Nope :3 I don't think SE really would want to either.

Do you think SCEA/SCEE will alow SE to release PS1 FFVII on the 360/Wii

They really wouldn't have a choice in the matter.

I mean.  Eidos published the PC FF7 which means 1 of 2 things.

1) Sony only aquired publishing rights for FF7 on the PS1.

2) Sony only got "Right of first refusal" and refused to publish FF7 on the PC.  (Which makes little to no sense.)  Though even if they did have right of first refusal they couldn't actually stop SE from publishing it there.  Just decline to publish it.

Why? Because they're afraid MS will do something? What can MS possibly do? It's only in MS's interest in getting JRPGs on their consoles, and in fact, SE should be the one who should be in control, and pushing MS around, they have the leverage, the games that make a system.

FFVII on US/EU PSN can only help them make an easy buck, which they can always use. It doesn't make any sense businesswise. Again, this isn't a fanboy thread, FFXIII on multiplatform makes perfect sense business wise. We're trying to analyze and if possible, rationalize the actions SE is taking right now.

That turned out false...

I think they're more afraid of FF7 fanboys turning on them if they go multi-plat with it.  I mean if they lose that group nobody will buy their FF7 spinoffs.

I think you're over estimating the number and frevor of Sony fanboys. Hell, I even swore when I heard the FFXIII news on E3 (the MS guy couldn't of looked any more like an smug asshole with that Tom Cruise smile =/ ), but I'm over it now, and I'm going to buy SE games if they're quality.

I'm sure that after XIII, nothing can really surprise and upset Sony fanboys anymore.

This isn't a thread to chastise Square Enix's decision to back the 360, or tell it that it has no right to. They obviously can do whatever they want, and I personally believe that they're only hurting themselves for their fanatical support for the 360.

Square Enix's goal is to make money, and thus their action's are fueled to fufil that purpose. However I do not understand why Square Enix is making decisions that simply don't make sense in any way at all.

One of their arguments was that they want to get into the American market.

It's always a good idea to try to tap a huge market, but why did they conclude to not release a single PS3 game? Is the PS3 not in the States? Haven't many early PS3 owners buy the console with the assumption that SE will release games on that console? Do they believe that MS will refuse to let a JRPG go on their console if it's not an exclusive? Is MS promissing to use their well oiled marketing machine to push the games (which didn't seem to be fuffiled)? Perhaps they simply were too optimistic, or made a mistake? Then why do they continue to be one of the biggest 3'rd party developers in the gaming industry that has not released a single game on the PS3?

Their other argument is that multi-platform=profit. If so, this completely baffles me, as they haven't followed that very logical strategy. They haven't released their games on as many platforms as they can to get a huge potential audience.

Can anyone please explain, without any fanboyism (M$ is paying $E off. Lulz, stop being so butthurt Sony fanboys), why SE continues to support the 360 with such frevor, without getting any short term benefits, nor a long term benefit in sight?