PS3 Fanboy

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Jonathan, i agree its called a "Japanese RPG" for a reason. Xbox sold under 1million units in Japan so why would a Japanese developer release a JRPG for a American console??. Well look at Namcos: Ace combat it was always a best seller on Playstation but it sold horribly on Xbox360. Namco had problems just covering production cost, Namco really messed up and they lost the majority of Ace combat fans.... and now Square enix is about to do the same mistake.

Why wouldn't the 360 have a future? O.o..

well, what games do you see in 2009 that will be good? not saying the 360 has no good games, i like gears of war and fable 2 and infinite undiscovery, but really, 2009?

didn't people ask that same question about xbox360 for 2008? k

sage, you can go back to xbox 360 and ds now, this is ps3fanboy, not xbox 360

I want to add that Activision, iD, NCsoft, Blizzard, etc have decided to forego e3 all together b/c the show is not what it use to be. Much cheaper to put up their own smaller events (e3 has been significantly scaled down and still costs a fortune for developers). Also, the new ESA president seems to be much less industry savvy then his predecessor (no lobbying in congress).

and because with their own press conference being thrown by them, they get everyones full attention without being washed away with the 100s of other games being announced all at once.

Makes sense on their part to do their own show. Sucks but makes sense..

Still wish we heard something from SquareEnix already in regards to the next FF installment....

@Popfrogs

It's a bit hypocritical to quote low console penetration as the reason why a studio would not release on a console and then sign exclusivity deals with another who has the lowest penetration of all next-gen consoles.

The coin is the reason here. I don't balme studios for taking the cash; after all, it's a gaming industry not a gaming charity but I just don't see this fiscal model occurring again.

The question is: if Studio A creates game X and signs a deal with one console which then sells poorly does it equate to more revenue than multi-platform (which will obviously have more combined sales) but no "signing on" carrot?

I don't know. I'm sure the bean counters at SquareEnix worked it out. Maybe it made economic sense this time. Will it again when new games are going into pre-prod?

I honestly can't tell. We'll surely find out though.

Patience. The JPRGs will be appearing on the PS3, just not this year. MS paid a lot of hard-earned coin to get those exclusives so let's wait for the uptake in 360 sales in Japan to see if the studios will continue with the exclusivity agreement. There's already strong rumours that Star Ocean IV isn't going to just hit the 360.

Not to troll but my prediction is: there will be a 360 sales spike in Japan when these games launch but not to the amount that will keep the Japanese studios tied with MS. Therefore this "round" of JPRG exclusivity will not be seen again. The PS3 will continue to sell well and the studios will bring the love back towards the Sony console over the next 12-18 months.

But, what do I know? I'm obviously posting on a PS3 fan-site so ... you know where my allegiances lie.
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@Brodie: Square told Sony they were worried about console numbers to begin with. I guess when they see X million PS3's in the wild they'll feel comfortable selling us games.