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Squenix: No Plans to Release FFVII Remake for Other Platforms
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That is such a complicated tangle of mixed messaging and agendas smashing into each other to create a perfect storm of dumb, easily-avoidable PR snafus.
Untrue. MS was very clear from the very beginning that DR4 was a timed-exclusive, and even stated in very clear detail. This was MS's statement at that E3.
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It's a timed exclusive to PS4 and will hit all platforms that can handle the game afterwards.
Seems pretty clear cut to me going off past Sony stuff.
Seems pretty clear cut to me going off past Sony stuff.
Well worth it for the numbers it will do on the ps4 alone. No one said it was never coming to xbox, but obviously the mass of sales of this game will be on the ps4, so its well worth whatever Sony paid. 1 year exclusive is just the least to except, could be more.
Im sure its the same deal they did with Crash Bandicoot.
What if two episodes are exclusive and the third episode is multiplatform
Previous FF titles weren't exclusives.
Why would Microsoft market Rise of the Tomb Raider for PS4 ?
There are countless of situations such as this indeed.
Certainly not.
Read what they actually said, not what the title says. All Square said is no plans to release on other platforms on March 3rd.
That's exactly what I said a year ago. lolPlay it first on PS4, second on PS5.
They probably have a contract for temp exclusivity, thats a way to Tell Sony that they will honor the contract, and that the Microsoft stuff has nothing to do with them.
There is a difference between marketing for other platforms and being completely misleading over a timed exclusive, intentionally making it sound like it's a full exclusive. They aren't the same no matter how hard you try and make it seem.
Unless you are seriously trying to argue "first on PlayStation" is the same as "exclusive on Xbox, launching Holiday 2015" in which case lol again.
You mean like Nioh ? Or Crash Bandicoot ?
And no, it's not the same indeed. It doesnt mean it's clear nor honest. As multiple people said "First on PlayStation 4" can mean a lot of things. If it was that clear can you tell me for how long ? Is it only for the first game ? Every games ? Is it for each games after release ? Or after they all released ?
It is amazing how you can't tell the difference between the way ms worded their reveal and Sony did with ff7 or maybe purposely avoiding it. The end result of the game being timed exclusive is a different issue.
First on PS4 is just that....first on ps4 with a door left open and clearly indicates it is not an exclusive. "Exclusive on Xbox, launching holiday 2015" is not clear in any way
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I can. Yes, Exclusive, Holiday 2015 is far more cryptic than "First on PlayStation 4". It doesnt mean "First on PlayStation 4" is precise either. It doesn't change the end result either.
As I asked someone before:
Is the first game a timed exclusive ? Is it all games ?
When does the exclusivity runs ? From the release of each games ? Or when they all released ?
What systems ? When ?
It's the same end result and a message, while not as cryptic, still fairly misleading.
A game they published in the West and a game they were getting shit over for being misleading about it's exclusivity? What about them?
Again not Sony's job to market other platforms. It's completely clear that it's a PS4 timed exclusive.
Due to the extremely complicated production of this remake, the game popularity and considering the episodical format, I wouldn't take this statement as a proof of exclusivity, more like a precaution about the release calendar.
You do realize the game trailers no longer say "First on PS4" - just PS4 now. Maybe things changed
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The game will most likely release all parts exclusively on PS4/PS5 until completion then will release the complete edition on other platforms. Either way the game won't be coming to other platforms anytime soon.
If we can agree there's a difference between "Exclusive on Xbox, Holiday 2015" and "First on PlayStation 4", can we agree there's a difference between "Exclusive to PS4 for a year" and "Coming to Xbox One in a year" ?
The latter is marketing other platforms indeed. The former isnt and is also more honest.
Saying how long your game is exclusive isnt marketing it on other platforms. It's just being honest about how long you have it as an exclusive
The outrage for rotr is because it was far more cryptic like you said. Plain and simple. People are used to the idea of timed exclusivity at this point that it doesn't raise as many questions or outrage. All ms had to do was say the game is launching first on Xbox when they revealed it and they wouldn't have raised so many alarms and outrage and questions from media. They would have still gotten some outrage from gamers more than Sony because they were the least popular platform at the time and there is no two ways about that fact.
Isn't port begging not allowed in this forum?
anyway, i think it is safe to assume the game won't come to Xbox One platform. what happens in the future, no one can guess. Xbox Scarlett is not even guaranteed to be a success. XOne was following X360 which was a huge platform so it was strong out of the gate, but Scarlett will have a very tough battle. i don't think it is guaranteed for Scarlett to sell 10m+ in its first year
so everything may happen in the future but what is the point if the game released after 3 or 4 years on Xbox, it will be old news by the time that happens.
anyway, i think it is safe to assume the game won't come to Xbox One platform. what happens in the future, no one can guess. Xbox Scarlett is not even guaranteed to be a success. XOne was following X360 which was a huge platform so it was strong out of the gate, but Scarlett will have a very tough battle. i don't think it is guaranteed for Scarlett to sell 10m+ in its first year
so everything may happen in the future but what is the point if the game released after 3 or 4 years on Xbox, it will be old news by the time that happens.
Yep.
First on PlayStation 4 could just mean that, initially, there is an agreement in place to get the game on PlayStation 4 first and foremost.
That doesn't mean that Square Enix has plans to port to the game to other platforms right away. But it doesn't rule out that they could make plans later.
So Square Enix could honestly have no plans at the moment to port it, since focusing on the PS4 version is the most important thing right now.
I'm sure Square Enix indeed has no current plans to release their biggest project on other platforms despite the high cost of said project.
Do you honestly think FFVIIR is SE's biggest project right now? I would argue that would be Avengers ... available for everything
It's a timed exclusive obviously.
If it wasn't they would be up front about it being exclusive while using "exclusive" word where ever possible.
If it wasn't they would be up front about it being exclusive while using "exclusive" word where ever possible.
They could still be looking at what platforms .
I think PC is for certain but it's just like the PR say no plan for other platforms on the date they give .
As a timed exclusive, they aren't allowed to talk about what platforms it will be on at a later time, thus they'll say that have no current plans for other platforms. And the video saying it was coming to Xbox One on launch day was definitely wrong.
No idea why people were so willing to believe Xbox Germany. The game will be on Xbox but not at launch.
Okay for the platforms. But maybe the extent of said deal ? 6 months ? A year ? Only Sony platforms ? First game only ? Each game ? If timed, when does the period start running ? One period for each game releasing ? (Part 1 a year after release, part 2 a year after release) or once everything is released ? (A year after every games have been released).