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Fianl Fantasy XIII may not be a PS3 Exclusive

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Originally Posted by Gamespot

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 Derni�res 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.

While not a definate death toll yet, it seems like Sony keeps losing more and more exclusives.

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2008 is pretty much te year that is going to make or break the PS3. And possibly Sony. If All Sony has in the end is MGS4 and all the other games are on the other systems multi, its not going to spell death, but they're going to have to spend millions (or more) advertising everyone to buy their version and it'll make the entire point of having a high cost system, once again, pointless.

I just...see no way out for Sony.

...if FFXIII goes to the 360, I'm getting it. Because then it has reached critical mass for a game library that I'm interested in.

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wow...if Sony loses FF too, I'm gonna keel over. What they need to do right now is pull all of the PS3's off the shelves, say they made a mistake and revamp it...'cause their situation can't get much worse

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Originally Posted by Enthash

Oh it can. Kojima can delay the launch for MGS4 for no reason given yet again. Then on the launch day for Smash Bros Brawl, surprise announce that suddenly MGS4 is no longer going to be on the PS3 but multi platform for the Wii and XBOX360 only.

With how the system is going and how long its taking all the games to be made...its not out of the relm of possibility.

I can see them losin MGS too. They have lost absolutely everything within half a year, the only success was BR beating out HD DVD, and that doesnt mean much. They aren't making a profit, and probably wont eihter, and almost all the money they made off of PS2 (About $600K) has been lost (About $400K) I wanted one, but at this rate, it will be pulled from shelves and discontinued.

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Originally Posted by Eltargrim

...if FFXIII goes to the 360, I'm getting it. Because then it has reached critical mass for a game library that I'm interested in.

Meh, what he said.

Sony is more or less done, all the PS2 money is pretty much gone, I think this might be the last console from Sony.

This is a serious problem for the PS3, since if it doesn't have any serious system exclusives, there's no need for anyone to buy it. Add that to the fact that Microsoft has been angling to lower their prices if and when the PS3 has a price drop, it will remain too expensive for most people to bother buying for just a few seperate games.

I mean, how many people initially bought any Playstation just for Final Fantasy?

The PS3 may well be dead by Summer. I really have less and less hope for it. I mena, I still want it, but if it does die so soon, I will hvae next to nothing to play.