statham
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http://www.icxm.net/x/final-fantasy-xv-marketing-deal-xbox.html
edit: very possible this could be fake. let see.
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Xbox has the marketing deal for FFXV? (UPDATE: nope)
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edit: very possible this could be fake. let see.
BreezyLimbo
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Interesting.
GhostWriter24
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I think GAF is suitably over the outrage from (potentially temporary) exclusivity deals.
...Right?
...Right?
BruceLeeRoy
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Incorrect good sir
James Scott
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So it'll probably be at the MS conference instead. SE has done a rather poor job building up an audience for their games with PS usually being the lead so this is probably smart for MS.
Whelp, nvm
mysteriousmage09
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Kagari already said nope in the other thread. Close this thread.
GhostWriter24
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Dude I dont even see a post by Kagari...am I missing something?
EDIT: Oh ok, just MS being MS. Gotcha.
LowParry
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DeepEnigma
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Already debunked as false.
orthodoxy1095
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Kagari has debunked this multiple times today and even more times in the past months.
LegendofDragoonLives
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Would make sense if SE wants to sell less copies.
orthodoxy1095
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Yeah, that was definitely the case with XIII right?
SneakersSO
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Nope. They don't. You'll see PS4 banners all over the Staples Center for it as well.
funkystudent
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Kagari denied it.
But really. I am not sure I see MS wasting the money. We literally have a decade of proof that not matter how much money MS tosses at JRPG's they will always bomb on Xbox.
MS had exclusive marketing and bundles for XIII and it didnt do shit for them. And that was after they spend years trying to make the 360 the JRPG system with exclusives like Tales of Vaspira, Star Ocean, Blue Dragon, Last Redmint and Lost Odyssey. All bombed and might have been the direct cause of the drought of JRPGs for most of last gen.
But really. I am not sure I see MS wasting the money. We literally have a decade of proof that not matter how much money MS tosses at JRPG's they will always bomb on Xbox.
MS had exclusive marketing and bundles for XIII and it didnt do shit for them. And that was after they spend years trying to make the 360 the JRPG system with exclusives like Tales of Vaspira, Star Ocean, Blue Dragon, Last Redmint and Lost Odyssey. All bombed and might have been the direct cause of the drought of JRPGs for most of last gen.
Well, either they are just doing their own thing in the U.S. and spliting the difference or they just have specific banners made for each area's press event.
This time it's different, this time there's no need for 12 discs. (I'm not being serious here.)
it wasn't 12. that was mgs 4 for the 360
that wasn't real, was it?
SRTtoZ
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I don't know, MS has wasted a lot of money on failed products.
wapplew
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How can MS fix that?
I think they need to build like 5 Japanese first party studio and hire all the big name directors as studio head.
DarkLordMalik
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Mod here and residual SE Insider and lover of 14.
Thank the lord that this thing is fake. MS can sleep another night.
yanipheonu
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You do have to wonder if Microsoft is going to step up their exclusivity deals. That Call of Duty loss alone must have hurt.
SwiftDeath
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I don't know why we're talking about platforms
Clearly the poster is stating that FFXV will have 2 hugs, 2 kisses and whatever the hell an NE is.
Clearly the poster is stating that FFXV will have 2 hugs, 2 kisses and whatever the hell an NE is.
John Harker
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Curious why people consider it a "waste of money."
It's not a black and white "I do this to outsell the other guy."
I'ts typically:
1. Increase my SOV of a given title
2. This game is big enough to sell hardware to new consumers, and I want these new consumers to consider my platform when they purchase
How does a deal like this not fulfill those objectives?
Console marketing teams have money to spend, and goals to reach with that spend.
They can spend it selling the emotional benefits of their platforms, lifestyle marketing, etc, they can spend it pushing 1st party software (but typically later in a cycle that's toward existing users - you're money isn't working as hard for you to sell halo 6 to new consumers to buy an Xbox if you didn't buy an Xbox for halo 5, so that budget is probably coming from a different software bucket), or you can identify a 3rd party title that will convert new or lapsed gamers to upgrade to a new platform and these deals give those consumers visibility to your particular console.
To me, a deal like this is "there's no major FF on this generation. This game can sell 3mm units. A large % is from core FF fans who were waiting for a new FF before upgrading consoles. If I give Square $3mm, they will match my $3mm and we will tag $6mm with Xbox and now FF will sell 4mm units because of increased awareness, and that's an increased potential conversion rate to Xbox as the platform lapsed FF fans pick up when they upgrade because that's the level of awareness they have of the new title for Xbox.
I don't know why people get so up and arms... It's really simple as that in most cases.
SneakersSO
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I mean.... that would be a tremendous waste of money. For starters, the big thing they have to do is work with JP publishing to ensure the Xbox is not skipped on big name JP games. Sure, most of those games serve a niche audience, but those audiences add up & attract a larger WW market that, as of right now, only Sony is serving.
One of the worst mistakes MS made when they decided to double down on Kinect was allowing all those years of inroads they had built to JP publishers to go to waste.
statham
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should I have not made a thread?
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wumster3000
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If so, it doesn't matter. It will sell way more on the PS4. If I were Sony, I wouldn't waste the money to market it.
shotgunbob04
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If true, at least it's not a deal like they did with Rise of the Tomb Raider.
Could be DLC exclusives.
But in reality it could just be getting rights to advertise the game with just their console of choice. But since Final Fantasy XV is closely tied to Playstation's marketing it won't matter irregardless.
Xbox isn't winning any appeal here, only reminding current customers or the few people who haven't upgraded yet that FFXV is also on Xbox One. Which is not a bad thing, but they're not getting substantial out of this so late in the game. It's sort of like that Destiny perfume advertisement they tried doing, trying to get appeal for a huge game at last minute. (Although the later was illegal while this isn't.)
But in reality it could just be getting rights to advertise the game with just their console of choice. But since Final Fantasy XV is closely tied to Playstation's marketing it won't matter irregardless.
Xbox isn't winning any appeal here, only reminding current customers or the few people who haven't upgraded yet that FFXV is also on Xbox One. Which is not a bad thing, but they're not getting substantial out of this so late in the game. It's sort of like that Destiny perfume advertisement they tried doing, trying to get appeal for a huge game at last minute. (Although the later was illegal while this isn't.)
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