PS3 is a bit really, there's more in the online store I want than actual games. I got a PS1 at launch and a PS2 a few months after, I played more PS1 games than I didn't and I played a huge number of PS2 games. Between 1995 and 2006 I played more PS stuff than anything else by a wide margin. I don't see why Squenix should for one minute have stuck to the PS3 when Sony couldn't even convince me to buy one over a 360. And whilst PS3 sales are improving now, back when Squenix had to actually make this decision the view was a bit different.

And whilst FFX was a bit extreme about it, it's not as if other FFs have been different in pacing. You have to go through 90% of the game before the majority of the sidequests actually open up.