FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tiesto]

Star Ocean 4 is a PS3 exclusive

 :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
 


THIS FUCKING SUCKS. Now I'm gonna have to actually buy a PS3

[BlueTsunami]

MY PS3 PURCHASE IS JUSTIFIED

OH WAIT? WHEN DOES IT COME OUT?

:cryyyyyyyyyyyyyy

I seriously cannot wait for this game though, even if SO3 was full of gay.

[Mr. Gundam]

Well, 360 gets Infinite Undiscovery, PS3 gets Star Ocean 4. Tri-Ace lovin' for everyone... except the Wii.

I loved Star Ocean 2, but hated SO3...

[demi]

If SO4 is shit, then you're in no rush to get a PS3.

[Smooth Groove]

Why do Jap companies keep trying to make less money?  It's silly for them to ignore a large userbase just because their systems are made by a non-Japanese company. 

[The Fake Shemp]

Considering Capcom, Namco, Square-Enix and Konami are making content, much of it exclusive, for the Xbox 360 - I don't think that's true.  It's just the luck of the draw.  Maybe they felt the PS3 demographic was a better business model for them.

[Van Cruncheon]

what? how did ANYBODY like star ocean 2? so3 wasn't good, but it was WAY better than the ugly, inane crap that was so2. what are you homersekshuls smoking?

[Prost]

what kind of game is star ocean?

[Van Cruncheon]

jappy rpg

[Van Cruncheon]

at least they came to their senses!

[Howard Alan Treesong]

what? how did ANYBODY like star ocean 2? so3 wasn't good, but it was WAY better than the ugly, inane crap that was so2. what are you homersekshuls smoking?

I read "homersekshuls" as "home schoolers"

[Smooth Groove]

Considering Capcom, Namco, Square-Enix and Konami are making content, much of it exclusive, for the Xbox 360 - I don't think that's true.  It's just the luck of the draw.  Maybe they felt the PS3 demographic was a better business model for them.

The PS3 is still a safer bet to get most of the top name series, such as FF,Tekken, MGS, which is just plain silly at this point.  There's no way those companies would make more money by making their games PS3 -xclusive unless Sony is paying them huge amounts of money, which is unlikely, since Sony has admitted to being reluctant in paying for exclusives.  Also, titles such as FF and MGS are so huge anyway that they wouldn't need Sony to offer extra marketing in return for being exclusive. 

[Mr. Gundam]

Considering Capcom, Namco, Square-Enix and Konami are making content, much of it exclusive, for the Xbox 360 - I don't think that's true.  It's just the luck of the draw.  Maybe they felt the PS3 demographic was a better business model for them.

The PS3 is still a safer bet to get most of the top name series, such as FF,Tekken, MGS, which is just plain silly at this point.  There's no way those companies would make more money by making their games PS3 -xclusive unless Sony is paying them huge amounts of money, which is unlikely, since Sony has admitted to being reluctant in paying for exclusives.  Also, titles such as FF and MGS are so huge anyway that they wouldn't need Sony to offer extra marketing in return for being exclusive. 

Maybe it's Japanese xenophobic loyalty? The 360 still isn't selling in Japan, regardless of how well it's doing here in North America.

[Mupepe]

SO2 was fucking awesome.  Touch me, Drinky.

[Smooth Groove]

It doesn't matter if the 360 isn't selling in Japan as long as their owners are willing to buy Japanese games.  The sucesses of games like Dead Risng, DOA, Lost Planet,etc have shown that 360 owners in the US will buy Japanese games.  The PS3 is not selling too well here but you don't see US publishers ignoring them, which is why it's dumb that the Jap companies keep reserving the biggest titles for the smallest userbase.  I think they're trying to make Sony the #1 platform like they did in the last two gens but the PS3's price seems to hold much more sway than big name exclusives. 

[bud]

those games you mentioned are like western games, or whatever, made by japanese devs whereas soa4 is a jrpg.

[Mr. Gundam]

It doesn't matter if the 360 isn't selling in Japan as long as their owners are willing to buy Japanese games.  The sucesses of games like Dead Risng, DOA, Lost Planet,etc have shown that 360 owners in the US will buy Japanese games.  The PS3 is not selling too well here but you don't see US publishers ignoring them, which is why it's dumb that the Jap companies keep reserving the biggest titles for the smallest userbase.  I think they're trying to make Sony the #1 platform like they did in the last two gens but the PS3's price seems to hold much more sway than big name exclusives. 

Even with price drops, the PS3 won't see a spike in sales without some big exclusives, they need both things to happen. I'm not saying it's a logical move at the moment when looking at worldwide sales, but that's what it looks like is happening with FFXIII, MGS4, Tekken 6, and maybe Star Ocean 4 (still not officially confirmed to be on the PS3).

Like the narrator in Gauntlet Legends says, "PS3 needs games badly!"

[tiesto]

Hmm, in other news this report is still unconfirmed, which is a relief. The person who originally announced this was Tim Rogers, who is pretty pro-Sony (he works there I think) and not a very trustworthy fella I would have personally expected SO4 to go dual platform, SO is one of the more popular RPG series in the US (both SO2 and especially 3 were pretty damn successful as far as US RPGs go), and obviously the 360 is the HD era system of choice in the US. Not to mention, there is Infinite Undiscovery, made by tri-Ace and published by MS, so tri-Ace already has 360 dev kits and experience from that.

I am shocked people hate SO2 and prefer 3 over it... especially Drinky. SO2 seems like the epitome of a Drinky game, with the amount of depth and detail the skills/item creation system have, and having quite a number of large, grind-heavy dungeons.

[drohne]

afaik the famitsu article confirmed that so4 would be exclusive to 'a console that can produce beautiful graphics' -- nobody knows why tim rogers has settled on ps3

and i don't why i'm following this when i don't care about star ocean or jrpgs or whether games are on ps3 or 360

[demi]

afaik the famitsu article confirmed that so4 would be exclusive to 'a console that can produce beautiful graphics' -- nobody knows why tim rogers has settled on ps3

and i don't why i'm following this when i don't care about star ocean or jrpgs or whether games are on ps3 or 360

Because Prole will buy it anyway. And we play games. Holla.

[Mr. Gundam]

I would have personally expected SO4 to go dual platform, SO is one of the more popular RPG series in the US (both SO2 and especially 3 were pretty damn successful as far as US RPGs go), and obviously the 360 is the HD era system of choice in the US. Not to mention, there is Infinite Undiscovery, made by tri-Ace and published by MS, so tri-Ace already has 360 dev kits and experience from that.

People at Tri-Ace have said that SO4 will be exclusive to one console, but they've yet to say whether it will be PS3 or 360.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

afaik the famitsu article confirmed that so4 would be exclusive to 'a console that can produce beautiful graphics'

so all we know at this point is "not the wii"

[Mr. Gundam]

afaik the famitsu article confirmed that so4 would be exclusive to 'a console that can produce beautiful graphics'

so all we know at this point is "not the wii"

Yup. The scans from Famitsu sure don't look like Wii graphics.

[The Fake Shemp]

There's a strong likelihood that Metal Gear Solid 4 will be on the 360 at some point and the rumor mill has it that if The Last Remnant sells well, Square will put the Final Fantasy series on the 360, as well.  I really don't think Microsoft's Japanese development situation is as dire as you might think.

[tiesto]

Blue Dragon's sales aren't really giving me hope that the 360 market (who'd rather play boring Western RPGs like Oblivion and Two Worlds) will warm up to The Last Remnant

[The Fake Shemp]

Blue Dragon has mediocre marketing (c'mon, I've seen Microsoft throw more muscle behind Forza and Crackdown!) and a terribly kiddy aesthetic that will turn off most of its user base (which is older than most).  I think that's a poor indicator of determining what will sell in America and what will not.  I'm willing to bet that Lost Odyssey and The Last Remnant will sell pretty well, the former because of its more mature theme and the latter because of the Square marketing push.

[Himu]

Woot. Another ps3 exclusive.