Xbox 360 Final Fantasy Versus XIII Under Consideration

As reported at Impress Watch, when asked if it would be best to give Versus a multiplatform release on Xbox 360, Wada replied "We'll be looking into it internally until right before the formal announcement."

[vgn24]

Of course it is. EVERY third party game, from Gears of War to Metal Gear is always under consideration for a crossover. It's about money. This is a business. Fanboys don't run these companies, businessmen do. If it is feasible, "IF", then it'll happen.

[GWAVE]

So, "yes, it will be multiplatform, but there will be no performance drop or cuts to the gameplay! I promise! I promise!"

When will people stop taking SE seriously? Their company is a joke run by half-drunk mules at this point.

[deafwing]

how did you even think to type that.

[Akagi]

Post-2000, what good has SE done? Really?

[StanLee]

The internet will explode if or when this is announced.

[gaffyh]

It probably will end up going multiplat and then end up looking blocky in parts like FF13 (seriously, look at the FINGERS). I hope it stays exclusive, but I'll get the game either way.

[nix]

i don't mind as long as it doesn't gimp the PS3 version.

[hay]

@Akagi: The World Ends With You and FF12 for me.

If it'll go on Box this time I'll download it and then buy if it's lesser cr*p than FF13.

[Darrius Cole]

@NIX

If it goes multi-platform then it is going to gimp the PS3 version. Just the same way that being multi-platform gimped the FFXIII.

@EVERYONE IN GENERAL

The thing is I don't think being multi-platform is going to increase the overall sales. FF13 sold about 850,000 units on 360. I am convinced that it would have sold at least 1 million more units on PS3 if it were exclusive.

Pure fan-ism would have been worth an extra million copies. If it(FF13) had allowed the PS3's advantages to actually improve the game it would have sold more than an extra million. A PS3-exclusive FF13 would have done things like leaving the cities and towns in the game, being open-world from the beginning, putting English and Japanese soundtracks and subtitles on every disc, all because it would still have space on the Blu-ray disc. Moveover it would not have nerfed the graphics from the original vision and trailers because PS3 are able to produce better graphics. Those differences alone would have meant better ratings and better sales.

Being multi-platform doesn't always help a game sell more. Actually going multi-platform late in the marketing of a game actually makes it sell worse I believe. You piss of fans who were expecting an exclusive, and you nerf the game for the lowest common denominator; so they never turn-out as good as they were expected to be.

P.S.

On top of all that above, FF13 got no marketing on PS3 in the western hemisphere. All of the FF13 marketing in the US and Europe had 360 logos in it.

All these thing added together convince me that FF13 sales numbers got no significant benefit from being multi-plat instead of PS3 exclusive.

1. The game was lesser than it would have been if it were PS3 exclusive.
2. The PS3 version of the game got no marketing in the US or Europe.
3. Much of the game's natural fan-base, PS3 owners in the US, were insulted because the game went multi-platform....in a way to designed to create maximum shock value, I might add.

Need more bubbles...the more I write, more material I think of, the more convince I become.

[Brewski007]

These guys let this information slip out there so they get offers from both microsoft and sony. Microsoft used all their big bucks to get xiii and now an announcement like this just baits them to do the same again. While it also baits sony to pay up more for exclusivity rights.
This is just a smart business tactic from some suits i think.

[mikeslemonade]

Square Enix is freaking garbage I'm not buying this or FFXIII. Versus 13 is going to be gimped.

As far as Microsoft strategy they obviously payed Square Enix so they can make it multiplatform. The multiplatform prevents 360-only console owners that are Square Enix fans to go out and buy a PS3.

[Redempteur]

When SE is using the assets of a console , the game is sure to be something ...

The world ends with you ( ds )
FF the cristal bearers ( a technical marvel on wii IMO )
Dissidia ( psp )

And so on ...

Se is at his best when they try to exploit the console they are devellopping on .. Going multiplat is wrong and will affect the game it self IMO ...

[kalebgray92]

cuz they gave the finger to playstation... the plattform that made them from great developers to legendary.... they just go after money now... which im not blaming them for it... it is a business but they lack the motivation to make the greatest games of all time like they did with ffvii, ffx, and kingdom hearts... yeah i said it kingdom hearts ....... but since 2004 ill say.... they just said screw you playstation... now ff versus xiii is supposed to be the next 7 or 10 but if they comprimise the ps3 version and actually go multiplatt the same will happen to ff that happened to 13.... make it an ok game

[JAMurida]

lol, if FFXIII Versus is announced to come on the 360, WW3 will break out.

But really I don't mind as long as they don't cut content or leave out extras that were original planned to make both versions "equal".

[Christopher]

***If it goes multi-platform then it is going to gimp the PS3 version. Just the same way that being multi-platform gimped the FFXIII. ***

And 99% of the customer base won't even tell the difference, and Square Enix knows that.

[CryWolf]

If Square Enix take FFXIII Versus multiplatform were going to lose gameplay/high quality graphics and didn't they already take 1GB of gameplay from 360 version of Final fantasy 13, I remember reading about on this web site where's the irony at.

[Luzce]

Regardless if they can tell the difference or not, people pay for the better quality. How many people do you think can tell the difference between 720p and a 1080p? Nevertheless, many of those people that can't tell pay for the 1080p set. How many people can tell the difference between Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS Master Audio? Not many, but people pay for it.

Apart from it being... awesome, I believe this is why GOW3 sold so well. People believed it was the "best looking game". So I'll agree with Darrius Cole, gimping the PS3 version of FFXIII to make a 360 port would possibly hurt more than help the sales of the game.

But then again my opinion doesn't matter and they'll do whatever they want.

[Ninja-Sama]

Looks like I'm gonna rent versus, or borrow it from a friend.

[Millah]

Do people honestly even care about versus at this point? Honestly, who gives a fuck about anything square enix does anymore, they've shown their true colors and intentions with ff13 and every other recent game of theirs. They don't care about making the best jrpg in the business anymore, all they care about is making the most money. So honestly, I would almost guarantee that this will probably be brought to 360 as well, and the game will turn into some shitty Japanese hack and slash type game and not a true action jrpg..

[RageAgainstTheMShine]

Microsoft No Swiping!

Oh,man!

[Blaine]

That's exactly how I feel about Capcom this gen. They used to be almighty during the PS2 era, until they turned around and spat in Sony's face.

I haven't bought a single game of theirs this gen. DMC4 wasn't even close to living up to the series' original; Lost Planet looks good in internet videos but is actually an excruciatingly average game; Bionic Commando, Dark Void, lol; and Dead Rising which was 360 exclusive in its first installment (to name a few).

Capcom and SE both went the way of the $$$, and I have no respect for them anymore. A coincidence that their games suck? I don't think so. And, to anyone who would want to argue with me that their games don't suck, consider how amazing their games used to be and compare with what they are now (and imagine what they could/should be).

[bakasora]

sc rew you wada.

[Jamie Foxx]

..harsh but true

[Redrum059]

Yet, another game gimped... I hope nomura has something to say about this.

[ShinMaster]

Nomura was always willing to keep the game as PS3 exclusive. Even reassured his dev team that the code would stay as it is.

But unfortunately, he doesn't run SquareEnix. So nothing's for sure.

[Theonik]

Nomura did threaten SE taht he would quit if Versus also went multiplat. That is why it hasn't been announced so far. I don't think SE will risk it after the FFXIII 360 sales.

[APOFISBORICUA]

not because it is on the 360, just because Square has lost it. The game is not as good as previous RPGS no matter you are a fanboy of whatever console. Versus for me is going to be the same and it may end being a multiplatform game because as somebody said: "third party exclusives are almost dead". Its up to first party studios to show us what the console they work has to offer, and in this category MS lost no matter how many FF or MGS they get. So to me I dont give a $hit if it goes multiplatform because Im not going to buy it. The same way I didnt bougth FF13.
Look at what happened to Red Dead Redemption...3 years after Rstar started to work on GTA4 and they used the same sub HD engine on the PS3. This is disrespectfull that they even took the time to at least make it on par with the 360 engine. That only means that everybody wants money...and the easier way to get it the better. Thats why the Wii has lots of shovelware and we PS3 players have bad ports and 360 owners are proud they have "stole" the games we made famous...I really dont care!!. You can keep FF versus too if you want, that doesnt change the fact that my best gaming comes from PS3 exclusives.

PEACE AND GAMING!!!

[Abash]

2012 release confirmed -_-

[Etseix]

haha u wish! it will be a 2013+ release ;] ... crap

[Das_Bastardion]

But c´mon if this stupid japanese whore makes it multiplat... it will turn just like FF 13... REALLY bad thanks to the limitations of the Xbox

[BeaArthur]

I like the way people like you blame the Xbox every time a game doesn't meet your expectations. FF13 was going to be a very similar game whether it was on the 360 or not. The 360 version wasn't even announced until multiple years after production started.

[corneliuscrust]

Sure, 360 got a worse looking version... the game still looks great. Too bad it is a terrible game to playthrough.. let alone more than once.

I am still waiting for a good FFVI remake...psp, ds, HD, whatever. Bring back FF to the good old days.

[Milamber]

The Xbox version was just a lousy port of a PS game; FFXIII's execution on the PS3 would have been the same with or without said port. They made better FF's on hardware far, far inferior to the 360 so it's silly to blame hardware limitations for FFXIII's failings.

[Luzce]

Why all the disagrees with the above posts? Nothing wrong there... seems like N4G users are saying "All PS3 exclusive are awesome, all multi-plats suck".

No...
It's possible to make a crappy game, no matter what console you are on. Yes, it's possible to have a crappy PS3 exclusive. (Release day Lair anyone?)

[vhero]

They got one ff out on 360 to get all the FF fans 360 was gonna get MS dont need to pump more money into SE for another game as it won't sell any more consoles.

[Hellsvacancy]

MS will, just to get one over on Sony

[booni3]

am i the only one who thinks that maybe FFXIII just wasnt that good of a game and thats why it sucked?

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

Another Gimp version.

It will sell more for PS3.

[dabri5]

They don't need FFXIII to sell more consoles. The people who would bought the game for 360/ bought XIII version console will prob purchase Versus XIII as well. It's really up to square. They now know about what they can sell if they take that path again.
With that information they can rationalize which choice is better for the direction they want to take. At the end of the day, SE can't make games if they aren't making a profit on the games they are selling.

[freeblue]

the moment verus announced mutliplaf, is the moment i cancel my pre-order. not becuase i wont' buy. I'll for ps3. knowing what ff13 turned out to be.. it will not worth the full price for me. I'll wait for it to drop to 30.

[Nike]

You're telling me you pre-ordered the game, not seeing any gameplay footage whatsoever? And you're going to cancel that pre-order only because it could be (as in, "hard to tell") multi-platform? And then you'll still buy it? And you don't even have a pre-order to begin with?!

(Head explodes)

[dabri5]

Multiplat didnt kill XIII. Trying to make the game appeal to a greater audience, working with a new engine, and new consoles is what *changed FFXIII. Versus XIII should be a lot more than what XIII was in terms of what people were hoping XIII would include.

*changed = didn't mean the game was bad, just not what people expected a game to play like with the FF title.

[sikbeta]

@TrapperDan

True, but SE better don't Push hard cos it'll make Real FF Players Mad and they'll without of doubt Show the Finger, no-1 will stand another Lame FF game ala FF13

Edit:

This got nothing to with Being Multilat, the point is, we're Expecting the BEST FF, so if they can't deal with 2 versions and everything end up like FF13, people will feel disappointed

[vgn24]

Because if I remember correctly, they didn't go out of business after jumping from SNES to PSone. The hardcores followed. And FF XIII is this generations VIII.

[Godmars290]

When they made the move from SNES to PS1 there were marked improvements to how they presented much less told a story.

Going multiplatform, openly endorsing the 360 while still making games for the PS3, bringing no notable improvements, has only brought stigmas to their rep.

[Nike]

Yeah, I voted this "hard to tell" for a reason.

"If" is a perfect one-word answer because it masks an infinite number of variables.

But man, some people (commenting below) are really taking this hard. o.O

Also, I find it funny how people are saying SE can't handle two versions of the same game. Didn't hear any complaints when FFXIII and Versus XIII were both exclusive to PS3 about SE perhaps not being able to handle both of those games at once. How you felt about playing FFXIII (which I have not) is purely one's own opinion, as always.

[OmarJA-N4G]

Go a head Square Enix, ruin the game.

[PMR_21]

bahahaha

[bpac123456789]

There goes any chance of this being a truly great game. Square Enix isn't going to put the type of effort it takes to make this an excellent game across both platforms. I wish it would stay PS3 exclusive so they don't have to compromise quality by working on two systems, but I guess money rules the world...

[Commander TK]

SE, when will u give a guy a break?

[Commander TK]

SE´s chance of coming back to mainstream. Hope Nomura is against this.

[dabri5]

I've said this before and I'll say it again. If this goes multi-plat, you will see an angry group of people claiming that the stuff shown so far was all in game (primarily talking about the cgi shown) and that the game as it will look at the time is dumbed down because of it going multiplat (because it will be compared to the original cgi footage).

If it goes multiplat, whatever. They have already said the game will have a world map, air ships, etc etc so it will already be way more expansive than XIII. Ill buy it for whichever system it looks/runs better on which will prob be the PS3 since XIII uses the same engine.

[Jab-dees-nuts]

I dont have a problem with 360 getting versus, my problem lies when SE tries to dumb the ps3 version so that the 360 doesnt redring. Sorry to say fanboys but Xbox sucks in terms of hardware and we (ps3 owners) have to suffer. If they go multi plat and dumb it down ill see to it to tell everyone i know that the game is a failure much like FFXIII.

[8thnightvolley]

hahahahahha this is funnny.. i need my popcorn BADLY.!!!

[Christopher]

With how well FFXIII did on the 360, I don't see why they wouldn't go multiplatform with all of their releases outside of Japan.

PS3 Sales outside of Japan: ~2m
360 Sales outside of Japan: ~1.3m

Keeping it on PS3 in Japan will result in killer sales there, but putting it out on 360 in Europe and America will result in a lot of additional profit. Especially since they already have the engines set-up for doing parallel development.

[Eamon]

It's amazing how this is just a rumour yet there's over 160 comments.

Even professional articles don't get this much!

[kratos123]

ill help you man
this is the total sale at the moment
360: 1.29m
and here it comes guys
ps3 :4.00m
look at the difference my god man why would you even put the effort to make this title multiplatform and anger your fanbase just why
and dont give my the lame argument the 360 version didnt come out in japan here ask yourself this is the 360 selling in japan
answer a big no no

[Christopher]

It doesn't matter the percentage of difference, what matters is the potential for additional profit. 1.3 million additional sales is all about profit and more than enough to justify a 360 release of their future AAA titles outside of Japan. Japan will remain exclusive to the PS3 because of the dominant market there, but comparing the ~2 million sales on the PS3 outside of Japan to the ~1.3 million on the 360, there's more than enough reason to extend your customer base by going multiplatform.

[kratos123]

but why would you want to hourt your fanbase at this moment if this is treu i will only support SE with my psp thats the only thing they got right this gen everything else is just meeh or garbage and also why make 360 exclusief and not 1 ps3 they now it would sell more on ps3 just answer that qeustion and i will be happy

[Christopher]

Not sure I understand your full question, but let me answer what I can:

***but why would you want to hourt your fanbase at this moment***

Xbox 360 sold to 1.3 million users outside of Japan. Taking into account the recently reported sales of 5.5 million worldwide, you're talking about cutting off 20% of the fanbase by going just PS3 exclusive worldwide.

***why make 360 exclusief and not 1 ps3***

Nothing about making any game platform exclusive except for all FF games just for the PS3 in Japan since the 360 market is extremely small in comparison in Japan.

***it would sell more on ps3***

Worldwide, yes. But, take out Japan and it would likely sell at least half as many as the PS3 version. Why? Because of the current dominance of the Xbox 360 in the market, especially in the second largest FF market, the U.S.

===

The point here is that it's a sound business decision that leads to higher profit potential to take it multiplatform outside of Japan.

[Darrius Cole]

You can't ignore the fact effect of exclusive marketing for the 360 version. The exact effect it would have had is unknowable however, we know that marketing is signficant.

You also can't ignore the effect of releasing the game withing one week of God of War III's release, something that would not have happened had the game been a PS3 exclusive.

What is also real but unknowable is the effect that the multi-plat announcement (and the way it was announced) has on the PS3 fans.

Lastly there is the effect that the multi-plat development has on the game quality and the effect that the quality has on the sales.

All these things work in favor of the 360 as much as possible and if they were any different would have resulted in higher PS3 sales and lower 360.

[JAMurida]

@cgoodno

I still wonder though how many more would of sold on PS3 if FFXIII was still exclusive. When FFXIII was advertised it only showed MS's 360 logo on it, so the people out there who don't know what system it will come on would go for 360, as well with them making a 360 bundle for FFXIII. But even with the exclusive advertisement, the PS3 version still sold more, even when SE decided to tell the world at the last two hours before release that FFXIV beta code would be on the PS3 version, (which I think was a low move on them announcing this in the LAST two hours before release). So, IMO, I don't think the 360 version sold that well, seeing to how it had exclusive advertisement and still sold less then PS3.

Regardless though I'm sure it was profit for SE, so I wouldn't be surprise to see XIII versus go multiplat. Like I said above though, I just hope they don't cut content or what not to make both versions "equal".

[kratos123]

like the people above my have stated the only reason it sold that well was because first of all it sold next the god of war 3 and 360 had exclusief advertising in eu and us hmmmmm why did it sell sooo oke in eu and us this is trully hurting my brain

[Sheikh Yerbouti]

Fanbase =/= Fanboys

[colonel179]

is that right after they announced FFXIII for 360 they released a trailer of FFversusXIII saying FOR PLAYSTATION 3 ONLY WORLDWIDE, then, after some time, they released another trailer saying, EXCLUSIVE FOR PLAYSTATION 3 WORLDWIDE.

I just don´t know how this POS Wada has the balls to be this cynical. This guy deserves to rot just like Bobby Kotick

[Heisenberg]

After the crap they've been putting out, SE's gonna have to convince me they can even make a decent RPG again before I would even consider buying another FF. Eat a dîck Wada, ya greedy prîck.

[TechnicalBS]

If SE decides to release versus on the 360, more power to them.

[Pika-pie]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO dont do it Mr Square-Enix

[Hallmark Moment]

Well we all know it's coming. It will be revealed at E3. The developers are just trying to break the ice getting people use to the idea.

Dam you can feel the wind changing due to E3/Natal/game changer

[UltraNova]

After FF13 I dont care about SE's games anymore let them do what ever they want.

I would even suggest them to make it multi-platform because people are beginning to realize their steep downhill course from 2000 until today and they need to cater to as many people possible just to make sure they make the development money back.

[topdawg122]

It will happen for sure, but honestly my hype died for this game a long time ago.... Square Enix sucks now.

[RageAgainstTheMShine]

Microsoft No Swiping!

Oh, man!

[JonnyBadfinger]

Im just in here for the lols... i never liked any of the Final Fantasy games... then again i have never played them, only watched... but still not slightly interested.

Oh no could it possibly be that Sony fanboys are about to lose an exclusive?...OH NO hell must have actually froze over...

Seriously whether a game is multiplat or not, it shouldnt effect your love for the franchise.

I couldnt give a rats arse if Gears or Halo went multiplat... so why would the PS3 community care if the worst jrpg of all time went mutliplat?

[UltraNova]

Maybe because Versus was SE's last chance to actually make a good FF game if it was exclusive?

[Viper7]

people should not take these "this game is exclusive to *insert system here" things seriously. We all saw how exclusive games Star Ocean4, Final fantasy XIII where. There are probably far more examples than these.

[Pozzle]

Sad to say, I saw this coming.
Nomura might have wanted it to stay PS3 exclusive, but in the end, it's the big bosses of Squre Enix who get the final say.

[zetsuei1]

If FXIII was still exclusive, we would have have japanese voice acting (which IMHO is way better than the english dub)at launch, which would make the game much more interesting for hundreds of people.

I have at least three friends that are waiting for a International version to come out (with no hope) and then buy this game.Imagine how many people out there is in the same condition.

Square Enix is going to make the same mistake, which is dumb, RPG in this generation is a genre with minor public which have a better history in Playstation consoles, making at least timed exclusive will make people to not lose interest in the game cuz believe it or not, when it come to fanboys (huge part of hardcore gamers) when a game its not exclusive they don't even care about the game anymore.

Just give a look on how many people just gave a rent on FFXIII instead of buying.

[BeaArthur]

That's what Square Enix cares about, the hundreds that missed out on the Japanese voice acting.

[Cold 2000]

Um I'm not sure a lot of people out there are fanboyish enough to skip on a FF just because its multi and SE knows that

5.5 million already for FF13 http://www.videogamer.com/n...

I dont think fanboy anger is of the slightest problem for SE.

[Myze]

Nomura may not have the final say on paper, but they sure don't want to make him mad. After all, SE has already lost a lot of the big developers that helped make their companies great, and as stupid as Wada has proven himself to be, I think he knows not to piss off the few big names he has left. Of course, that might be giving him too much credit.

[Gabe EatsWell]

Oh please no. Just keep it exclusive so it wont get delayed just like XIII.

[bobdog626]

Just keep making good shooters for the Xbox and let the PS3 have versus.They don't sell very well 0n the 360 anyway's

[Heaven_Or_Hell]

Sony could always make an arangement ...

[GWAVE]

And SE could always back out of it...

I could be mistaken, but I believe Sony helped fund/develop the tools used for FF13, and look how that turned out.

The REAL question is if this game will even be good. Every passing month and every new SE game makes me lose a bit more of my faith in them.

[k jules]

Sony doesn't pay for exclusivity.

In all honesty this should indeed stay exclusive for PS3

[sikbeta]

That's Why Games went Multiplat this Gen, not a lost, cos this Gen Sequels were All Crap, i.e RE5

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

Xbox 360 format get the gimped versions and that is why PS3 is not even getting full potential with multiplatforms.

[Disccordia]

Sony would rather spend money on their own games as well as taking a slice of SE profits from a multiplatform release due to the 8.25% they own in that company ;)

[stonecold1]

come because sony will have this locked downand since the 360 held the other game back i dont think nomura would want his games down graded like final fantasy 13 and i hear he would quit square if that happened

[Pozzle]

Would Square care if he quit though? Hell, they let Hironobu Sakaguchi (the CREATOR of Final Fantasy) go, after he ballsed-up with Spirits Within. Despite the fact he was still writing phenomenal game plots, they still did nothing to hold onto him.

Then there's that whole "quitting your job is dishonourable" viewpoint many big Japanese businesses still hold. That's probably why they were willing to let Sakaguchi go in the first place. 'Better to let him look bad by stepping down, than to make the company look bad by firing a legend.'

[Da One]

and SE still screwed them over right, Sony is better off without SE.

Dear Nomura

good luck

[Gun_Senshi]

If Versus goes Multiplatform, Nomura will leave Square-Enix.

That will spell the end of SE

[Applegate]

Nobody is that much of a fanboy...lol. He wont leave just because of that.

[eggbert]

it wouldn't be because he is a sony fanboy. Sakaguichi left long ago because the heads of SE weren't listening to him at all, and were approving things behind his back.

I don't think he would actually quit, but he'd be pretty pissed at SE for messing with his game. If Nomura left, what does SE have left though? I'm not even sure.

[Gun_Senshi]

He said it himself. Versus stayed Exclusive when FFXIII got Multiplatform because Nomura threatened wada to leave

[Etseix]

Nomura is the only one i trust from Square Enix....

[Optical_Matrix]

Oh god please no. Is it too much to ask for an FF game that can technically rival games like God of War III and Uncharted 2. This isn't me being a fanboy of Sony, but as someone who's used to seeing FF games push system boundaries like they always have, I want to see what SE can do if left to work only on PS3.

[Myze]

Well, FFXIII may not have been the best game ever made, but it is, without a doubt, (on the ps3) the best looking RPG ever made. The game was beautiful, even if it did look even better before, in the demo. Although, I agree it wasn't on par with GoW3 or UC2, so I would like to see how much of a difference it would make if they kept the game exclusive.

[NYC_Gamer]

well its third party so it should be multiplat,people shouldnt care long as u can buy it for the console of ur choice.

[Godmars290]

Except people - well, me anyway - are looking to see what can be done in regards to a JRPG on the PS3 on the level of GOW3 or UC2. What kind of game you could get with focused effort.

Despite being the leading JRPG dev, Square is showing that they're incapable of producing that needed focus. That its up to Level-5. Atlus and NIS.

Edit:
But the sad thing is, in the past Square had a rep for bringing out the most they could from one platform. They set the benchmark on the SNES and PS1, the PS2, for what a JRPG needed to be.

And note I said "had." All they do now is make excuses nowadays.

[NYC_Gamer]

yes but thats why sony has 21 first party studios because they know third party exclusives are heading into the grave..which is fair because i would love to have mass effect on the ps3 since bioware is 3rd party

[MechaGear]

as long as you don't care for quality.
"multiplatform" will allways carry around the weaknesses of "both" systems.

[theone26]

VsXIII would only stay exclusive if Sony is paying SE like M$ is paying Epic.

[pinkyxyz]

since their the 4th largest shareholder in Square-Enix

http://www.square-enix.com/...

[koehler83]

After FFXIII, I don't think anyone really cares.

[Jack Klugman]

Who didn't see this coming?
square would be stupid not to release it on the 360 as ffxiii proved. Yeah it might not have sold as much as the PS3 due to Japan but it sold well.

[saint_john_paul_ii]

sure, lets put profits ahead of game quality SE...

[Lirky]

long live atlus.

[dalibor]

I just got Demons Soul and cannot wait to pop it in. Glad I supported Atlus. And I do hope Versus will in fact be awesome but time will tell.

[Noctis Aftermath]

@dalibor: you just got demon's souls? lol have fun, and remember not to give up after a few dozen deaths!

[MechaGear]

Can you see them stripping content already...

[WMW]

i guess ff13 failing so bad on the 360 in every way didn't teach them anything.

[Chaos Striker]

I don't know about that. Selling ~1.3M copies is a pretty solid feat for being a console that does not cater towards the JRPGers. Since they have the tech running on both platforms, I don't see how SquareEnix wouldn't take this opportunity...this is a business after all (goal: strive to increase shareholder wealth)

[saint_john_paul_ii]

thats what happens when you advertise as if the game is a 360 exclusive, you get 1.3 million knuckleheads which possibly %50 percent of them didnt knew that the game was not only on the PS3, but it plays better on the PS3.

[WMW]

selling 1.3 mil means nothing since the 360 had all the advertising and a larger install base on the 360 but sold far less. no matter how people spin it ff13 failed badly on the 360. also if you want to talk about being a business SE should of stuck with were their fans were releasing it on the 360 i bet they lost potential buyers because they thought it would be gimped.

[Chaos Striker]

I disagree. Selling about 1/3 the total lifetime sales of FF13 on 360 isn't a failure. And 1/3 is a big number considering the amount of additional profit they can generate from being multiplatform.

Also, they did not lose potential buyers (obviously you don't understand how business ventures work). Rather, they gained access to a whole new market...isn't that what businesses want? A larger install base to cater to equates to greater potential profits.

We can also examine this from a "Real Options" standpoint (if you know what that is). They spend some money (I assume the cost = the revenue from 750k copies of the game) porting the game to the 360. So, they profited with revenue from the additional 550k sold. This also had the "unquantifiable" effect of awareness on the 360 and the potential for repeat + new customers based on the first game (we are disregarding if it sucks or not because that is a matter of opinion). IF they did not sell enough copies to recuperate the costs, then they still had nothing to lose (based on rumors that Microsoft paid for some of the development). Their exposure is minimal and you can deem this as a disproved hypothesis.

As you can see, experimenting with FF13 on 360 was worth the risk on SquareEnix's part, because they can accurately gauge the market potential and "real options" available as a result.

***Also, anyone who disagrees with my comment above care to try and disapprove this one?***

[Disccordia]

Final Fantasy XIII (PS3)
Japan 1.91m, Americas 0.98m, Others 1.11m
Total 4m

Final Fantasy XIII (360)
Japan 0.00, Americas 0.71m, Others 0.58m
Total 1.29m

[8thnightvolley]

regardless 1.29 mil for an introduction JRPG to the 360 demographic is still a good number and it will increase now the title has recognition.

[TwistedMetal]

make ff versus 13 multi and it will be rated a 8.1 or lower metacritic like ff 13. Not only that but the x360 version will suck.

[Pozzle]

I hate to say it, but FFXIII going multi wasn't all of its problems. Some of the game design choices were just...bizarre. Not quite the epic it could have been :(

[Bodyboarder_VGamer]

Some of the game design choices could've been bad because of limitations on either console and the fact that both version have to be equal.

Example: What if Devs wanted to take advantage of blu-ray? That means more discs have to be included for the other console = more money so they just scrap the idea and gimp both versions.

[Dellis]

If you guys didn't noticed, FF13 going multi didn't work
well for MS nor SE, the game sold more on PS3 even thought it never had a PS3 commercial in the USA.

The game was basically a 360 exclusive to any casual out there don't look for games, ESPN showed the first ever trailer about the 360 version and that was the only commercial ever on TV.

[slimy the g8ter]

this wont happen at all.maybe will but doubtful.its like just if someone asked me if i like men and i shrugged my shoulders they will infer that im gay.typical dumba$$ website

[NYC_Gamer]

c'mon people we cant have double standards alot of us ps3 owners would like to have mass effect 2 but complain that ff13vs might go multi which it should because its third party

[SephireX]

This is ridiculous. I'm sick of the 360 holding games back. I know its just a rumour but most rumours become reality. From a business standpoint, it is the best option for Square but as a gamer, I will be very disappointed if it does happen. Nomura said that it was an open world game. If that is true, how could it be possible on the 360 unless it is no greater than a DVD9 disc, which is extremely unlikely. An open-world game means being able to travel back to locations at earlier points in the game at a stage much later on. That couldn't be done on the 360 without switching discs between places which would be irritating. I hope it doesn't happen but it likely will.

[Wolf873]

they drop another shocker that Versus is coming to 360, but does it really matter at this point? I have actually grown out of this exclusivity factor, doesn't do much for us really.

[nepeon]

I left Square soft years back when they left Nintendo cos I knew they were going down hill after that and the father of ff left years back and is making the last story, also xenoblade will be better then this crap. So long SE fuakers!

[Noctis Aftermath]

Leaving nintendo was the best decision they made, cartridges were and still are way to limited, moving from cartridges to CD was a huge step forward in progression, but dropping exclusive blu-ray usage for multiplatform development with DVD9 is regression and it's pretty obvious that somewhere the quality has to suffer because of it.

[nepeon]

for them any more. Yes I agree with you on cartridges verses cd but the only thing they had focused on putting on to those cd was CGI movies that you couldn't play. Also looking how they are dropping blu-ray exclusive to making dvd9 pretty much goes to say if I lied about agreeing with you on cartridges vs Cd where they are operating backwards to be limited by using dvd9. Limited my ass, its all about what a game developer knows how to make games and knows how to fit data onto something that is limited to make it big to the player when they play the game knowing how big the game is and then know they have done it on limited software. Any way what ever SE in my eyes are dead and right now I'm enjoying MHTri a series that I have followed and its good not to be a fanboy of systems because at the end of the day its the fans that get fuaked by staying exclusive to a system and knowing their game won't be on their system any more. Live your life and don't be a grudger!

[SilverSlug]

MS is willing to pay enough. Most likely, not. They only seem to care about is having the franchise, don't know if they care about a side game as much.

I'm sure if Microsoft dropped 70 million dollars on the laps of Square Enix, they will put up a quick and sloppy port (The engine is now capable of doing that) and keep on posting profit reports.

[saimcheeda]

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[RageAgainstTheMShine]

Xbox is just a copy-cat, trying hard to be a PlayStation and that is the sincerest form of flattery?
I don't think so.

And I don't know how to call it.
Shame. Shame. Shame.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

You are funny...

I dont suppose you consider "move" to be a straight up copy cat of the Wii mote do you? No ofcourse you don't. You probably think the combination of the camera makes it totally unique and like nothing the world has seen before.

Lastly, how can you diss the character of Kratos with that Anime Dragon Ball abomination? To that I say SHAME, SHAME, SHAME!

[PS360_37]

Trophies?
Netflix?
Facebook?
Soon to be X-Game Chat?
ETC....

[Pennywise]

Netflix, Facebook? Are you serious? PS3 has had an internet browser since day 1. Both of those "features" have always been available on the PS3.

[Oner]

Additionally Trophies were also on some PS1 titles & Move started on PS2...trolls only see what they want. Not the factual truth that is proven to be correct.

[PS360_37]

pennywise:

If you could use facebook and netflix on the browser then why did they make them standalone features? Coincidentally released right after the 360 version.

Oner: If trophies were around why weren't they included on the 1st huge release for the PS3...MGS4? There were no trophies for any game b4 MS came up with achievements.

And how the heck can you say Move was started on the PS2? You mean the Eye Toy which failed miserable, or do you mean the Wiimote copied motion controllers that were announced 3 years after the Wii came out?

[Pennywise]

Convenience? Are you calling me a liar? I have been using those features since I bought my PS3 in 2007. Don't try to troll me.

Anything you can do, I can do better.... la la la la la lalalalaaaa.

[kane_1371]

@#26.1.4
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Karum]

I think Move is taking what the Wii started and evolving it.

The control scheme is pretty much the same, it's Sony's version of a Wii-Mote alright, I remember thinking to myself when I saw it "how are Sony not being sued by Nintendo right now?"

It's the same as every good idea though, someone takes the original good idea and improves on it. Which imo there is nothing wrong with.

Similarly, although I hate how MS are rarely an original idea company, I can understand why they want to have all the franchises traditionally associated with a Playstation on their console. It's a big draw for people to buy their console, they make sure you can get as many of the big 3rd party franchises as possible and also try to offer something else to differentiate itself from the competition. In MS' case it's mainly LIVE and their price point.

The main thing they are missing at this point is top quality 1st party developed games.

@PS360_37

Facebook wasn't made a standalone feature as such, what they did was add in trophy integration. Facebook, twitter and a bunch of other stuff like Hulu were all possible on the PS3 long before things like Netflix and Facebook/Twitter appeared on LIVE.

See the videos above my comment for the concepts of Move, years ago.

[Oner]

Thank You Kane_1371 for the video proof. I was going to link to them but thought they weren't needed and know I see I was wrong for not doing so/including them for the doubters and or trolls. Here is also the additional proof about the PS1's "trophy/achievements" ; that were called "skill points" back in 1998 ~

Spyro - Year of the Dragon
http://guidesarchive.ign.co...

Now to also add more info about other companies having "achievements/trophies&qu ot; before MS what about Goldeneye on the Nintendo 64? It had almost the same thing as Spyro where it rewarded players who completed goals with guns, cheats & special modes? Seems like an "achievement/trophy" to me.

Also before I forget what about Avatar's vs Mii's? Is that not a ripoff? Not too mention how PS Home had avatars before the 360! Plus you can take it a bit further and go all the way back to the early PS2 days (or even earlier with Sony's MMORPGs)...the truth is there but as I always say ~ Trolls only see what they want. Not the factual truth that is PROVEN to be correct.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Stop crying fanboy...get over it. 3rd party and multiplatform go hand in hand these days. No "exclusive" 3rd party game should ever be thought to stay exclusive no matter what is said.

[DA_SHREDDER]

I bought FF13 day one for the ps3, and couldn't even make it through half way cause I was just so disgusted what they have turned my beloved franchise into. Its bad enough that Dragon Warrior has turned into an DS/Wii kiddy type of game. That game was one of the most hardcore rpg's of all time and now its full of game card monster card game trading piece of crap. If FF versus suffers the same fate Im considering Squeenix DOA.

[pinkyxyz]

im not a fanboy by any stretch of the imagination, but considering how disappointed i was in ff13, I don't think that tetsyou nomura can work his magic while trying to support 2 consoles simultaniously. All of his games have been classics because as a director he only had to focus on 1 platform, which meant that he could use every trick the machine had to offer while not having to worry about if 2 versions looked the same. final fantasy multiplatform = fail. PROVEN FACT!!

[Rucury]

Oh god, no.

[Punch-o]

We just have to remember that Square-Enix is not SquareSoft that we all loved back in the day. I wish Nomura would leave and start his own studio.

[Crystallis]

No one knows for sure whats going to happen to FFVSXIII..I hope we hear some info at E3.

[Stealth20k]

This is just a flame bate article. Its even less than a rumor

[Doc Sony]

Meh, I stopped caring about Square-Enix games a long ass time ago. FF9 was their last gem and they've been going downhill ever since.

[Stealth20k]

Another rumor that isnt even true. Why are you morons going so crazy ?

[TreMillz]

it his project, he doesnt want limitations, plus with all the hype m$ got and all the ads, under 600k in 2 months, what a joke

[KillerPwned]

If this happens the xbox 360 fanboys are gonna flip sh!t and they are gonna think they are better or something. I would like to have one exclusive FF game to the ps3. I know its very expensive to make games now so that`s why companies gotta do a multi platform release. But this is FF i think sony deserves a good FF exclusive.

This is all just a big rumor not even that tho started by a fanboy.

[thehitman]

Not going to happen impossible on a development standpoint if anything it maybe ported after release somewhere down the line. Versus uses an engine built for the ps3 unlike 13 which was using a middleware tool.

[Lirky]

at e3 2010 if tetsuya nomura taps microsoft execs on the shoulder and then showing the trailer.. oh nvm that wont happen. But if it did.. then tetsuya at sonys conference will show a ff remake called ___ _ _ _.

[syrion]

if this happen, we will get another game with
1. no town
2. cut content
3. linear gameplay
4. no open world

F*ck You Square Enix if you do this !

[maxcer]

what do you mean will happen? it already has happened and will happen again, its squarenix. this is what their game are now multiplat or not.

[crapgamer]

Did anybody not see this coming? Microsoft if pulling out all the punches this year. What a way to shake things up even more at E3 then by making a former Sony Exclusive not an exclusive..AGAIN!

[theone26]

Question is, do 360 gamers really want another dodgy 540p version this time around? I wouldn't feel happy if I only own a 360.

[bobdog626]

they know FF wont sell on the 360 in japan so it will sell in the U.S not alot but it will keep us happy.I think FF should stay on the PS3 and shooter should stay 360

[tinybigman]

I've pretty much giving up on SE trying to take full advantage of the PS3. I loved FF13 on it so ill still buy VS on PS3.

[MajestieBeast]

Well there goes another game that had great potential rip square enix. Cause ff13 is total trash.

[Bordel_1900]

The only chance I'm buying FFXIII versus is if it's PS3 exclusives and good, after the huge letdown that was FFXIII I'm not touching another multiplat from Square Enix.

[dorron]

There goes another exclusive...

[Lionalliance]

Oh for the love of God, juts no....

[MajestieBeast]

360 it only does holding back the more powerful console.

[LostDjinn]

Wasn't someone going to quite if this happened?

[PrettyGamerChick]

RUMORS: FINAL FANTASY 13 VERSUS 570P 6 DISCS

[Spawn-KING]

SquareSoft was the REAL DEAL .. for making games like
Parasite Eve 1 & 2
chrono trigger
final fantasy 7
final fantasy 8

[Mr_Luke]

Great. I imagined, for sure it will be multi. So we'll get another half game, mediocre game if not a crappy game, over all due to the development times (to do both the version as soon as possible they leave behind things....).
Square-Crapenix strikes back!!! Oh well, i'll keep my money for another game, no problem.

[maxcer]

now that VS is "rumored" to be multiplat your all jumping ship? where have i seen this before?

[MajestieBeast]

Well look at what happend to ff13.

[DarkSpawnClone]

here we go again , this is going to be just like E3 09 lol,oh well not a big ff fan lately,i want to check out ff14 tho on the ps3 that might be cool,hopefully they release a trial demo lol

[MrWonderful]

i say to hell with SE. Wada needs to be fired or Nomura needs to leave and start his own studio. hell if sony would remake Legend Of Dragoon or make part to i would be happy

[RonXD]

As long as Kingdom Hearts 3 isn't multi plat I don't give a fuck.

[DiLeCtioN]

but i hate when they announce something as exclusive and they lie just before release and port a shit game or put less effort on the main console it was being developed on.

[Nike]

Nomura: "But I want it to stay exclusive to PS3!"

Wada: "I don't see why we can't make it for 360 too."

Nomura: "But I don't wanna! :("

Wada: "It's that, or you're fired."

Nomura: "......So I'm thinking two discs this time. What do you think, master?"

[maxcer]

lol so true, people think some of these developers are so high on themselves that that can pick and choose what they want to do. but it all come down to earning money for the parent company. If Nomura was so adamant about the PS3 he would try and crate his own ps3 development studio.

[3sq]

Of course they can think high of themselves cuz they know they are that good.

Look at what happened to Capcom after Shinji Mikami and some others left Capcom. It went downhill .

Look what happened to SquareEnix after Hironobu Sakakuchi and some others left SquareEnix. It went downhill.

Konami still has Hideo Kojime, My guess, he'll leave soon too. Do you know why? Because when a company becomes too big, it focus on profits before making good games and the devs don't have the freedom to do what they want with the game (CEO won't allow it) that's why left the company.

[lordkemp007]

Quality downgrade assured. If this does come to fruition, what could have been a ps3 exclusive taking full advantage of blu ray and said systems capabilities has now been compromised thanks to Wadas greed.

Once again Square and Microsoft are living proof that evolution can go in reverse.
I for one don't begrudge the fact that Xbox fans may get to enjoy this title, thats fine and from a business point it makes sense.

What fu(K$ me off is the 2 faced lying from Wada and Square.
Chalk up another title that WILL now be less than it could have been. Thanks to DVD9 and development resources possibly split if this happens.

[Silly gameAr]

If it goes multi, it goes multi. Buy it, or skip it. Easy peasy.

[TreMillz]

KH III goes multiplat...THAT WOULD BE THE DAY I SCREAM FUCK YOU SE!!!!

[NMC2007]

It's coming guys, no doubt about it.

[Skyreno]

oh god if game goes multiplatform i be so dam* MAD i wouldnt controlled mysel i dont want hear this wada guy, i want hear nomura to say >> also better stay Exclusive >> Microsoft can go to $%^$%^&$^$%#$

[Skyreno]

oh god if game goes multiplatform i be so dam* MAD i wouldnt controlled mysel i dont want hear this wada guy, i want hear nomura to say >> also better stay Exclusive >> Microsoft can go to $%^$%^

[nemey]

i dont give a Fu*k.
it will be gimped that for sure..
squeenx just release the game.

[darkknight0996]

Maybe this is why the did not show it in the last E3 or Tokyo Game Show.

and to say the truth I do not have high expectations for it specially after FFXIII even if it stay exclusive to the PS3.

[Colonel-Killzone]

Well apparently from the beginning wada wanted this to be on the 360. Nomura begged him to let it stay a ps3 exclusive. It seems that wada decline Nomura request. All I have to say is Nomura is the only thing left that is truly Square. Honestly though I'm now having doubts about this game because now we will have to wait longer if there is a 360 version.

[abc1233]

sounds interesting, can you link me to the source?

[polow got sol]

Its gonna happen and rightfully so the 360s install base is to great to ignore. FF13 on the 360 is about 2 weeks away from hitting the 1.5 million mark. A company cannot ignore that. I swear if you sony boys ran a gaming company it'll fall flat on its face

[Crystallis]

Business is business, fine. I understand that. But if the game gets content cut and hinders the true potential of the game b/c the other console is running old software, then thats when I have a problem. Just remember greed is not an attractive quality.

[Kos-Mos]

And what about being an artist?

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

LOL

[Captain Tuttle]

Oh man, the comments in here are beautiful.

[waterboy]

the game will look like the cg trailer seriously anymore

[Colonel-Killzone]

Wow xbox fans can I inform you of something? You clearly are missing the point of what the true ff fans are trying to say. We the fans are not mad its coming to your console we are mad that FF13 which was suppose to take RPG to the next level well it was more like a few step backs. Honestly I love the characters from 13 but the story was dumb as hell and also there was reportedly from square more then half the game removed because of some "technical reasons". When the franchise I love games are messed up because they need to fit or need to make them equal to the limitation of the xbox of course fans will get mad. It was so linear my god what ever happen to open world FF huh ? Keyword fantasy yet im restricted to certain areas of the game at a certain time. And don't even compare this to ff10 because it was linear but had way more stuff and features and stuff you can do then this 1. Way more exploration in ff10. This generation I'm just disappointed with square. Give me my kingdom hearts 3 then this company can burn in hell.

[Homicide]

Please let this be true.

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi__]

...so Micro$oft need to 'STEAL' something. Oh i forgot they got Project Natal, lets hope they think that is all they need!!! ;-D

[ClownBelt]

I told ya people.

[Unicron]

I'm more concerned with whether or not it will be a good GAME, considering IMHO FFXIII was blah.

[Crystallis]

Well I read that Noruma said it will be a like previous FF's. Thats a good thing.

[Cyb3r]

I hope not the last thing we need now is another dumbned down Final Fantasy

[SuperStrokey1123]

Well of course its going to happen, if we hear about any kind of delay or a huge team size increase we will know instantly why its happening. The 360 sold a million copies of ff13, how can anyone think they will throw away that much revenue?

[Shendow]

When will they learn, the people in japan don't care for the 360 and I don't think sony will let them do that but that might the deal to keep 14 on ps3 an pc.

[wissam]

Not surprised. Square-apex.

[JonnyBigBoss]

The Xbox 360 ruined Final Fantasy XIII so I can't imagine Square Enix porting Versus over. I mean really, FFXIII was the first Final Fantasy to hit a western console in quite some time, and it was completely streamlined to a point of being a brainless FPS. Not to mention the 5+ year production time. I can't see this happening, and here's to hoping that Square Enix don't make such a big mistake again.

[Meryl]

great i know what this means thanks greedy wada, i hope you suffer when nomura leaves because of your greed, ff versus was the most promising hope left for us FF fans, now it's going to get ruined, thanks alot.
oh well it matters not mistwalker is going to knock SE off the rpg throne with Last Story, that I will but no more crappy SE games after birth by sleep you have just lost another fan, congrats wada:(:(

[Obama]

Wada wants every game to be multiplatform, but the questions is will Nomura consent to have this game gimped? He told his devs to make it only possible on the ps3 after all.

[ClownBelt]

Nomura gets his salary from Wada. Who do you think will have the last say?

Seriously guys, FF Versus 13 had become a multiplatform title since they've announced FF 13 on the 360. I've been saying over and over, yet you guys keep on grasping to this tiny thread of hope believing its still exclusive. Face it.

[Obama]

The thing is when the devs asks Nomura if they should program the game in a way that can ported to another platform, Nomura stated that make it exclusively for the ps3. So unless they gimp or change the game drastically, I don't see how it can be on the 360 really.

[The_Devil_Hunter]

Pathetic..

[labwarrior]

Obvious things are obvious, like my estimation that FF13 would 99% got to 360, which came 100% true !!!!

I give FF13vs a 100% in comparisson

[seifer085]

a gimped version damn it!

[Odin777]

This isn't particularly unexpected...Honestly I would prefer it stay exclusive to PS3 (Exclusives always turn out more polished, imo). But if Final Fantasy XIII went multiplat why not Versus?

[biggame901]

Dissappointed, but can't say Im surprised. I only want two things if this is the case: that the game isn't gimped and that the development time doesn't charge. Unfortunately, I have a feeling that both will happen

Honestly, SE are nothing more than a bunch of liars and frauds (Nomura being the lone exception), and Wada is the worst of them all. SE can go bankrupt for all I care.

[foxxy]

I don't think it's going to happen the whole point of versus is not to be on a DVD it has a highly detailed open world and airships idk I'll believe it when I see it.

[PirateThom]

Hey, wow, I just saw all my interest in the game dying.

Just gimp it and be done with it, become completely irrelevent.

[Jerk120]

Aw, poor Thom.

Multiplatform = Insta-Suck huh?

Shows what you're like.

[PirateThom]

Going by Square Enix's output and FFXIII, yes. Multiplatform = insta-suck.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Haha. No. Nomura has said multiple
times it won't. It's just some loser running
his mouth.

[Jerk120]

Nomura doesn't have much of a say.

[jalen247]

Would be big mistake for Square Enid if Versus goes multi

[fatstarr]

they better un-consider it.

[Lucreto]

We have to ask Nomura first.

[Skyreno]

how about we do something about it >> ???

[kewlkat007]

Waits for Petition...

[TheOrion]

If its good for SE's bottom line then they would be daft not to do or at least consider it. I couldn't care less about how many platforms its on, as long as I get a decent game when its released I'm happy.

[Xander756]

What's funny is that if this gets confirmed, people are going to start saying this game isn't that great. Same thing happened with FFXIII. It was going to be the best in the franchise then they said it was coming to Xbox 360 and the fanboys said FFXIII sucked and Versus was what was gonna be really good. I wonder what they will say if Versus goes to 360 as well?

[PirateThom]

Yes, because FFXIII certainly isn't a disappointing and linear game.

[kewlkat007]

They crap on anything multiplatform.....and blame anything other then the PS3 for a developer shortcomings.

Of course that will not change...Only 1 Gen ago it was the opposite with the hardware specs with no complaints or whining.

I got FF13 on the Ps3 because I thought it was the better version being the lead platform. Why come on the internet and whine about what 3rd-PARTY devs want to do with their projects?

Especially when you know how it is thee days and 3rd-party devs.

[-MD-]

Saw this coming. 360 will be getting Kingdom Hearts 3 too.

[tunaks1]

i bet sony fanboys are crying now,

[slave2Dcontroller]

with Nomura(PS3 Fandev) at the Helms, anything that causes the 360 version to suffer will just be. He sure in the hell isn't going to go out of his way to make things equal on both platforms. And after seeing the difference between the PS3 and 360 FF13 sku's, I could use some more LOLZ. XD

[tunaks1]

where is this proof that Nomura is a ps3 fanboy?
I always hear people say it but never have I seen any evidence..

[Jerk120]

They're just looking for excuses to put their mind at ease and deny the idea or/and the 'problems' of Versus ever going multiplatform.

[Croash]

I won't care a single second about them making it for 360. If it doesn't harm the development of the game or makes the PS3 version less good than it should have been, then it's all great, more platforms means more players can enjoy the game.

[C L O U D]

My heart slightly melted.

[JD_Shadow]

I don't put it past Wada to do such a thing and put profit ahead of game quality (look how many people on here are against the move as opposed to who would be for it, and look how immature the people FOR it are acting). However, I doubt he was meaning SPECIFICALLY Versus (remember that FF14 was also being "considered" for the 360). Google Translate of the page it got this from translated the raw page into this:

"The "ヴェルサス Final Fantasy XIII" for questions flew. Overseas, "FINAL FANTASY XIII" Xbox Increases in unit sales of the idea in question was released from the 360 version, in fact, had similar comments been sold. The flow of "[Final Fantasy Versus XIII PlayStation 3 only, although he is now, Xbox might be better out of 360 and multi-platform?" And the question is "considering a formal announcement until the last minute in-house has "stayed and comments.["]"

Not quite sure if something was lost in translation or if it's just Google not working right or something else. But it does seem unclear if he was talking about Versus alone.

I would hope not, though. I didn't think FF13 was that bad of a game, but it got gimped beyond belief and delayed beyond belief because of the 360 announcement and decision. The only people who would want this at this point are those that are only looking for a reason to flamebait about it. SE needs to keep this exclusive. Remember, too, that Nomura doesn't exactly HAVE to STAY at SE, unless they actually ARE holding a gun to his head.

Keep in mind, too, that by now, those that are waiting for the game have already more than likely bought the PS3 for the game, and it's useless to port the game on the thought that it would move systems alone.

EDIT: I find it weird that none of the mainstream gaming sites have picked up on this yet. You'd think that news like this would get those people going, but they are silent on this so far.

And what's with the disagree. I swear, the more things change at N4G, the more things stay the same.

[zaz12]

All jrpgs (except demon's souls )are crap.F**k me for wasting my cash on that final gay XIII crap.

[8thnightvolley]

its just funny to see the ps3 fans get so worked up over nothing.. loool.
i was expecting this to happen... and i bet e3 might just be the place it will be sealed. hard to swallow but remember i told u

[commander]

Now I can save $60 and just rent VS.

That is how u get devs back. Dont buy the game RENT IT.

[Omega Zues]

If SE makes Versus go Multiplat. Why cant they simply keep it to the original platform. If you look at Killzone, Uncharted, MGS4, God of War ect. All of these games are exclusive and kept to their original platform. The performance, reviews and sales of all these games have been insane. It would be wise that Versus stayed exclusive.

If it goes multiplat it will be FF13 all over again, which is a bad thing.

[EverydayGuy]

FF 13 sucks, only the game play was good. Could not finish the game, there need to be a town or some barbarians on fal'cie.

[keysy420]

this needs to be exclusive quit all that focusing on both platforms and you can achieve the same amount of sales with the ps3 only

[R_aVe_N]

I think it is time for Nomura to move on personally. I am sure Level 5 or Team ICO would take him in a heart beat. What is the point working for a company that will not listen to you? I have respected him for a long time. He is one of the best in Japan. Although this going multiplat would cut down my gaming bill a little. If it is a turd like FF13 was i will be saving my money. You can poor all the sugar you want on a turd, but under that sugar is still a steamy turd!

[matrix001]

Im not that surprised square enix would do something like that. Personally speaking I always thought the reason why Versus was taking so long was because square WAS ALREADY making a port...watch they probably gonna announce Versus as being multiplat at E3 just like they did with FFXIII last yr

[Sigh]

to try and "surprise" everyone by having a known traditional 3rd party publisher to appear on their system, ever since E3 08. Just like Metal Gear Rising, I will just yawn when I see FFXIII Versus with a 360 logo beside it, even while seeing W(hore)ada and that ugly MS spokesperson smirking like they won something "again".

[zaz12]

It used to be Bert screwed Bert NOW it will be SE screwed SE...looooool I am so funny!!!!!!!!!

[Brixxer600]

Would it really surprise anybody if true ? , SE are in the business of making money , why would they deny themselves the opportunity to sell as many games as possible ? I would like to see this stay PS3 exclusive because i believe it would be far better but i honestly can't see it happening.

[Whitey2k]

if this goes multi then im petitioning and demand a remake for final fantasy 7! y should we suffer yet again they have it and we have final fantasy 7 wada!!

[zaz12]

SE WAS,IS AND WILL ALWAYS SUCK.
EVEN MY LOVELY CAPCOM HAS BECOME CRAPCOM........ WHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYY????

[JohnnyAkiba]

Only MGS4 is a fantastic game its so true what you say... unfortunately
The last two generations were so awesome.

[kesvalk]

so funny seeing the famboys rage XD

[Ashriel]

I hope it stays exclusive.

That is all.

[Whitefox789]

I'll take it with a grain of salt until I hear word from Tetsuya Nomura

[mookins]

It goes multiplatform, it's off my buy list. The PS3 deserves at least ONE exclusive from Square. Seriously.

[Whackedorange]

The reason why FF XIII went multiplattform was that SE wanted to have alot of more potential buyers for a game and the same idea seems to be the reason now why even Versus might go multi.

For thoose who say that FF XIII was bad cause of 360 dont know what they are talking about cause you never know how FF would have been like if it didnt went multi and the answer to that would never be answered.

The only way Sony can make sure that this franchise once again becomes exclusive to the PS3 is to buy the company but i doubt Sony can afford that kind of a del at the moment.

[Dark_king]

Its a exclusive wada gave the say so to nomura.So nomura didn't have to worry about making a game that worked on both.And since then its been designed from the ground up for the ps3.Which means it uses the cells spu's to the point that it cant work without them.

[AriesFury]

Doesn't mean he can't change his mind.

[anonymouse111335]

Delicious Sony tears, funny how everyone of you are freaking out despite most of you talking about how much of a crappy dev SE are nowadays, admit it, you just don't want to lose exclusives for your precous console.

Grow up.

[mookins]

It's amusing to see 360 fanboys desperate for a 3rd party exclusive games. It shows Microsoft needs to step their game up in the games department. It's funny how you guys also disappeared the MINUTE the PS3 version of FFXIII turned out to be better.

KEEP DREAMING. :D

[AriesFury]

Only after it's been release on the PS3. If they hold back on it for a multi-platform, SE reputation, IMO will be damaged for a very long time. Again, they would be known for being a sellouts.

This cheapen the game, making it look crappy or lags, slowish, bad graphics, you name it. Instead of consintration on one goal to make it the best for that particular console.

The PS3 is more powerful but company's seem not to utilize that and when you see thsee MP games it shows. And the PS3 suffer from more than any other platform.

[gano]

Most japanese games are going bad because they are westernizng them
Keep me, and fable. I want what square told me when i first got the 3. ff13 and vs ex.
Now vs is all thats left and this assclown is doubting again. M$ has done nothing and i mean NOTHING for the gaming world. But slowed down progression. when cds and dvds droped i don't remeber it taken this long to drop an old format. Stop jerkin square and show these young cats y people like us defend you and bought ff7 when it droped that reason in the first place. And still i'll never own a trashbox.

[AriesFury]

SE like a lot of other Japanese developers have forgotten what made them the best in the past. Quality Not Quantity.

Especially for the PS3. All you have to do is look at the games that have come out that were MP games.

Bayonette, Fallout 3 to name a few

[gumgum99]

Wada-san must've hit his head hard on the way to work today.

Darn those Microsoft sponsored Phone polls!

*shakes fist*

[-DeathWraith-]

Oh good, we're going to have another gimped down Final Fantasy!

This will be totally awesome!

=_=

[DigitalAnalog]

YOU KNOW IT'S GOING MULTI-PLATFORM!

-End statement

[i3EY]

All I can say is money talks

[The_Zeitgeist]

I don't see it happening. But honestly if it did, it would be a huge ego blow to Sony and nothing more. I am starting to think that Final Fantasy's brand has been semi tarnished by all the lackluster spin off's and mixed reaction to the last 4 games in the core series.

[Whackedorange]

The reason why so many developed games exclusively for a Sony console last gen was simply because the PS2 had a almost total domination last time around. This time around the console winner is clearly Nintendo with Sony and MS battling it out for the 2nd spot.

When you are a independent dev like Square Enix is you need to look at many aspect before you deceide on to make it a exclusive to one console or make it a multiplattform.

We might aswell see that when versus and FF XIV is out the FF XV would be made exclusively to the Wii because that console have the most potential buyer of the game.

[jalen247]

Square Enix obviously have the talent to push the PS3 but their desire to become a multiplatform developer for their main titles seems to be turning them into B level developers.

[midgard227]

wada saying they will take it under consideration means they will try to get nomura to break. lets see. well i dont care aslong as the ps3 version doesnt get gimped.

when it comes down to it nomura has alot of authority but not more than the president :/ lets hope it stays exclusive

[ManGastaS]

You are so immature!

Love to act like the game will be turn down to run on 360 hardware! stop traing to fake or force things into others ppl head!

[theunleashed64]

yes it will ff13 is a perfect example i love the quality in my games espically multiplats ff13's quality was all lost due to the 360's hardware
if you 360 fanboys can't see that then you are all dumber than i thought at
least square enix could do was give a real final fantasy this gen (yes ff13
wasn't no real ff game like past installments) anyway if this does come true kiss square enix's butt goodbye because surly there will be alot of angry ff fan's like in 2008.

[Pootangpie]

Square said just cancel the game for PS3 just to teach you ignorant sony ****ers a lesson either enjoy your game without being a little ***** about it or STFU

[baodeus]

well, i think it could possibly happen...which is good for gamer.

Where is your prove that x360 gimp PS3? Red dead redemption look crazy good and it is open world. FF13 on the x360 (while missing some pixels comparing to the PS3 version under a magnifying glass) game play wise they are the same. If you say disc space is needed, then they can do it on 4 disc (Lost Odyssey?).

If what u guys said is true about Blue Ray, then shouldn't all PS3 game has extended game play, open world exploration etc... Why UC2, GoW3, MGS4, KZ2, gameplay couldn't go further then 10 hrs. These game just fill up with uncompress movies, music, cut scene, QTE, etc.. Game like white Knight which is open world look last gen and it is exclusive to PS3. Even Sand Box game like Infamous doesn't look as good or as detail (game play is great though) as games like GTA4 or Red Dead Redemption (and these are on one DVD). Heck even the bench mark of graphic game like Crysis with sand box game play is still on DVD.

Instead of talking BS, show me one RGP exclusive to PS3 that look better than games like ME2, Magna Carta 2, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, KoF, etc...? Stop echoing off each other like it is a fact. SHOW SOMETHING TO BACK UP UR CLAIM.

If you guys are gamers, then own all consoles so that you guys can play all games instead of wining whenever your precious console lose an exclusive.

[cygnuszero]

Pretty much expected this to happen. These games cost too much to make now and the 360 is in more homes. If you're trying to run a business, in a failing economy no less where gaming took a huge hit last quarter, how do you ignore over 30 million 360 owners. That's a recipe for fail.

[DigitalAnalog]

"How do you ignore 70 million + wii owners."

Not to mention PS3 managed to sell 4 million copies ALONE, regardless if the territory had an exclusive deal or not.

-End statement

[kewlkat007]

Hahah, you act like this was the first appearance of a CORE final Fantasy game on the PS platform. Them sales were expected regardless. The 360 version wasn't too shabby for a first appearance.