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Old 03-23-2007, 05:13 PM   #1
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Sony: FFXIII PS3 exclusivity under discussion
Sony France executive says in interview that Square Enix's latest installment may not be exclusive to the console after all.

By Emma Boyes, GameSpot UK
Posted Mar 22, 2007 6:36 am PT

One more platform-exclusive title may be going multiplatform, it has been revealed. The latest news appears to be that Square Enix's latest epic role-playing game, Final Fantasy XIII, may follow other titles--including Saints Row, Assassin's Creed, and Devil May Cry 4--that have now been announced as appearing on at least one other platform as well.

Sony Computer Entertainment France president Georges Fornay dropped the bombshell in an interview with French-language newspaper Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace (subscription required). He said, "The development costs of games have exploded, and it has become more difficult to have exclusives, outside of our own games. But we have for launch day [in France] 30 games, including MotorStorm, Resistance: Fall of Man, and Virtua Fighter 5. Moreover, we are expecting 200 games [for the PS3] by the end of 2007...As far as Final Fantasy XIII goes, I can tell you that the exclusivity is in discussion."

Fornay went on to say that he believed that the PS3 would be particularly successful in France, and that there had been approximately 60,000 preorders made (compared to 40,000 made for the Xbox 360, and 75,000 for the Wii). France will be getting approximately 150,000 of the 1 million consoles allocated to PAL regions.

He also answered questions about backward compatibility for the next-gen console, responding to fears that the console would not support many PS2 titles without the Emotion Engine. Fornay said, "Now, if you ask me whether this was a blow to the launch, I would say that [Sony] would have done better to be sure that the console would be completely backward compatible before announcing it. But hey, when it becomes clear what the PS3 is capable of, gamers won't really fancy playing PS2 [games] anymore..."

Square Enix had not returned calls to comment as of press time.


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Old 03-23-2007, 05:30 PM   #2
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That last sentence pisses me off so much.
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Old 03-23-2007, 05:38 PM   #3
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At this point, the only thing holding me back from getting a 360 is Final Fantasy and Suikoden (Well, and Metal Gear, but I'm sure that'll go to the 360 as well). If FF went to the 360, I'd definitely buy one over a PS3.
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Old 03-23-2007, 07:19 PM   #4
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Old 03-23-2007, 07:45 PM   #5
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That last sentence pisses me off so much.
The not returning calls sentence?
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Old 03-23-2007, 08:16 PM   #6
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If the FF franchise goes multiplatform... Sony is fucked.
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Old 03-23-2007, 10:43 PM   #7
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Old 03-23-2007, 10:47 PM   #8
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Heard rumors of this and MGS going to the 360. With GTA4 there on launch day as well, I guess I made the right choice. Also SvR...

Seems that third party exclusives are a dying breed.
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Old 03-23-2007, 11:26 PM   #9
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MGS is always ported over sometime anyway. So even if it's not truly multiplatform, it's not really an exclusive.

SVR, to be fair, is more or less an issue that they're already putting otu a wrestling game for multipler systems. The recent games have been so similar, it's hard to consider them separate franchises. just Smackdown! And Smackdown! Lite. So that makes sense.

When a top-tier franchise goes multiplatform, it's a bit different.
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mgs4 is number 10 in 360's top 10 anticipated games on ign...
i searched mgs4 when i saw it and read the little article... basically the same as the final fantasy one at the top of the page but about kojima and mgs
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