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Square Enix: FF XIII Going Multi Is Turning Point

Many in the industry have viewed the announcement that Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII will go multi-platform - appearing on the Xbox 360 as well as the PlayStation 3 in the West - as a crucial apex in the game hardware wars.

It was Sony's last presumed big third-party published exclusive for PlayStation 3, and the day and date Xbox 360 release in North America and Europe has dealt the PlayStation 3 platform a major blow in terms of Sony-only titles.

Therefore, Gamasutra asked Square Enix senior vice president of sales and marketing Shinji Hashimoto whether he felt that the announcement was, of sorts, a turning point for the game industry.

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PooPooPlatter - 536 days 16 hours ago

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LOL!

The 360's major news is Microsoft throwing giant wads of cash at Square to get a six month to year delayed port of one game for their console that won't arrive for two years at the earliest.

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sunnygrg - 536 days 15 hours ago

1.1 - Well, of course it is a turning point..

However, will it be worth the effort? For SE, I dont think it will be much profitable. Many FF fans eagerly waiting to buy FFXIII would have either bought a PS3 or already have owned one. Now, since 360 is also getting it, PS3 wont be getting as big a bump in sales as expected (but there still will be an impact). However, the software sales will probably be evenly distributed among the platforms (3:2, anyone?) and will not be any greater than it should be.

The only question now would be "Who can attract more of the Wii casual gamers?"

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1.2 mesh1 | 536 days 15 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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vitz3 - 536 days 15 hours ago

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If FF13 is still one to two years off, there are still a ****ton of PS3 exclusives coming out between now and it's release.

I truly believe LittleBigPlanet will be a MAJOR system seller. Not to mention many other exclusive games that will be released.

I can see the PS3's sales flying by the 360's numbers easily before FF13 even launches in Japan.

So I don't see why this is such a huge bonus for 360. If this game was coming out soon then yes it would have been, but as far as I'm concerned, it's too late.

It's a last ditch effort on MS's part to try and stave off the torrent of kick ass games coming out for the PS3.

MS has... Fable 2... uhh... Gears?... oh wait both will Hit PC too... So uuhh...

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StayHigh - 536 days 14 hours ago

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Microsoft will continue to throw money around to third parties developers..Money can be anything even love...

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mikeslemonade - 536 days 14 hours ago

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Microsoft's big annoucement was a multiplatform game where as Sony annouces two brand new exclusives coming in 2009. Yep I see a turning point in Sony's favor.

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1.6 sumfood4u | 536 days 12 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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badz149 - 536 days 11 hours ago

1.7 - yeah

the question is, when will FFXIII come out? they haven't even started with the 360 yet and hell they haven't even finished their highest priority at the moment, which is the japanese PS3 version! after they released it 'exclusively' for PS3 in japan, then they'll start the localization for PS3 and porting for 360! ok, maybe they'll start doing that once the japanese version gone gold but still, I don't think it will be a month or 2 job! thanks to that, the PS3 owners will also have to wait! (what a nice way to treat the fans!)

so, I'm betting M$ will announce their new console before FFXIII even released!

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iamtehpwn - 536 days 4 hours ago

1.8 - If they want As many people to enjoy it as possible

How come Final Fantasy X isn't on my Xbox 1?

*cough*Money whores*cough*

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toughNAME - 536 days 15 hours ago

2 - Once one falls, they all fall

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BIoodmask - 536 days 15 hours ago

3 - @ PooPooPlatter

I think that maybe you should actually read the article before throwing a tantrum.

Square-Enix's words...not mine:

""But now each console has many users, so this has kind of dictated the way that Final Fantasy will evolve in the future, and why it's being released on multiple consoles at once."

Last generation the PS2 dominated both the Gamecube and the Xbox in total install base. That is why PS2 had so many exclusives. With the PS3 install base being in 3rd as of now. Square-Enix can't ignore the amount of profit they will make off of a 360 release of FF 13.

Not to mention that the 360 sells a ton of software. There was never any loyalty to Sony from Square-Enix, it was just bc the PS2 had most of the market share last generation. Before Sony Square made games for Nintendo. 3rd parties have no loyalty to anybody unless they are under an exclusive contract.

Sqare-Enix has released more games on DS and Wii than both the 360 and PS3 combined.

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Fishy Fingers - 536 days 15 hours ago

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"Not to mention that the 360 sells more software than the Wii and PS3 combined"

And where did you pull that little pearl of wisdom from? If it's attach rates then it is not a fair argument, having been on the market for a much longer time it's common sense to expect a higher attach rate.

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PoSTedUP - 536 days 15 hours ago

3.2 - whats up bloodmask , yea i couldnt care less about FF13

like around 50% of ff sales are in japan. 360 version not coming to japan.

its timed exclusive to ps3 for almost a year.

FF vs. 13 is still exclusive and it completes the franchise.

sony has a small share in square enix.

these are the reasons why it will not hurt sony that much, it will still move ps3's (maybe not as much) but not that much less than it would have if it were still exclusive. i dont think the 360 version will sell as much as the ps3 version.

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tako2000 - 536 days 15 hours ago

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@PoSTedUP
I believe most people felt upset aren't because how Sony will suffer, but what SE said and did...

SE kept saying FF13 is exclusive title for years, then suddenly go multi-platform on E3.

SE then said the game world is changed and thus multi-platform serve more audiences, but still they kept other console game exclusive.

Despite SE now pretty much dis PS3 completely. Sony won't go down b/c of this, they do have quit good exclusive coming up.

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Sheddi - 536 days 8 hours ago

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what a bunch of wh@res!
sorry for the language
and thats my opinion

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Nevers - 536 days 8 hours ago

3.5 - This is the part I liked

“With Final Fantasy, the aim is to have as many people enjoy it as possible.”

I totally agree with this statement. I'll never be disappointed that more people get to enjoy something.

@Fishyfingers> uh... you misquoted Bloodmask completely. He said>

"Not to mention that the 360 sells a ton of software."

... and then said in his final paragraph>

"Sqare-Enix has released more games on DS and Wii than both the 360 and PS3 combined"

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3.6 Megatron08 | 535 days 20 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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Omega4 - 536 days 15 hours ago

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It certainly is and next on the list is Tekken 6

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The Wood - 536 days 14 hours ago

4.1 - i thought xbox owners loathed tekken

but love V fighter, strange that. Plus fighting games have dpad issues on the 360. Its one of its only flaws from a gaming point of view.

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soul899er - 536 days 15 hours ago

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oh god, i try hard at times to be neutral but this is getting ridiculous! Square needs to check the NPD numbers because apparantly from what i read they think install base>sales... ever stop to think that the majority of 360 numbers are/were do to failure issues and what not?(not a pro with hardware so bare with me) i mean i understand about them trying to cater to their western audience, but when was the last time you heard a JRPG on 360 sell all that well? idk its my opinion and im confused sum 1 explain

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Axelay - 536 days 15 hours ago

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Even if they sell 3OOk ff13 on X360, it still 300k for them, no need to sell 1M.
If developpers are forced to make multiplatform game, it's sony, microsoft, and nintendo (a little less than the first two) because they make console which are too powerful, so the cost of the game are on the rise.
Don't put the blame on the developpers.

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soul899er - 536 days 15 hours ago

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alright thank you, i was just so jelous of 360 owners, i mean yeah PS3 gets all these games like LBP and co, but i want some RPGs too, and the way they are taking things isnt fair because yeah 360 is getting all these exclusive RPGs, but then we have Square giving PS3 owners White Knight Chronicles(cant wait xD) and some others i cant remember, Then we finally get 2 big exclusives(one gone), but you know what i shouldnt be bitter about it because XIII isnt exclusive 2 360 + we get Versus so im grateful xD

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IDemonstalkerXI - 536 days 5 hours ago

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Not a bad idea. Im actually glad that FF13 will have 2 install bases to feed off of. As an FF fan I want to see it break sales records and recieve Critical Acclaim. I was bitter at first though because I thought they might scale back the size and scope of the game. In the end though I think it will be aight.

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tako2000 - 536 days 15 hours ago

7 - Bla bla bla...

What a beautiful words from SE~

Simply translate: we just want more money, but we gonna kept exclusive game for X360 so we also think "single platform doesn't necessarily limit the market".

BTW, anyone notice when SE VP mention good performance on exclusive game, he exclude PS3?

It is only time for SE to announce FFversus13 coming to X360...

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Skerj - 536 days 15 hours ago

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Funny that's said when it's going from PS3 to 360, but not the other way around eh? If they truly believed in that mentality then Last Remnant wouldn't be a timed exclusive and neither would SO4.

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BIoodmask - 536 days 15 hours ago

8.1 - Chances are that Microsoft

funded the development costs of Star Ocean 4. Not to mention that Infinite Undiscovery is already made by Tri-Ace so they are familiar with working on 360 hardware and already have a game engine.

As far as Last Remenant is concerned I read previously that the delay was because of problems with the Unreal Engine 3 on the PS3. It was not originally supposed to release on the 360 first.

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Tacki - 536 days 15 hours ago

8.2 - @ BIoodmask

I think you're right about Star Ocean 4. I can understand why they'd bring Final Fantasy to the 360 in Europe and America, trying to tap into some extra sales with that install base... however, I do find Star Ocean's exclusivity rather odd. Just considering that the series is quite popular in Japan. It would make alot of sense for that one to be multiplatform as well considering its sales will be greatly limited by the 360's much smaller install base there. I'm not saying it won't do well in Europe and America. It just as well might. But if the game WEREN'T funded by Microsoft I could see no reason why they wouldn't release it on PS3 as well (in Japan at the very least).

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The Wood - 536 days 14 hours ago

8.3 - yeah,,

i agree with all three of ya

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ThaGeNeCySt - 536 days 12 hours ago

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to be honest, I don't even think SO4 is exclusive... watch the MS press conference and watch what the guy says about the 3 RPG's that are coming out on 360.. he specifically says Infinite Undiscovery is exclusive this september... Last Remnant will be exclusive this holiday... but just says SO4 is coming for XBOX360 in 2009 ( I believe he said Spring)

I don't think SO4 will be exclusive unless MS works out some kind of deal from now until then

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Axelay - 536 days 15 hours ago

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Don't worry xbox fan there is a big chance that ff13 versus will come on the xbox, with the game's cost on the Hd console, the developper are forced to make multiplatform games to make profits.
The install base of this console don't allow a lot of profit for developpers.

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Bob Dole - 536 days 10 hours ago

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It might come out like a year or three after the PS3 version. But honestly who cares? Bob Dole doesn't, and that's all that matters.

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zenosaga04 - 536 days 14 hours ago

10 - It certainly does mark a turning point

This certainly marks a turning point for my love and interest for anything Square-Enix. Final Fantasy XIII was one of my most anticipated games, and overnight my interest has gone from 10 to 0. It's been 3 years and not one mention or glimpse of gameplay footage. It's one thing to wait 5 years for a game that you believe will push the consoles limits, but there is no way in hell I'm willing to watch Square-Enix experiment at the expense of their fan base.

Looks like Final Fantasy 12 was my final fantasy

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Marty8370 - 536 days 14 hours ago

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@Omega4 - Tekken 6 has never been designed too be multi platform, reason: the Tekken 6 arcade machine is based off PS3 hardware. So chance's of a port too 360 is slim at best.

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Namco announced today that its upcoming arcade fighter Tekken 6, shown officially in non-fantasy form in February, will be the first arcade game to use a PLAYSTATION 3 based hardware platform when it goes on sale later this year. Good news for PS3 owners, as it makes ports (and potential exclusivity) much more likely.

http://kotaku.com/gaming/na...

@BIoodmask - Star Ocean 4 & The Last Remenant are only Timed Exclusives on the 360. They are coming too PS3 at a later date.

@soul899er - 'White Knight Story' is been developed by 'Level 5' not Square.

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Bucky Sligo - 536 days 13 hours ago

12.1 - strange

"the Tekken 6 arcade machine is based off PS3 hardware. So chance's of a port too 360 is slim at best."
What's an arcade machine got to do with the Xbox360 port? :|

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PirateThom - 536 days 13 hours ago

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The arcade machine is basically a PS3.... right down to the XMB someone accidentally managed to load on it... :-/

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PirateThom - 536 days 13 hours ago

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Yeah, the turning point where a JRPG on 360 manages to break 1 million sales...

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mistertwoturbo - 536 days 13 hours ago

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It will.

One thing Microsoft has over Sony (besides the mountains of money) is the marketing team.

I have to give props to MS. They know how to advertise a game. Sony on the other hand, is looking like a bunch of newbs when it comes to this.

It seriously kills me that there were hardly any MGS4 commercials. Man, there should have been a motherf*ckin MGS4 happy meal.

I know I know, selling out to stuff that doesn't have anything to do with the game looks stupid. But look how it worked out for Halo 3. Everybody who bought a Burger King Whopper knew about Halo 3.

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edhe - 536 days 10 hours ago

13.2 - Why 1m exactly?

http://vgchartz.com/games/g...

Lost Odyssey is right behind the orange box. I'd call that successful.

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mistertwoturbo - 536 days 13 hours ago

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What Sony needs to do. Is sit down with whatever 1st party studio, And make an RPG to rival Final Fantasy.

We're talking top notch cut scenes. Epic story. And above all, truely realistic graphics that makes Final Fantasy look like child's play.

Of course this is a long shot, and unrealistic. But come on, they can drop $45 mil on Killzone 2. They should be able to drop $45 mil on the Final Fantasy killer.

And best of all, Sony can keep it exclusive for the rest of their lives.

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Origin - 536 days 13 hours ago

14.1 -

they might already have one, we still dont know what the unannounced game is that the bbc reporter saw

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edhe - 536 days 10 hours ago

14.2 - Yeah but..

... you won't see it until 2012 at least.

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IDemonstalkerXI - 536 days 6 hours ago

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Legend of Dragoon 2 or a prelude or something would be nice.

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tetsuhana - 536 days 13 hours ago

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PS2 Release - March 4, 2000
Final Fantasy X - July 19, 2001

I don't wanna hear any BS about the PS3's install base being too small. They're having money problems, and MS is just the company to help them out (Last Remnant to 360 first, Star Ocean TIMED EXCLUSIVITY) The fact that they're waiting until they release it in Japan before they start porting shows that they need money first. It's really sad what's happened to them, they used to put out one awesome game after another. And now....well now they do stuff like putting the next installment of a franchise on the DS, or a f'n cell phone.

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mistertwoturbo - 536 days 13 hours ago

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Square went downhill when they merged with Enix.

FFX was the last great Squaresoft game.

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Testo - 536 days 6 hours ago

15.2 - @MR

Agreed.

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Arsenal4Ever - 536 days 13 hours ago

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is tekken franchise a third party developer?

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PirateThom - 536 days 13 hours ago

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Yeah, it's a Namco game.

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Marty8370 - 536 days 13 hours ago

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@Arsenal4Ever - Still, tekken 6 remains a PS3 Exclusive

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Sir_Ken_Kutaragi - 536 days 14 hours ago

1.2 - The FACT...

People WANT a PS3(Sales are going up and up)
(+99% of PS2 owners will buy the PS3 when the price is lower to)

People DON'T want a xBox 360 no more(Sales are going down and down)
(It's had it's day)

This don't change nothing!!!

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juuken - 536 days 11 hours ago

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Lol, filter her boobs...xD

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power of Green - 536 days 15 hours ago

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Hmmm. Whats next?.

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CaptainHowdy - 536 days 15 hours ago

2.1 - Halo 4

nah-nah...u started it

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Rob0g0rilla - 536 days 15 hours ago

2.2 - Star Ocean 4 on PS3

You heard it here first.

Lol, you actually believe them? Ha, your nuts.

"SO4 is built from the ground up for the 360 how would the PS3 be able to handle its advanced graphics?."

Advanced graphics? What advanced graphics? SO4 can come out on any system. It doesn't matter. 2 star ocean games are coming exclusively to PSP.

Oh yeah, explain why there isn't a 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII in Japan? Because that crap won't sell in Japan. They hate 360. Like Eternal Sonata, I expect Star Ocean 4 to appear on the PS3 next year with some extras. Same with Tales of Vesperia.

Are you making this game?

"PS3 can not do this in realtime gameplay."

Lol, your a joke. Your riding this game because it's a 360 exclusive and you know it. There's PS3 games that look better then that CGI trailer.

I'm going to laugh in your face when this game is announced for PS3. It's inevitable.

But hey, keep telling yourself that BS.

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power of Green - 536 days 15 hours ago

2.3 - 2.1

The new MSFT published game is not called Halo 4 MSFT has said it is an entirely new game in the Halo universe.

2.2, the difference is SE has announced FF as coming to the 360 vs them saying there are no plans for SO4 being developed on the PS3. lol

SO4 is built from the ground up for the 360 how would the PS3 be able to handle its advanced graphics?.

PS3 can not do this in realtime gameplay.

http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/...

http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/...

It will be a washed out inferior version with piss poor textures and poor contrast in 2011 when and if they decide to make a PS3 version from the ground up?.

I wish you had a 360 so that you can see the E3 gameplay video of SO4, what you see here is what the gameplay really looks like.

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Ferrite - 536 days 15 hours ago

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Final Fantasy XIV exclusive to the next Xbox. SE does the Nintendo stunt to Sony lol!

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Obama - 536 days 15 hours ago

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Star Ocean, while no doubt that it will be a great game, will do horrible on the 360 in NA.

The overly hyped blue dragon and LO are only able to reach half a million thus far, which means 360 owners don't like jrpg in general.

I still believe so4 will come to the ps3 eventually, but what a waste when the most 360 owners will not buy the game. Well, I guess MS's big fat check is enough to keep SE happy.

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power of Green - 536 days 15 hours ago

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Whats next?. lowl

More like, what now!!!!....

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Rob0g0rilla - 536 days 15 hours ago

2.9 - What's next? I'm glad you asked.

BioShock on PS3....oh wait..nvm it's coming in November even after they denied it 100 times. I remember Square denied Final Fantasy XIII for 360 a couple of times as well.

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t-0_ot- - 536 days 14 hours ago

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@Rob0g0rilla - I love how you said that about BioShock.. Cause people keep saying that MGS4 won't appear on the 360 because the developers said that it is exclusive at least 100 times..

See, you can't always trust the developers.. =)

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Rob0g0rilla - 536 days 13 hours ago

2.11 - @ t-0_ot- ....I'm glad you mentioned that. Read my older post

I think MGS4 will come to an Xbox platform and I got 4 diagrees. I said this a day ago. Here's a link.

http://n4g.com/RedirectToOb...

Your right, you can't trust any developer. I don't trust any of them. There are no strings on my back, I am no fanboy.

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CaptainHowdy - 536 days 9 hours ago

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correct me if im wrong, but FF13 was made for the ground up on ps3 and has not even begun its porting to the 360...the same could be done for SO4

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Neo604 - 536 days 15 hours ago

3 - games get bigger each year.

next year games will get so big, the 360 will not freeze, but will get so hot it blow up the house. If FF14 come out for the xbox, a lot of people will be homeless. So don't bet on FF14 coming to xbox. Xbox life span is 5 years. Time is almost up.

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Shadow Flare - 536 days 14 hours ago

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....and zoom in on avatar

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Zhuk - 536 days 15 hours ago

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Only Xbox 360 gives Square Enix the platform with a truly global audience and reach world wide to present Final Fantasy XIII to an entire new generation of consumers. This announcement is the culmination of years of close cooperation and success of the partnership between Square Enix and the Xbox 360.

With this announcement, Microsoft has single handedly captured the last hope of the PS3 escaping its fate as a third rate console. With one swift blow Microsoft has not only won E3 with one of the greatest press conferences of all time, but also sealed the fate of Sony and the PlayStation 3 by capturing its most precious exclusive.

Fandroids, the Xbox 360 is truly the home of JRPG's this generation. The Xbox 360 has the biggest and best JRPG's from the major Japanese JRPG development studios while Sony's disastrous platform continues to be ignored universally. It is now time for the fandroids to give up and purchase an Xbox 360 and enjoy the ultimate JRPG experience that Only Xbox 360 is capable of.

E3 2008 will go down in history as the turning point in the console wars, the final defeat of the Sony menace has finally been accomplished.

To all the fandroids, its now time to Jump In

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power of Green - 536 days 15 hours ago

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I'll be looking forward to seeing SO4, FF13, and Alan Wake(AW most likely will be at TGS because The Japanese like these Silent Hill RE4 type games) at TGS 2008 some of the most graphicallly advanced game created on the most powerful console ever.

Also be waiting to see all the European games at the German Game Show games like:
*Dungeon Hero
*Elveon
*Thesiss
and more

Then MSFT Game Show were they may show the new Halo game:

*Warhound
*Huxley
and more.

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Rob0g0rilla - 536 days 14 hours ago

4.3 - Zhuck

What are you smoking? You sound like a commercial. Your pathetic. You might wanna consider hoping off Microsoft's nutz and seeing a psychiatrist.

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Ali_The_Brit - 536 days 14 hours ago

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man dont you guys ever get tired of this. ever stop and say, wait, who gives a shít? lets just enjoy a game, who cares if another console has it, or a certain someone tries to tell you there game will be like 1 pixel better looking, /yawn

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Obama - 536 days 15 hours ago

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What I don't like about this generation is that MS keeps bribing companies to make jprg for their system, when many don't want a pos machine that has a 33% failure rate.

In the ps2 era there are many jrpg for the system not because of the paid off, but because of the install base.

360 has a slightly bigger install base right now, but most owners do not like jprg, so all jrpg have done horrendous on the system. There are no reasons to make any jrpg for the 360 exclusively, except the fact that the game companies are being paid off by MS.

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RAM MAGNUMS - 536 days 15 hours ago

6 - Built from the ground up?!?

I gotta smash pog one more time?!
here goes...

Can't handle the graphics? Because its a little xbox game?
wow, you don't get it do you?

It is your money, burn it but don't insult my intelligence with rhetoric for.
if it was your mama would you give her a xbox on Christmas?
could you look your friends in the eye & tell them that sh T without getting punched in the head?
do you send messages over your friendslist & tell them to buy now?!

What game do you have that cannot be done on ps3 again?
How come you are still alive?
after the Sony show at e3 I thought you would be trading your xbox by now.
its hard to lose microsoft points & cool points too right?
A plague is over xbox live right now.
POG something is wrong with you or you think you are contraversial.
but with your wit I bet you could be wanting to use your crativity in a more useful & self respecting way.
you need a littlebigplanet.
that should help you get back to playing bigger & better games without fear of loyalty or malfunctions.
gamestop trades for most of your xbox parts.
just make sure the lights turn green instead of red.

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Silogon - 536 days 14 hours ago

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Boy you sure have turned around the last few day, Mav. E3 didn't come thru for you on Sony's end?

ahhahahaahahhahaah

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Silogon - 536 days 13 hours ago

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I have to agree. I've been saying it all along xbox 360 > Ps3. I like some ps3 games, but overall no. The 360 is the better system. It has more stable, consistent graphics and the games and exclusives are much better overall.

I love R&C and Uncharted, but that's about where the ball stops rolling on Sony's platforms.

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Ggame - 536 days 13 hours ago

8 - Suck

The xbots thinking are suck.

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cellfluid - 536 days 12 hours ago

9 - turnin point ha ha

When the grass is cut the snakes will show....... these guys were never loyal look what they did 2 nintendo.... they sold they soul 4 dead presidents.....

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juuken - 536 days 11 hours ago

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...Come on Square, out with it. Microsoft paid you a sh*tload of cash to make it multi-platform! They not only did that, but they sweet talked you into doing it as well because you needed the $!

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A-ROD - 536 days 10 hours ago

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How much do you think Microsoft payed? >:O

I'm thinking 1 billion.

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juuken - 536 days 6 hours ago

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...That's too low considering how Microsoft has *unlimited* cash.

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Cingman - 536 days 6 hours ago

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but there are still people out there who were willing to buy a ps3 for just these 2 games. now, it seems they won’t have to. i’m very willing to compromise…maybe a graphically poorer game, maybe no motion sensor, and maybe more than one disc. i’m not going to spend $550 motion sensing, better graphics, and the ability to use one disc…

i dunno…maybe the loyalty factor will kick in once release gets closer, but i don’t see myself playing the ps3 version.
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bestbacon - 535 days 19 hours ago

13 - For a limited time....

Get FF XIII on only 8 DVDs for Xbox 360 in any color case you want with bonus DVD describing the hours it took to put FF XIII onto 7 DVDs!

Who knows though, maybe square will work it out somehow and compress it. All i know is that its going to be hard using the crystal tools for Xbox 360 because i thought it was built for PS3?

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