Comments on: Would FFXIII going multiplatform move 360s in Japan?

By: Gearzero

Gearzero — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:26:29 +0000

IF SONY IS LESSINING!!! MOST PEOPLE WILL ONLY BUY PS3 IF FINAL FANTASY 7 were to be REMAKED! REMADE! WITH SUPPER SPECIAL fun and crazy things in the game!!!! FINAL FANTASY 7 is the Savior of PLAYSTATION 3 AND THEY SHOULD GO QUICKLY AND MAKE THE GAME!!!!!!! thats a promise!!!!

By: randomshinichi

randomshinichi — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:23:01 +0000

Back to the topic: Nah. FFXIII would have to switch platforms completely and be a 360 exclusive to get any Japanese interest… otherwise they would naturally buy the PS3 version of the game.

By: randomshinichi

randomshinichi — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:21:27 +0000

I used to really like Final Fantasy. Now, playing a lot of I-IX, and being too poor to get even a PS2, I lost interest.
Being too poor to get a PS2, it would also be very obvious to me that buying a X360 (which has Sakaguchi, tri-Ace and other bigwigs on it) and a DS Lite would still cost less than a 60GB PS3. Although FF13 will most likely be only for PS3 (how I hope it comes to the X360, please!) I think it’s time to move on. I’m not paying USD600 for a PS3 when I can have two consoles and some spare change for the same amount, just for one game (I refuse to acknowledge the spinoffs as part of the series. Never)

Tis a sad decision for the FF fan within me, but I’m sure that when people have played as much FF as I have, they’ll agree that it’s time to move on. Besides, almost every good game the PS3 has is out for the 360 as well.

By: Kakashi

Kakashi — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:33:59 +0000

I’m pretty sure it would help sales of the 360 in Japan. Maybe not so much as if it were a 360 exlusive, but I’m sure it will help.
I’ve been gaming since the Atari 2600 days, and to me, it sure seems like people follow the system that has a good library of games. NES and SNES were at the top of their game; Nintendo lost the battle with N64 since they went with the cartridge format and ultimately lost many of their powerful 3rd party publishers to Sony. To me, the PSOne felt just like SNES, only more powerful of course.

So I have to disagree with EvilAkito’s statement: “Gamers aren’t so quick to accept new blood into the race, …” because if that was the case, then why did Sony steal the show from Nintendo with the introduction of PSX/PSOne? It shouldn’t be that difficult for another company to come in and become the leader, IMHO.

By: Symphony

Symphony — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:18:50 +0000

I doubt that it would sell many 360’s in Japan, it would probably tip a few people who were close to buying one. As far as western release goes FFXIII and VS are going to sell the PS3 for me at least; I enjoyed the VS trailer quite a bit.

By: Bill Anderson eva360

Bill Anderson eva360 — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 00:06:04 +0000

I think if FFXIII released Exclusively on the 360 in Japan I’d be laughing my ass off because of the simple irony of the situation. I’d buy it….

By: irfan

irfan — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 21:56:47 +0000

yes , man it will obviously boost the sales in japan and other countries of asia bcz FF XIII will be a great game as its predecessors . and if MGS 4 comes to 360 then honestly PS3 will be killed cz its one of the best game PS3 has to offer.

By: Icupnimpn2

Icupnimpn2 — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:37:31 +0000

I am patently unexcited about the next-gen of Final Fantasy. I think that spreading it out into 3 games actually dulls my interest rather than increasing my appetite. It makes me think that we’re going to get 3 mediocre/rushed games instead of one great/epic game. Really, how good could they all be? There’s bound to be at least one stinker.

We were open to the idea of Dirge of Cerebus and Advent Children because we came to care about the characters from FF VII after playing the original game. Here, Squeeenix is giving us no time to care about the characters or the storyline. They assume that we’re gonna eat it all up based on the brand name. To me, that speak of the kind of arrogance Sony has previously demonstrated by assuming that we were going to starve our families for a few months and rush out in droves to buy a Playstation 3, based on the strength of the Playstation name.

More on topic, I do think that releasing XIII on 360 would drive sales of the system in Japan, if sales for the PS3 and 360 versions went on sale at around the same time. There are doubtless some fence-sitters in every territory waiting for some system-seller to push them in one direction or another.

What XIII on 360 would mean in America, however, would possibly be the death of PS3 in this territory. I think that Microsoft has somehow built up goodwill with gamers over this last year. No PS3 game yet has truly blown the 360 out of the water. There’s actually been a lot of disappointment over the differences between the infamous “target renders” as compared to PS3’s actual game releases. I believe that gamers would preferentially buy the less-expensive 360 over the PS3 if they could get all the games they want from 3rd parties on the 360.

By: TheMastahLink

TheMastahLink — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:52:00 +0000

I see MGS4 going multi-platform before FF XIII does. Especially since Xbox 360 has failed in Japan.

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:49:40 +0000

Feeling the same here, Online beng named XI was a joke, and XII was pseudo-MMO so to speak. In addition, what hinders me from enjoying XII was its weak storyline, I felt almost nothing for the characters even though I’m 1/3 or 1/2 into the import ver, I left off at the ice boss in the King’s underground tomb. Last time I found myself engrossed in a FF was X (IX was great too), I couldn’t stop playing to find out what’s going to happen to Tidus and gang. Vann and Penelo, such weak presence.

As for whether XIII would boost 360’s sales in Jpn, I think Lost Odyssey, Cry On, Trusty Bell, Infinite Undiscovery, and all these up and coming RPGs would all do the job. Jpan is not big in shooters (even though there’s an audience), Lost Planet and Gears of War might be big hits here, but it only sparked little interest in Jpn. Blue Dragon however has started to change the trend, it was a system seller because Jpn craved for JRPGs on the 360, that’s the only thing the system lacks, and Microsoft’s Mistwalker is filling that void. God bless Sakaguchi-san.

And now we have XIII’s heroine named “Lighting” (after Cloud & Squall), was I the only one who found the name cheesy? That’s really discouraging for me…