Valkyria Chronicles was originally an Xbox 360 exclusive

Scott_Steinberg - 620 days 15 hours ago

Naw its sales.Look at NAMCO BANDAI sales in japan on the 360 its horrible.

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marinelife9 - 620 days 14 hours ago

Obviously because they wanted to sell some copies of the game in Japan. The wii wouldn't have the technology and the 360 doesn't have the sales.

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sonarus - 620 days 14 hours ago

lol can't believe scott steinberg is famous enough to get on n4g already

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ianp622 - 620 days 14 hours ago

Sony never pays anyone, which is why they lose exclusives to Microsoft, who pays everyone. Although sometimes I wish Sony would pay for big exclusives, not paying anyone fosters a better long term relationship with developers. Notice how many developers that made games on the PS2 are going to make games exclusively on the PS3.

Anyway, of course the sales made them choose the PS3. Why would they make it on the 360 if their core market is Japan? It would be suicide.

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sonarus - 620 days 13 hours ago

don't buy that sony doesn't pay anyone crap. Sony might not pay to the extent of microsoft. 50 million for DLC is a bit too much considering you could probably make a really really big game with that budget. However there is more than one way to pay for exclusives. Different incentives, more profitability for publishers e.t.c. Sony probably does this more that just out right coming out and saying here is 50 million make us an exclusive game

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Palodios - 620 days 13 hours ago

Well, I get the striking feeling that Sony may have paid some big money for MGS4, but for the most part they save their resources for 1st and 2nd party these days. Name some big third-party exclusives (that have already been released) that have come out for the ps3. There are a lot more coming (tekken 6, and FF13 come to mind) but lately... nothing. They paid Epic to make the UE3 engine more compatible with the ps3, and I think making Unreal Tournament a timed exclusive may have been part of that, but that's the only one I can think of right now.

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sonarus - 620 days 12 hours ago

I don't know if sony paid for MGS4 because it was exclusive from the start. On the other hand, sony may have paid to KEEP it exclusive or offered some other incentives

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Palodios - 620 days 11 hours ago

Well, with the way things are, "exclusive from the start" doesn't mean anything. We've seen piles of games like Lost Planet, DMC, GTA, and so on, but considering the way third parties are, it costs much much less and makes much more profit to make a multiplatform game than make two exclusive games. There are exceptions ofcourse, like Kojima and a few other game directors that prefer to keep the integrity of the game intact and making it for one console to make it the best it can be, but for the most part games aren't developed like that. When we see a game like MGS4 that would potentially sell 5 million copies on the 360, that's a lot of cash, and I feel like Sony needed to put an incentive for them to keep it exclusive. There is no proof obviously, but it seems like NOT releasing it on the 360 would make little sense otherwise.

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Lucreto - 620 days 8 hours ago

I say Sony pay for some exclusives but they keep it quiet unlike MS.

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gaffyh - 620 days 6 hours ago

Obviously they switched because of the sales of 360 in Japan.

I really would like to see Sega join forces with Sony. Or with apple and make the Apple iGame or something, that would be awesome...

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J@D - 620 days 9 hours ago

Hmmmmm, that' a interesting comment and easily explain my actual mind state. ButI never thought such a good game will arrive on xbox360 ^__^. But, anyway now it's on the way to be a PS3 tittle and that's what I like even if it was a xbox360 tittle at first now it's the future a PS3 exclusive so far and one of my most buy this year ^__^.

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ceedubya9 - 620 days 11 hours ago

having both isn't it. You don't miss out on games unless you want to, and you don't have to get involved in the "my console is better than yours" debate because you really shouldn't care.

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Jenzo - 620 days 13 hours ago

Depends on wether the game proves to be good or bad =)

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Palodios - 620 days 13 hours ago

The thing is, big games like GTA cost a lot more to keep exclusive than a game like this. Considering it cost Microsoft 50 million JUST to get exclusive content (and not even exclusivity of the game) imagine what it would have cost Sony to have made the game ps3 exlusive, despite their late start, smaller installed base, etc etc. Considering that the most expensive game ever made cost 70 million, its pretty clear that a lot of these 3rd party developers are profit-minded and have a lot more to gain by just releasing their big games multi-platform, and its more practical for companies to just have their 1st parties make games for them.

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Tommie - 620 days 13 hours ago

Is actually selling very good, it passed 500.000 worldwide last week in only 7 weeks in America and Europe. And this despite the 360 is a 'shooter' console like everyone is saying.

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ceedubya9 - 620 days 10 hours ago

Since we're on the subject of LO, I don't recall anyone ever saying it was going to be a Final Fantasy killer. Now as far as it being a game similar to Final Fantasy, yes. But killer, NO. The Fact that you, RIP, called it "Flop Odessey," doesn't even give me the impression that you played the game or even thought about giving it a chance. The general word going around from people that HAVE played it, is that the game is good and worth a look.

Midgard, I understand your points. But although 500,000 does seem small compared to worldwide right now, who's to say that it won't sell 500,00 more before the end of 08? It is a new franchise, JRPG franchise, on a console that doesn't sell in Japan. I'd say that LO is doing OK considering the odds.

Also, when you think about it, how many JRPGs NOT labeled Final Fantasy actually sell multimillions, let alone 1 million units. Probably not many. As long as there are gamers like us out there, that actually like variety, I think there is room for anything on any console.

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pwnmaster3000 - 620 days 13 hours ago

haha funny but unlike micro rich ass sony doesnt have to pay for anything. devs just choices the right and better machine

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