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[Spyder_Monkey]

That's just standard PR. I believe the wording was "we do not have plans to bring the previous collections to the PS4", or something along those lines. I am sure they will draw the plans pretty quickly in the near future.

Hashimoto has said that 2.5 would only happen if people really cared for it and purchased 1.5. It was announced a few months later.

Nomura has said that 3D would be too difficult to bring to the PS3/PS4, that the Final Mixes would never come out of Japan etc etc.

We are talking about the guys that did this


Don't look too much into that. Also, your avatars are so confusing

I think this is 2.9 just under a different title. Anyway I don't see a collection of 4 lengthy RPGs plus extras for $60 or so happening. They'll probably just port 1.5 and 2.5 separately for $40-50 just like FFX. I doubt Nomura has very much control over it anyway.

 

[raven777]

That's just standard PR. I believe the wording was "we do not have plans to bring the previous collections to the PS4", or something along those lines. I am sure they will draw the plans pretty quickly in the near future.

No I mean he confirmed it on today's interview

––So, is it possible that KH2.9 might be released?

Nomura: The next one is KH3 (laughs). There is a subtitle in 2.8 that has “Final Chapter”. Because of its prologue implications, KH3 would be the final chapter of the Dark Seeker series. With the meaning of 0.1 left, you will understand it in KH3.

Of course I still think PS4 collection can still happen.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Remember when 3D released and KH3 was ''the next one''?

 

[DarkLordMalik]

Wow that is pretty impressive. The KH series is very strong. KH3 should do very well

Yes, I looked back and here are the numbers. Source was creamsugar here on NeoGAF, who is well known NPD leaker.

Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD debut month sales were ~270k
Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD debut month sales were ~275k

Both were exclusive to PS3, which makes it even more impressive IMO. But again, the price was rather modest at $40 compared to $60 for this collection.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Yes, I looked back and here are the numbers. Source was creamsugar here on NeoGAF, who is well known NPD leaker.

Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD debut month sales were ~270k
Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD debut month sales were ~275k

Both were exclusive to PS3, which makes it even more impressive IMO. But again, the price was rather modest at $40 compared to $60 for this collection.

I'm mostly impressed by the 2.5 numbers considering PS3 was fuckin dead in the US in December 2014. It could have done much better if it was PS4 multiplat.

In Japan 2.5 had a sizeable drop from 1.5 so that makes it even more curious since PS3 was still alive and well when it hit there.

 

[WrenchNinja]

Totally Disney characters have no appeal whatsoever and this game isn't working out well at all for them on XBO

Yes, let's ignore the Dumbo in the room with the original Japanese style characters built for the series taking the majority of the marketing and majority of the focus of the games themselves. Let's also pretend that the audience isn't predominantly on Japanese platforms. Let's also pretend Disney Infinity doesn't already do well there too.

I mean I get youre mad about this, but you got to deal with reality.

 

[Berordn]

Remember when 3D released and KH3 was ''the next one''?

Well it's technically still accurate since 0.2 is less than 3!

 

[Devilinthiscity]

Jeez, these title names are terrible and confusing. So many non direct sequels. Will probably still buy since I don't know much after playing 1, 2, and BBS.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Yes, let's ignore the Dumbo in the room with the original Japanese style characters built for the series taking the majority of the marketing and majority of the focus of the games themselves. Let's also pretend that the audience isn't predominantly on Japanese platforms. Let's also pretend Disney Infinity doesn't already do well there too.

I mean I get you're mad about this, but you gotta deal with reality.

Majority? The japanese themes are alongside Goofy and Donald, in Disney themed environments with Disney themed special attacks, a slew of Disney themed characters, the game made an appearance at D23 to introduce a Marvel world and show more disney related stuff,... I was never big on Final Fantasy and I could play KH1 and KH2 w/o feeling like I missed half the stuff, don't know if it's possible the other way around.

The audience for the mobile stuff might be mostly in japan but on consoles it has a strong following in the west and it could have an audience on xbox.

 

[The Mad Draklor]

Majority? The japanese themes are alongside Goofy and Donald, in Disney themed environments with Disney themed special attacks, a slew of Disney themed characters, the game made an appearance at D23 to introduce a Marvel world and show more disney related stuff,... I was never big on Final Fantasy and I could play KH1 and KH2 w/o feeling like I missed half the stuff, don't know if it's possible the other way around.

The audience for the mobile stuff might be mostly in japan but on consoles it has a strong following in the west and it could have an audience on xbox.

But preorders of the XBO version of KHIII show otherwise and they're absolutely abysmal. If Disney Infinity isn't enough to create a following on the platform to justify an XBO version of Kingdom Hearts 2.8, what will?

 

[plutoknight]

This is basically Episode Duscae for Kingdom Hearts 3. $60 with a remake of a portable game packed with a short slice of KH 3.

I don't think KH 3 will be released in 2016.

I think first half of 2017 is Squarely where they want it.

 

[Lnds500]

0.2 will probably take place in

Spoiler

Castle of Dreams

, as the secret ending showed after BBS.

––So playing KH3D will show KH3. So I will ask about KH0.2BBS. Where does it begin in the timeline? In regards to the secret episode of KHBBSFM?

Nomura: It will begin immediately after the secret episode. Where she found

Spoiler

Cinderella’s Castle (Castle of Dreams)

in the Realm of Darkness, it will start there.

––So

Spoiler

Cinderella’s Castle (Castle of Dreams)

has become an area.

Nomura: I guess so (laughs). However it being the case of the secret episode, you won’t wonder the world endlessly in darkness.

http://www.khinsider.com/news/Nomura-on-3DHD-becoming-playable-0-2-s-story-and-gameplay-6076

 

[Kinsei]

0.2 will probably take place in

Spoiler

Castle of Dreams

, as the secret ending showed after BBS.

I wonder. Who knows what happens to worlds lost in the darkness. Maybe it'll start as just a

Spoiler

Cinderella

world but other Disney movies will start to bleed into it.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

But preorders of the XBO version of KHIII show otherwise and they're absolutely abysmal. If Disney Infinity isn't enough to create a following on the platform to justify an XBO version of Kingdom Hearts 2.8, what will?

Maybe if they like talk about it once in awhile, or if they port over past games to the console, or not naming it 3 which might make people uneasy of jumping into an established series.

I'm not saying there is a huge audience or even a significant one and I'm happy I don't have to buy a PS4 just to play it but I do believe there could be an audience on Xbox if Square tried.

 

[The Mad Draklor]

Maybe if they like talk about it once in awhile, or if they port over past games to the console, or not naming it 3 which might make people uneasy of jumping into an established series.

I'm not saying there is a huge audience or even a significant one and I'm happy I don't have to buy a PS4 just to play it but I do believe there could be an audience on Xbox if Square tried.

If it's not feasible, SE will not do it. As Kagari emphasized earlier, it's a business decision.

 

[WrenchNinja]

Majority? The japanese themes are alongside Goofy and Donald, in Disney themed environments with Disney themed special attacks, a slew of Disney themed characters, the game made an appearance at D23 to introduce a Marvel world and show more disney related stuff,... I was never big on Final Fantasy and I could play KH1 and KH2 w/o feeling like I missed half the stuff, don't know if it's possible the other way around.

The audience for the mobile stuff might be mostly in japan but on consoles it has a strong following in the west and it could have an audience on xbox.

I'm not a big Final Fantasy guy either and I am here for the Disney too, but you are kidding yourself if you're trying to say the focus has been equal. Disney environments have been settings for the camera to be on Sora. Donald and Goofy have been periphery characters for years and Disney ride themed special attacks dont mean jack. We had disney party member specific special attacks in KH2. Whoop-de-do. The game made an appearance at D23 cause Kingdom Hearts is a huge video game series that Disney owns.

Yeah, that strong audience from the west? It's on PlayStation. Expecting the Xbox to gain that audience by the time KH3 comes out with the release of some ports is just crazy talk.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

I just don't see that Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy have a bigger audience on Xbox One than Metal Gear Solid V. I guess september NPD will show how the split of MGSV will be, but UK was not that great for XBox One.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Put it another way.

Tell why should I, as a person without any knowledge about the development progress of FFXV internally treat Tabata as a liar, and distrust his words?

if you had double or nothing bet ff versus xiii was not coming out each year from when it was announced until now, and started with a $25 bet, you'd currently have enough money to buy yourself a nice new car in cash. if you double or nothing bet again next year, you'll be in the ballpark of paying for a 4 year university degree.

 

[LewieP]

If I were a betting man, I'd say that 2.8 is PS4 only in Japan, but will get an Xbox One release everywhere outside of Asia. This news is in a Japanese publication with no real reason to discuss the wider global market.

Either that or KH3 is cancelled for Xbox One globally. They won't release a game for Xbox One without releasing the prologue chapter, that would be madness.

The former explanation seems most viable to me.

 

[Seven Force]

If I were a betting man, I'd say that 2.8 is PS4 only in Japan, but will get an Xbox One release everywhere outside of Asia. This news is in a Japanese publication with no real reason to discuss the wider global market.

Either that or KH3 is cancelled for Xbox One globally. They won't release a game for Xbox One without releasing the prologue chapter, that would be madness.

The former explanation seems most viable to me.

It'd be hilarious if they pulled a Last Remnant PS3.

 

[Jigorath]

If I were a betting man, I'd say that 2.8 is PS4 only in Japan, but will get an Xbox One release everywhere outside of Asia. This news is in a Japanese publication with no real reason to discuss the wider global market.

Either that or KH3 is cancelled for Xbox One globally. They won't release a game for Xbox One without releasing the prologue chapter, that would be madness.

The former explanation seems most viable to me.

2.8 has already been announced for America, and it's still PS4 exclusive.

 

[On Demand]

If I were a betting man, I'd say that 2.8 is PS4 only in Japan, but will get an Xbox One release everywhere outside of Asia. This news is in a Japanese publication with no real reason to discuss the wider global market.

Either that or KH3 is cancelled for Xbox One globally. They won't release a game for Xbox One without releasing the prologue chapter, that would be madness.

The former explanation seems most viable to me.

If there were an XB1 version we would of heard about it by now. The trailer on SE YT channel says PS4.

That same thinking kept being brought up during SE E3 press conference when they announced all those RPG's for PS4.

 

[BruceCLea]

$60*.2=$12

Therefore that should be the price.





Bahahahahahahaha it's SE

 

[prwxv3]

Maybe if they like talk about it once in awhile, or if they port over past games to the console, or not naming it 3 which might make people uneasy of jumping into an established series.

I'm not saying there is a huge audience or even a significant one and I'm happy I don't have to buy a PS4 just to play it but I do believe there could be an audience on Xbox if Square tried.

Its high risk and low reward. why would SE try to do it. the PS4 has already proved that it has the initial audience that buys their games. So no they are releasing everything under the sun for the PS4 to foster that audience so their big games (FF15 and KH3) get the biggest pay back.

 

[farisr]

Either that or KH3 is cancelled for Xbox One globally. They won't release a game for Xbox One without releasing the prologue chapter, that would be madness.

Not really. I don't see how it's any different than announcing KH3 for Xbox One when past xbox systems have never had a single KH game, and also releasing KH 1.5 and 2.5 HD collections only on PS3.

I wouldn't be surprised if the reason they're even developing KH3 for Xbox One at this point is because they initially announced it that way and want to follow through on that (also not wanting to waste whatever amount of work that may have gone into the xbox one version by now).

 

[Abdiel]

Maybe if they like talk about it once in awhile, or if they port over past games to the console, or not naming it 3 which might make people uneasy of jumping into an established series.

I'm not saying there is a huge audience or even a significant one and I'm happy I don't have to buy a PS4 just to play it but I do believe there could be an audience on Xbox if Square tried.

(shrug)

Our preorders remain pretty depressing for both FF XV and KH3 on the XB1. Small fractions of the PS4 versions. Japanese games in general don't seem to register on the radar of XB1 owners, and even high profile titles like that aren't part of the standard metric for their purchasing habits.

This isn't the previous generation, and SE seems to have fully acknowledged that with their development plans...

These debates and statements seem to fly in the face of the evidence presented by retail commentary and the sales threads for Europe and even the NPD results. SE announced KH3 for the system prior to launch, and have to have seen the trends/habits since then. They wouldn't make a decision if they thought it would actually pay off.

Meh.

 

[AZUMIKE]

Seems to me that the $60 price tag is a placeholder.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

If it's not feasible, SE will not do it. As Kagari emphasized earlier, it's a business decision.

I do think it's possible, if it's feasible is a whole nother issue but my point is Square never even tried.

I'm not a big Final Fantasy guy either and I am here for the Disney too, but you are kidding yourself if you're trying to say the focus has been equal. Disney environments have been settings for the camera to be on Sora. Donald and Goofy have been periphery characters for years and Disney ride themed special attacks dont mean jack. We had disney party member specific special attacks in KH2. Whoop-de-do. The game made an appearance at D23 cause Kingdom Hearts is a huge video game series that Disney owns.

Yeah, that strong audience from the west? It's on PlayStation. Expecting the Xbox to gain that audience by the time KH3 comes out with the release of some ports is just crazy talk.

There's been a lot of shots of Sora running true but what stood out the most imo where the disney themes.

I never contested the audience is on Playstation. The collections should have come to PS4 and XBO from the start now it would probably be too late if we consider II.8 launching somewhen fall 2016

Its high risk and low reward. why would SE try to do it. the PS4 has already proved that it has the initial audience that buys their games. So no they are releasing everything under the sun for the PS4 to foster that audience so their big games (FF15 and KH3) get the biggest pay back.

That's fair, i'd more say it's not worth the effort to them even if they got a ROI, if it's just about the risk involved they could go digital only on XBO.

(shrug)

Our preorders remain pretty depressing for both FF XV and KH3 on the XB1. Small fractions of the PS4 versions. Japanese games in general don't seem to register on the radar of XB1 owners, and even high profile titles like that aren't part of the standard metric for their purchasing habits.

This isn't the previous generation, and SE seems to have fully acknowledged that with their development plans...

These debates and statements seem to fly in the face of the evidence presented by retail commentary and the sales threads for Europe and even the NPD results. SE announced KH3 for the system prior to launch, and have to have seen the trends/habits since then. They wouldn't make a decision if they thought it would actually pay off.

Meh.

Was it actually different last generation? Did FFXIII do good on 360, I bought it there but got XIII-2 on PS3 subsequently, the multiple discs on XIII put me off. Tales of Vesperia didn't work out and Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon actually were more successful in the west than in Japan.

I'm not delusional I know that the xbox platform is not the platform to own if you're interested in JRPGs but I do wish the two games SE actually decided to bring over to XBO would get some more attention from them however feasible that is.

That said Scalebound is shaping up to be the game of my tacky childhood dreams.

 

[Kagari]

The co-director hinted that something would happen like this last year. The exclusivity thing, that is.

 

[Alo0oy]

There's nothing wrong with PS4 getting most if not all of the attention what's wrong is pretending the port of these marquee titles doesn't exist. Of course it's not gonna sell great on Xbox if they don't facilitate an audience.

They tried that on 360 with FFXIII, the game even had a marketing deal with MS, & it still under-performed, if you look at the sales & the splits carefully, I'm not even sure it sold a million copies on 360.

 

[ULTROS!]

The co-director hinted that something would happen like this last year. The exclusivity thing, that is.

Since it's a business decision, does that mean all future SE Japanese games will be only on Sony and 3DS consoles from now on? Is Type-0 HD sales on Xbox truly the reason why Xbox One was abandoned?

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

They tried that on 360 with FFXIII, the game even had a marketing deal with MS, & it still under-performed, if you look at the sales & the splits carefully, I'm not even sure it sold a million copies on 360.

well XIII was crap, except Lightning, and they still decided to bring XIII-2 and LR to 360 and announced FFXV and KH3 for the XBO so that can't really have been the reason.

If they thought 360 had enough of a marketshare to be worth some support even if the games sell comparatively bad but the same doesn't apply to the XBO that's fine. Sucks for the minuscle audience on XBO that doesn't want to get a PS4.

 

[Alo0oy]

well XIII was crap, except Lightning, and they still decided to bring XIII-2 and LR to 360 and announced FFXV and KH3 for the XBO so that can't really have been the reason.

If they thought 360 had enough of a marketshare to be worth some support even if the games sell comparatively bad but the same doesn't apply to the XBO that's fine. Sucks for the minuscle audience on XBO that doesn't want to get a PS4.

They didn't stop after 1 game, Square (and many Japanese companies including Atlus with Catherine) tried really hard to sell their games there, but they failed miserably, some franchises even died temporarily like Star Ocean, or completely failed that there wasn't a sequel in sight (like The Last Remnant).

The audience for those games just wasn't there, that's why support for Japanese games dried up in the middle of the gen, Japanese publishers stopped caring. PC right now is what 360 was late last gen, PC will get a few rare Japanese ports here & there, with the majority being PS4 exclusive, XB1 isn't even on their radar.

If you're a big fan of Japanese games, PS4 is the only viable console (or Vita & 3DS if you play on handhelds too), if you only want to play a few of them, PC is an option as it will get a few ports, but don't expect anything on XB1.

Kagari already confirmed that it was a business decision.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

They didn't stop after 1 game, Square (and many Japanese companies including Atlus with Catherine) tried really hard to sell their games there, but they failed miserably, some franchises even died temporarily like Star Ocean, or completely failed that there wasn't a sequel in sight (like The Last Remnant).

The audience for those games just wasn't there, that's why support for Japanese games dried up in the middle of the gen, Japanese publishers stopped caring. PC right now is what 360 was late last gen, PC will get a few rare Japanese ports here & there, with the majority being PS4 exclusive, XB1 isn't even in their radar.

If you're a big fan of Japanese games, PS4, Vita, & 3DS are the only viable platforms, if you're fine with Japanese games & only want to play a few of them, PC is an option as it will get a few ports, but don't expect anything on XB1.

If the audience wasn't there remotely why would Square continue with it on XBO, why would Atlus bring the 2 Persona 4 arena games to 360.

I don't expect anything, and I never did, beyond support for the two titles they are bringing to the platform.

PC right now is already doing great numbers considering what we steam gets are mostly very low effort ports. I have a Vita, don't particularly like the style of JRPGs mostly making it there, and a 3DS. I feel pretty set even not getting a PS4.

 

[Alo0oy]

If the audience wasn't there remotely why would Square continue with it on XBO, why would Atlus bring the 2 Persona 4 arena games to 360.

I don't expect anything, and I never did, beyond support for the two titles they are bringing to the platform.

PC right now is already doing great numbers considering what we steam gets are mostly very low effort ports. I have a Vita, don't particularly like the style of JRPGs mostly making it there, and a 3DS. I feel pretty set even not getting a PS4.

Because they wanted to expand their audience, those ventures just didn't pan out, we know the sales for Japanese games on 360 were horrible, it's not a secret, many franchises would be dead right now if those games didn't get a late PS3 port. I'm sorry, but those are the market realities right now, the situation is even worse than how it was last gen.

As for PC, the results have been mixed, VC did great there, while many other games bombed on Steam, I don't think Japanese publishers will look at those sales yet as it's still a very small sample size, I think Tales of Zestreia will be the game that Japanese publishers will look at for future PC/Steam support.

I hope it does well on Steam though, when I go back to a game after 10 years, I usually prefer doing that on PC if it's available there because of texture mods & a more modern resolution (unless a remaster gets announced).

 

[prwxv3]

If the audience wasn't there remotely why would Square continue with it on XBO, why would Atlus bring the 2 Persona 4 arena games to 360.

I don't expect anything, and I never did, beyond support for the two titles they are bringing to the platform.

PC right now is already doing great numbers considering what we steam gets are mostly very low effort ports. I have a Vita, don't particularly like the style of JRPGs mostly making it there, and a 3DS. I feel pretty set even not getting a PS4.

The Xbox One is not the 360. The put it on Xbox one before the consoles were even released. They did so just in case the Xbox One performed similarly to the 360.

 

[Alo0oy]

The Xbox One is not the 360. The put it on Xbox one before the consoles were even released. They did so just in case the Xbox One performed similarly to the 360.

Square stopped caring about 360 late last gen too, it didn't get FFX, KH1.5, or KH2.5.

 

[prwxv3]

I do think it's possible, if it's feasible is a whole nother issue but my point is Square never even tried.



There's been a lot of shots of Sora running true but what stood out the most imo where the disney themes.

I never contested the audience is on Playstation. The collections should have come to PS4 and XBO from the start now it would probably be too late if we consider II.8 launching somewhen fall 2016



That's fair, i'd more say it's not worth the effort to them even if they got a ROI, if it's just about the risk involved they could go digital only on XBO.



Was it actually different last generation? Did FFXIII do good on 360, I bought it there but got XIII-2 on PS3 subsequently, the multiple discs on XIII put me off. Tales of Vesperia didn't work out and Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon actually were more successful in the west than in Japan.

I'm not delusional I know that the xbox platform is not the platform to own if you're interested in JRPGs but I do wish the two games SE actually decided to bring over to XBO would get some more attention from them however feasible that is.

That said Scalebound is shaping up to be the game of my tacky childhood dreams.

Going digital will no lower the investment needed for the port job.

 

[Muzy72]

Whoops, I guess this is the more active KH thread.

I went ahead and bought 2.5 on Amazon today since it's clear that 1.5 and 2.5 aren't coming to PS4 any time soon.

1.5, 2.5, and 2.8 is all I need to be caught up for KH3, right? I don't need to play the upcoming mobile game?

 

[Nightengale]

Whoops, I guess this is the more active KH thread.

I went ahead and bought 2.5 on Amazon today since it's clear that 1.5 and 2.5 aren't coming to PS4 any time soon.

1.5, 2.5, and 2.8 is all I need to be caught up for KH3, right? I don't need to play the upcoming mobile game?

Probably not.

 

[Suzushiiro]

Not really. I don't see how it's any different than announcing KH3 for Xbox One when past xbox systems have never had a single KH game, and also releasing KH 1.5 and 2.5 HD collections only on PS3.

I wouldn't be surprised if the reason they're even developing KH3 for Xbox One at this point is because they initially announced it that way and want to follow through on that (also not wanting to waste whatever amount of work that may have gone into the xbox one version by now).

I mean, there are two possible explanations here:

A) Squeenix's current strategy for eastern-developed titles is to release their AAA titles on PS4 and XBone while their spinoffs, B-list titles, and games moneyhatted by Sony are only on Playstation.

B) Squeenix made all of their existing XBone commitments before the generation started and has since realized that betting any money at all on the platform was a bad idea outside of their western-developed games (Tomb Raider, Deus Ex) but don't want to deal with the bad will with fans/MS that would be created by outright cancelling them.

We'll probably find out which one it was when FFXVI or KH4 are announced.

 

[Jigorath]

Whoops, I guess this is the more active KH thread.

I went ahead and bought 2.5 on Amazon today since it's clear that 1.5 and 2.5 aren't coming to PS4 any time soon.

1.5, 2.5, and 2.8 is all I need to be caught up for KH3, right? I don't need to play the upcoming mobile game?

Yep, you're good.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

The Xbox One is not the 360. The put it on Xbox one before the consoles were even released. They did so just in case the Xbox One performed similarly to the 360.

I didn't say it was. Why would they though if games underperformed on 360, why would they think it'd work this time?

Because they wanted to expand their audience, those ventures just didn't pan out, we know the sales for Japanese games on 360 were horrible, it's not a secret, many franchises would be dead right now if those games didn't get a late PS3 port. I'm sorry, but those are the market realities right now, the situation is even worse than how it was last gen.

As for PC, the results have been mixed, VC did great there, while many other games bombed on Steam, I don't think Japanese publishers will look at those sales yet as it's still a very small sample size, I think Tales of Zestreia will be the game that Japanese publishers will look at for future PC/Steam support.

I hope it does well on Steam though, when I go back to a game after 10 years, I usually prefer doing that on PC if it's available there because of texture mods & a more modern resolution (unless a remaster gets announced).

I do not dispute those market realities I just don't see the connection between abysmal 360 performance and XBO support intent.

There've been some really shoddy ports that received poor reception but we've seen a couple publishers even doubling down on legacy ports. I also think Tales of might be game publishers will look at, part of the reason I'll get even if it doesn't look particularly good to me.

Going digital will no lower the investment needed for the port job.

No it won't but it'd lower the costs of shipping and printing. I don't think it's much of a risk I it's probably just not a ROI worth the effort. Square has teams with experience porting to Xbox after all.

 

[The Mad Draklor]

They tried that on 360 with FFXIII, the game even had a marketing deal with MS, & it still under-performed, if you look at the sales & the splits carefully, I'm not even sure it sold a million copies on 360.

I should add that MS also released a FFXIII Special bundle in the US. Three major advantages:

- Significantly higher American userbase
- Marketing deal
- Bundle

And yet the PS3 version still sold more.

I do think it's possible, if it's feasible is a whole nother issue but my point is Square never even tried.

Anything is technically possible. However, my point still stands. Square does not see it as a feasible nor practical venture. It's not the fault of Square, but rather the apathy among the XBO userbase.

 

[CrimsonFist]

If the audience wasn't there remotely why would Square continue with it on XBO, why would Atlus bring the 2 Persona 4 arena games to 360.

I don't expect anything, and I never did, beyond support for the two titles they are bringing to the platform.

PC right now is already doing great numbers considering what we steam gets are mostly very low effort ports. I have a Vita, don't particularly like the style of JRPGs mostly making it there, and a 3DS. I feel pretty set even not getting a PS4.

They didn't bring the second to 360 in Japan, so clearly putting the first one on it didn't pay off.

 

[Caode]

Just ordered Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD and 2.5 HD.

In what order would I be best to play the series in, release order or chronological order?

 

[The Mad Draklor]

Since this is the most active Kingdom Hearts thread at the minute I thought I'd ask this on here since I'm more or less completely oblivious about the entire series chronology etc

Just ordered Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD and 2.5 HD.

In what order would I be best to play the series in, release order or chronological order?

I would recommend doing it in release order. I've done it that way and it turned out fine.

 

[MAtgS]

Release order.

 

[threelights]

Just ordered Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD and 2.5 HD.

In what order would I be best to play the series in, release order or chronological order?

Release order always

 

[Muzy72]

Adding on to the question on what order I should play the games in, should I play KH2 or watch the 358/2 Days movie first? KH2 came out first, but 358/2 Days is in the 1.5 ReMIX collection.