No, Square just realized that their games only sell well on Playstation, even last gen Final Fantasy XIII bombed on 360 compared to PS3, ~90% XIII's sales were on PS3.
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Square Enix teasing new PS4 title - Project Code Z [It's Minna de Spelunker Z, F2P]
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No, Square just realized that their games only sell well on Playstation, even last gen Final Fantasy XIII bombed on 360 compared to PS3, ~90% XIII's sales were on PS3.
threelights
Member
Or that is just a game they don't plan on localizing.
I'm pretty sure the stuff that is coming to PS/Xbox is because SE plans to localize it.
The website is in perfect english, and you expect them to not announce a localization?
Considering the console market, anything that has a console release is likely to see a western release
threelights
Member
Are you saying you've never seen an english message on a japanese website?
Or are you taking one english sentence from a teaser website as confirmation for a localization?
Jimmyfenix
Member
Back together again
I'm taking the fact that its a console game by SE in 2015 as evidence for it being localized.
Americanmushroom
Banned
Some stupid psn game or some cheap done remaster
AcademicSaucer
Member
I thought Gaf knew better than to make this thread 17 pages long .
threelights
Member
Sure. That has nothing to do with what I said though, but sure.
Like all their cheap remasters from the past... Oh, wait.
JuanLatino
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Bravely Default for Ps4.
After the success on the 3ds they realized that there is still a big demand for these type of games....
Or
Star Ocean Z.
SE doing their own Xenoblade Games with Mechs
Or
New Ip from that new RPG Studio.
After the success on the 3ds they realized that there is still a big demand for these type of games....
Or
Star Ocean Z.
SE doing their own Xenoblade Games with Mechs
Or
New Ip from that new RPG Studio.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Yep, must mean FFVII remake is happening with a new alternate playthrough where you play as Sephiroth to see his side of the story.
Dynasty8
Member
Regarding the music, it's my opinion... But I'm sure the majority of people here would agree that after Uematsu and other key figures left SE, the music hasn't been the same. The music in the newer SE games feel forgettable compared to games like FF6-10, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, and much more. Those OST's are still masterpieces.
There are some exceptions like Bravely Default. FFXIII did have decent music as well, but every sequel that came after it, the music just kept going downhill for me. XIII-2 and Lightning Returns was not my cup of tea.
And for the challenges... the SNES and PS1 days offered way more of a challenge than newer SE games do. I'm not comparing this to games like Dark Souls or SMT games...those games are known specifically to be difficult (which is a really good thing IMO). However, games like Secret of Mana, Front Mission 3 and 4, Vagrant Story, KH1 and 2 (harder difficulty) and most of the FF games did pose more of a challenge than most of the new games today.
I'm also comparing JRPGs from different developers of the past as well compared to the games that come out today...not just Square Enix. Games like Breath of Fire 1-4, Lunar, and even the FF games didn't hold your hand throughout the whole game and tell you where to go on a marked mini map. Some of the best times I had with these classics were when I would get stuck at a certain point and I had to figure out where to go next in order to progress...it had me more immersed into the world of the game. Even if we both disagree about some of the classics being slightly challenging, I'm sure we can both agree that games today hold your hand way too much compared to back then.
Right, then why weren't FFX HD & KH HD released on X360 (& X on Xbone)? it wasn't Square only either, X360 supported died slowly from japanese devs as the gen went on, japanese games just didn't sell well to the Xbox audience.
Eh? That's not true, is it?
PoweredByHentai
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What about a new Front Mission game from the Zaftra perspective?
Oublieux
Member
This is condescending. Not a great way to argue a point.
It is, even in the US when 360 had more than double the install base I think ~70% of its sales were on PS3.
Panda In Space
Member
It is definitely going to be Final Fantasy Artniks Dive by GREE.
Look at this promotion video and you can see the pre-rendered backgrounds are very similar to the ones on the Project Code Z website.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw8pVtnrd2o
Look at this promotion video and you can see the pre-rendered backgrounds are very similar to the ones on the Project Code Z website.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw8pVtnrd2o
Worldwide? Yes.
Lol if true.
Edge_Maverick
Member
Doesn't look similar at all
One looks hand drawn bg
The other looks like ps1 era prerendered bg
Why would they call a game that already has a name and a trailer by another name? Also that looks like a phone game, not a PS4 game.
Ooft, yes please.
Not sure why that would be a factor. The PS4 is holding its own worldwide, unlike the PS3 which struggled early on. If SE was worried they'd be putting FFX HD and FFVII on XB1 too, but they're not.
SniperHunter
Banned
really hope this isnt a port of a fucking cell phone game
threelights
Member
I said when SE puts their games on PS AND Xbox is because they intend to localize it. The other way around is not necessarily true.
I said that because I disagree with the notion that SE is now dumping the Xbox. FFXV and KH3 both are still coming to both consoles, so the fact this title is exclusive is not because "SE realized they don't sell on Xbox". Pointing the lack of localization is just one among many possibilities.
I'd take a Rise of Mana on the PS4...
JaseMath
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It's SE. Best to keep your expectations as low as possible.
SE hasn't announced any JP stuff for Xbox since Type-0 HD. I wonder why that is.
Both of those were announced before PS4 & Xbone launched, publishers at the time assumed consumers would buy Xbone for Kinect
lol
Besides, all of Square's recent moves have been concentrated on moving the JRPG audience from PS3 to PS4 (DQH, FFX, FFVII, FF Type-0, & probably a few more announcements in the future).
Cameron122
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In a just world Final Fantasy Tactics II would be announced.
Sir I would subscribe to your newsletter
Sir I would subscribe to your newsletter
Dargor
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Besides, PS4 is not doing that well in Japan either. Launching this game exclusively for PS4, only in Japan, doesn't sound like the best route to take at this point.
Unless this is a small game where selling 200k or 300k is enough to make a profit. But I don't think this is the case, since going through all this trouble to hype a small game sounds like a sure way to waste money.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
This doesn't seem like a lot of trouble for hyping any game, really.
ForsakenLotus
Member
My expectations are definitely in check, but I am curious SE.
Please be exciting.
Please be exciting.
Hexa
Member
Huh? You know this is Square Enix you're talking about right? The kings of overhyping mobile/browser games. The guys that took up stage time at PSX announcing a straight port of a PS1 game. Going through a lot of trouble to hype small games is totally their thing at this point.
threelights
Member
But they DID announce Type-0. At that point they already knew how good their Xbox sales would be. They even have a special Xbox here in the west for that game... (And it's not like they announced much besides ports for the PS4 after that).
That is mostly Japan though. They want their audience to move on to next gen, and Xbone is not a very viable option over there... And DQH is also on PS3.
Dynasty8
Member
If this is true then I just give up.
Dargor
Member
The game is going to be revealed in some sort of expo this weekend, if I'm not mistaken. Having to prepare a presentation for it and even having an annoucement like this one is way more than an small game needs.
Is it wasn't something "big", they would just have done something like the arcade game they just announced. Just have some magazine or site blow the whistle.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
I think you misjudge SE.
Dargor
Member
Straight port or not, that was still Final Fantasy 7 my friend, just having that name on stage is a big event in and of itself.
Jimmyfenix
Member
I still think it will be bouncer related
It's all relative, PS4 is over 1 million units in Japan with no japanese software, it should be at 2.5m - 3m once FFXV launches, by comparison, Xbone would be lucky to sell what PS4 sold this week in all of 2015.
FFX & FFVII are coming to Western markets & they're not coming to Xbone, & Square specifically said that eventually all Final Fantasy titles will be playable on PS4 (Xbone wasn't even mentioned).
Dargor
Member
lol Well, lets wait and see. I know SE aren't the most sensible marketeers around but even a broken clock is right twice a day hehehe.
I can believe that for Japan. For US and Europe, that is simply not true.
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