Square Enix press conference (FF13 on 360 not coming to Japan) liveblog

[Falkano]

the way i read it i would think it goes like this
Game is made on PS3 then it goes on hold while the 360 version is done.
It gets released on PS3 in Japan
1 month later it gets released at the sametime around the world on PS3 and 360.
Then gets released in Japan on 360.

The thing people have to remember this generation is not the same as the last. In near 2 years only 2m PS3's have sold. Where as in Japan 600k 360's have been sold. In a month 40k-60k are sold compared to the 150k-250k in america and 200k-400k in Europe. Japan is now 3rd place region wise. From a buisness point of view it makes far more sense for MS to battle Sony in places it can dominate it and that is never going to be in Japan this gen. In USA and Europe people will see they can play this game for £150 on the 360 and £300 on the PS3. With the current financial climate more and more people will choose the cheaper console simply because it's cheaper. There is no way MS could win in Japan even if it had FFXIII there. But neither can Sony. But in USA the 360 is starting to out-sell the PS3 again and it will take something huge for Sony to claw back the 7m there, i don't think they will. So really the battle ground is europe. UK is selling more 360's then PS3's but other countries it is the other way round. But overall in europe it is perfectly balanced and can go either way. So if the 360 starts to out-sell the PS3 in europe then that will be seen more as a victory. If the 360 beats PS3 in europe and USA then that will knock them out of the race. 6m PS3's have been sold in Europe and 7m 360's. That is 3 times what has been sold in Japan. So personally i think from a buisness point of view it makes more sense to take on the areas you can kill off the PS3's big numbers then go after it's small ones.