Final Fantasy CCCLX?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! OMFGWTFBBQ?! SE YUZ IZ FRAKKIN TRAITORS!!!! N0t gunna play yer fukkin game nowz! NEVER EVAR!!!

*COUGH*

Sorry about that. Yeah, they dropped a bombshell at E3 alright. I'm sure everyone knows by now that Final Fantasy 13 is going to be coming to the XBox 360 as well as the PS3. This of course set off a Category 5 shit storm on the ol' intertubes. We got the full measure. We got fanboys crying, others saying they're boycotting the game now, 360 zealots throwing chests up and down the forums and indulging in a bit of schadenfreude. Oh, and of course there were dire promises that Sony had better have something EARTH SHATTERING for its press conferrence today, by crikey! Let me pause a moment to let loose my complete and total lack of surprise. *BLINK* *BLINK* Ok, that should be enough.

Yeah, I'm not surprised. Let's face it, console exclusivity is pretty much on its death bed with a mortician hovering in the background and a priest standing by to deliver the last rights. Let's face it, games cost as much to produce as a movie, and developers and publishers need to make that money back if they want to keep on making games. It's going to keep happening in this generation of consoles, and I've got news for you, it's going to happen even more in the next gen, when I'm sure games will be even more expensive to produce. Get used to it, because you're going to see it more and more often. Yeah, there will be a few exclusives here and there, mainly for the Wii and the occasional indie developer, but yeah, we're going to see fewer exclusives.

People on both sides of the XBox360/PS3 Jihad may just want to chill out and let the whole exclusivity thing go because really, why does it even matter? Yes, I'm sure FF13 will look a bit sharper on the PS3, especially on an HD tv because of Blu-Ray, but it will still look great on the 360. Will it be buggy? Maybe, but I doubt it. Square Enix is a pretty hardcore developer, and I'm sure they'll do whatever they can to make sure that the 360 version will run as smoothly as possible. If PS3 prices have dropped by the time it comes out, and it has more games that I want to play, maybe I'll buy a PS3. But aside from that, I'm happy to play the next installment of one of my favorite gaming franchises on my M$ box of joy.

Now, if they'd announced that FF13 was coming ONLY to the 360, then I could understand the outcry. As it is? This is just as stupid as freaking out because Devil May Cry 4 went multi-platform, or Bioshock went to the PS3(yes 360 zealots, you should be quiet too). You're going to get to play the game, and that's really all that should matter. If its absolutely necessary, both sides of the aisle can crow quietly to themselves for different reasons. PS3 zealots can gloat about probably getting the game first, and having it look better, and XBox 360 zealots can take pleasure in the fact that yet another PS3 exclusive bit the dust. And I'm sure Wii fans will be too busy playing Mario Party 3,645 to notice.

Seriously, if a game comes to more than one console, it's not a make or break situation for that console. People are going to buy the console that they want, and in many cases, people are going to eventually buy all the consoles anyway, so why the hell are we all still griping about it?

Basically, I think that everyone should follow one of the popular tenets here on D-Toid: STFUJPG.

Oh wait I forgot, Konami hasn't said that MGS4 will get ported to the 360 yet. Ok, once that happens and THAT shit storm dies down maybe people will STFUJPG. *FINGERS CROSSED*

And that goes for me too.

Carry on Smartly...