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Technology Lifestyle Final Fantasy XIII, PS3 version delayed by Xbox 360
Technology Lifestyle Final Fantasy XIII, PS3 version delayed by Xbox 360 | Final Fantasy XIII, PS3 version delayed by Xbox 360 |
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| by Mike Bantick | |
| Sunday, 03 August 2008 | |
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Square Enix's president Yoichi Wada has backed up this decision with the thinking behind it. Seeing the Xbox 360 as further step into North America for Square's products; ”We always consider the territory and hardware for titles, and I just want to make sure that we're neutral about dealing with companies." "In North America Microsoft is doing very well with its hardware, and for that reason it's a very important partner for us," said Wada, continuing, ""We're now in the age of the multi-platform, but depending on age and territory, users have different tastes. Therefore it's very difficult to just deal with one company or one hardware platform - in order to offer our product to the vast majority of gamers we need to deal with multiple companies and platforms." Which is all well and good, and will have investors in Square Enix rubbing their hands in glee. A further 20 million console base to sell their products on looks promising for the companies bottom line. So what could be wrong? Errm the fact that development of the next in the blockbuster series has not yet begun. Add to this that the plan is to release the PS3 version at the same time as the Xbox 360 version and some nervousness in both FF Fan and Investor camps starts to creep in. More on Page 2 |
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