WhatIfGaming E3 '08: Microsoft: No FFXIII In Japan; "Big Deal"

Cerberus_Hunter - 525 days 23 hours ago

I'm sure they don't know what FFXIII means.

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NO_PUDding - 525 days 23 hours ago

To be honest it reeks of worry.

"Big deal. This is not a problem or issue. Microsoft will continue to achieve success everywhere with it’s vast library of titles"

Big deal is not good PR talk, it sounds like they don't have a real answer. Brushing it off won't work.

I am not worried at all, the E3 announcement has worn off now, and in retrospect, it seems like Microsoft needs to cling to making things multiplatform to survive, by paying up.

While the 360 is focusing on games from previous generations, Sony is making the generation defining games for this generation.

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gambare - 525 days 21 hours ago

mm.... and FF title in Japan shouldn't be taken so lightly, in Japan an FF title can sell millions of copies, and MGS4 showed that the PS3 can be sold by huge numbers.

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deeznuts - 525 days 18 hours ago

Japan has a higher per capita sales rate, and a higher absolute amount as well, but the US is not that far behind in FF sales. I'm not making predictions either way, just sayin. I'm sure anyone with both consoles will buy the PS3 (not a port) more often than not, and then those with either will obviously buy either.

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B-Rein - 525 days 17 hours ago

ahahah, japan, that like that place for rpgs not to metion ff is the best rpg goin hahah big deal what crack you on M$

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Jandre02 - 525 days 22 hours ago

Lol. SE would have to be on crack thinking they will EVER make money without Sony, unless they are going to switch over to all portables.

Sorry buy all of those games will flop on the 360, and SE will be in financial trouble yet again. Guess who isn't bailing them out this time.

Its guaranteed that if Lost Odyssey came to the PS3 as an exclusive WW it would have sold 1,000,000 or maybe 2,000,000.

Square is being absolutely retarded right now, and after SO4 and ID bomb, I want to see how they explain to their investors why they only released on the Xbox360. The difference in install base 5,000,000 consoles WW. The region where JRPG's matter Microsoft is non-existent. Letting MS buy off games isnt good for gaming. Its turning developers lazy and letting them dictate the changing in the video game industry and not the consumers.

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PirateThom - 525 days 22 hours ago

50% of FF sales are in Japan.

JRPGs sell less than 1 million copies on 360 - even though they're exclusives and being sold in Japan

Think about it.

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Jandre02 - 525 days 22 hours ago

Its a blow because Square is supposed to be a Sony ally in a sense. But as far as hardware matters, which is the real issue, Sony still gains 90% of the boost they would have received anyways.

FFXIII on the 360 won't sell more than 1 million WW. The bulk of the sales will still be on the PS3(4-5 million). You know Microsoft paid a lot of money and all they did was 1. Screw Sony fans and make them even less likely to buy their console
2. Add yet another RPG which no one on the 360 is going to buy.

Its a blow to Sony's morale, but they recovered well today with many announcements including the best looking game I have ever seen (Killzone 2). The FF megaton fizzled out in a day. Its back to Microsoft having nothing after Gears and Sony showing why the PS3 is worth the extra $$$

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SUP3R - 525 days 21 hours ago

Jandre02 said: Its a blow to Sony's morale, but they recovered well today with many announcements including the best looking game I have ever seen (Killzone 2). The FF megaton fizzled out in a day. Its back to Microsoft having nothing after Gears and Sony showing why the PS3 is worth the extra $$$

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This is exactly what I've been saying on various message boards.
Sony did rebound from the FFXIII announcement by proving to us that they're focused on what they have coming now as well as the future, exclusively that is.
Microsoft's conference showed absolutely nothing that gave us an idea about where they're going after '08. Everyone was so focused on the FFXIII announcement they didn't realize they have absolutely nothing to exclusively look forward to in '09 at this point.
Maybe at some other event they'll start presenting some games for '09, but then Sony'll present more. Sony will always be a step ahead of Microsoft when it comes to the number of (100%) exclusive titles.

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aiphanes - 525 days 22 hours ago

Sony games sell steady...

Sony will still dominate next year...because FF13 will not get to the Xbox 360 till 2010..it will hit japan (PS3 only) in 2009...

So microsoft still loses in 2008 and in 2009.

One game will not make a system...and FF13 will not save the Xbox 360 from doom.

Gears of War 2 will help starve off the demise of the Xbox 360 for at least 6 months....after that it is all down hill.

Even nintendo destroyed themselves this week.

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PirateThom - 525 days 22 hours ago

Yes, but, NO JRPG on 360 - even the hyped and exclusive ones - has sold 1 million copies.

Edit: Disagreeing doesn't change facts.

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Jandre02 - 525 days 22 hours ago

Wow that is stupid as hell. Anyways, GTAIV sold to a higher percentage of PS3 owners than 360 owners, and gave the PS3 more of a hardware boost. Thats not a win at all. Thats failure. And MS paid $50million for that...lol.

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PirateThom - 525 days 22 hours ago

It sold less than a million copies worldwide and was a commercial flop. The fact is, 360 owners buy the same genres as XBox owners - shooters and driving games.

It was outsold by Heavenly Sword, for Jesus sake, which had an even lower install base and was generally considered to be terrible.

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mistertwoturbo - 525 days 22 hours ago

Lost Odyssey sold less than a million WORLD WIDE!?!?

I thought it was only in N/A.

However, it's not really a prediction for sales of FFXIII on the 360 though.

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matchgrade - 525 days 21 hours ago

Yeah, generally if a game's attach rate isn't good enough to achieve 1 million worldwide, it's considered a flop. It could still be good, but commercially its a disaster.

And stop it with that "Be a gamer...not a hater" crap. It's obvious whose team you're playing for and whose you're not.

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PirateThom - 525 days 22 hours ago

At least when Bill Gates was "winging it", he was generally charming and a nice bloke.

Microsoft's gaming division is the biggest collection of jackasses on the face of the planet. Grenburg, Kim and Mattrick are idiots.

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cmrbe - 525 days 21 hours ago

the xbox division is run by fanboys. They have a list of PS3 exclusives to poach for for crying out loud.

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dkp23 - 525 days 21 hours ago

I am an xbox owner and only planned to get a ps3 because of FFXIII. Since the game is going to the xbox, its going to save me about $400-$500 because now I do not have to buy one to play the game. This is probably similar to a lot of xbox owners that were planning to get the ps3 because of FF. Since they dont have to, they are going to save $$ by getting the game that releases the same time in NA, whether quality is the same or not (disc).

The game is going to sell a lot regardless, but its not going to be a system mover i.e GTAIV.

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JokesOnYou - 525 days 16 hours ago

and it shows in their denial about micro's business moves....personally I could care less about FF games, because quite frankly western rpg's appeal more to me but JUST THE FACT THAT FFXIII WILL BE ON THE 360 IS HUGE. "Rome was not built in a day", but this news is like completing a popular Roman Arena...its a major step and shows micro holds nothing back when it comes to bringing great games to the xbox brand.

"This is why i preffer Sony."

Lets be honest, you like most sony loyalists on this site "prefer sony", because you praise everything sony does and hate micro simply because they have proven to be a real threat to a company that you feel loyal to....yes its that simple, so just please stop with all the fake excuses sony folks make up; "they copy stuff"= so does sony, "No Big deal"/fake PR= they all do that, sure they care but ALL PR folks downplay the negatives while trying to cling to positive aspects= SPIN.

Then you act as if saying its "No big deal" shows they don't care about Japanese gamers, yeah right, micro has brought alot of jrpg's to japan so far, hell micro even released exclusives from the creator of FF himself and although the some of the jrpg's did well given the install base the fact remains that japanese gamers for the most part a very loyal to homegrown products when it comes to gaming, SE may have wanted to keep it exclusive to ps3 in japan for sony's sake and in the end even IF micro was willing to pay even more to "bribe" SE into bringing it to japan, would it be worth it?= Not really, because in the end almost all the sales would be heavily in the ps3 favor, because of install base and of course once again japanese gaming market heavily favors homegrown games/consoles.

NOW, that micro pulled off a blockbuster move by bringing the sony's biggest previously exclusive game over to the 360, all sony loyalist want to talk about is Japan, ha ha it all just sounds like WEAK DAMAGE CONTROL, everybody knows 360 will be dead last in japan no matter what happens this gen. The bottom line is this is great news for micro/360 owners and it definitely makes the 360 a even more attractive purchase for those in all the other regions.

JOY

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Jamaicangmr - 525 days 12 hours ago

Ok first off i asked for one but never really expected anyone to come out and try to defend such a an outright arrogant statement. Yes they have funded JRPG's and that in itself makes this statement even more facked up and confusing.

You come at me venting on every Playstation fan that has hurt yoru feelings. While trying to mask your true feelings under the rest of bullshit you posted. I can't see how you could interpret this as anything but them not caring much about Japanese gamers.

"Then you act as if saying its "No big deal" shows they don't care about Japanese gamers,"

OK lets look at this from another angle. If the smallest of 3 children for your parents and on Xmas your parents give trips to Disney to your other 2 bigger siblings. When you ask why your not getting a trip they reply "Big deal" How you view that?... Stop being a zombie it's that type of mentality why Microsoft just suddenly stopped all 1st party support for the Xbox leaving it's user base for the Xbox360. Well i guess if some of it's users are so mindless that they are gonna follow them and drink their greener pastures gospel, why not!?

"NOW, that micro pulled off a blockbuster move by bringing the sony's biggest previously exclusive game over to the 360, all sony loyalist want to talk about is Japan, ha ha it all just sounds like WEAK DAMAGE CONTROL."

Clearly this means alot more to you than it does me because am still gonna buy and play Final Fantasy XIII. That's the problem with Xbox360 loyalists most of you hate Final Fantasy or atleast have expressed dislike for the series. However now you all love it, this level of brand loyalty is frightening.

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yanikins111 - 525 days 13 hours ago

I cant imagine anyone buying this for the 360 who has both consoles.

It helps when your console lasts longer than the game.... ;)

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flambeau - 525 days 22 hours ago

Nice picture.

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Steven Colbert - 525 days 22 hours ago

Hahahaha
nice pic juuken

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Steven Colbert - 525 days 22 hours ago

But SEGA rules anyway

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NegativeCreep427 - 525 days 22 hours ago

If Microsoft would stop acting so childish and publicly-realize the fact that Japan IS THE BIGGEST MARKET for Final Fantasy, they wouldn't have said that. They seriously act like they are F'n God and almighty rulers of the gaming world or something.

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juuken - 525 days 22 hours ago

Arrogance will get them nowhere in the gaming industry. If they were smart enough, they would realize that FFXIII could be their slim chance of gaining some ground on Sony.

IDIOTS.

They think money will win in the end when they're so stupid that they can't figure this out?!

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