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superchunk on 15 July 2008

MS paid butt loads of money for Star ocean, so it will stay there.

Sony didn't pay much money, if any, for FF13. That was going to them simply because it was. Then PS3 didn't take off as well as sony and se had hoped. This left SE in a very difficult position.

The game is clearly a much better seller in Japan. But, since only the Wii has really taken off there and FF13 is way too far in dev to be retooled for the Wii, they had to try the only other option they had to ensure the recoup all costs and make some profit on the game. Thus, porting to the 360 was the best option.

I'm still very surprised that MGS4 stayed exclusive.



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Falcon095 on 15 July 2008

Let's just wait what does Sony has and see if it worths the stress.



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azrm2k on 15 July 2008
superchunk said:

I'm still very surprised that MGS4 stayed exclusive.

 

I doubt it will happen but it still could go 360.  MGS2 was exclusive to the PS2, then Substance came out on both.  It's possible MGS4:S will go to the 360.



Onyxmeth on 15 July 2008

It's money. Microsoft and Sony both have it, but only Microsoft is putting it where it's mouth is. When Sony decides they want to start buying exclusives again, they'll get some love also.



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steven787 on 15 July 2008
Onyxmeth said:

It's money. Microsoft and Sony both have it, but only Microsoft is putting it where it's mouth is. When Sony decides they want to start buying exclusives again, they'll get some love also.

I do not agree.  Sony is selling the PS3 at a loss.  How much money do you expect them to give away?  FFXIII is going to sell a butt load of copies and most people who were going to buy a PS3 for FFXIII already bought it.  Sony needs to get costs under control, that is there only problem as a business.

 



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johnsobas on 15 July 2008

No doubt Microsoft paid quite a bit to get Star Ocean, they could have got more sales if it was an exclusive on PS3 or even more if it was simultaneous release Multi-platform.

I think FF13 on 360 made financial sense though.



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outlawauron on 15 July 2008
Dolla Dolla said:

Give Sony a chance, people. Their conference is tomorrow.

I swear, meltdowns galore.

Seriously. People need to calm down a bit.

 



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ZenfoldorVGI on 15 July 2008
kingofwale said:

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/14/final-fantasy-xiii-xbox-360-development-coming-after-ps3-versio/

 

So.... FFXIII 360 started AFTER PS3 version. But it's perfectly okay to make 360 version as "it has considerable share in English speaking country"???


While, Star Ocean 4 started on 360 first, but won't start on PS3 because somehow PS3 doesn't have big enough HD market share even in Japan? (I'm looking at 600K vs 2 million)



I'm missing something here, am I? Sony, if I were you, time to dig deeper.

 

Yeah, Sony got pwnd hard in the face. To be honest, it's getting a little old at this point, lol. Starting to feel sorry for them.



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Onyxmeth on 15 July 2008
steven787 said:
Onyxmeth said:

It's money. Microsoft and Sony both have it, but only Microsoft is putting it where it's mouth is. When Sony decides they want to start buying exclusives again, they'll get some love also.

I do not agree.  Sony is selling the PS3 at a loss.  How much money do you expect them to give away?  FFXIII is going to sell a butt load of copies and most people who were going to buy a PS3 for FFXIII already bought it.  Sony needs to get costs under control, that is there only problem as a business.

 

You have nothing to agree or not agree with. I never said whether what Sony is doing is a bad or good decision. I just gave my opinion on why Sony keeps losing these exclusives.

 



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