Square-Enix gets an ego, supports Sony, but not too much
by Nick Doerr 
{ Sep 26th 2006 at 4:30PM }
What does this mean for us, the Playstation 3 loyalists? We'll get our not-really-final Final Fantasy XIII, hopefully our Dragon Quest IX, and other Square-Enix titles (how about reviving the Illusion of Gaia/Terranigma franchise? Please? Oooh, or Vagrant Story!). However, other consoles will be graced with a bit of Squeenix's presence (Sylpheed for the 360, Dragon Quest Swords for Wii...) but it would appear... not as much presence. Not surprising, but Square-Enix is sticking behind Sony this round, too. With Square's penchant for radically beautiful FMV's, they might actually use Blu-ray storage to its limit. Perhaps a perk of sticking with Sony?
[via Joystiq]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Aragorn @ Sep 26th 2006 5:37PM
"(much like a certain Bungie that helped along another suffering system"
well the Mac was never really a gaming platform :)
Ritchie Nolasco @ Sep 26th 2006 9:06PM
There's no real surprise here. Remember, Sony owns part of Square Enix. They are not the majority or controlling shareholder but their presence is significant enough to influence the game developer's executives.
The interview is just Square Enix's way of saying "Hey, we are not a Sony company nor are we their puppet."
turtleboy @ Sep 26th 2006 9:20PM
It's ok Sony I mean look at least you will still have grand theft auto. Oh no way wait it went to 360. Well hopefully kindom hearts 3 ends up on Wii, I mean not on Wii. This just reminds me of the nintendo 64 days all over again. Third party support would be a bummer to lose for Sony since they built their empire out of it. At least Nintendo has first party titles to hold them up. Microsft has Halo but what about Sony. It's just about all third party support. What helped them become king soon might dethrone them also.
OyoyoY123 @ Sep 26th 2006 11:00PM
hahhahahahahahalo
JJ @ Sep 27th 2006 12:42AM
Well Turtle boy i highly see as one or two games in development on other systems as a sign of Square leaving sony... they've been making GC games and DS games for years now too.
It would seem they're stance is the same as it always was, a few games for other systems but a majority for Sony. dont forget they have like 4 games coming out for the PS2 this year as well.
and sure MS has Halo... but halo alone wont help them get to the top, they need the kinda of support that the PS2 got for that. Its variety that sells a system, Not Halo and not Zelda and heck not even FInal Fantasy. Sure it HELPS, but one IP wont keep you on top.
Besides GTA has been on Xbox for years. It just came out later. So its not like they ever had it exclusive really... not since 3 anyway.
WiiOn360 @ Sep 27th 2006 2:46AM
"It's ok Sony I mean look at least you will still have grand theft auto. Oh no way wait it went to 360. Well hopefully kindom hearts 3 ends up on Wii, I mean not on Wii. This just reminds me of the nintendo 64 days all over again. Third party support would be a bummer to lose for Sony since they built their empire out of it. At least Nintendo has first party titles to hold them up. Microsft has Halo but what about Sony. It's just about all third party support. What helped them become king soon might dethrone them also."
Turtleboy, turtleboy, turtleboy.
You obviously don't realsie that Sony prabably have some of the best 1st party developers around.
They have Evoluion studios (WRC, Motorstorm), Team Ico, Team Soho (getaway), London Studios (Medievil, Primal, Ghosthunter) amongst others. They also have the God Of War developers, GT developers, Imsomniac, Naughty Dog & a thats just the totally sony loyal developers.
Comparing PS3 to N64 is not the smartest comparison as Nintendo scared off developers immiately. They had been using catridges for too long & would not change, due to the ammount they could charge 3rd parties that had to use nintendo's proprietry format. This coupled with the facts that Nintendo were synonomous for not helping 3rd parties with development tools & the limitations of storage capacity, made Nintendo run away as soon as Nintendo specified the N64 would be catridge based.
Look how many games are already in development for PS3, look how many developers are already prasiing sony for using bigger disks & you shall see how many more games are announced for Sony's console, 6 mths after launch. Once Sony gets a role on with PS3, again developers will devote the most exclusives to it.
Yeah @ Sep 27th 2006 7:45AM
Sony has no first party games ?
Are you crazy ?
Xbox360 fanboys are extreme stupid and ignorant
Their comments make me puke ?
Told you so @ Sep 27th 2006 5:14PM
PUKE PUKE PUKE!
Sony does have God of War... But nothing else worth mentioning.
Butterball @ Sep 28th 2006 1:05AM
Sony Doesn't have Halo 3, Halo Wars, 2 exclusive expansion packs for GTA4, Mass Effect, BioShock, Online for Tony Hawk Project 8, Blue Dragon, Splinter Cell 5, Forza 2, Project Gotham Racing 4, Fable 2, Peter Jackson's Wingnut games based on the Halo universe, Dead Or Alive, Gears of War, Half Life 2 with expansion episode packs and Team Fortress & Portal, Lost Planet, Xbox Live, Live Arcade...hmm what have I left out.
JJ @ Sep 28th 2006 2:36AM
Yeah its nice to ahve a list of games finally worth owning after only a year huh butterball?
You know 12 months from now someone could say the same about PS3 and Wii ya know?
and whose to say that GTAIV on Ps3 wont have its own exclusive content? and i though HL2 was multiplatform as in coming to PS3 as well.
I'm sure if someone tries hard enough they could come up with a list onc urrent systems that you could say the same about.
360 wont have.
*ahem* Okami, Yakuza, FFXIII, Rogue Galaxy, God Hand, Metroid, Zelda, Mario, Nintendo Opera, Socom, etc etc I could go on.
Now dont get me wrong i have a 360, but come on man. No need to be a rampant fanboy. Especially on a Sony oriented site no less.
stewie @ Sep 28th 2006 8:54AM
hey Butterball get this one straight this one is coming out for ps3 i think your fanboy supitity has blinded you
Half Life 2 with expansion episode packs and Team Fortress & Portal
Babby foot @ Sep 28th 2006 10:41AM
Yes indeed Half Life 2 will be coming out for the PS3 according to an article I found on Joystiq...it's listed to come out in 2006 which begs the question...Will online play be crippled on the PS3 version? It seems like Sony has been screwing over 3rd Party Developers by not delivering tools and libraries for enabling online play.
I guess EA may be running it's own servers. But it's certainly sad that Sony has left so many questions unanswered about Online capabilities so close to launch.
NOEEM @ Sep 28th 2006 1:02PM
I don't see why MS even bothers sending square-enix a dev kit. This will mark the second console cycle where they will have taken a wiz on the MS platform.
They obviously prefer sony, and the games they are "porting" to 360 actually hurt rather than help the system. That cracked-out version of Final fantasy was soooo phoned in, and made me long for a ps2 version.
I'm not saying they aren't a really gread development studio, nor am I saying the 360 isn't up-to-snuff, but I say MS should just tell them to screw themeseleves. After this cycle MS will neck in neck with PS3 in North America (possibly in europe) which is THE major market. With the increasing cost of development it will become poor business sense not to go multiplatform in that region.
MS hould let square-enix make the request rather than further feeding their ego and getting shafted as always.