Yes it was in development before Square moved to Sony. I have only seen one screen of it. (I think it was in a print magazine, probally Game Informer.) And it was from a demo they were working on. It just showed Tera, Locke and Celes 3D models in battle formation. It was binned after the move and they used some of the framework, what they planned for "VI-2" for VII.

I thought you were only talking about 5th gen consoles, I'll happily include 6th gen consoles too though. GTA3 was on Xbox and PC, MGS2 was on Xbox, DMC was on PC (even though you didn't even mention DMC in your original post). There were no Final Fantasy games on Dreamcast or Saturn, which is why I mentioned PC too.

I'm not knocking the practice either, if you don't do it then you won't have any games on your system. But there is a difference between funding development for a new IP and paying to keep an ex-exclusive game off another platform, the latter of which SONY never did with any of the games you mentioned (mainly because they were almost all multiplatform like I pointed out).

I'm not talking about what Nintendo did with Monster Hunter, I'm just focusing on what you accused SONY of doing with the PS1 and PS2 franchises you mentioned. As for what happened with Monster Hunter, I never really knew about the franchise until now and I don't know exactly know what happened, but I don't think it went like that. If Capcom did work like that then the main series Resident Evil games would have been exclusive to the PS2. I definitely don't agree with the idea that a game should go to the higest bidder. What's to stop Apple joining the console war and buying away every important franchise?

I actually remember seeing that too.  I cannot find any information on it any more though.

I'm not sure what you're saying is actually strictly true though, although I have nothing to back it up other than my own memory.  The way I remember it was that early on in VII's development, they were working on the engine and they modelled Tera (and two other characters, can't remember who, but Locke and Celes sounds right) in 3D to test how it was working.

I don't ever remember it being an actual VI-2, but perhaps I'm wrong.

You're right, it was just an N64 tech demo featuring FF6 characters

Looks way better than FFVII, seeing now.

Thanks mate, that was exactly the video I was talking about :) excellent work!

But of course, battle looks way better, but the game wouldn't be what it was on the N64. All other parts would look terrible!

FMV and rendered scenarios was simply the best greeting card this game had back then. N64 couldn't handle both. Square did the right thing.

The stuff you mentioned about Wii U was in regards to MH, you mentioned DQ but didnt say a system in that sentence, so how was I supposed to assume you meant Wii U, when the only game we know is coming anytime soon is the Wii version, but it dont matter, my point was that game isnt going to do anything for Wii and you agree, Wii U, that can go either way, especially since its an MMO

Dragon Quest X is going to be a major system seller for the U in Japan. And I'm expecting it to be a launch window title at least. It certainly can't go either way...it's going to sell an absolute shitload - and if you think any different, like I said earlier, you need to seriously stay off the drink and/or drugs or sign yourself into the local looney bin lol.

Yeah because MMOs are really popular in Japan, launch window?? that would imply the Wii U verson will be out by the end of the year, maybe you're on drugs? I dont see that happening, but hell maybe TGS they will surprise us, but this is SE and it takes them forever to do anything so i wouldnt hold my breath

The Wii SKU is out in a few days, and the launch window will include any time up to the end of Q1 2013. I can see it being released early next year.