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trestres on 18 December 2009

That's where the deal comes from. Nintendo obviously pursued SE for it. Otherwise it would have been better for DQX to get released on the DS/DS2.



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trestres on 18 December 2009

@jarrod: Which gets released in Q1 and it's a niche game. Wii has the big guns coming up, DS is pretty much done for. But I wont derail this thread, if you wanna do it elsewhere fine.



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jarrod on 18 December 2009

Nintendo obviously made deals to get DQIX/X and MH3. I hope it pays off, I'd love to see both blow up in the west the way Layton has.



trestres on 18 December 2009

I hope it pays off too, specially with MH.



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Hynad on 18 December 2009

.jayderyu said:
I will never understand the blindness shown by fans. It just amazes me.

[...bla bla bla bla bla, I think i'm smart... bla bla bla]


So now Square is highly invested in the PS3 and only it's core fans. While they chisel away and creating a new market else where. They don't have choice. The costs of JRPG is really high and to dependent on the burst sales of only it's core fans would spell doom. Square is avoiding the Wii because of the already highly invested resources of Square IP into Sony. At least the resources are easier to bring over the 360 because were it lacks in one area it makes up in another.

As for Enix. Enix is pretty much Enix. Patient and smart. Yes DQ Swords wasn't some massive world hit, but heck the original DQ Swords wasn't either. They probably weren't expecting it to be. Though watching Enix carefully you notice that DQ9 has done really well. When DQ10 comes out it will do very well.

Yes I am aware that Square Enix is One company, but if you look at their IP directions you can clearly see two different behaviors. Square is impulsive while Enix is more taking a business savvy approach.

Next Gen SE will be working as a singular company at least from it's appearance and will be very strongly a fully multi platform company. They just can't afford not to be.

 

Enix... Patient and Smart?  Who used to bring Tri-Ace for their game development?  Yeah... Enix.  Guess what, they developed Infinite Undiscovery and it bombed.

Enix also gave us Star Ocean: The Last Hope.  One of their usual flagship title.  Guess what, it bombed too.

 

Square-Enix developed The Last Remnant and it also bombed.  Basically, all of their "HD titles" bombed so far. 

 

I don't see any of that schizophrenic crap you tried to illustrate. 

Games from "both sides" of the company has failed so far. All they have running for them are games with the labels "Final Fantasy" and "Dragon Quest".  Both series sell by name alone.

 

Now, allow me to mention how blind you look to me.



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Cobretti2 on 18 December 2009

it is simple. the game was already in development for a long time on the PS3 as they thought the PS3 would win this gen. So they would of invested alot of money into the game. You think they would give that investement up and redo the whole game on another system?





 

 

FreeTalkLive on 18 December 2009
hunter_alien said:
Well untill FFXIII they didnt release any PS3 games... and judging by the sales of FFCC:CB I think they are happy that they released the game on a Sony and not Nintendo platform

Well, Sqaure did release FF7 and FF8 on PS3 and no other current systems.  Maybe that is what he is talking about?



 

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JayLam on 18 December 2009
ps3_jrpg_gamer said:
JayLam said:
Final Fantasy XIV will on X360 sooner or later，don't forget FF XIII was only on PS3 at begining.If FF XIII Versus’s producer isn't Tetsuya Nomura，maybe it will on X360 too.
So Square Enix stick with SONY？


check the E3 2006 TRAILER it says for play station3 not "only for play station 3"

then the developers where thinking of bringing the series to 360 and since then rumours for a 360 version were floating around until E3 2008

but if you check versus 13 DKS37 trailer it says Only for Play Station 3 WORLDWIDE

You have to check E3 2005，not 2006.Yes，Versus may only for PS3，as Tetsuya Nomura sticks with sony hardly.But no one for

sure what will happen to Versus in the future.JP developers are already unreliable now，faithfulness is cheaper than money.

 



Netyaroze on 19 December 2009

Some people said Square was betting on the wrong horse thats why the screwed up this generation. FF13 is the FIRST PS3 game and this will be the biggest seller outside of Batman AA which has sold better on PS3 too.

If they have really problems it has NOTHING to do with the PS3. They will release only VS as exclusive. They didnt betted on the wrong horse for sure, How can someone say that PS3 is the reason why Square Enix has problems. They just released the first game which has done really great plus the old classics which have done really great too. And they bought Eidos so they had batman AA which has done great on PS3 too. So whats the problem. Square Enix has until know only good experiences on the PS3. Not ONE game failed.



numonex on 19 December 2009

Square Enix stuck with Sony due to loyalty.