no chance of a ff offline game on 360 sorry..... not even a port

@Soriku

And what makes you think the PS3 won't live after 4 years?? I mean that statement has to be backed up with something anyway!

 How do we know that? People are making a lot of assumptions these days, but there is no way of knowing these things yet they are assumed all the time. The PS3 will not stand still and the Wii might not double its sales every year, in fact; the PS3 is on a bigger ww rise than the Wii right now, so even based on current trends it seems a bit unlikely that the Wii will triple its userbase in the near future.

the ps3 wont live that long? Damn then the xbox which is selling far worse world wide is do to die in a year or two right?

total nonsense

Benga Benga, Square is actually doing just fine financially. They've been turning a minor profit throughout the last full year, due to the fact that they've been putting out so many ports and remakes on the DS and PSP (both fairly profitable platforms). Still, I definitely agree that they made a serious error when it came to their console strategy. Square poured all their resources into PS3 development, and that's been little short of disastrous for a company that still concentrates heavily on Japan. (Square does roughly 70% of their business in the home islands.)

On topic, I'm not at all convinced that we'll see another Final Fantasy this generation. FF13 looks very likely to be a 2009 release, and the Versus spinoff (which we still know literally nothing about) probably won't come until another year after that, 2010. A new generation of consoles will definitely be launching in 2011, so there's no guarantee we'll see a FF14 before the eighth generation. Unfortunately, this is the cost of leaping too far ahead technologically: games that take forever to develop. (Jusk ask that poor Gran Turismo team, which takes 180 days to render a single car!)

If another Final Fantasy game DOES come this generation, I'm extremely doubtful that it would be PS3-exclusive. There's no financial motive to do so, and a whole lot of reasons to make the game multiplatform. If anything, a PS3/360 release would be a logical step, if Square can't tear itself away from its love of HD to make a Wii version.

People are making the assumption that FFXIV wont be on the PS3 due to the userbase at present levels... I mean you have to take into account that the PS3 will likely break the 20 million barrier by the end of the year (Jan 1st) and by the time FFXIV is even announced it will likely be in the 30 million range, hardly shabby numbers eh?

"it will likely be in the 30 million range, hardly shabby numbers eh?"

Devs have been 'spoiled' due to the PS1 and 2 starting the '100 million' console numbers.

I think 14 will be a return to roots type game for FF after 13 bombs(by FF standards). It will be more tradtional, and be Wii exlcusive or PSWii.

I had to wait 3 years between X-2 and XII so I can wait. Heck, as long as SquEnix don't take 5 years for KH3 like they did from KH and KH2, I'll be happy.

@Soriku.
Where did you get the 6.5 from? Four years from now PS3 would onyl be out for 5.5 years. 5 years if you in Europe. But I doubt they will all be dead, one of them is bound to live on like the PS2 has.

Alot of wishful thinking going on in this thread. By the time FF13 comes out the ps3's installed base could be well over 20 million. If it flops on an installed base like that then it deserves too.