Who is suprised about FF13?

[Rokrin]

Originally Posted by Regulus Tera

FYI, VersusXIII is being made by the Kingdom Hearts team.

That being said it looks like it's a departure from Nomura's usual cup of tea, so we might be ok.

Maybe.

[Mirai Gen]

Stop me if I'm wrong here but it isn't like Square-Enix has sworn a blood-oath of loyalty to anyone. They've always gone where the most popular console has been. NES back in the day, SNES the generation after, PSX and PS2 after that, and now the 360 because - surprise! - it has flat-out been the most successful console. If they want to get everyone to play their game, you start by picking the most popular console.

Because they're Square Enix and their unflinching loyalty is to money and not Sony.

Though I do find it funny that they've essentially sold themselves to every major console company at this point. Square's been 'round the block.

[Regulus Tera]

Originally Posted by Rokrin

That being said it looks like it's a departure from Nomura's usual cup of tea, so we might be ok.

Maybe.

It has belts and zippers.

It's said to be daaaaaaaaaaaarker than any FF ever (blood in the trailer ZOMG).

The characters look like Death Note rejects.

What departure?

[Mirai Gen]

Yeah Nomura is like the game-developer equivalent of Rob Liefeld.

Character looks boring? BELTS AND ZIPPERS!

[The Wizard Who Did It]

Originally Posted by Fifthfiend

Game looks pretty. I might hypothetically look into one/both of these, if I can get someone whose opinion I can trust to confirm that the plot doesn't turn utterly retarded in the last 45 minutes.

I'd actually find it notably ballsy and hilarious if in this game they actually explained time compression and made a sensible plot out of it.

If they want to get everyone to play their game, you start by picking the most popular console.

Because they're Square Enix and their unflinching loyalty is to money and not Sony.

Though I do find it funny that they've essentially sold themselves to every major console company at this point. Square's been 'round the block.

Correct me if I'm wrong (I'm currently a 360 exclusive user, just FYI), but isn't the Wii the most popular system? Just sayin'.

[Lord of Joshelplex]

360 is still outselling it. Plus, it would be downgraded far too much to be worth it

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Originally Posted by Lord of Joshelplex

360 is still outselling it. Plus, it would be downgraded far too much to be worth it

Not the newest but May 08 sales figures show the Wii outselling the 360 and the PS3 combined.
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06..._sales_may_08/

It's console sales, not game sales but a game like FF13 should hit a good proportion of a user base and thus you want a high user base.

[Regulus Tera]

Originally Posted by Lord of Joshelplex

360 is still outselling it.

Actually... no.

"The Wii has taken the lead in total sales of current generation console hardware at 10.9 million units sold at retail life-to-date in the U.S."

And that's only in North America. Worldwide the Wii has sold more than 30 million units, in comparison to ~18 million from the 360 and ~13 million for the PS3.

Originally Posted by Lord of Joshelplex

Plus, it would be downgraded far too much to be worth it

This is the answer. Remember everyone thought the PS3 was going to be the winner before the start of the generation. It's too late already to remake FFXIII for the Wii.

FFXIV? That's another issue.

Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants

It's console sales, not game sales but a game like FF13 should hit a good proportion of a user base and thus you want a high user base.

Actually, Wii software sales are even higher than those of its competitors. I'll get the numbers in a while.

[Cid Highwind]

I know I'm going to get reamed for this, but-- the Wii, while a great and innovative console, and a fresh take on things, is not the best choice for an ordinary, regular style game. The WiiMote is a double edged sword, with its obvious upsides, its downsides is that it becomes unwieldy for a modern game in which it makes more sense to use buttons rather than motion. And FF is one of these. Face it, while any FF game really only needs two buttons, Enter/Action/OK and Back/Cancel with a D-Pad, its just not a Wii game without motion control. And any motion control on a normal FF game (especially one at this point in development) is gonna feel either tacked on/unintuitive or its gonna warrant a radical restyling of the entire game. And you dont want either of those. However, its perfect for a FF side-story game, focused around this kind of action. Which, I'm sure we will get sooner or later.

[Regulus Tera]

Originally Posted by Cid Highwind

I know I'm going to get reamed for this, but-- the Wii, while a great and innovative console, and a fresh take on things, is not the best choice for an ordinary, regular style game. The WiiMote is a double edged sword, with its obvious upsides, its downsides is that it becomes unwieldy for a modern game in which it makes more sense to use buttons rather than motion. And FF is one of these. Face it, while any FF game really only needs two buttons, Enter/Action/OK and Back/Cancel with a D-Pad, its just not a Wii game without motion control. And any motion control on a normal FF game (especially one at this point in development) is gonna feel either tacked on/unintuitive or its gonna warrant a radical restyling of the entire game. And you dont want either of those. However, its perfect for a FF side-story game, focused around this kind of action. Which, I'm sure we will get sooner or later.

You know, I don't want to sound like a jerk, but all these complaints about the Wii not being for traditional games remind me of the silly arguments people made back in 2005 and 2006 for the DS about how it was a gimmicky console and not for "traditional" games.

I got the chart for worldwide console sales. This suggests that if the Wii continues selling like crazy it will eventually surpass the 360 and the PS3 combined: