Awww..Hyams...Nice to see you after your Alan Wake fail....Anyway....my post was to point out that MistWalker does not control the LO IP...like so many assume in this thread...

ok...maybe I should not have called the FS3 fans in this thread boys....but whatever....LO is owned by MS not Mistwalker....that's all I wanted to point out...so basically....I'm trying to say...that...Like CrackDown...MS can get someone else to do it's Story...Though in the case of LO Idon't see why FeelPlus+ won't be at the dev helm...

@zizzla

its nice of you to tell us that, but your way of telling us that could have sparked a flame war.

BTW I didn't know that.....so thanks for the info

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/post.php?id=2591313

OT: They'll probably announce their next 360 project at TGS.

That is incorrect.  FeelPlus is one of a trio of development houses under AQ Interactive, the others being Artoon (which did the grunt work for Blue Dragon) and Cavia (which was working on the now canceled Cry-On).  FeelPlus is actually working on a Wii title at the moment.

I love people that come in with a "better than thou" attitude only to start spouting false information.  Being condescending to others only bites you in the ass when you inevitably screw something up.

Ah. I missed that 'un.

@pbroy

well he said that based on what he thought of the sales of the xbox 360 JRPG's (he obviously meant JRPG's in context to this thread).......which many people believe to be poor......so technically, he's not exactly wrong, even though his statement is brash.

Zizzla on the other hand, came in & started insulting PS3 fanboys & bringing up the FF13 going multiplat issue.

Sakaguchi needs to break free of MS and go to where he is already respected (PS and Japan). The 360 is not going to be known for JRPG's powerhouse compared to other platforms. The 360 is without Japan really. Now that the PS3 is sleeker and cheaper - there is no reason to buy JRPG's on the 360. S-E did it right. Exclusive Ps3 in Japan - Multiplat WW.

I would like to try LO and it does look good. Sakaguchi is a great creator and brilliant story-teller and that will always be respected.

So, going by your assumption of how he thinks, they should have released Resistance 2/Killzone 2 on the 360 and LittlBigPlanet on the Wii? They would have sold more because of the demographics.

I don't see why Microsoft would continue with the LO or BD IPs.  Since the relase of the first two games, they have managed to get both Tales and Star Ocean exclusively on their platform.  Both did little in the long term, and I don't see wyh they'd keep spending millions on such tiny IPs that pale in comparison to offerings they already have (in terms of sales).

I don't know if you noticed, but Microsoft has not announced a single JRPG exclusive to their platform since landing Star Ocean (and Tales before that).  Star Ocean was the biggest fish they could hope for (seeing as they'd have no hope in getting FF or DQ), and after that there's just not much reason for them to keep trying.  If Star Ocean couldn't change anything, what can?

They will continue to get many multiplat JRPGs in the future (like Resonance of Fate), but the only exclusives they may get are more SO/Tales titles if they choose to pay for them.  With Vesperia going multiplat, I doubt they'll be able to land another Tales title, and SE has vowed to be multiplat from this point out.  Not to mention paying a third party JRPG developer to go exclusive to 360 in Japan is a lot hard now than it was before the ps3/Wii launched.

The days of Microsoft landing big JRPGs exclusively on the 360 are over, imo.  They've said themselves that they're now focusing on Europe (where Sony is breathing down their neck).  They've likely given up on Japan for now, and will take another swing next gen (or with Natal).  No point sinking more resources into a lost cause.  Those millions could actually do something in Europe.

Also, Microsoft have mentioned no involvement with Mistwalker in particular since the release of Lost Odyssey, and last we heard Mistwalker had obtained Wii dev kits.  It's likely Microsoft dropped Mistwalker (like they have so many other first/second party devs) after landing Tales and Star Ocean.  When it comes to Japan, either of those IPs means more than all of Mistwalker's projects combined.