I'm not sure any of this matters, I think that ship has sailed long ago.
So many FF games have been put on that platform, if they wanted to play those games, they had a lot of time to give a fuck.
I think they will try a bit more, the sales will continue to be really low, they will ultimately move on and go back to limited releases also PS, Nintendo and PC.
They just gave the middle finger to Sony money. It ain't what it used to be.
You gotta be Xbox and PC day one. As every screen is an Xbox.
Yea...I don't know how much of this even really has to do with Sony, I mean...those games came to Nintendo systems too and skipped XB...
I think a lot of this might have more to do with how low XB install base actually sells with these types of games, I mean...why would Sony pay for ALL of those games to not come to XB, but agree with them to go on Nintendo systems and why would they pay for something that isn't even selling on XB? lol That just makes zero sense.
So something tells me it was Square going to Sony to seek those deals and maybe they didn't actually really have much interest in putting those games out on XB cause of how low they sell on the platform. I think its likely Sony only agreed to like 1 year and that might be what cause Square to realize Sony is no longer to pay for years of anything and they are likely seeking just 1 year cause....who cares? MOST of those fans buy PS, which means they have no ode to pay Square all this money for something that sells the most on their fucking systems anyway lol It makes no sense.
So it sounds like its Square that wishes this to be more then, Sony or something. Sony isn't forcing them to agree to anything, you have to remember, it is Square that is agreeing to even do those timed deals, Sony doesn't own Square, clearly they don't see the appeal from putting a lot of those games on XB day 1, but I don't really know how much of any of this will matter.
How many massive FF fans do you really think don't own a Nintendo or PS?
They can have a whole generation of day and date releases and I don't actually buy it would change much. I mean, you had FFXIII, XIII-2 and 3 and FFXV and KH3 all release day and date and they still sold less on XB.
So, if you are Sony, this might be a war already won, they wanted the bigger install base those fans by the majority buy on PS, which means with or without a deal, they will move more units on PS, thus Sony is eating good regardless. So if this remains, largely is based on if the XB install base can increase those sales for Square, if they can't, I think you'll see Square just go back to limiting their releases.
XV didn't even sell well on XBox. And that was before Gamepass took over XBox.
This. Its why I say, I don't know if Sony has anything to do with Square's choice to even do XVI as some timed thing. What incentive did Square even have? When both KH3 and XV sell low on XB, it make sense to start looking into just limiting releases.
Maybe they should just do like Rockstar and just port 1 year later or something. They still get sales, their teams are not over extending themselves, the 10% or 18% that wanted it will still get it etc