Square-Enix using Nintendo to pay for Final Fantasy 13 etc?

[Onyxmeth]

Kasz216 said:

Onyxmeth said:

Let me ask the real question here. If Square had made Final Fantasy XIII on the DS instead of PS3, would it match sales? If it could then ask yourself the difference in profit it could make. Me personally, I think if FF XIII were developed for the DS, it would outsell the PS3 version by a healthy margin and would have been highly profitable. Much more profitable than the PS3 FF XIII will be. Square is aware of this and have shifted a lot of resources over to the little handheld that could.

I dunno.  Graphics is about all Final Fantasy has left as far as quality goes.

 

That's simply not true. I will not argue that Final Fantasy is at it's best, because it's not, but each game has been polished and has tried new ideas in gameplay, for better or for worse. Not to mention that there is no one FF team. Square can utilize any number of it's designers to head the next Final Fantasy, so each one can speak for itself. Who's to say if Final Fantasy XIV finds it's way onto the DS that The World Ends With You team won't be the one to handle it? This also applies to any console FF lands on, but I wanted to tie it into my position.

If you truly think FF would only sell because of improving graphics, you're sorely mistaken. The brand sells, and the main series sells just because it's THE Final Fantasy. I have no doubts in my mind that Final Fantasy XIV could sell oodles on the DS. I would predict no less than 7 million copies. Gamers want their RPGs on the DS. They've been selling well there and Final Fantasy is still a very healthy brand name in gaming.