E3 2008 was massive for Square Enix. They didn't announce any new games, or wow anyone with new trailers for their highly anticipated games. However, they did drop the bomb that Final Fantasy XIII would no longer be exclusive to the PlayStation 3, as it would also be appearing on the Xbox 360.
Since then, support for Square Enix has dropped considerably, and not just amongst loyal Sony supporters. Consistent rumours about Final Fantasy XIII delays and the game's production values, as well as other reports about the company have tarnished Square Enix's reputation in the West. What better place to try and rekindle the love affair than at the biggest trade shown in the world, E3.
I'm gonna send them to E3 2009 and tell them just run around and Cough like a mother fuka
LIES! You know the truth! Heart break :(
"E3 2008 was massive for Square Enix. They didn't announce any new games, or wow anyone with new trailers for their highly anticipated games."
So then it obviously wasn't "massive" for them. I don't consider a dead series (Final Fantasy; S-E killed it when they started making the games) going multiplatform to be massive or shocking. I wasn't interested in this mediocre RPG when it was exclusive and i'm still not interested in it.
"Since then, support for Square Enix has dropped considerably, and not just amongst loyal Sony supporters."
Yeah, they lost support from "loyal Sony supporters", they lost a lot of support from fans who were fans of the Final Fantasy games (they lost support when S-E first started making the games and then even more when they decided to downgrade the game to fit it on a last gen console). They lost even more support after that when people started seeing that they can only make mediocre games (especially when it comes to RPGs).
Everyone is still going to buy Final Fantasy.
Just give me a new trailer of FFVersus, more gameplay footage of FFXIII (with the new build) and a new game for PS3/360.
And for the fanboys: Square is supporting the PS3 (the one who destroyed everything was Tri-Ace, think about that).
Square is a Multiplatform developer now, like Capcom.
Just believe. I've played the FFXIII demo, and I can say it's going to be the best JRPG of this entire generation. The graphics, the battle system, the CGI scenes. Everything is looking fantastic.