Final Fantasy XIII for 360...

[Commonmind]

Supposedly what gamers want is something more akin to the Wii; small, glossy and trendy looking (i.e., white -- or brushed aluminum).

The PS3 is huge, but at the very least it's huge and ugly in that attractive sort of way, like the girl in your biology class with the horn-rimmed glasses and the curvy hips that you can't stop staring at, despite her not conforming to what mainstream society views as "gorgeous." Sorry, personal moment there...

[Cayal]

The news of Final Fantasy going to 360 and the reaction to it has just been mind blowing.

Seriously people took it way too hard but even more I've realised fanboys just want the game on their system. They don't care if they play it or not, they just want it on their system alone.

Its just astounding. They still get to play the game, but heaven forbid Square try and make the most money from it.

[Commonmind]

If you haven't been already, check out the PS3/360 and FFXIII boards on Gamefaqs; it's quite entertaining.

[Cayal]

I really don't think I could handle it...lol

[Overread]

oh please don't expose me to that - there is a credible arguement to not wanting this -- and also credible ones for it ---- don't try telling that to a place with an average IQ of

LOL U NEWB R LK DUM

[Commonmind]

It was hilarious for the first few hours after the announcement; comedic gold.

[Overread]

so how many have decied to end their lives?
how many have "given up gaming"
and how many logged onto Relic news - shouted that htey would crack the game and got banned ?

[Commonmind]

Probably far more than any one of us would be able to comprehend.

[Armadillo-002]

Originally Posted by Overread

so how many have decided to end their lives?
how many have "given up gaming"
and how many logged onto Relic news - shouted that they would crack the game and got banned ?

EDIT: Overread

The hilarity of it , not so surprising to me, like I said MS are doing everything to try and get it right this time round, though it does bemuzzles me why fanboys are taking this way too hard.

[Cayal]

Microsoft will never get it right. They have zero idea on gaming and paying for them isn't going to help them. They are on a quick spiral to 3rd place.

[Armadillo-002]

Not a MS fanboy or anything, but that is a bit harsh Cayal saying they have zero knowledge on gaming. As for spiral to 3rd place, not too sure about that, but you could be right though.

[Commonmind]

It's been fairly obvious, so far. Microsoft has staked itself on Live, and is putting most of its forthcoming effort there as well. The problem is, while online gaming is the future of this medium, the experience is only fulfilling when there is solid software at its core. Save Halo and a few key franchises that Microsoft has been riding on, there's little else in the way of compelling, exclusive titles from their end (and as I've said, something reiterated in each E3 press conference, exclusive content drives the market; without it, a platform becomes a glorified multimedia player).

[Sephiroth]

Well, here's my considered reaction:



Meh. Not surprised, actually, but meh.

I'm definitely a fanboy, though. But a FF fanboy. I've always said I wouldn't pay money for a Microsoft console. But the reason is not, in fact, down to some kind of unhealthy attachment to the Sony Corporation. I'm a hopeless pinko, in fact, and the pair of them can jog on as far as I'm concerned...but the very concept of a Microsoft console depressed me when I first heard about it, and I don't feel any better about it now.

"Next they'll be making Microsoft TVs, fridges, cars, and selling us Microsoft mortgages, blah blah blah..." was something along the lines of my over-the-top rant at the time.


As for this announcement, I worry about what it will mean. I tend to agree with CM's point (expressed elsewhere) that Squenix and the FF franchise have enough problems with the games themselves, these days, without the multi-platform thing affecting quality as well.

Oh, and I liked your 'personal moment' there, CM.

[Commonmind]

Thanks

[Cayal]

Originally Posted by Armadillo-002

Not a MS fanboy or anything, but that is a bit harsh Cayal saying they have zero knowledge on gaming. As for spiral to 3rd place, not too sure about that, but you could be right though.

It might be harsh, but for a company whose gaming section has lost them money overall (reportedly) they shouldn't try and buy up the competition, nor should they be so smug about it.

Wii has outsold everyone everywhere.
And the PS3 is outselling 360 monthly these days.