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XxXProphecyXxX on 18 December 2009

LOL!!! lets see....

*Last remnant for ps3 went from delayed to no news to officially canned.
*Announcing FF13 as a multiplat making the ps3 version delayed for a simultaneous release for ps3/360 version in west
*SO4 yet to release on PS3.
*FFvs13 the only ps3 exclusive they're making almost seem like vapour ware.

they sure stucked with Sony alright.....=.=



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loy310 on 18 December 2009

I'm not sure what world you live in but where I come from I've yet to enjoyed one of SE games on my PS3..



Naum on 18 December 2009

Bacuse they thought that the PS3 would be first this gen but when they finally realised it wouldn't it was to late to change platform with FFXIII.



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psrock on 18 December 2009
nordlead said:
psrock said:
nordlead said:

Did I ever say they would sell better on Wii? It looks like all I said is it would make more sense to develop blockbuster games on Wii, which it does. Larger install base + lower dev costs = lower risk for mainstream games and potentially larger profits.

Pretty much any big "blockbuster" title has a big potential to sell more on Wii than PS3 or X360. Blockbuster titles by definition are mainstream. Look at blockbuster movies, they are mainstream too. FFXIII is mainstream and all of Japan (and the gaming world) knows about the game. GTA is played by teenage girls, and one of my friends soley bought a PS3 for his wife to play GTA, which is a blockbuster mainstream game.

In Japan, you are talking a 9m to 4m advantage for Wii, and world wide a 32m unit lead. Heck, 8 games (Wii Sports wasn't counted even though the PS3 got bundles too) on Wii have sold more than the best selling title on PS3, and that number is going to increase very soon. The Wii took the crown from the PS2, and could easily sell lots of games if 3rd parties actually put quality titles on the Wii. Just looking at the music/rythm genre, pretty much every single game sold better on Wii than PS3.

Can you seriously believe that any "blockbuster" (which also indicates it is mainstream to some extent) wouldn't have the potential to sell better on Wii?

But Norlead, FFXIII is really the only big game the Wii didn't get in Japan, they got DQ aND MH, what other franchise doyou believe they shuld also have?

First off, I'm not saying they should get everything, as obviously not every game will sell the best on Wii, and sometimes games are made for more than the purely financial reasons.

But, you are also leaving out a lot of big games (or just out right really good games) that could (note, not should) have been released on Wii. Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil, Pro Evolution Soccer (late releases killed the Wii version). Not that I'm saying they should have been moved over to Wii, but Resident Evil obviously had good potential to sell on Wii (as proven by 4) to bad Capcom isn't smart enough to make the Title screen work on the Wii.

I don't think Nintendo is such a great company to deal with when it comes to third party. Sony and MS probably help around to make these games, And these games are far from being "blockbuster" in Japan.

Fact is the Wii already got the most " blockbusters" in Japan anyway, they took MH3 already, they got the biggest franchise in that country, they just lost out on one, but you'd think otherwise listening to people around here.

Fact: If Nintendo wanted certain 3rd party, they could, MS did, they just choose to rely on their own franchises which sell more anyway. Look at this year, it was a huge letdown to me for the Wii 3rd party wise in Japan.



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joeorc on 18 December 2009
rccsetzer said:
MasterHien said:
Erm Maybe because Sony has a strong brand and awareness?
Final Fantasy Series True Home is the PLAYSTATION.
What i think should of happen is that they should have kept FF13 (TIME EXCLUSIVES FOR PS3) because it would of droven PS3 sales of the ROOF which would increased the demand for FF13 and after a few month then release it for Xbox 360

But, unfortunatelly at the time, Sony was in no position to do that. They could do it with Final Fantasy XIV (timed exclusive?), Final Fantasy Versus XIII (exclusive) and Final Fantasy XV (i bet Square-Enix is already developing it).

at this time It most likely will only be PS3 an PC MAINLY due to the fact that it very well could be timed, but I would no hold your breath.

FF:XIV is being published by Sony computer Ent.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/



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ps3_jrpg_gamer on 18 December 2009
Soriku said:
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 WORLDWI



http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=83558

WHAT VERSUS 13 HAS TO DO WITH XIV ?



ps3_jrpg_gamer on 18 December 2009

and about XIV it is (PS3/PC) NOT PS3 EXCLUSIVE and if it is announced for 360 in e3 2010 i won 't be surprised at all



mrstickball on 18 December 2009

It really comes down to development cycle.

FFXIII has been in development for a very long time - longer than most games this generation. Only Killzone 2 and Alan Wake (I assume) could of been in development longer.

Because of such a long production cycle, Square had to look ahead and decide which system to put it out for. By their logic, they assumed the game would come out in 2009-2010 and by then, the PS3 should have taken #1st place which would have made it a reasonable choice.

But things don't always work out that way. With DQIX, when it began production, Square knew the DS was doing, and going to do rather well, since it was Nintendo's new handheld. With FFXIII, though, they picked the worst console. I believe that is why it is on the 360 now - a year or two into the cycle (probably 2006 or 2007), they realized that the PS3 was going to sell much worse than projected, and the 360 was doing at, or slightly above, expectations (except in Japan).

So what does Square do? Make the logical choice: The 360 was sure to sell better than the PS3 in America, and it was a toss-up in PAL territories once the PS3 launched and initial luster died off. So they dev XIII for the 360 as well (and get a few games out there on the 360 too to ensure their familiarity with the console).

It was a great move by Square, but unfortunately, it hurt them thanks to having such a long development cycle.



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ps3_jrpg_gamer on 18 December 2009

and Alan Wake is in development for 4 years lol when it is released ?



dsister44 on 18 December 2009
joeorc said:
rccsetzer said:
MasterHien said:
Erm Maybe because Sony has a strong brand and awareness?
Final Fantasy Series True Home is the PLAYSTATION.
What i think should of happen is that they should have kept FF13 (TIME EXCLUSIVES FOR PS3) because it would of droven PS3 sales of the ROOF which would increased the demand for FF13 and after a few month then release it for Xbox 360

But, unfortunatelly at the time, Sony was in no position to do that. They could do it with Final Fantasy XIV (timed exclusive?), Final Fantasy Versus XIII (exclusive) and Final Fantasy XV (i bet Square-Enix is already developing it).

at this time It most likely will only be PS3 an PC MAINLY due to the fact that it very well could be timed, but I would no hold your breath.

FF:XIV is being published by Sony computer Ent.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/

Don't worry. Us 360 fans will get a chance with Final Fantasy XIV. Just Microsoft has always been way to restrictive when it comes to Live

http://www.vg247.com/2009/08/20/ffxiv-discussions-with-microsoft-holding-up-360-version/