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S-E Producer: Star Ocean 4 on PS3 still undecided

Square Enix producer Yoshinori Yamagishi cleared things up during a roundtable interview session that followed the press conference. Asked if the game is 360-only, he said, "We cannot announce anything on that. We can say that it will be released first [on the Xbox 360]. Whether we'll release it on the PS3 is undecided. We may release it, we may not."

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Maverick_5801d ago

aka it's coming but it's a 360 timed Exclusive.

RonDeMuerte5801d ago

The sales on the 360 are going to be horrible.....

Veryangryxbot5801d ago

I have said this morning that the game is not 360 exclusive. All the bots were doing their fanboy dances again but looks like they prematurely jumped the gun. Again.

Premature and bots seem like synonyms nowadays.

sunnygrg5801d ago

If it indeed turns out to be 360 timed exclusive, you can kiss my 60bucks goodbye.

LuHawk5801d ago

Veryangryxbot shut your ass up you know your just mad because its coming to the 360 first

360 man5801d ago (Edited 5801d ago )

your jus angry because 360 gets another 1

who are ya
who are ya

Pain5801d ago (Edited 5801d ago )

Like SE would Really Shoot them selves in the Face like that.

but thats M$ $$$$ buy buy buy.... but ill Buy the PS3 versions 'when' its out.

ravinshield5801d ago

hahahahah poor Piece of Sh!t 3

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Vojkan5801d ago

Cut the act. We know it is coming on PS3, after all PS3 is at least selling something in Japan.
Anyway i hope everyone boycotts it on PS3 and no one buys it, to show this pricks they cant treat us like that.

PikkonX5801d ago (Edited 5801d ago )

If people boycott the game on PS3, then S-E will just keep on releasing 360 titles. At the moment, they don't seem to care where their main fanbase lies and Sony isn't writing any checks to help them remember.

PikkonX5801d ago

How so? I don't think S-E has grown to their current heights because of Nintendo's fanbase.

crck5801d ago

I think if Sony wants to compete they may need to start charging for online. Lets face it MS collects about $300 mill a year from Live Gold fees. All they do is use that money to buy timed exclusives. It sucks but I don't see how else Sony can come up with that "free money" MS has to pay 3rd party companies. Sometimes you have to sink down to the competition because business is business and its not always fair.

thewhoopimen5801d ago

It's totally pointless to charge for PSN if people are buying content like games and music. There's absolutely no reason Sony has to charge for subscription.

finally I find it rather strange that Square Enix wouldn't want to publish to PS3. The fanbase in Japan is clearly PS3 oriented.

dcbronco5801d ago

If that's the case they get more like 600 million. But I wouldn't call it free money. They have to pay for all of the equipment and it's upkeep. They also have to pay for some of the content. They have to continue supporting online play for games that have been dropped by other companies when the user base drops.I'm sure they still make money, but they have to spend a lot for what they offer.

bakasora5801d ago

I urge Sony to do something!!
Failed to keep it exclusive, and now might even lose it altogether.

Light Yagami5801d ago

It will come to the PS3. 360 sales are terrible in Japan. Lost Odyssey, which was hyped a lot here in Japan, couldn't even break the 100k barrier. Also most of the Star Ocean fanbase is on Playstation.

Dannagar5801d ago

Lost Odyssey when on to sell 700k world wide and that isn't a bad telly.

crck5801d ago (Edited 5801d ago )

@1.5 Yes MS makes money on that stuff too plus Live Gold subscribing fees. Which is why it is "free money" that Sony doesn't receive.

@1.6 MS claims 12 million Live members. Which includes Silver members. You'd figure maybe 60% of that are Gold Subscribers. For example out of the 6 xbox 360 owners I know. Only 4 out of 6 are Gold members. As for upkeep yes there is some involved but the servers only do matchmaking since everything is peer to peer and Live only helps users find each other. I doubt that takes much processing power and can probably user 1 server to match make for dozens of older games. In fact Sony might spend more on server upkeep since many of their games uses dedicated servers(which means 1 game eats up 1 server) which is why they are lag free in comparison.

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sonarus5801d ago

Considering the Msoft situation with eternal sonata, i am going to go ahead and say this will be timed as well as tales of vesperia. This is just pure speculation on my part but 360 games don't sell that well in JP and the bulk of the sales will occur in the west and as publishers, they will probably look at this and consider a PS3 release.

It probably just depends on how well the titles do on the 360

predator5801d ago

they may not sell that well in JP but outside they do, Lost Odd proved a big success in US and UK(since i live here i dont know about the rest of europe) i know it was in teh top ten then top 20 for a while.

With all these RPG announcements things can only get better in japan for Xbox and i hope they do

sonarus5801d ago

The thing is...i'm not so sure about that. Its not just the lack of favorable games holding JP back, its the mind state. JP just dislike the X360 as they see it as a more foreign product. Its sad for MSoft because they are working HARD...surprised they haven't given up yet.

Lost Odyssey sales
According to VGChartz, 100,000 in JP, 410,000 in US, 71,000 EU.
Now VgChartz is far from official but i believe the PS3 could have matched these numbers with overall sales. As publishers, they have to look at this.

SickNick855801d ago

if they sell only on 360 it sell maybe 1 or 2 copies...

a series born and grown on ps2 that not coming to ps3...your choice...

clintos595801d ago

That way it stays exclusive there. I dont like the star ocean games but I do love the FF series. Hopefully 360 owners buy this game so they can keep it exclusive for 360 and dont bring it over to the ps3. I want to hear of FF13 and square enix been lagging hard. This should be a good game for 360 owners though so its good to see MS not giving up so easy.

thewhoopimen5801d ago

According to a previous article, Microsoft isn't going to buy "real" exclusivity anytime soon. Their strategy is to buy "timed" exclusivity which is alot less expensive and "almost" as effective. Hence why Bioshock is coming to PS3.

clintos595801d ago

This is a good example of it when they say they dont know yet. Please just keep it on the 360 forever and just give ps3 owners what they really want, FF13 or FF13 Versus. Stop with the bs. I hate it when company's do this just like 2k did with bioshock and epic did with UT3. Just give it an exclusive and dont ever bring it out on another platform, thank u.

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Ar Tonelico Qoga: Knell Of Ar Ciel Retro Review – Love Conquers All

Gary Green said: You’ll be forgiven if you haven’t heard of the Ar Tonelico trilogy. The previous two games arrived so late in the PS2’s life-cycle that they simply went unnoticed. While most were tinkering with their shiny new PS3s, Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia and Ar Tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica were being ‘returned to sender’ by your local Game stores. Luckily, you won’t need to have played them to understand and appreciate this third and final chapter, Qoga (pronounced k-yoga) tells the story of a racial war between humans and Reyvateils, a breed of biologically produced female cyborgs capable of reproduction, while still having a digital mind.

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Giga_Gaia1d 23h ago

Oh my god. I kinda wish this would get a remaster on PS5, it would be awesome. One of my favorite games on PS3.

That and 3D Dot Game Heroes. It's a shame that some stuff is stuck on PS3.

Knightofelemia1d 22h ago

Ar Tonelico 3 is good I still prefer the first AT game. The music is solid in all the games and Akiko Shikata is a very talented singer bringing life to the game. Only annoying part is well I find is Saki I always choose Finnel or Tyria. KOEI so needs to HD remaster the franchise along with Ar Nosurge and Ciel Nosurge since it never came to North America. I would day one the Ar Toneliceo games and Ar Nosurge if they were remastered.

TheColbertinator1d 21h ago

I still have the limited edition of Qoga unopened. Unfortunately it never went up in value like I had hoped all these years.

Father__Merrin1d 17h ago

Used to own all these quirky JRPG on ps3 good times. Wish I would have kept them all

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Mugen Souls Retro Review – Sexy Demon Space Adventure

Gary Green said: We have a juxtaposition of 2D and 3D visuals, flashy turn-based combat, quirky anime characters with cheeky dialogue with plenty of partial nudity; Yes, this is a Compile Heart JRPG. Whilst the engine is borrowed from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, Mugen Souls is more of a Disgaea spin-off. It’s not a strategy RPG as such, it merely sits within Disgaea’s ever-expanding universe (Multiverse? Netherverse? Your guess is as good as mine). You won’t find cameos though, since Mugen Souls is a franchise which aims to stand on its own two feet.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies3d ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken2d ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing693d ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker3d ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing693d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt3d ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken2d ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.