Square Enix's PS3 Console Exclusive MMO

Gameplayer has received word on what one of the new games to be announced by Square Enix at E3 2009 and it is an MMO that's a console exclusive for the PS3. Details inside...

[SlappingOysters]

I just don't know, no matter how aweosome the developer might be, that I will ever get used to the idea of MMOs on consoles.

It just seems to slow and ponderous for couch gaming.

[UltimateIdiot911]

Well for one thing, PS3 does support keyboard and mouse. Another is we already got a few MMO coming for the PS3.

[SlappingOysters]

but there has been so many console MMOs in the wings this generation that have never been released, like Age of Conan.

I hope it is not an MMORPG at the very least, or that Pirates of teh Carribean MMO that just got semi-announced. Disney and Square have a relationship as we know.

[Chris399]

Or an inside corporate joke.

SE and the PS3 are like Superman and Kryptonite. And after wasting the cash on Infinite Undiscovery and The Last Remnant, I'd prefer that their relationship stay that way. And it's nothing against the 360 either, those games were an insult to ANY system (and yes they only "published" them, but publishing something is the same as putting your stamp of approval on it, they are just as guilty in the creation of those monstrosities as Tri Ace was). They should stick to portable titles, where they seem to not mess up as wretchedly.

Besides, Demon's Souls sh*ts all over SE's current catalog. And there are much more interesting JRPGs currently released and on the horizon than what they can offer - for me anyhow - no offense to whoever is still anticipating FF XIII.

I've already seen all the films in the Star Wars franchise, so I'm fairly familiar with how that title is going to pan out :)

[iamtehpwn]

That means...those 3 unannounced games and the new Final fantasy XIII media...........

hmmmmmmmmmm. :]
Sony's gonna have a good show :]

[- Ghost of Sparta -]

This means two new MMO's will be announced for the PS3 at E3. http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News...

[velcry]

But SE's kinda like the bf/gf who has gone back on their word one too many times, such that you probably wouldn't want to pin too many hopes on their word.

I don't believe in the 'exclusivity'.

[Megatron08]

if you read the article it goes on to say that its not exclusive to the ps3. Making you wonder why the hell they titled it that way

[HadeShade]

In fact, its still is. The first MMO I played i still think it is the best. It is the only Asian MMO to hit it big in the US.It has so many features that i believe should be standard in the MMO industry. (The best being job system, making a new char for each new class is dumb imo)

I for one do not care at all where the this games comes too. Even though I am PS3 fan (all though I own both systems), I would like to see this released in all platforms. Just like FFXI before it, where anyone in the world in any platform can play together(PC,PS2,PS3, AND 360), I would like to see as many ppl play the new SE MMO. I will be the next MMO that i really commit too.

[Game13a13y]

this MMO sounds pretty sweet, if they don't charge any subscription fees like WOW, then i can see the potential of MMO on consoles.

[hay]

Ah, so Rapture is finally going to be announced.

But looking at Square-Enix, PS3 and Exclusive in one sentence makes you wanna say: wadaf*ck?

[Tony P]

My bad, I totally glossed over PC somehow in 'console exclusive'. Now I've gone from surprise to mild eyebrow raising.

I wonder what the reason for passing over 360 is. They probably have a good one since they're about the only company with an MMO on a next gen console.

[rob6021]

@Tony P

I'm pretty sure the reason for 360 being left out is most 360 owners have the 20gb model, which is only 13gb or so in space usable, and who knows what MS actually lets companies use out of that. The age of conan devs were complaining about this issue somewhere before working on their 360 port - which is no where to be found yet. The fact of the matter is MMOs are huge games, constantly expanding and you don't want to be boxed into 12-13gb max for a game. FFXI already uses most of the space and since it was released on 360, the expansions we've seen are rehashes of old zones and new quests, with not really that much new content, possibly cause they don't have room on the 360 version. Sure 360 owners can upgrade, but paying 100 bucks then the cost of a full game (then monthly fees) is just ridiculous and no one would do it.

[PS360WII]

I hear you slappy. MMO's on consoles just don't fit well inside my head. Luckily not all is lost as this is coming out on PC as well. Which when Rapture was first announced way back when it was for Vista and the hd consoles... guess they just dropped the 360 for this game. I say as long as it still gets a PC release all is well.

[Christopher]

They glossed over the 360 because not every 360 has a HDD and peripherals conducive to MMO gaming aren't readily available in comparison to the PS3. The most sold 360 bundle in the last year is the one with 256 MB of available space.

The aforementioned gloss over will surely be looked into once MS decides to give them some more money.

[njr]

This is pretty much what they do after they release a couple of bombed exclusives on the 360. They'll keep going back and forth if their games keep sucking.

[FamilyGuy]

This turned out to be true, somewhat

IT was FFXIV, and so that means it WAS leaked.

[Mucudadada]

My friend Soseki is going to have a gazam when he sees this...

[Soseki]

Oh, dear...
I think I'm going to cry. Actually, I'll just squeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaalllll llllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!

[qface64]

square enix? ehm ps3 exclusive? something doesn't sound right here

[Megaton]

SquareEnix... exclusive... PS3... does not compute. Wada must have mixed up where his underhanded moneybags came from.

The whole idea of MMO's on a console is pretty shaky, in my opinion. I've played them on PC, but I can't see myself grinding it out on my couch with a controller the way I would at my desk on a keyboard/mouse. The Agency is the only console MMO in the pipeline that I'm even remotely interested in, but of course I have no idea what this one will be like.

[SlappingOysters]

Wrong reply button

[Sarcasm]

Wada might have yelled to one of the employees "Make our next-o MMO on the BESTo hardaware!" "Whichi one iz it Wada-san!?" "Youuu know whichi one it is!"

And so, the employee notes down PS3.

The End.

[wUTTer]

lol

[Chris Hansen]

I don't trust gameplayer.com.au

[SlappingOysters]

They were right about the Kojima annoucement the other day

[cmrbe]

but Wada that i don't trust. After saying that FF13 is exclsuive for two years they suddenly change their minds.

I can never ever trust SE again, especially with Wada still around.

[Christopher]

In general, I agree with Chris about not trust gameplayer.com.au. The majority of their articles are intended to incite flame wars between fanboys and those who like to incite flame wars for the heck of it. It's not that they can't get a few things right some of the time, but it's not like I go in trusting them because they got a few items right some of the time.

[SlappingOysters]

I think there is maybe three or four n4gers who hang at the gameplayer site. They put up heaps more articles that never get above 10 or 20 degrees on this site, but as soon as a couple of people on here start a flame war often when there isn't one implied it goes to the top of the site and that is all you see. So it looks like every article is a flame starter, when in truth there is one in every 10 articles which is controversial and the n4g guys turn it into a flame war.

Classioc example was the Red Faction Guerrilla review from yesterday which was the first on the Net and it only went to 130 degrees.

Anyway that is why I tend to trust them, because 90% of their articles you never see.

[4pocalyps3]

not getting my hopes up. got a feeling gna have to shít out money to play this and then find out that its going multiplatform aswel. and besides havent been a mmo fan. got enough games on my plate to handle atm. PS3 FTW!!

[DNAgent]

It doesn't matter what kind of game they make because it will be mediocre just like the rest of the garbage they make (and will make). I won't be playing it regardless of what it is.

[SSCOOLCHEA]

But I gave up on square after the betrayal . They will never ever get a penny from me. yeah sucks to be me i wont be playing none of there games. But they can suck it to

[cmrbe]

Hey that's great....zzzz

[TheIneffableBob]

Wow, what's the point of confusing people by saying console exclusive? I thought it was PS3 only at first, but the game is on PS3 and PC.

[Baka-akaB]

Well it's the same with most exclusive 360 titles , when they were in fact on pc as well (not all but most)

[Arnon]

So we don't consider 360/PC games exclusive to the 360, but we consider PS3/PC games exclusive to the PS3?

[GeoramA]

Awesome. Can't wait to play it in 5 years.

It's Square, so you gotta be realistic...

[Shadow Man]

and PC exclusive... where is the love for my 360?

[raztad]

LOL dude.
It's not like the 360 is lacking love from SE, and besides you never know when those SE games are released. 4 years from now perhaps?

[Claudinho69]

ya been waiting for this

[chidori666]

it makes no sense.

[Jecht]

When dealing with Square-Enix, all times the words PS3 and exclusive are used, the word exclusive should appear with quotations. For example, Final Fantasy XIII should have been touted as a PS3 "exclusive" instead of a PS3 exclusive. The reasoning is because it wasn't.

So, this MMO is hearby categorized as a PS3 "exclusive".

[Knightofelemia]

Square making a Ps3 exclusive has the world gone mad lol or has the head of the company realised the mistakes he has been making. But until I see photos of boxart with a PS3 logo i find it hard to believe they'll make a Ps3 exclusive.

[Raoh]

LOL i'll believe it when i see it. square has already devoted themselves to microsoft. unless the ps3 picks up some real steam and wada makes more bad decisions to the point that the stock holders hold him responsible and demand change.. i just dont see it.

ps3 doesnt even have last remnant yet and that wasnt even a good game. ffxi port? really? and now ps3 exclusive mmo? after they already announced rapture to be multiplatform?

the more i type the less i believe it.

[dogmeat eater]

They make awful games.

[dogmeat eater]

Square stinks.

[SpitFireAce85]

be if it wasn't for the PlayStation family

[Godmars290]

Not that FFVII would be what it is. Xenogears, considering its subject matter, dead on drawing board.

[Godmars290]

Even if they do only have themselves to blame for it.

[steck67]

Looks like they learned their lesson.

[Rybnik]

WHAAAAA!(+*>?) T F!!!!!
This is a typo...gotta be...right?
they mean 360 exclusive. If not, wow. That would be a MEGATON @ Sony's conf
Well, we will see soon...6 more days

[raztad]

I doubt an MMO would be MEGATON :D

It´ s kinda lame many PS3 owners find hard to believe a SE game could even appear on the PS3. Well, I guess SE has done a lot to lose fans's trust.

BTW, I have very high hopes on Resonance of Fate from Sega. I heard it got a very interesting semi-realtime combat system. Something like VC's. Very interesting indeed.

[Rybnik]

I agree Raz, but look at teh recent history. FFXIII and VS are the only games that seem like will at least be main PS3 games.

[Etseix]

i HOPE its not FF XI (wich im pretty sure it will be, still , hope not lol) 4 years from now... a game from ps2..... dam! put something new SE!!

[Man_of_the_year]

As the title says "exclusive" and FFXI is on the 360.

[ActionBastard]

I'd care if my attention wasn't on Demon's Souls and White Knight Chronicles. Sorry SE :(

[MetalGearBear]

M$ lose money.

[ultimolu]

It better be good.

[four-two]

the number of MMO announced on the PS3 is 7.

3 from SoE:
- Free Realms (f2p launch on PC the last month, count already 2 milions of active accounts)
- DC universe (City of Heroes with DC theme universe and a gameplay design for console)
- The Agency (FPS-TPS action MMO)

1 from NCsoft (still unannounced, maybe is Guild Wars, Aion or Blade and Soul).

1 from Square Enix:
- Rapture (code name, is announced like a very different MMO from FFXI)

2 by Q entertainment (yep, the guys from Rez, Meteos and Lumines):
- Angel Love Online
- Angel Senki (the two game are conversion of PC f2p MMO with microtransaction)

There a lot of MMO for a console...

[JD_Shadow]

Don't forget that they are (FINALLY) porting over FFXI itself to the PS3. That actually makes 8 PS3 MMOs to be coming (yeah, I know FFXI is multiplat. So sue me!).

[Abortion]

does this have to do with the article image?

[Sushidrew]

Read the title

[MajesticBeast]

its not 11 cause its exclusive 360 has ff 11 so it will be something new still couldnt rly care tho.

[Rai]

next year at Microsofts e3 we are bringing the MMO over to the 360 because we want more people to experience it.

[AKNAA]

Why Couldn't SE announce their games within a year before release instead of making us wait 4-5 yrs. from now?!
so annoying...

[slave2Dcontroller]

dont know what the hell their going to do half the time. I dont even listen to SE anymore. Their ish will get here when it gets here. This MMO will probably be about as exclusive as FF13. They make some cool games when they want but their words are a mere joke as far as I'm concerned.

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

What happened? M$'s check now voided?

[Kratos_1986]

whats up SE ? thing didnt go well with M$ ? or did u just have noticed that your supporters are playstaion fans ?

[Pika-pie]

Naaa, dont believe this for one second

[robotnik]

Gameplayer sucks.

[deckard579]

square is like your ex girlfriend who was once hot and beautiful back in the days...now square is a fat, obese, snaggle tooth, bald headed hoe who is working the streets to pay off the pimp aka M$...no thanks square!!! Get yourself together first then maybe your true fanbase will some day forgive you for all your deviance.

[heyheyhey]

haha yeah.. either Square is lying again and will just announce it for 360 at next year's E3

...or they took a look at their financial results and realized d!ck-riding MS isn't so great after all, lol

[360DownINflames]

Hey I was on the anti SquareE bus as well but this is seriously so EPIC I dont think people even understand...

WOW... Console seller guaranteed. I predict Japan Sales surge beyond Wii 1 year after the release of this game...

[rob6021]

I KNEW IT, I've been saying this all along, I was willing to bet this game was going to skip the 360. It's simple. Most 360's still have 20gb hard drives(13gb usable) and that's not really acceptable for a full HD MMO, as well as expansions. It's just not going to happen on that amount of space. And to upgrade just to play this game it costs $99 minimum yea they'd sure move a ton of units on 360.

When you consider FFXI already takes up almost all that space on its own and it uses last gen graphics.
Microsoft lost this game with their decision to make the cheapest console they could.

[Blackcanary]

i had a Lv 60 WHM so bring it on SE.

[Ps_alm3k]

Japan will drink this like water!!!
Depending on how this game will be, i will forgive Square.
but if this game is crap, i will buy the game and crack it in half, then plant in the garden
so it can turn into a crystal forest!!! yay!!

[mrmikew2018]

I think it's too late for Square-Enix

[saimcheeda]

it would be more like SE's PS4 Cinsole Exclusive!!!!and when its released it probably wont be that good either!!

[J@D]

It sound more like a rumor to me, lets see what Sony got on they conference.

[SL1M DADDY]

...Meh.

Not too keen on Squeenix's loyalty these days so I will believe it when I see it.

[blacksniper]

Why are they calling this a PS3 exclusive when they know that they'll change their minds and make it for the 360 as well.

[Ravage27]

As long as Wada is still alive, there's no chance of this game remaining exclusive. Hell, the PS3 version might even get canned after it is announced to be multiplatform, just like Last Remnant. I'm still waiting for them to go bankrupt, serve them right for ignoring their fans

[kazan]

going bankrupt serve no one, i just hope they stand up again and bring their self together and open their eyes toward their true fans bring back the era of FF10 and before,,,

[PS360WII]

Well fans enjoy the developers and don't care about what system they put those games on. If you want some great SE titles this gen get yourselves a DS and PSP.

[Man_of_the_year]

As long as it's free....no monthly cost as in most MMO games online, then i will be all over this game. Thanks SE for the great games on both platforms.

[PS360WII]

I agree. It would be nice if there are no monthly fees but seems highly unlikely.

[LTC]

U dont own a PS3 so how u gonna play this? PC?
Also "great games on both platforms" er SE havn't released a PS3 game yet, its just been trash on 360.

[Man_of_the_year]

Oh look another ignorant shiat for brains Droid. If you actually clicked my bio instead of showing how stupid you really are, you would see my PSNID as well as checked my past history and said how much i love my PS3 but like i said you're just an ignorant Droid so i wouldn't expect anything less from your kind.

And SE is one of the greatest RPG companies ever to develope games. But i guess you are too young to remember anything outside of this gen of gaming and are still pissed off that the 360 is getting FFXIII as well.

[Dead_Cell]

Nod to Tyranids?
And I could have sworn I have seen that nickname somewhere,think from Resistance.

[E74]

you love your ps3??, its kinda hard to see that the way you always go around bashing it, i think your just a fanboy in denial who says he has a ps3 so that you have an "excuse" to hate on it.

and why do you always use the word droid.

[rawd]

Square Penix lost my money when they sold out. There are so many amazing PS3 games out, sorry dudes

[Namikaze_Minato]

Well...Square must release games on PS3. They are loosing their fanbase.

PLEASE SQUARE, I DON'T CARE IF YOUR GAMES ARE MULTIPLATFORM (I own a 360, and will buy a PS3 next year for FFXIII), BUT YOU NEED TO SUPPORT PS3 TOO!

[Homicide]

I'm not a big fan of MMOs, but I'll try this out.

[thehitman]

Lets hope for a mouse/keyboard support I wish every mmo i played on my pc was on my ps3 just w/ mouse and keyboard. I dream the day I can play a MMO w/ gaurentee lag free. Also if its ps3 exclusive i hope its free to play... but knowing SE i doubt it.

[solidt12]

Looks like Sony has all basis covered for E3 this year. Sounds like the best E3 for and Single company ever.

[Daoshai]

sounds like your a delusional fanboy who claims victory before e3 even begins.

[Ps_alm3k]

You think Ms releasing 2-3 new games and another stolen ip will phase ps3 owner, Nope!!
I might sound like a fanboy, but honestly (keep it gamer real) Ps3 has the games!!! In quality, quantity and in variety. You should either get both system, or if on the fence, get one. So with that said get a 360,,Yay!!!

[astrotriforce]

Very interesting. Personally I am a console player not a PC player. So for me this is exciting news. I agree that no MMO has really made then transition to the console successfully with the arguable exception of Final Fantasy XI, but I still think that the console MMO market has simply not been done right or been tapped in the proper way. Maybe Square will be the one to do so? Also, with all consoles offering keyboard support (and I imagine since they all have USB ports mouse support could easily be added) then controls really aren't, or shouldn't be, an issue. I'm interested to see more.

[Thoreau]

you are a liar. i have read your anti/sony posts and i have to call BS when i see it.

[bjornbear]

I don't know...very weird PS3 exclusive with FFXIII going multiplat. Hope it turns out better than FFXI! Come one SE!! Don't lost yet marbles!! =D

[Seferoth75]

LMAO..BAD move.. A company that stupid deserves to go under.. Putting an MMO on PS2 was ok, it had the install base to support it. PS3 doesnt and probably never will.

Not even considering the fact that most people bought the PS3 to save 50 a year, you think they will happily pay 15 a month for just 1 game? Of course not, most of them are 16 and under any way. They have no source of income. Also explains why PS3 has the poorest software sales of any console.

Just one of many really bad moves by Square. So many PS3 owners feel cheated because Square is no longer exclusive to Sony. So while some will pass just based off of childish behavior, the others will pass over lack of funds. And it all ends up being time and money wasted for a group that could care less about quality, just as long as iuts exclusive and they can hype it before its release.

[Shnazzyone]

Plus i have this nightmare where i pick up an MMO for the first time and end up dying behind the keyboard after a week of not eating/sleeping/drinking/ going to the bathroom.

[Djinn]

I really hope this is false. I'd rather have a normal rpg than an effing mmo.