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Official Square Enix Press Conference thread
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Diatribe1974
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Yixian said:
I think that was exactly what they were thinking when they said "North American/Japanese Simultaneous Release". They looked at everywhere for total 360 sales went "Hmmm...outside of Japan, folks love their 360's, specially in NA....5.7 game attach rate.....millions of systems sold....very nice..."
Now....I ask you "Do you understand the concept of demographics?" Japan might be a lost cause for the 360 crew, but everywhere else, it's doing just fine. *checks on the 11 million sold so far figure* Yup, doing juuuuuust fine. Not to troll...but...umm...how's the PS3 sales doing?
Smiles and Cries
Member
gone to sleep, this Nintendo fan is not happy with you SE
SolidSnakex
Member
Alkaliine said:
Most of what the PSP is getting are ports/remakes. It's not a big deal.
Chris Michael
Banned
Man, as a Nintendo fan, I'm glad I've stayed up till 4:17 in the morning for this, it was well worth while. Now I can sleep happily knowing SE loves my Wii. 
_Alkaline_
Member
SolidSnakex said:
But they could still put all of these games onto DS, and make a bigger profit. I know they want to share it around but as a company they're not getting the benefits they could potentially gain.
They've got to save some stuff for the party, right? :lolJonnyram said:
It's not like they can completely ignore the PSP, so why not keep delaying Crisis Core Forever and releasing PS1 games that should be on PSN? I don't see reason to complain about what PSP is getting if you own a DS. If you want those games that badly, get one.Alkaliine said:
With the posted announcements from this conference, the PSP game Dissidia and the DS remake of FF4, there are still two items that have been previously announced tho not fully disclosed:
Final Fantasy Haeresis XIII...which I think will be the big announcement at the end...what this is, not sure, but my assumption is to either appear on the Wii (like FF12 RW for DS) or xb360 (if they want to use the same engine), or the also possible 3rd FF13 on PS3.
Kingdom Hearts KeyBlade Wars...which was shown briefly at the end of KH2, and mentioned recently in reference to the next KH game not being "KH3". This may still be too early, so my money is on FFH13 since this IS the 20th FF party after all.
Final Fantasy Haeresis XIII...which I think will be the big announcement at the end...what this is, not sure, but my assumption is to either appear on the Wii (like FF12 RW for DS) or xb360 (if they want to use the same engine), or the also possible 3rd FF13 on PS3.
Kingdom Hearts KeyBlade Wars...which was shown briefly at the end of KH2, and mentioned recently in reference to the next KH game not being "KH3". This may still be too early, so my money is on FFH13 since this IS the 20th FF party after all.
DiatribeEQ said:
Considering the complete lack of games and the horrendous price, not bad.
And btw, 360 isn't doing particularly well in Europe either. Better than Japan, not so bad in the UK, but everywhere else, France, Spain, Italy *blows raspberry*
I don't see how games like The Last Remnant are going to make enough money on 360 to cover the cost it took to develop for it. I mean, look at it, it's a diehard RPG/RTS hybrid type thing.
Plenty of 360 owners here will want it, but the masses bought a 360 for games like Gears and Halo, and couldn't care less about much else. Likewise, you don't buy a PS3 if you're going to be buying tons of shooters.
Surely as a gamer you get excited about games?, non?
I like the Wii ( I own the Wii) I'm glad that Nintendo took an entirely different road.
But I have to say I don't care how many people buy it , I'll judge its success on the variety and quality of titles.
I'm a gamer first - Analyst second. Which is why Dreamcast will go down as one of my favourite consoles of all time, regardless of its poor sales showing and its pathway to the demise of SEGA.
It's about games people...especially for us the hardcore.
Lets not forget that.
I like the Wii ( I own the Wii) I'm glad that Nintendo took an entirely different road.
But I have to say I don't care how many people buy it , I'll judge its success on the variety and quality of titles.
I'm a gamer first - Analyst second. Which is why Dreamcast will go down as one of my favourite consoles of all time, regardless of its poor sales showing and its pathway to the demise of SEGA.
It's about games people...especially for us the hardcore.
Lets not forget that.
nelsonroyale
Member
zoukka said:
conference hasn't started. There has been no FF cc wii, no DQ 8 or anything. too early to jump the gun, no?
peace
Kurosaki Ichigo
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Biggest news is Star Ocean 4 guys, just because you can't fap when you don't know the platform(s) the game is on doesn't mean the announcement is insignificant.
And I ****ing hate how everyone is following that.
And I ****ing hate how everyone is following that.
Dark Fact said:
Nomura has said again and again and again. It will not be at the party. It's a Summer announcement, which means - E3. The spinoffs will NOT be about the Keyblade Wars specifically but will cover the characters that are "not Sora" like King Mickey and Roxas during the gaps in time which have not been covered. The planned platform for these stories to be told are portable systems.
dogonfire said:I wish these blogs had the courtesy to post a picture of a stop sign or something for us foreigners when events were done.
And sypher, graphics don't matter to me. I'm a hypocrite?
Same here.
If your taste differs you're a hypocrite
Hyprocrites all around..
We should start a hypocrites movement and ban the term hypocrite at the same time cause it's one helluva overused and missplaced word..
chibcicylist
Banned
Yixian said:
This thing tonight was dubbed as the "pre-conference". The actual conference part of the preconference is still scheduled for May 12th.
It's over. Just got back home.
So the biggest stuff was Star Ocean 4 (platform unknown but confirmed to be a "high-end" came according to the producer. Also tri-Ace developing confirmed) and Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon Wii.
First footage of Crystal Bearers, too, all realtime. Looked amazing -- without a doubt the best visuals on Wii yet.
Last Remnant in motion looks pretty goddamn astounding, if you ask me. Facial animation is fantastic, and the battles are incredibly kinetic and dynamic. Frame rate still a little choppy, but they wanted to stress it was still early in development. The towns were vast and full of life -- think Rabanastre next-gen and you'll have a pretty good idea of what they were all about.
Dissidia, FFIV DS, and the new XIII trailers will be at the actual Party two days from now, so sit tight!
So the biggest stuff was Star Ocean 4 (platform unknown but confirmed to be a "high-end" came according to the producer. Also tri-Ace developing confirmed) and Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon Wii.
First footage of Crystal Bearers, too, all realtime. Looked amazing -- without a doubt the best visuals on Wii yet.
Last Remnant in motion looks pretty goddamn astounding, if you ask me. Facial animation is fantastic, and the battles are incredibly kinetic and dynamic. Frame rate still a little choppy, but they wanted to stress it was still early in development. The towns were vast and full of life -- think Rabanastre next-gen and you'll have a pretty good idea of what they were all about.
Dissidia, FFIV DS, and the new XIII trailers will be at the actual Party two days from now, so sit tight!
vanguardian1
poor, homeless and tasteless
In regards to the HD issue, I guess Nintendo would be in a tough spot then, if they had tried to release a $400 console with 360 level graphics they'd be well behind the PS3 right now in sales. I know I wouldn't have bought one either. Trying to do too much like you suggest would have killed the wii outright, sorry pixel-counters.
I admit Final Fantasy XIII and the new games looks cool as hell, but if the videos are right it doesn't look like much fun to me. :-/
I say let the big-bad final fantasy stick to the elitest platforms and have smaller teams work on wii titles, using existing licenses like chrono trigger, secret of mana, actraiser, and such. I think the wii would be much better off with titles like that.
I guess I pray for Konami to give us Suikoden VI for Wii (they have an unnamed wii rpg in the works) and Sega to give us Skies of Arcadia II.
I admit Final Fantasy XIII and the new games looks cool as hell, but if the videos are right it doesn't look like much fun to me. :-/
I say let the big-bad final fantasy stick to the elitest platforms and have smaller teams work on wii titles, using existing licenses like chrono trigger, secret of mana, actraiser, and such. I think the wii would be much better off with titles like that.
I guess I pray for Konami to give us Suikoden VI for Wii (they have an unnamed wii rpg in the works) and Sega to give us Skies of Arcadia II.
Mar_ said:
Here you go.. it's 10 MB though! :lol
http://img2.shareavenue.com/image.php?file=484fac7a9516c991cb5139c51d941cfd2edb8ee0
Anyone can say "I'm all about the gameplay. **** graphics! 480p FTW" but I can guarantee you that if the half the games you play today looked like 8bit tragedies, you wouldnt give them a second look. Good visuals and good gameplay go hand in hand, they arent exclusive concepts.
You honestly can tell me that you would rather have the current Wii than a Wii HD?
You honestly can tell me that you would rather have the current Wii than a Wii HD?
_Alkaline_
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Aokage said:It's over. Just got back home.
So the biggest stuff was Star Ocean 4 (platform unknown but confirmed to be a "high-end" came according to the producer. Also tri-Ace developing confirmed) and Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon Wii.
First footage of Crystal Bearers, too, all realtime. Looked amazing -- without a doubt the best visuals on Wii yet.
Last Remnant in motion looks pretty goddamn astounding, if you ask me. Facial animation is fantastic, and the battles are incredibly kinetic and dynamic. Frame rate still a little choppy, but they wanted to stress it was still early in development. The towns were vast and full of life -- think Rabanastre next-gen and you'll have a pretty good idea of what they were all about.
Dissidia, FFIV DS, and the new XIII trailers will be at the actual Party two days from now, so sit tight!
You sure the Crystal Bearers footage was real-time? How did the gameplay look? How were the visuals compared to the original on GC?
chibcicylist
Banned
Aokage said:It's over. Just got back home.
So the biggest stuff was Star Ocean 4 (platform unknown but confirmed to be a "high-end" came according to the producer. Also tri-Ace developing confirmed) and Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon Wii.
First footage of Crystal Bearers, too, all realtime. Looked amazing -- without a doubt the best visuals on Wii yet.
Last Remnant in motion looks pretty goddamn astounding, if you ask me. Facial animation is fantastic, and the battles are incredibly kinetic and dynamic. Frame rate still a little choppy, but they wanted to stress it was still early in development. The towns were vast and full of life -- think Rabanastre next-gen and you'll have a pretty good idea of what they were all about.
Dissidia, FFIV DS, and the new XIII trailers will be at the actual Party two days from now, so sit tight!
Thanks for the report! I wish there was something, maybe a screenie or two, thrown Wii's way so we can share with the awesomness that you just experienced.
sypher said:
Wii can do "good" visuals. Great even.
It was definitely a significant announcement. I suppose people aren't more excited because we knew it was coming and we got no screens or platforms or even a proper title, they didn't say anything at all. It's just confirmation of what Famitsu told us to expect, all the excitement is in the other thread where most of us hope it's more of a mix of SS and TtEoT.Kurosaki Ichigo said:
That was about what I expected. More ports, some announcements, SO4, and Last Remnant. SE's first multiplatform RPG. That's pretty damn big news. Just because there's no Wii-ton forum meltdown doesn't mean the early announcements are a bust. Sheesh.
How can you say SE doesn't like Nintendo? Last I saw, the DS was getting an awesome amount of SE support. They also announced Chocobo Dungeon for Wii. This isn't a real game now? People marked out over Chocobo Tales on DS, but Chocobo Dungeon is non news now?
Wii is still getting Dragon Quest Swords too. And Crystal Bearers (it's easy to forget about FF: CC though :lol )
But, I get it. Wii doesn't get any mainline Final Fantasy, so it's all a bust. Boo-hoo.
How can you say SE doesn't like Nintendo? Last I saw, the DS was getting an awesome amount of SE support. They also announced Chocobo Dungeon for Wii. This isn't a real game now? People marked out over Chocobo Tales on DS, but Chocobo Dungeon is non news now?
Wii is still getting Dragon Quest Swords too. And Crystal Bearers (it's easy to forget about FF: CC though :lol )
But, I get it. Wii doesn't get any mainline Final Fantasy, so it's all a bust. Boo-hoo.
Aokage said:It's over. Just got back home.
So the biggest stuff was Star Ocean 4 (platform unknown but confirmed to be a "high-end" came according to the producer. Also tri-Ace developing confirmed) and Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon Wii.
First footage of Crystal Bearers, too, all realtime. Looked amazing -- without a doubt the best visuals on Wii yet.
Last Remnant in motion looks pretty goddamn astounding, if you ask me. Facial animation is fantastic, and the battles are incredibly kinetic and dynamic. Frame rate still a little choppy, but they wanted to stress it was still early in development. The towns were vast and full of life -- think Rabanastre next-gen and you'll have a pretty good idea of what they were all about.
Dissidia, FFIV DS, and the new XIII trailers will be at the actual Party two days from now, so sit tight!
Thanks for impressions. I hope someone will release video of Last Remnant...