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FreeTalkLive on 16 April 2008
Yojimbo said:
Ajax said:

I keep saying,
Sony needs Final Fantasy XIII in Jappan THIS december
they can't miss Final Fantasy XIII those weeks, could turn out crucial..
Sony needs a big game for Japan this holiday FFXIII wont come out 08 so we can only hope for GT5.

 


 GT5 will likely come out in 2009 but 2010 is more likely than 2008.



 

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Ajax on 16 April 2008

because Square has said
and I really just read it yesterday somewhere
that they don't want the PS3 to fail

(they actually also said in the same sentence that they also don't want the PS3 to do overwhelmingly well)



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celine on 16 April 2008
FishyJoe said:
Square Enix has publicly stated they don't want DQIX and FFXIII to come out in the same year.

 Well I think that FF13 will be great in Japan but PS3 userbase is still to small. Maybe SE want to wait for a bigger PS3's userbase ... ( well I know that it is a "spiral down" situation )



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FreeTalkLive on 16 April 2008
FishyJoe said:
The launch date of DQIX was just annouced, July 17, 2007.
 That is the date for DQ5.  DQ6 should still come out before DQIX so I guess it is still possible that it (DQIX) will come in 09. 

 



 

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Yojimbo on 16 April 2008
TheBigFatJ said:
Ajax said:
FFXIII might still launch in december in Japan though
Sony might put the pressure on Square, and Square might understand it actually

Wait a minute -- why would Square want to improve the PS3's situation? They've been publically complaining that Sony messed up and that they need to market it better, drop the price, etc. It's already very cheap in Japan -- it's just selling 8.5k/week despite the low price.

If anything, the lack-luster performance of the PS3 will make FF13 a lower priority for Square-Enix, who could make more money targetting popular platforms in Japan.

I don't understand your reasoning. You act as though Square and Sony are currently close friends who want to help each other out. They're two companies who have been able to help each other profit wildly in the past, but that doesn't look like the current situation. This is all about business.

Squareenix wants several healthy systems in Japan so they can sell more games it is that easy. Specially when FFXIII is getting released on PS3 if they can improve the PS3 sales without sacrificing something or Sony relasing special console at the same time they will do it.

 



 
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Ajax on 16 April 2008

If anything, the lack-luster performance of the PS3 will make FF13 a lower priority for Square-Enix, who could make more money targetting popular platforms in Japan.


no
FF, the main-series, is way too important to ever get a 'lower priority'

FFXIII is also the game where Square invests the most money in
so they can't just give it less attention all of sudden..

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obieslut on 16 April 2008

So we can just say that if the ps3 does not have 1 of these games out b4 xmas in japan it is more or less doomed 4eva, i think it would b better for square enix to release the final fantasy b4 xmas to ensure maximum sales for there game because if they dont i thick they will be in danger of never being able to sell the game in decent numbers



celine on 16 April 2008
FishyJoe said:
The launch date of DQIX was just annouced, July 17, 2007.
DQ V

 



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obieslut on 16 April 2008

So what kind of sales are you all expecting this game to get if it releases before x-mas?



FreeTalkLive on 16 April 2008
TheBigFatJ said:
Ajax said:
FFXIII might still launch in december in Japan though
Sony might put the pressure on Square, and Square might understand it actually

Wait a minute -- why would Square want to improve the PS3's situation? They've been publically complaining that Sony messed up and that they need to market it better, drop the price, etc. It's already very cheap in Japan -- it's just selling 8.5k/week despite the low price.

If anything, the lack-luster performance of the PS3 will make FF13 a lower priority for Square-Enix, who could make more money targetting popular platforms in Japan.

I don't understand your reasoning. You act as though Square and Sony are currently close friends who want to help each other out. They're two companies who have been able to help each other profit wildly in the past, but that doesn't look like the current situation. This is all about business.


 The PS3 is not very cheap in Japan.  If Sony came out with a PS3 that played PS2 games for $250 in Japan, we can talk about it being very cheap.  Being the most expensive system in Japan, that uses the most power, and has the most expensive games while not playing the games from the previous generation doesn't make a system very cheap.

Sony owns around 5% of Square so maybe that has something to do with it.  Also, maybe Square remembers the days when Nintendo dominated console sales in Japan and doesn't want those days to return. 



 

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