They probably changed it last minute. Would have looked stupid to bring out the same trailer again.

In the end - M$'s steal is more like a slap in the face than a serious financial blow, and GT5 is an eternal exclusive... in the end what matters to the companies are the sales, and GT5 will provide more than all the FF sales combined.

Don't they own 8%?

Either way, SE are the Judas of Gaming.

Long lasting relationship with Nintendo. Then goes on to stab them in the back.

Long lasting relationship with Sony, not to mention Sony keeping them afloat financially after the Spirits Within disaster. Then goes on to stab them in the back.

Now goes with Microsoft and while they took one arm and hugged MS, they reached out the other and stabbed them in the back as well with no release in Japan.

sounds like mimimimi

Sony paid Warner Brothers $500.000.000 to support BluRay. That is just business and Sony knows that.

square just bitch slapped sony. ofcourse he cries himself to sleep at night

Unless your console has sold as well as the PS2 did, almost all exclusivity deals come at a price ...

Microsoft probably offered Square enough money to make Square-Enix to consider going multiplatform, SquareEnix went to Sony to see if they would match the offer to stay exclusive, they may have traded offers for some time before Microsoft was willing to spend more to make the game multiplatform than Sony was to keep it exclusive. The fact that Microsoft probably generates a decent profit off of each console after you consider all revenue gives them the option to start using their financial resources to attract third party development ...

Believe it or not, this is why losing money on hardware doesn't make sense and doesn't add value to the consumer. While Sony fans may receive $100 in "Free Technology" Microsoft fans will now gain access to games that they wouldn't have if Microsoft's gaming division wasn't profitable.

Honestly, I have less of a problem with M$ trying to get games to go multiplatform than having them buy exclusives.

The market should decide where the games go, not money made in other businesses.

Link?

wow... so Sony was surprised by this!!! :-o i wasnt expecting that.
square enix are a bunch of bums!!! >:o why would they do dat? >:o

I don't consider it that big a backstabbing.. When microsoft writes you a check of millions of dollars, it's hard to turn it down.

What I do consider backstabbing is the fact they STILL insisted on "exclusive" right until E3. If you are going to switch, TELL US BEFORE.