First off, I mean FULL exclusives. Not on PC, just full exclusives. I've noticed we're seeing a lot of 1st party exclusives, which are ALWAYS key. At this years E3, we saw a lot of great 3rd party games, which we thought were exclusives. Like Final Fantasy XV. As you may know, that game was originally named Final Fantasy Versus XIII. I found it quite strange that Square Enix was putting it on the XB1. This was Square's perfect chance to make this game exclusive to PS4. I seriously think the FF series as well as KH should be exclusive to PS4. Same goes for Kingdom Hearts III. I was also a bit annoyed. I know Square Enix needs the money right now, but the fact is even if it was exclusive to PS4 they would be swimming in money, as all these games will sell best on PS4 even if they do end up on PC (highly doubt it though). FF Versus was promised to be a PS3 exclusive. I was actually hyper when they announced it for the PS4, the only thing that annoyed me was that it was for the XB1. KHIII is a game that ends the current saga so it's almost rendered pointless on putting it on the XB1, seeing as the story is so convoluted. I know Nintendo has the most spinoffs, but they have none of the two numbered titles and only two of their spinoffs have any story significance. I think BBS is the most important and seeing as the PS3 is getting KH 1.5 and most likely 2.5 exclusively, that leaves Nintendo with nothing really significant. Yoichi Wada, the former CEO has now been... moved to chairman of the board. He won't be able to make any big decisions. He seemed to have a thing for the 360, seeing as he's lets Square produce exclusives for that but none on PS3. Most likely because the 360 was easier to develop for. Now the PS4 is much easier to develop for and has more power. My point is, I was disappointed that those 2 games weren't exclusives to PS4. The XB1 versions make them both take more time, higher development costs and they would both be held back by the XB1. That's not to say it's not next gen. I'm just saying the PS4 is more powerful and deserves to be able to show it. And don't forget, both of these games were announced for the Xbox One when it still had the DRM, so I almost found it insulting. Obviously, the full power of the PS4 will not be used for years, but the progress of the power would be show through years. A lot of 3rd party games were what we thought were exclusives. So my question is this. Do you think we'll see more 3rd party exclusives later on, from developers being more used to the tech and as Sony and MS lock more exclusives? Right now, Sony and MS are really focusing on getting the 1st party games out there to gain momentum for their consoles first, then use the money for a few 3rd party exclusives, which is probably a factor in why Sony didn't lock FFXV and KH3 as exclusives. I know the PS4 might get exclusive content but still. That's how I see it. I expect Sony to lock a lot of Japanese 3rd party exclusives and MS to lock a few western exclusives here and there later on. 3rd party exclusives are always things that I love. I'd really rather not see these games come to PC and if they do anyway, it'' be a one time deal. What do you guys think?
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I don't think Final Fantasy XV will be affected by Xbox One, because after all, it was supposed to be a PS3 game, and I don't think they will add more improvements just because they are on next gen consoles. However, I think that having to port it to the Xbox will take more time, which is a slap in the face to the fans who have waited for 8 years already. At least it should be a PS timed exclusive.
Kingdom Hearts 3 was a weird decision to make it for the Xbox. There has not been a game for it and even the HD remaster KH 1.5 was not for Xbox (which I would guess they will port it by the time 2.5 is announced though). Even though it was announced, in the slim chance that the Xbox One doesn't sell as well as hoped and/or FF XV doesn't sell as well either, the game might get cancelled for Xbox One.
Let's see how it goes, but one thing for sure is that Square Enix hasn't pulled their heads out of their a$$es..
IMO...I think some higher ups in Squares camp has love for XB also,due to the fact the 360 has gotten at least 3 or 4 exclusives from Square & the PS3 has not,the one they promised to be exclusive to the PS3 (FFvsXIII) they renamed & now it's a multi plat.
All those SE games which were 360-exclusive were most likely the result of MS throwing money at them in an attempt to try and compete in the Japanese market. Despite this, they still failed in that market.
It's strange to see both of the games you go multi-platform. I suppose FFXIII was an indication of their plans in terms of platforms they would work with, but KHIII really was a surprise. KHIII on the PS4 and the WiiU, I could see and definitely understand, but on a platform that has never had any previous KH titles? That I find strange. Oh well, money talks - SE happen to need a lot of it right now and MS happen to have a lot if it. I am, however, still waiting for a Playstation exclusive from SE. First it was FFXIII, then it was going to be FFVXIII, with people assuming that KHIII would also be exclusive. Hopefully one day it will turn up.
I personally think the age of the third-party exclusive is dead. I don't see this as a bad thing - if anything, it's a testament to how strong the Playstation brand is. The fact that many previous PS exclusives are going multiplatform means that at some point, all of those franchises used to be exclusive. I'm willing to bet that not much convincing had to be done to make a game PS2 exclusive, given its market dominance. All in all, FF and KH going multiplatform is irrelevant to me. I'm getting a PS4. What happens on the XB1 is not my business. As far as I'm concerned, it may as well not exist.
Am I the only one really confused by this article? I read it and I saw mention of a lot of square stuff and some outrage about how certain series appear on other consoles without people having prior knowledge on the system, but I don't see what that has to do with the title.
Anyway, your logic is flawed. Exclusives are great, but there are people that play everything and it's not like having another option is going to make the game worse. Furthermore, like movies / television, a lot of sequels are not directly related to the previous titles in a large or in some cases anyway.
As far as the title goes, there still are plenty of third party exclusives, but not as many because the market can't stand like that. Things like the crap NISA publishes tend to be all PS3 exclusives, just like MGS 4 and a ton of other titles.
I don't think it'll be as troublesome as before because it seems like each system has about the same architecture around the board as opposed to what it was like with the PS3 and X360 where you had vastly different ways of how they did their job. Both systems will use Blu Ray, which is a definite plus to making that happen. So you might not see things cut or gimped for that reason. I didn't see as much concern over things this time. First parties should make the console exclusives, I think.
Thing is about the SE titles, though. I wonder why not a PC release for KH3 and FF15? They've seem to have begun to embrace the PC market lately (the Final Fantasy 7 PC re-release is on Steam and is pretty good and easily modded), and their Eidos releases only further to my belief on that. I can only imagine what KH3 or FF15 would look like on an ultra powerful gaming PC! If they want to make the two games multiplat, go all the way and give the PC some KH love, too!