Quote Originally Posted by Mirage View Post
1. If they keep it a PS3 exclusive, they lose lots of potential money, and all the 360 players would lose out on a (probably) good game.
No. Xbox 360 doesn't count because there's a significant amount of people who pirate games for the console. That means money not guaranteed for the developers. It's money guaranteed for developers if they make a game only for PS3. This isn't the case because XIII is already multiplatform, anyway.

Also, it doesn't mean multiplatformity > exclusivity in terms of profit. You can still make a lot of money if you develop game for a specific console. It just depends on how you initialise your marketing strategy.

SquareEnix is a rich company. If they knew that going multi-platform (according to your belief that multiplaform = more money) would make a lot more money than single-platform, why didn't they stick with that plan from the initial announcement of XIII back in 06? Fastforward to 2 or so years later, they've changed mind and decided to go for multiplaform. Why? It's very obvious that Microsoft paid them to go for multiplatform.

And stop saying that 360 would lose a (probably) good game. Dude, 360 has a lot of good games already.

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2. If I boycot the game, I lose out on a (probably) good game.
360 has many good games, and you would whine if no XIII?

3. Source on nerf?
Here's a classic example:

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Yeah, blame the downgrades and long delays on the Xbox 360!