main reason: PS3 is a Bluray player. Now imagine if each 360 had been an HDDVD player. From what I understand it was much easier to produce HDDVD then it was Bluray. One of its selling points to the industry actually.
Possibly. But do you think that a $500 Premium Xbox 360 would of sold very well? The trouble Sony's PS3 is in would be greatly magnified if the X360 had an HD-DVD drive to start with. Unlike the PS3, Microsoft has no brand name appeal: just games and a good price. Take away 1 of those, and it becomes a Neo Geo real quick.
So you think any of those games you mentioned have anything on Final Fantasy in Japan? No way son.
Maybe not individually, but to secure FFXIII exclusivity, you'd have to bankroll a price that'd be similar to about 6-7 Xbox 360 exclusives.
Looking at Japan Final Fantasy sells Millions of consoles every time.
Since when? No FF in the PS2 era sold over 2.3m copies in Japan. And then one has to wonder how many bought a PS2 for FFX or XII alone. Even looking at FFX's launch, the PS2 sold 170,000 units, yet 1.9m copies it's first launch week. Under 10% of PS2 owners bought a PS2 for Final Fantasy. Hard to say that FF sells tons of consoles, no? FFXII and FF:CC for PSP were the same way.
Bzzt wrong they should have had the 360 with the HDDVD drive starting at $399 from the get go and eat the loss because it would cost less then losing this console/format war long term.
Uh, you think Microsoft would of enjoyed asorbing $250+ PER CONSOLE in losses for the first 2 years of it's existance? Microsoft would NEVER make money this generation with a huge, costly drive on it's system. Sony has already lost BILLIONS as last-generations market leader for Blu-Ray, with no name brand, an HD-DVD player would of done very little for MS. Blu-Ray would of sold better, as it's always had better studio backing.
I beat both of those games on PS3 what a weird point you're trying to make.
Would the average gamer prefered to play them on a PS3 that cost ~$200 more than an ultra-cheap X360?
Microsoft could have traded the cash they spent on Rare on some SE exclusives like FF13 or perhaps a FF7 Remake. Give Banjo back to the kids. It's been a long time since Rare made Donkey Kong Country money.
Uhh. Last I checked, Halo 3 was bigger than any recent Final Fantasy, yet it failed to move 1 million consoles for the 360. So I don't see FFXIII doing that.
If MS wanted to moneyhat a series to allow the X360 userbase to grow in Japan, it should of bought DQ9, not XIII. DQ is leaps and bounds ahead of Final Fantasy in Japan...And again, thats "if" MS wanted to throw money away. Microsoft needs to grow a userbase, not buy one. Growing a userbase starts with a group of games, not just one.
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