Would M$ admit: we gave SE money for them to bring FFXIII on 360?

lol SORRY i laughed at all the crap above my post.

@Ronster

take a timeout and take you're medications/maintenance pills or whatever that'll keep you sane/calm in this forum.... You're arguments are really out of the line and looking like an eyesore.

Hint:
CAPSLOCK/SHIFT BUTTON.

You'd get there buddy.. Just a little brain cells and breathing would do.

Then why then not puting it on xbox 360 JP? Or Wii for better instal base.

Calm down Dr Phil.......

Amen...

I doubt Microsoft paid Square to make FFXIII for the 360. What they may have paid for is for it to be a simultaneous launch with the PS3 version. True to what Microsoft did with many other developers, they probably hounded Square to make a 360 version. I'm sure Square was watching the 360 vs. PS3 numbers in North America also. With the 360 numbers still much higher in this region (a key region for Square as well as many other devs), the move to the platform was likely motivated by those numbers.

@ronster - As much as I loved my Sega Genesis, Sega screwed the pooch at every step after. They confused the market with the 32X and SegaCD. When the Saturn came out, no one had confidence in Sega anymore. The Dreamcast was their heroic last stand as a console maker but still burdened by a bad reputation and with Sony, which had built a good reputation with the PS1, having a new console on the way, Sega never had a chance unless the DC did something spectacular. It didn't. It wasn't marketed well. The Sonic games rated well but they were not spectacular. It had what was without a doubt the worst designed controller in the industry. Sega killed Sega. Sony just put the nails in the coffin. I have always wanted Sega to rise again but they still do not make great business choices and within the next couple years I can see them being bought out but a bigger fish.

I give this thread a 9.6.

When are people gonna move on about this, it's coming multi-platform and that's it who cares whom paid who. It's a business gaming industry where companies want to make money, not staying loyal to one and lose out on profits.

There is no way MS didn't give SE some money. No way.

It would make absolutely no sense for Square to hold on to a finished product and not release until the 360 version was done. Give me one reason why they would do this if money wasn't involved.

Normally I don't care when companies pay for titles, but this one kind of irks me simply because its delaying the title.

microsoft, i think bill named his company after his *woops!*