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Tbone on 16 July 2008

Of course they are surprised they lost their biggest exclusive game but on the other hand maybe sony should have secure ff13 instead.



 

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Xen on 16 July 2008
Tbone said:
Of course they are surprised they lost their biggest exclusive game but on the other hand maybe sony should have secure ff13 instead.

GT5.

 



kingofwale on 16 July 2008
Munkeh111 said:
So basically Sony thinks M$ paid for it, which is not very surprising

 

Since Sony does own small part of SE, and is on the board of directors (I assume based on their 5% ownership), I can say that if anybody knows how Microsoft got the exclusive, it's Sony.



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Leetgeek on 16 July 2008

Yeah whatsup with all the nuts who think that this wasn't a moneyhat deal?



GlingGling on 16 July 2008

As TheSource said, it proves that third-party developers can make intelligent business decisions. If companies weren't sure to go multi-platform before they have some more reason to consider after yesterday. Why throw away a 25 million installed user base for a little extra development time? Also why throw away a huge check from MS or Sony?



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LordTheNightKnight on 16 July 2008

And where's the proof this was paid for?

And even if it was, why didn't the supposed deal include FF XIII in the region the 360 needed it most?



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Shameless on 16 July 2008
Xen said:
Tbone said:
Of course they are surprised they lost their biggest exclusive game but on the other hand maybe sony should have secure ff13 instead.

GT5.

 

FF13 is (was?) a lot more hyped than GT5. Maybe not bigger saleswise, but I doubt a GT5 multiplatform announcement would have the impact FF13 multiplatform does for fans.

 



ClaudeLv250 on 16 July 2008

I did find it curious how they completely ignored FFXIII at the Sony press conference. What was their biggest game was not even presented amongst the exhibition of footage in the slightest.



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bonkers555 on 16 July 2008
Snake612 said:
what a stab in the back. thanks a lot square enix.

 

 Like how Square-Enix and Konami stabbing Nintendo in the back?  What goes around come around.



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Munkeh111 on 16 July 2008
bonkers555 said:
How could they be surprised about the announcement? Take2 GTAIV and Capcom DMC4 both sell better on the 360 then PS3. The only thing I'm suprise about was MGS4 didn't jump ship yet.

 

No

In the case of GTA, that is most popular in America, UK and the more shooter centric regions, also where the 360 is doing best, but the PS3 still has a higher attach rate. Anyway, the sales for this game will be different as there will be a much higher percent in Japan, where the PS3 is king (over the 360), so they will get plenty of sales there. Anyway, the jRPGs this gen have not have not had world breaking sales, even though they have been quite good, so taking it to the 360 is not going to have as big as an advantage as those other games. Anyway, if GTA IV had been exclusive the PS3 would have sold far more. Anyway, by the time XIII is released the install bases will be much closer, so the advantage that the 360 has had will not be as important in terms of sales.