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supercat on 13 January 2010
Aion said:
johnsobas said:
right blame the 360...don't blame PS3's lower userbase and high development costs this gen. It's all the 360's fault.

So true

Oh well, either way, the PS3 is solving that problem.  I predict that we'll have just 5m difference between PS3 and 360 WW by end of Feb.



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Garamond on 13 January 2010

Square Enix - There is enough discarded in Final Fantasy that we can get Japan to buy another version of the same game again.

(see they don't release the International Versions in the US for some reason)



johnsobas on 13 January 2010
leo-j said:
Aion said:
johnsobas said:
right blame the 360...don't blame PS3's lower userbase and high development costs this gen. It's all the 360's fault.

So true

How is having a lower user base have anything to do with the fact that an entire game's worth of content was taken out of FF XIII.

are you really asking that question?  It has everything to do with it.



currently playing: Skyward Sword, Mario Sunshine, Xenoblade Chronicles X

johnsobas on 13 January 2010
supercat said:
Aion said:
johnsobas said:
right blame the 360...don't blame PS3's lower userbase and high development costs this gen. It's all the 360's fault.

So true

Oh well, either way, the PS3 is solving that problem.  I predict that we'll have just 5m difference between PS3 and 360 WW by end of Feb.

that doesn't solve the problem at all, it only makes the problem slightly smaller.  The 360 will still have a bigger userbase in the west when FF13 launches.  Doesn't need to be that big either, as long as the game sells 1/5 as many copies as the PS3 version it will be worth the investment.



currently playing: Skyward Sword, Mario Sunshine, Xenoblade Chronicles X

Xxain on 13 January 2010
KylieDog said:
Also 'volume' is a pretty damn obvious link to DVD limits. It is a RPG for gods sake, making a game too big isn't an issue, making one too small is.

Why would they remove content "Sorry we thought this game has too much for the player to do, so we removed it". Seems totally likely.

This made me chuckle

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supercat on 13 January 2010
johnsobas said:
supercat said:
Aion said:
johnsobas said:
right blame the 360...don't blame PS3's lower userbase and high development costs this gen. It's all the 360's fault.

So true

Oh well, either way, the PS3 is solving that problem.  I predict that we'll have just 5m difference between PS3 and 360 WW by end of Feb.

that doesn't solve the problem at all, it only makes the problem slightly smaller.  The 360 will still have a bigger userbase in the west when FF13 launches. 

No.  People in Japan and Europe buy this game as well.  It's an international phenom.  You are also forgetting that SE decided that MS would be in this way before the PS3 sliim came out, way before Sony started coming back.  Things look a bit different now, if you haven't noticed.

 

Doesn't need to be that big either, as long as the game sells 1/5 as many copies as the PS3 version it will be worth the investment.

 

Then, it would be worth it for sony to simply moneyhat a  bit more and keep MS out of the picture. 

sorry but I disagree.



johnsobas on 13 January 2010
supercat said:
johnsobas said:
supercat said:
Aion said:
johnsobas said:
right blame the 360...don't blame PS3's lower userbase and high development costs this gen. It's all the 360's fault.

So true

Oh well, either way, the PS3 is solving that problem.  I predict that we'll have just 5m difference between PS3 and 360 WW by end of Feb.

that doesn't solve the problem at all, it only makes the problem slightly smaller.  The 360 will still have a bigger userbase in the west when FF13 launches. 

No.  People in Japan and Europe buy this game as well.  It's an international phenom.  You are also forgetting that SE decided that MS would be in this way before the PS3 sliim came out, way before Sony started coming back.  Things look a bit different now, if you haven't noticed.

 

Doesn't need to be that big either, as long as the game sells 1/5 as many copies as the PS3 version it will be worth the investment.

 

Then, it would be worth it for sony to simply moneyhat a  bit more and keep MS out of the picture. 

sorry but I disagree.

yeah, and 360 owners in Europe buy this game as well.  What are you talking about?  The 360 has a bigger userbase than the PS3 does.  It is a huge risk to ignore that and assume they can get a similar amount of sales by making it exclusive.  You can talk all you want, but it is far less risky to put it out on both systems.  The massive investment that Square had to make on this game is a huge part of the reason why they aren't willing to take any risks on it.  It is highly unlikely that SE comes out financially worse by making it multi-platform, you're gonna have a hard time making that argument. 



currently playing: Skyward Sword, Mario Sunshine, Xenoblade Chronicles X

supercat on 13 January 2010

Less of a risk? you will get guaranteed HW moved from an exclusive, and 1.75 times the software sold, and keep MS from gaining SE as a bigger partner.

For big games like this, it pays to have them as an exclusive, or else, all of the Halo's , MAGs, etc would be multiplat.

Also, I can guarantee that FF 14 won't be a multiplat, SE will not want to deliver a substandard linear FF if it doesn't have to.



johnsobas on 13 January 2010
supercat said:
Less of a risk? you will get guaranteed HW moved from an exclusive, and 1.75 times the software sold, and keep MS from gaining SE as a bigger partner.

For big games like this, it pays to have them as an exclusive, or else, all of the Halo's , MAGs, etc would be multiplat.

Also, I can guarantee that FF 14 won't be a multiplat, SE will not want to deliver a substandard linear FF if it doesn't have to.

You're describing to me how it helps sony not SE.



currently playing: Skyward Sword, Mario Sunshine, Xenoblade Chronicles X

johnsobas on 14 January 2010
supercat said:
Less of a risk? you will get guaranteed HW moved from an exclusive, and 1.75 times the software sold, and keep MS from gaining SE as a bigger partner.

For big games like this, it pays to have them as an exclusive, or else, all of the Halo's , MAGs, etc would be multiplat.

Also, I can guarantee that FF 14 won't be a multiplat, SE will not want to deliver a substandard linear FF if it doesn't have to.

also i hope you know the real reason why mag and halo aren't multi......



currently playing: Skyward Sword, Mario Sunshine, Xenoblade Chronicles X