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RPG on 02 June 2009

It is coming to the PS3 and PC so SE will make plenty of money. Tretton said the game would be exclusive "at launch" meaning the PS3 got timed exclusivity.



 

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Jinova on 02 June 2009
Yuyyder said:
Jinova said:
Anyone think FFIV might push PS3 sales in Japan?

Well, I think it will push 0 sales because FFIV is released only for the SNES, re-released for the Playstation and Gameboy Advance and remade for the Nintendo DS. I am like so sure there is an imaginary FFIV for the PS3 only in your mind.

DOH!  I meant FF XIV.  



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Yuyyder on 02 June 2009

so type it properly.



twesterm on 02 June 2009
StanGable said:
twesterm said:
StanGable said:
twesterm said:
Well what do you know, it's releasing simultaneously on PS3 and PC so looks like your argument is completely blown out of the water.


Not necessarily my friend. Did you skip my thoughts in what has helped make WoW so succesful? I can guarantee you that FFXIV will not have t he same requirements that WoW does limiting a HUGE chunk of people that play WoW. Or do you believe that WoW's success was thanks to hardcore players? I can guarantee you that a very small niche people would upgrade to play this. Now its only hope is the PS3 userbase and again, how many people are willing to shed monthly fees? I'm sure it won't be as many as the total  userbase that FFXI has

FFXI's requirements weren't that hefty and I don't expect FFIV's to be that hefty.  I had a shitty PC back in the day and I could play FFXI just fun, the only thing you need is the good internet connection.

Yes, they will be greater than that of WoW's but that's because WoW is, what, five years old?


Actually WoW requirements were still low back when it came out. I was able to play it just fine in a $500 PC. How old the game is makes no difference really if you penetrated the right market at the right time.

I never said it wasn't, and just since you think $500 is a good price a wide audience, you can build a good gaming PC that can run any new game today for $500.

StanGable said:
noname2200 said:
Since when does an MMO need 1-2 million subscribers? Unless things have changed radically in the past five years, a few hundred grand is plenty...

Yes they have! Again, people seem to be ignoring the fact that WoW set the standard as to what is successful in MMORPG and what isn't. In the quote I s howed Square considered a userbase of 200k below expectations. 500k is solid enough to make a small profit, but let's be realistic, these companies want to be Blizzard and want what WoW has done for them. I think now its all about let's see what will be their PC requirements and we'll know for s ure if its bound to shrink its based (and I dare to say the requirements will be quite hefty so it will not reach great success in the PC market).

 So because one game sells well every game must sell as well as that one or be a failure? 

Well fuck, I guess CoD4 is the only successful FPS and Gears is the only successful TPS.  [Insert the top game for every other genre here]

 



 

Squilliam on 02 June 2009
RPG said:
It is coming to the PS3 and PC so SE will make plenty of money. Tretton said the game would be exclusive "at launch" meaning the PS3 got timed exclusivity.

I was thinking perhaps its pending on the level of FFXIII adoption by Xbox 360 users. TBH the userbase on the 360 seems perfect for an MMO because they are already paying for a subscription, whats another one?



Tease.

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twesterm on 02 June 2009
Yuyyder said:
so type it properly.

It's fine to point out the occassional mistake like someone typing FFIV instead of FFXIV but no need to be an ass about it.



 

Jinova on 02 June 2009
Yuyyder said:
so type it properly.

I will, if you promise to capitalize the first letter or your sentences.



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Dgc1808 on 02 June 2009

well hey, it's a PS3 game. You know what that means right??? HUGE budget and can't survive without a 1M opener... What's that??? An MMO??? HOlly shit, we need 2 million subscribers for this if it's gonna be on PS3... From what I've seen from that trailer Sqquare has to be crazy to have this as a PS3 exclusive... The PS2 with hardly any backbone in the online department onlly got use 150K sales from FFXI, I just can't see this working on PS3 with PSN... I just can't!!

Square, you're crazy for making a ps3 exclusive.



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Jinova on 02 June 2009
twesterm said:
Yuyyder said:
so type it properly.

It's fine to point out the occassional mistake like someone typing FFIV instead of FFXIV but no need to be an ass about it.

It's no big deal. He is probably going through puberty and had an acne breakout and is having a bad day.



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C_Hollomon on 02 June 2009
StanGable said:

**EDIT: I should have elaborated more on what I meant by failure. I feel that FFIX is bound to fail financially since it'll be in a small userbase and the only way this game can survive for long is having a constant amount of money that will support the servers that will keep this game available.** 


The PS3 usebase is not that smaller than the 360's.  There are more Final Fantasy fans on the PS3 than the 360.  Just like there are more COD fans on the 360 than PS3.  If PS3 userbas is so small then why SF4 and RE5 sold more on the PS3?