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Square Enix: no more Final Fantasy for Xbox 360 fans photo

It looks like there is yet another case of a developer not showing the Xbox 360 the sort of love that it so craves as a lonely American console in a Japanese game world. The latest rumblings come from a Square Enix executive who is quoted as telling Japan's Nikkei BP that they have no intentions of blessing the Microsoft console with any new Final Fantasy games. When Shinji Hashimoto was asked by Nikkei BP if the Xbox 360 would be getting any new FF games, the answer was clear:

 "For the Wii, we have FF Crystal Chronicles in production," replied Hashimoto. "As for FF on the Xbox 360, it's currently a completely blank page."

I guess this shouldn't come as too much of a surprise, since Sony must be doing everything in its power behind the scenes to keep some guys on their side. After all, they have been hemorrhaging  exclusives left and right.

I'm not so sure Xbox fans are going to care too much about Crystal Chronicles, but Final Fantasy games are still considered system sellers to many people. If the pain is too much to bear, you can still drop the cash on a shiny new PlayStation 3, or just go back and play the Xbox 360 port of Final Fantasy XI.   

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ArrestedDeveloper's Avatar
ArrestedDeveloper at 06/05/2007 15:51
You drop a couple of atomic bombs on a country and all of a sudden they are all upity about releasing games to you. Babies.
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Snaileb at 06/05/2007 15:52
"you can still drop the cash on a shiny new PlayStation 3, or just go back and play the Xbox 360 port of Final Fantasy XI"

Both sound painful. Good job on the pic, I laughed.
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UNDERSTAR at 06/05/2007 15:53
Fuck it!
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Nintendork at 06/05/2007 15:53
I'm choosing to focus on the word "currently". I'm hoping that whilst at the moment they have nothing being worked on for it, they aren't going to completely ignore the 360...
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Snaileb at 06/05/2007 15:55
Butt-fucking assholes.

WAS IT THE NUK35?!
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Crunshii at 06/05/2007 15:58
cloud says:
Here M$, you can use one of these to /wrist
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Rockvillian at 06/05/2007 16:02
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Topher Cantler at 06/05/2007 16:06
Judging by that quote, wouldn't that just mean that there aren't any games in development specifically for the 360?
BluDesign's Avatar
BluDesign at 06/05/2007 16:06
I have FFVI on my GBA. Don't care.

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synce at 06/05/2007 16:09
I couldn't give two fucks about Final Fantasy now that Sakaguchi and Uematsu are off the team. In fact I'm more excited about their Xbox 360 projects than I've ever been for an FF game.
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Jim Sterling at 06/05/2007 16:10
"Blank page"s can be filled, of course. I wouldn't rule out an eventual FF appearance on the 360 quite yet, but this is obviously going to be a huge bit of rare good news for Sony. I think any third party that doesn't release on both consoles without some SEVERE palm greasing is pretty dumb, to be honest. I just hope Sony's paying Square-Enix enough.

It's really not smart to stay exclusive in the current climate.
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DanGale at 06/05/2007 16:14
Now, forgive me for my ignorance, but I never played FFXI on 360, nor do I know much about it. Was it any good? Wikipedia can only tell me so much.
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Magesx at 06/05/2007 16:18
I don't mind too much. FF has never really been my thing, although FFXIII looks pretty good. The 360 has never really been anRPG console anyways.
Joe Burling's Avatar
Joe Burling at 06/05/2007 16:21
@Dan, you pay per month to play online. Nuff said.

There are certainly a lot of hardcore FF fans out there, but I'm not one of them. This is definitely good news for Sony, but it doesn't phase me at all. Turn-based gameplay was a result of innovative game design during an age of less powerful machines. We don't need unions anymore and we don't need turn-based RPGs, neither. Now, if they made a FF game that wasn't turn-based...
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Necros at 06/05/2007 16:22
So what happened to that statement a few months ago about the possibility of a 360 FF game in some form? I highly doubt SquareEnix was implying a Wii version of some installment of FFXIII.
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Ignignokt01 at 06/05/2007 16:26
I hate final fantasy anyways, LOL
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pheonix-blood at 06/05/2007 16:28
if i read this before ff12 came out, i would have been totaly heartbroken, but ff12 showed me that, final fantasy games arn't what they used to be. this does not actually come as this much of a blwo to me anymore. i always said, metal gear and ff13, are the reason i would buy a PStriple, but come on! im not spending £500 on a console for one game, even more so if its as disapointing as ff12.
DanGale's Avatar
DanGale at 06/05/2007 16:33
Pay-per-month Final Fantasy? Well I definitely won't be looking into that then! Robbing gits!
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sizu sizu at 06/05/2007 16:39
If only it was possible to send a shout to all the numerous trolls on forums proclaiming the arrival of the FF King to the 360.
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Seyward at 06/05/2007 16:44
I guess this doesn't apply to the people who stopped playing Final Fantasy after VII.

Now 'Lost Odyssey,' that there's a looker I might sink my teeth into.
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lwesquire at 06/05/2007 16:52
Hmm. I own a PStripplez but I lost interest after hearing they were going back to turn-based battles, the biffing was spiffing in 12, just the story that let it down (is this the same arian from before, or a new one? What? Who just died? Everyone's wearing masks, wtf?)
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sizu sizu at 06/05/2007 16:55
pheonix blood

ff12 disapointing?
ff12 showed that ff isn't what it used to be?

Are actually playing the same game that myself and others enjoyed. FF12 is a serious step in the right direction and is better than the post ff7 titles.
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tazarthayoot at 06/05/2007 16:55
What's an xbox
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Grapefruit Juice at 06/05/2007 16:55
Oh No! Where will I go for my semi-annual androgynous ladyboy heros, and convoluted romance novel plots??
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Lastrite at 06/05/2007 16:59
Pfft, when they do release some Final Fantasy titles (which they will) I won't be buying them.
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ArrestedDeveloper at 06/05/2007 17:05
I actually am not liking 12, I struggle to pick it up so I can beat it. I think I try to like it because I'm "supposed" to like Final Fantasy games. I did like 10's story, and I'm pretty sure that makes me gay.
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GuitarAtomik at 06/05/2007 17:21
I liked FF12 a lot. The battle system was cool (albeit slightly flawed) and the story was a refreshing change from the usual vague cliched anime style narratives they've been doing.

As for this news, it won't make me buy a PS3x especially considering that Blue Dragon, Lost Oddyssey, Last Remnant and whatever that other RPG Sakaguchi is working on is coming to 360. I'd rather wait to play it after the PS3 drops to $250 (in 8 years).
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zomB Eter at 06/05/2007 17:25
In my 0pinion square enix can suck it. you here me squarnix suck it. most of your games are just overated weenie fests anyways. you are teh suck
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Tron Knotts at 06/05/2007 17:25
I haven't really like a Final Fantasy game since IX, and even that I only liked because it reminded me of IV.

Final Fantasy pretty much died for ne when the original creative team left. They are less true to their roots than the Star Wars prequels were to theirs.

That being said, I would imagine the relatively shitty sales of Blue Dragon on the 360 n Japan is the main reason no FF games are currently planned for the console. If Blue Dragon does well in the states, I bet a FF game may come to the 360.

I'm pretty sure Blue Dragon is the best selling 360 game in Japan's history, but that's like being the least dorky cosplayer at an anime convention. Still pretty far from "awesome".

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mrsamuel at 06/05/2007 17:25
Sadly, Grapefruit Juice speaks the truth...at least post-FFVI.

TEH SPOILERZ

"Daddy...I hate you...*cry* *cry*...where is my hairspray?"
Tron Knotts's Avatar
Tron Knotts at 06/05/2007 17:26
That guys, is the balls.
Tron Knotts's Avatar
Tron Knotts at 06/05/2007 17:28
THAT GUY IS THE BALLS!

www.tronguy.net
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Rainbowblack at 06/05/2007 17:36
Se and their megaman-itis.

blow me if you think the FF series is still relevant.
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Doomtrain at 06/05/2007 18:16
Oh well then. Guess that's another generation of Final Fantasy games I won't be spending money on.

I'm sorry, but there's no way I'm buying a PS3 just to play Final Fantasy. Hell, for five hundred and ninety nine us dollars, no single game is going to push me over the edge.

I hope there are still enough fanboys left to blindly buy ever SquareEnix game. I hope these fanboys are also rich.
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comradetrotskii at 06/05/2007 18:24
There's no time for Xbox 360 owners to play boring RPGS with all those first person shooters they have anyway!
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Ignus at 06/05/2007 18:32
Meh.
I'll get my turn-based RPG fix from Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey and probably some other game. I've always lost my interest while playing the FF games, but I've played them only on PC (which from my understanding blow compared to the PS# versions).
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icepick314 at 06/05/2007 18:51
at least there's love share on Eternal Sonata...

and i can't wait for Lost Odssey...i was drooling at the opening movie....

don't know how Last Remnent will turn out but at least it's from SqueEnix..
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Im OK at 06/05/2007 20:37
Hmm, so I guess I do still have at least one reason to eventually get a PS3 some time down the line, after they finally drop the price to a reasonable amount.
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Artadius at 06/05/2007 21:15
After playing through the travesty which is FF XII, I can honestly say this is not really that big a deal. I've said it once and I'll say it again...the pinnacle of the FF series happened at VI and VII. It's been all downhill since.
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comradetrotskii at 06/05/2007 21:34
Jim Sterling:

While I'm inclined to agree with your closing statement I recall reading a 'study' a while back which claimed that format exclusive games sell better. I can't for the life of me find a link to back that up and as such lack quantitative data. Given the territorial nature of a lot of videogamers (i.e. a fair proportion are fanboy wankers) this wouldn't greatly surprise me though.

Just something to think about.
michiyoyoshiku's Avatar
michiyoyoshiku at 06/05/2007 21:47
Yeah they say it now but they're going to change their mind real fast when NOBODY BUYS IT

Watch it get annouced for 360 in a few months.
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poonster at 06/05/2007 22:21
i really don't care, i was never a FF fan. it is strange tho that with all the money to be made from the millions of 360 owners they choose to shoot themselves in the wallet by sticking with Sony despite the PS3's dismal sales.
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nsolo1717 at 06/05/2007 22:27
i honestly had no expectation whatsoever that FFXIII was coming to x360 .....this didn't come as any sort of surprise at all....this is almost as boring of an announcement as that xbla pacman
RJG's Avatar
RJG at 06/05/2007 22:47
My theory is that X-Box owners don't want FF games because they want to play them. They just want to fuck over Sony fans who can't seem to shut up about the most overrated franchise in history.
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frygar at 06/05/2007 22:53
Typical of console fanboys - were this another case of Sony losing FF as an exclusive, you'd all be jumping for joy right now, talking up how great Square Enix are, and you know it.

Instead, Sony got some good news - and you all couldn't piss in their Cheerios. BOOOO HOOOOO AHOOOOOOOOO, deal with it.
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morbo47 at 06/05/2007 23:08
That sucks, I've never played any of the FF games. I was sort of hoping to be able to play them without having to buy another console (which, BTW, I won't).

If it were any other game, I could just play it at a friend's house, but an RPG isn't the sort of game you just bogart someone's tv for 40 or 50 hours

...seems kinda rude
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brainderailment at 06/05/2007 23:12
I really don't think xbox people care, I can't speak for them, but I think they are more of the american game breed. HOW MANY Crystal Chronicals are they going to make for nintendo?!, GOL! Isn't it already on the cube and the ds?
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KarlCarlson3 at 06/05/2007 23:34
I was kind of hoping that there'd be a FF title on the 360, but I guess that just leaves a reason for me to pick up a PS3 in the future.
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Jim Sterling at 06/06/2007 00:08
comradetrotskii:

While I imagine they may sell well on the one system (for instance, a PS3 exclusive will sell better on the PS3 than one that can be bought on the 360 as well) I'd be surprised if they sell better overall. It just makes more sense to have the game as widely available as possible.

Also, when was this study? Was it before the PS3? I think they'd change their minds.
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Aex at 06/06/2007 00:16
I find the flip flopping very entertaining. On one side you got Xbox 360 fanboys complaining that the PS3 won't do well to its "bleeding exclusives", then in this case you have the PS3 holding on to one exclusive and people go wild. "I never liked FF anyways", "It's SE's Loss", "FUCK YOU SONY!". Very very entertaining for me :) and I don't even own a ps3 yet.
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