*sighs* The fanboys on both sides really need to let this die, already. I'm at the point where I don't care anymore. Go ahead, announce it being multi-plat- for Commodore 64, Neo-Geo, and Pippin.

I'm not seeing the different circumstances. In fact I would say it's more egregious in KH's case, because SO2SE had a basic teaser for SO4 while KHs is wholely relevant to the series and a blatant way of saying "here's the next chapter in the Kingdom Hearts franchise!" complete with cryptic images to rile up the fans and start rampant speculation.

The idea that a teaser video can't relate to a game that isn't on the competitor's platform is just that - an idea. And it has little basis in reality because we've seen that there is no rule that says this is true; Star Ocean 4 proved that. When Square Enix and Nomura put together these teasers of the next installment at the end of certain KH games, it's got nothing to do with console wars bullshit. They don't care and it's not their intention. It is completely based on the storyline of the franchise. In many cases, they don't even know where the next game will end up.

So.. Micky Mouse then?

If it's on Wii or PS3, it don't matter cause I'm getting it.

i think its confirmed now that KH3 will be announced cause Nomura is making so much noise.

Evert KH game announces a new KH game and KH BBS is about to be released so its done then

Not a flop at all, especially given the fact that it nearly hit a 50% install base in that country. Second, 500k for DQ which japan eats up on an install base that is closing in on 10 million vs PS3 that hasn't even hit 5million? Yup, THAT is a flop. I don't know about Japan, but in the US alot of the demographic for the other KH's in the series have been older than the "kids", hence why it was a surprise hit, with lots assuming that only a buncha little kids would buy the 1st KH, and look how that turned out :).

alright so u think he is going to announce a new game and he doesn't know what that game will be.

also we don't know if he is working on KH3 or not.Its not a tha a dev only starts working on a game after its announced.FF12 was 2 years in the making before it was announced

Sorry, but Brandon's right. Given what S-E has stated they expect of FF13 (to outsell 7), the game is a flop thus far. This could be reversed if the game turns out to have long legs, but the FF series is not known for them.

As for attach rate, that's not what makes S-E money. Which would you rather sell, 2 million on a base of 3 million, or 5 million on a base of 50 million? The first has a great attach rate, but the second one makes a lot more money. And thus now, I start looking at the numbers themselves. Sure, FF13 still outsold DQSwords by 3:1 thus far. This is actually a rather poor ratio for comparing a mainline big name game to a spinoff of another big name. DQSwords got a bit of advertising, and was released. FF13 got a large marketing campaign, had a much larger budget, and in general, had much higher expectations. In terms of raw profit, we don't have enough numbers to say which actually makes more money, but I can state that DQSwords made a much better return on investment, even when moved to a 4:1 ratio. (Sorry, but it shows how the difference in cost is much more than 4:1.)

Nomura just made some comments to create a fuss over the announcement
announcement of the annoucement
09.01.10 when secret ending will surface on the net an official trailer will release