KLXVER said:
I think the word "betrayed" is a bit much. If they didnt go to Sony we would never have gotten several of the games we got on PS1. Including Final Fantasy 7-9. At least not in its current form. Nintendo decided to go with expensive limited cartridges and Sony gave the developers more freedom to make the game they wanted to make. Im sure Square would have worked with Nintendo to bring other games to the N64, but Nintendo seemed to be too proud for anything "less" at that time. |
Sony entered the market to pry all the 3rd parties away from Nintendo and Sega and Square were one of Nintendo's biggest.
FF7 was in the works for Nintendo before the PS1, and Squares legacy would have continued on regardless, however Square decided to take the offer, the offer being something Nintendo could not match.
This is why Nintendo banned Square and the relationship fell apart. Square was important to Nintendo and Square became big due to Nintendo.
FF7 is one of my favourite PS1 games which I still own to this day but even I can see the betrayal Square did and it wasnt just CD tech, otherwise FF7 would have launched on the Saturn.
