Lets see, no idea of unit purchasing rate in Japan. PS3 has higher user base in Japan. I'd dare say 1/3rd of 360 owners only play games like Halo and Gears. I'll give you the make as much money as they can but then exclusive games and timed one don't follow suit with that theory. MGS4 bundle was not that wide spread, and I'd point at Fornza 2, it never will be GT no matter how M$ want it too, as equivilent of Motorstorm.

See I can spout out fact/opinions as well.

Key bit, I think, is this is SquEnix releasing JRPGs in Japan for the 360. This whole wanting more sales thing just fell through. If you want sales, release for the Wii or both PS3 and 360, heck, even all of them. Not one and definately not on the least best selling console in the JRPGs best selling market.

I'm just not happy that the English version of the FFXIII(Ps3) will have to wait for the 360 version to be released

maybe this was what happened:

MS: psst, hey Wadaboy, I giv U Cash, give me FFXIII

Wadaboy: sure, NP

Sony: Hey, No Fair WTF, oh whatever, me give U cash. Make it exclusive in Japan

Wadaboy: sure, NP

MS: hey No Fair! Here, I giv U cash, just screw the English PS3 version

Wadaboy: sure, NP

damn greedy SE :D

They better make this game good

I reckon after all the hype and all the crap SE is putting everyone through, the game will screw up and be nothing compared to RPG's such as SO4 and WKC. I just don't understand what is taking them so long to make it? Are the CG clips what is taking them so long or is it the actual game play? How big a game will it be? I don't want it to be 500hrs long just because you have these crappy random turn based battles that take forever and therefore the game would really be 50 hours if it wasn't for them :s

I would be more excited about a new Phantasy Star game if Sega bothers to make anything decent without screwing it up. SE can go suck balls along with FF. I think it is time we have a new JRPG to be hailed king. FF has had its days.

Lol, and yes I agree that they better this game good b/c they've been shoving out nothing but trailers all I ask is for some damn gameplay footage is that so much to ask >_<!? But serious why does SE keep losing money all the time? They've been the red a lot lately.

Lol, and yes I agree that they better this game good b/c they've been shoving out nothing but trailers all I ask is for some damn gameplay footage is that so much to ask >_<!? But serious why does SE keep losing money all the time? They've been the red a lot lately.

 Well to the J mans defence she was preety hot. The J man does not know kung fu , he is kung fu. The J man doesnt like that fat shit either. Who the hell told that fatass to give people presents? The J man is very dissapointed in santa and is talking with the easter bunny to work double shifts in the year because no one likes santa.

Microsoft money talks to the developers and publishers bro. I'm telling you from the recent change of Final Fantasy XIII being a PS3 exclusive to now a Xbox 360 and PS3 game. This shows that Square Enix loves Microsoft dough and will do anything to keep their relationship intact and strong as generations go on.

Odds are, sometime in 2007 Square-Enix looked at the market and saw the following:

Japan:

DS is huge in Japan and has the highest attach rate in Japan, PSP was making inroads on a hardware basis, but cost more to develop for and sold fewer games. Wii will have a big base in Japan, but has a low attach rate, especially for 3rd party games. PS3 has a base too small for Final Fantasy XIII and the like until at least 2009, but the gamers buy more third party games on average, despite a comparable overall attach rate to Wii. Xbox 360 has a tiny base in Japan, but the users buy six or seven games relative to the 3-4 a Wii, PSP or PS3 owner buys, and relative to the 5-6 a DS owner buys.

Decision:

Low tech games will go on DS short term.

Projects that would have been standard PS2 fare in 2002-2005 will be split between PSP in the short term, and Wii in the longer term for Japan.

High tech projects will go to PS3 when it became viable.

But...

It also became apparent with PS3 launching 18 months after 360 in Europe, and with Xbox 360 selling better with a wider base already established in the Americas it would be foolish to keep content off 360 given that through at least 2009, potentially much longer, the Xbox 360 will have a bigger base in the Western markets, and by extension, the world.

Even though the Wii attach rate is quite high in the west (6-8) Square-Enix probably wouldn't have reached the numbers it wanted for FFXIII and similar games even with that base because of the situation in Japan.

You should be grateful you're not a Wii only owner then; we miss out a lot of games.

Because Wada has for some reason found an extreme interest in Western video game market. Saying TLR is for the world is just the cover up, it's a conspiracy !!!