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Peter Moore: No EnixSquare support for Xbox 360

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Courtesy of GameReactor mag and SantaCruzer (translation):

Peter Moore: We have nothing new planned from Square Enix, and I don't think there will be anything revealed at E3. But it would surprise me if anyone avoid to develop games for Xbox 360 this generation.
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Discuss.
 
Well, blame it on Live. It just doesn't jive well with what their trying to do.

Firestr0m said:
Xbox = Xbox 360 in Japan again.
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Well, that's what Mistwalker is for. So don't count the 360 out.
 
While it's certainly a boon for Microsoft in Japan if they did support 360, does it really make much of a difference for us? What was the last good game out of Square?
 
siege said:
While it's certainly a boon for Microsoft in Japan if they did support 360, does it really make much of a difference for us? What was the last good game out of Square?
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I think the sales aspect is more important to MS than if the games are quality or not (which they are, generally).
 
siege said:
While it's certainly a boon for Microsoft in Japan if they did support 360, does it really make much of a difference for us? What was the last good game out of Square?
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My thoughts exactly. Stink pot action games and mediocre titles like the last 2 FF and Kingdom Hearts that still have a huge following.
 
MS guy said:
But it would surprise me if anyone avoid to develop games for Xbox 360 this generation
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??? Why the sad faces ???

Maybe my english is weak but doesn't that say: "They would be foolish not to develop for 360"?
 
Doom_Bringer said:
But seriously Mistwalker RPG revealed tomorrow, xbots should be happy.
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How are you so sure?
 
Izzy said:
I know.;)
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True, I honestly thought SQE was backing MS and it would be one of the megaton announcements at e3.

edit: i said that after you mentioned the following:

All are likely at E3, imo:

Square Enix with 1 title for 360.
GTA Next on 360 (timed exclusive?)
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At least one of those is HORRIBLY WRONG. May I suggest you not to make any more predictions?
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I thought you and SSX were hinting at something. :\
 
Well this was a rough translation by me, but it should be accurate. Check with U_neek if it's 100% correct so there are no mistranslations. He is danish, I am not.
 
Doom_Bringer said:
True, I honestly thought SQE was backing MS and it would be one of the megaton announcements.
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I don't expect to see much of any japaneese software shown at E3
I may be wrong but we will see
 
Borys said:
??? Why the sad faces ???

Maybe my english is weak but doesn't that say: "They would be foolish not to develop for 360"?
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Well...I didn't actually see any sad faces...but what else is he going to say? "Yeah, we have nothing to announce now, and I doubt we ever will"? He's just putting a positive spin on some not very good news without committing himself to anything.
 
Mistwalker will barely do anything. The only reason I'm saying Xbox360 is gonna follow Xbox is because it doesn't have the needed established franchises Japanese to help push it.
 
Doom_Bringer said:
edit: i said that after you mentioned the following: 'At least one of those is HORRIBLY WRONG. May I suggest you not to make any more predictions?'
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Oh, I stand by that one - we're going to re-visit that thread soon. :)
 
Dr_Cogent said:
Fuck em. I really don't care anyway. Never liked anything that came out of EnixSquare anyway.

Finaly Fantasy can lick balls :D
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Hate to say it, but I agree sans the never-liking part. Loved them up to about the last Chrono and FF9. They've done nothing for me since. Most of their PS2 production is pretty average to subpar. Have you revisited FF X recently? FUCKING BALLS I tell you.

That said, I'm still going to give FF12 a chance. Maybe they redeem themselves with that one.

Maybe not having Square is a dealbreaker for the Japanese market as well as some folks here, but not for me.
 
Waaah, a big name company has no plans to develop for the system I pledged loyalty to! Well you know what, I don't care. All their games suck anyways!!







Sigh..... that's just sad folks. (I'll definitely agree the Square portion of Square-Enix hasn't been what it was, but come on. Their worst games are still better than 90% of else released)
 
djtiesto said:
Waaah, a big name company has no plans to develop for the system I pledged loyalty to! Well you know what, I don't care. All their games suck anyways!!







Sigh..... that's just sad folks. (I'll definitely agree the Square portion of Square-Enix hasn't been what it was, but come on. Their worst games are still better than 90% of else released)
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I don't know if you're referring to my post, but I don't have the desire to pledge loyalty to anything other than my significant other made of flesh and bones. Pledging loyalty to a piece of machine/silicon?

Just calling it like it is for myself. Haven't been a big fan of Square games this gen. I'll end up buying all 3 nextgen systems like I have this time around. It's all about the games. I really dont' care if 360 sells 2 consoles or 100 million, if it brings PGR3, Halo3, a new Fable, and a few other games, I'll be a happy camper.
 
djtiesto said:
Sigh..... that's just sad folks. (I'll definitely agree the Square portion of Square-Enix hasn't been what it was, but come on. Their worst games are still better than 90% of else released)
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I see you don't keep up with most of their releases. Brave Fencer Musashi? Front Mission 4? Full Metal Alchemist? Drakengard? FF: CC? Unlimited Saga? Star Ocean?

Maybe these have their fans, but it's hard to imagine seeing them as "better than 90% of what's released". Their mediocre for the most part. And I like the PS/Nintendo consoles just fine.
 
Where's the "Who needs Japan/Squeenix support?" replies that we've become so accustomed to regarding the XBox this generation?
 
Musashi Wins! said:
I see you don't keep up with most of their releases. Brave Fencer Musashi? Front Mission 4? Full Metal Alchemist? Drakengard? FF: CC? Unlimited Saga? Star Ocean?

Maybe these have their fans, but it's hard to imagine seeing them as "better than 90% of what's released". Their mediocre for the most part. And I like the PS/Nintendo consoles just fine.
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Front Mission 4 was awesome*


*admittedly, it only appealed to those people who were obsessive about futuristic robot-war in the first place.
 
The End said:
Front Mission 4 was awesome*


*admittedly, it only appealed to those people who were obsessive about futuristic robot-war in the first place.
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It wasn't awesome in comparison to 3. But as I said, I know there are fans of all those titles. And I'm certainly not debating that the Xbox needs equivalent support for Japan. I'm talking purely about quality, and it's stark decline out of Squeenix.
 
Sal Paradise Jr said:
I don't know if you're referring to my post, but I don't have the desire to pledge loyalty to anything other than my significant other made of flesh and bones. Pledging loyalty to a piece of machine/silicon?

Just calling it like it is for myself. Haven't been a big fan of Square games this gen. I'll end up buying all 3 nextgen systems like I have this time around. It's all about the games. I really dont' care if 360 sells 2 consoles or 100 million, if it brings PGR3, Halo3, a new Fable, and a few other games, I'll be a happy camper.
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No, I was referring to Dr_Cogent... And I feel the exact same way you do - wasn't big of a fan of Square games this generation. But I liked Star Ocean, and Radiata Stories, DQ8, and Grandia III seem like they're gonna rock. (those are mostly on the Enix/tri-Ace side and I've been more of an Enix fan ever since the 16 bit days) FFXII might be good, too... it all depends on how much I like the battle system, I guess. I'll still be buying all 3 systems, PS3 for the majority of RPGs, 360 for the MistWalker and Q! games, and a Revolution for Smash Bros/Mario/Metroid/Zelda. And I, as well, could give a damn how much a system or its games sell (as long as I can get a copy!), I own a Turbo Duo :P


Sal Paradise Jr said:
I see you don't keep up with most of their releases. Brave Fencer Musashi? Front Mission 4? Full Metal Alchemist? Drakengard? FF: CC? Unlimited Saga? Star Ocean?

Maybe these have their fans, but it's hard to imagine seeing them as "better than 90% of what's released". Their mediocre for the most part. And I like the PS/Nintendo consoles just fine.
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Well, I'd have to disagree with Star Ocean being "mediocre" (I rather liked it, though of course it was disappointing since Star Ocean 2 is one of my favorite games ever) and the Front Mission 4 demo was cool, but yeah, the rest of the games haven't been too great. Not horrible, but not great. Maybe 90% was an exaggeration, 75% was more like it. But when they hit big, they hit big.
 
Musashi Wins! said:
It wasn't awesome in comparison to 3. But as I said, I know there are fans of all those titles. And I'm certainly not debating that the Xbox needs equivalent support for Japan. I'm talking purely about quality, and it's stark decline out of Squeenix.
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The actual "tactical" aspects of 4 were better than 3, but the game as a whole wasn't as deep (no internet, only one scenario, lighter plot, etc).

We can argue this all day, but yeah, S-E's output has been dissapointing over the last few years.
 
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Is that were Xbox 360 is going?
 
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