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x_DMX_x on 25 September 2011
UltimateUnknown said:
I don't understand one thing, if the publishers are going through the trouble of localising JRPGs in the west on the PS3, why don't they do it multiplatform?

Its not like 360 can't handle these games, it should be easy to port over. Yes the games don't sell as much on 360 as PS3, but I can see a lot of these games sell atleast 1/3 the amount on 360.

Where have you been for the past 5 years?Go Multi-Plat???LOL tell that to Bill Gates to make Halo go Multi-Plat or Gears and watch his respone.

Its about console wars.You want to know why the PS2 sold as much as it did?It sold so well because of the exclusive games it had they were amazing plus it had a built in DVD.

Want to know why Wii sold so much?It was cheap compared to PS3 and 360 and all the kids wanted one I regret ever buying a Wii but I cant go back in time and get my $250 dollars back.

The point is Exclusive games give the console bragging rights.It all started with Microsoft though because they saw the PS2 sales and then wanted the Xbox360 to do that.Microsoft payed so much money for all the PS2 exclusive games that were going to have sequals to be on Xbox360.Now tell me how many games that were on Playstation platform gone over to Xbox360 that youve seen in the past 5 years from PS2 and PS3.

PS:Sorry for the long essay type story lol.Also, I know I went off topic ALOT but I just wanted show why going Multi-Plat is a bad idea.



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x_DMX_x on 25 September 2011
Soriku said:
x_DMX_x said:

Where have you been for the past 5 years?Go Multi-Plat???LOL tell that to Bill Gates to make Halo go Multi-Plat or Gears and watch his respone.

Its about console wars.You want to know why the PS2 sold as much as it did?It sold so well because of the exclusive games it had they were amazing plus it had a built in DVD.

Want to know why Wii sold so much?It was cheap compared to PS3 and 360 and all the kids wanted one I regret ever buying a Wii but I cant go back in time and get my $250 dollars back.

The point is Exclusive games give the console bragging rights.It all started with Microsoft though because they saw the PS2 sales and then wanted the Xbox360 to do that.Microsoft payed so much money for all the PS2 exclusive games that were going to have sequals to be on Xbox360.Now tell me how many games that were on Playstation platform gone over to Xbox360 that youve seen in the past 5 years from PS2 and PS3.

PS:Sorry for the long essay type story lol.Also, I know I went off topic ALOT but I just wanted show why going Multi-Plat is a bad idea.


What do the console wars have to do with third party games/publishers though? Sony doesn't have its hand in most exclusive PS3 RPGs so there's no reason why some RPGs couldn't go on the 360 as well. It's just a choice.

I honestly dont know what your trying to say.If you could go into more detail it would be helpful.I was just trying to explain why Multi-Plat games are a bad idea.Exclusive games are what make a console stand out from the others.

Wii has the most exclusive games but their games mostly get scores of 6-7 mediocre at best.

PS3 has the second mostamount of exclusives if im correct and they have the best exclusives their line up this year is amazing.

Xbox360 has the least their line up is somewhat short of amazing with only one game that Xbox360 owner have been waiting for which is Gears of War 3.

PS:Like I said again go into more detail I didnt understand what you were trying to say.



enditall727 on 25 September 2011
x_DMX_x said:

I heard that Chrono Trigger was going to be realesed on PSN.

Then again all PlayStation platforms have been my primary source for RPGS/JRPGS.

Folklore is an amazing RPG probably if not one of the most UNDERRATED PS3 RPG games.

Disgaea 3 also another Underrated game its amazing

In the end most likely all PS3 RPG/JRPG fans will be happy once Final Fantasy Versus XIII comes out Square has fucked up some past projects but I feel like this one is going to be a real killer.


yea, in like 2014 =



enditall727 on 25 September 2011
UltimateUnknown said:
I don't understand one thing, if the publishers are going through the trouble of localising JRPGs in the west on the PS3, why don't they do it multiplatform?

Its not like 360 can't handle these games, it should be easy to port over. Yes the games don't sell as much on 360 as PS3, but I can see a lot of these games sell atleast 1/3 the amount on 360.


the same could be said earlier this generation when all the jrpg's were exclusive to 360

 

i think the 360 is the main reason why everybody thinks jrpgs are/were dying



x_DMX_x on 25 September 2011
enditall727 said:
x_DMX_x said:

I heard that Chrono Trigger was going to be realesed on PSN.

Then again all PlayStation platforms have been my primary source for RPGS/JRPGS.

Folklore is an amazing RPG probably if not one of the most UNDERRATED PS3 RPG games.

Disgaea 3 also another Underrated game its amazing

In the end most likely all PS3 RPG/JRPG fans will be happy once Final Fantasy Versus XIII comes out Square has fucked up some past projects but I feel like this one is going to be a real killer.


yea, in like 2014 =

Do you even follow Square Enix?You think Versus is coming out in 2014?LOL I hope you know theyve already shown gameplay of the game.Why show gameplay of a game then 3 years later release it.Its already in full development.I think its going to be realeased late 2012 somwhere in april if I had to guess.



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Xen on 25 September 2011
ryuzaki57 said:
The person who wrote this deserves my eternal respect.

At least he got it from someone, because this write-up sucks.



shuraiya on 25 September 2011
Xen said:
ryuzaki57 said:
The person who wrote this deserves my eternal respect.

At least he got it from someone, because this write-up sucks.


I wouldn't go that far. Sure, one may disagree with some of his details--I certainly do--but the overall message is what matters.



enditall727 on 25 September 2011
x_DMX_x said:
enditall727 said:
x_DMX_x said:

I heard that Chrono Trigger was going to be realesed on PSN.

Then again all PlayStation platforms have been my primary source for RPGS/JRPGS.

Folklore is an amazing RPG probably if not one of the most UNDERRATED PS3 RPG games.

Disgaea 3 also another Underrated game its amazing

In the end most likely all PS3 RPG/JRPG fans will be happy once Final Fantasy Versus XIII comes out Square has fucked up some past projects but I feel like this one is going to be a real killer.


yea, in like 2014 =

Do you even follow Square Enix?You think Versus is coming out in 2014?LOL I hope you know theyve already shown gameplay of the game.Why show gameplay of a game then 3 years later release it.Its already in full development.I think its going to be realeased late 2012 somwhere in april if I had to guess.

??

YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME LMAO!!!!! XD XD

Final Fantasy 13-2 and Final Fantasy 14 WILL RELEASE BEFORE Final Fantasy Versus 13 and they wont release 2 main Final Fantasy Games in the same year

13-2 is confirmed to release in 2012(outside of japan) so that would mean that FF14 would release in 2013(ps3) and versus 2014

now let's say they decide to release 14 in 2012(because it released on pc in 2010 i believe) then that would leave Versus to be out NO EARLIER than 2013 so i dont know why you would think it would release in 2012

but at the same time im not sure if you were serious or not LMAO



Xen on 25 September 2011
shuraiya said:
Xen said:
ryuzaki57 said:
The person who wrote this deserves my eternal respect.

At least he got it from someone, because this write-up sucks.


I wouldn't go that far. Sure, one may disagree with some of his details--I certainly do--but the overall message is what matters.

It's premature, along with the lack of detail or just striaght up bad detail. The message is kinda ruined.



PullusPardus on 25 September 2011
Xen said:
shuraiya said:
Xen said:
ryuzaki57 said:
The person who wrote this deserves my eternal respect.

At least he got it from someone, because this write-up sucks.


I wouldn't go that far. Sure, one may disagree with some of his details--I certainly do--but the overall message is what matters.

It's premature, along with the lack of detail or just striaght up bad detail. The message is kinda ruined.

why do you think so? , i mean the guy is talking about "Comeback" which means nowadays, i don't get why people are saying DS and SNES ...ect

the guy is clearly talking about current gen consoles, hence the "Comeback" i'm sure when he said Nintendo Hardware he mean't Wii and 3DS , but then he added that 3DS is going the right direction.