Well, a large number of reasons really, but chiefly that the industry at large bet on HD before the generation even started, and it's mostly blown up in their faces.  I'm sure those who survive will realign and diversify accordingly next round... 

PS3 owners like to see their console pushed to the limits? Nope I don't see it. People want to play good games, thats what I see when I look at the top 10/20/30 sales. Most people bought the PS3 because it was the successor to the PS2, not because it was a high spec console. That is justification after the fact for something which would have happened anyway for most people.

of course he'll be shocked, I would have expected a bigger hype from 360 owners, not a huge hate from ps3 owners

Just like I said on the other thread Versus is still my most hype I already expect this going multi-plat and that won't stop me from buying and enjoying the game. My only gripe and hating on the impending announcement is I will have to wait for another year to play the game.

I also agree with the other poster here that it should have been announced multi-plat from the very start so there will be no compromises on the release date. No delays whatsoever and earlier worldwide release is possible.

Unless their true end is to force Sony to buy a timed exclusive...

You are right, Crystal Tools is a Multiplatform Engine but remember it started out as a Engine that could easily Port PC to PS3 engine. That was the reason for it's creation in the first place. Unreal is a Multiplatform Engine but it works best with PC games and by default 360 because they are so similar, this is evident by all the broken PS3 ports of Unreal games. And its Sony also helps any developer needing assistance with their console which only baffles me even further why developers are so scared of the PS3.

The biggest thing that would not be able to be replicaded is BluRay obviously. No matter how many discs FFXIII has, it can be done with less with bluray and that only makes me think "how much bigger/better could this game have been?" I'm waiting to see an PRG so exspansive and epic in scale that it pushes to multiple BR discs. As long as MS keeps their thumb down on Sony, holding them back at every turn in proving the worth of their hardware this will never happened. This, as a gamer, offends me....

it could also be that Sony told him to tempt 360 owners and then reveal as it will remain a PS3 exclusive

cause if ported to 360,it won't be much of surprise

LOL.

FF isn't what it once was in quality. So it's no biggy.

That basically IS when the PS3 version is already done.. It doesn't make sense to finish a product completely on one platform, and then develop for a year on the other while doing nothing on the finished platform. They will always keep optimizing etc. Otherwise they might as well release it as a timed exclusive to bring in money. So it's still the same. The PS3 version simply had over a year of polishing, while the X360 had zero polish.

*double post* Sorry