{"id":1226,"date":"2008-07-15T06:42:11","date_gmt":"2008-07-15T10:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/07\/15\/final-fantasy-xiii-news\/"},"modified":"2008-07-15T06:42:11","modified_gmt":"2008-07-15T10:42:11","slug":"final-fantasy-xiii-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/07\/15\/final-fantasy-xiii-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy XIII news."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am not much of a big <b><em>E3<\/em><\/b> fans these days.  For the most part, I think the show has lost its prominence.  As much of the videogame world knows by now, yesterday Microsoft announced that <b><em>Final Fantasy XIII<\/em><\/b> would be released on the Xbox 360.  Gasps!  Gnashing of teeth!  You heard it all yesterday from Sony fans.  Buildings were burning, chaos ruled the day, messageboards crashed.<\/p>\n<p>In the end does it matter?  Third party exclusives are going the way of the dinosaur.  At one point they would make or break a console, but these days, the prices of software development are so damn expensive that publishers have to release their software for multiple consoles.  From Sony\u2019s standpoint it has to matter in terms of sales and allowing key franchises from the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 days to slip away to their competitors.  Grand Theft and Final Fantasy were synonymous with the PlayStation brand.  [Yes, I am disregarding the fact that Final Fantasy was once a niche RPG franchise for Nintendo.]<\/p>\n<p>For third party games, the only thing that really matters is the leading development platform, and how developers take advantage of a system\u2019s key features.  The Xbox continuously took it up the pipe because the inferior PS2 was the lead system.  So far, the worm has turned, and the 360 has been the lead platform.  Things are changing.  In theory GTA IV is better on the PS3 and there are a handful of games including DiRT that fall into this category.  Final Fantasy XIII should also take full advantage of the PS3\u2019s capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Today we will hear all sorts of conspiracy theories on how Microsoft pulled off the Final Fantasy deal.  No doubt, money bags are in order.  Same thing apparently happened with GTA IV.  Sony has done the same thing in the past, so it should not come as a surprise.  What Sony fans should ask \u201cis Sony is asleep at the wheel?\u201d  If Sony does not have a major response today, then they will come across as completely indifferent, incompetent, or worse.   <\/p>\n<p>So chin up Sony fans.  The sun still came up this morning, and Final Fantasy XIII is still coming to your favorite system.  Of course it may no longer look and smell like roses.  Funny how a multiplatform release will do that to your favorite title.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am not much of a big E3 fans these days. For the most part, I think the show has lost its prominence. As much of the videogame world knows by now, yesterday Microsoft announced that Final Fantasy XIII would be released on the Xbox 360. Gasps! Gnashing of teeth! 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