PS3 could lose FFXIII as an exclusive

[Raiten]

Sony honestly is hurting alot from the loss they are experiencing with the sale of every PS3. around $200 to $310 per console. So they've sold about 2.5 million? That's over 650 Million dollars in 5 months. That's more than Sony can just brush off. Now I don't want the PS3 to die out, and I really doubt that it will, but if every console making title goes multi-platform, like I said before, there will be very little reason for people to buy a system that is $200 more than a console that has the game they want.

[slappy1]

God I hope not. Sony better f'n step up and stop this $#@!. They can't afford to lose any major titles anymore. Devil May Cry 4..ok that's acceptable, but if MGS and/or FF go multi-platform then millions of people will have little to no reason to purchase a PS3 anymore.

Who gives a $#@! if games are multiplatform? This is the way they should always be, unless your system is complete trash and exclusive titles are your only means at which you can compete.

What does "Sony better step up" mean? Maybe, Sony better fork up the dough.

Don't worry, sony and square have a long history. I would really be surprised to see a simultaneous release of FFXIXIXV on PS3 and 360. If it does happen, sell your PS3 while it still has value and get a 360.

[Uchuu]

Who gives a $#@! if games are multiplatform? This is the way they should always be, unless your system is complete trash and exclusive titles are your only means at which you can compete.

Hm........exclusives means a lot more than you think. They help make each individual console unique. If all consoles have the exact same games, then all consoles have pretty much turned into PC-style gaming. Everyone can play, and it'll just depend on your machine.

As an owner of both the 360 and the PS3, I can say that they are pretty much the same. Main differences between the 360 and PS3 right now is the controller, PS3 has blu-ray, and the 360 is cheaper (unless you buy the HD-DVD add on).

Since we're on the PS3 board, I have a 3 of theories on what Sony might do because of the potentail to lose all its 3rd-party exclusives....

Maybe Sony is going to just start working on some more quality 1st-party titles for now(something along the lines of God of War caliber), so they don't have to worry about 3rd-party stuff.

OR

They want to take the gamble and focus on making dev kits ("that unlock the true potential of the PS3") for their developers(1st and 3rd parties). This will help them ease the pain of all their former exclusives turning into multi-platform games. Remember, last gen, lots of Xbox owners bought a majority of multiplatform games. This was mainly due to the fact that the Xbox was the graphically superior console(I did the same, all my sports games were on the Xbox, except for the WE/PES series).

OR

Some how convince 3rd party developers to utilize the space for the Blu-ray disc(currently, there's so much room, and few games get anywhere near the 15GB+ mark). Not only with extra data to help make the games look, play, and sound better (potentially has the ability to use uncompressed sounds), but actually get extra content on the disc(kind of like how the multi-platform games last gen made the PS2/Xbox version superior to the GC). This would help them advertise that 1. they get the most complete version of all games or 2. they don't need to swap discs all the time.

All of the above 3 would be nice too.

All I know is that if PS3 doesn't get something to seperate itself from the 360, people will just buy the 360 because it's cheaper. Think about it, why would you pay an extra $100-$200 just for the same games.