Is the PS2 losing it\'s famous franchises?

Originally posted by Soul Reaver
PS2 already has lost Metal Gear Solid 2 as an exclusive, what\'s next? Final Fantasy?

Call me crazy, but I\'ve a feeling that there is a chance that may happen. For one thing, Nintendo and Squaresoft are closer than before. Also, nVidia and Squaresoft are developing a relationship too, that may be very attractive for Squaresoft to move FF. Basically, there was article describing how nVidia got a somewhat tone down very of FF:TSW to run real-time on a Geforce4. Perhaps Square may think the Xbox has enough power to jump ship for. Just a thought.

You guys are getting your hopes just a little too high by thinking that FF might be moved to Nintendo. For one, some of you, are taking that little agreement between Square/Nintendo too serious.

1. Square is not directly developing this game.
2. Sony has a lot of influence.
3. An agreement that would benefit Nintendo, Sony and Square equally (Nintendo in games, Square/Sony with money).
4. Why would they move FF? PlayStation has become the primary platform for the FF series and that\'s where the main series is said to stay.

I agree 100% with your statements seven. But the last thing, #4... well, look at what Capcom did with RE.

I hope it stays exclusive...

Seven: Mmm, I think we need to calm down here and think about this..

1. How is Square not directly developing the game? You and I don\'t know for sure, but it looks like Square set up a paper company in order to bypass any deal with Sony and develop game(s) for GCN/GBA without hassle.

2. I agree.

3. That makes sense, but Square is a devious company. We don\'t know what they could pull.

4. Invalid argument. Square already moved the FF franchise in the past.. who says they can\'t do it again? Of course, they\'re not moving anything right now. PS2 is still the focus, and the home of FFXI, XII, and likely XIII.

Originally posted by Blade

4. Invalid argument. Square already moved the FF franchise in the past.. who says they can\'t do it again? Of course, they\'re not moving anything right now. PS2 is still the focus, and the home of FFXI, XII, and likely XIII.

In 1999, didn\'t Square and Sony write up a contract saying that FFX-FFXII will be exclusive to PS2?  Considering the development time is lengthening,  FFXIII would be a perfect candidate to launch off PS3...just a thought.  Square will keep the series where they could sell the most games...PS2.  As for spinoffs, I hope they at least explore other systems...

Well, I thought the plan was to have FFXI multi console to have a larger userbase, but I guess 30+ million wasn\'t enough to start.:rolleyes:

The whole Nintendo rumour over leaving the hardware sector is moot: The new president was simply stating the company\'s worries over software directions (costs/retail/time/competition) and Japanese companies being what they are, they often tend not to bull**** their stock-owners & public over company concerns (unlike, say American, where everything is dandy-doodly right up until the crash). Hence net-heavers - being what they are - start fidgeting and shout to the Heavens that Nintendo\'s Gone Sega on Everyone.

Ginko: Yeah, that makes sense.

Of course, who\'s to say they can\'t make spinoffs or something similar?

GameCube fans are expecting to see Final Fantasy Unlimited.. well, that might be what we get. Why not sell FF to GCN owners? Resident Evil started on PSX, and now that\'s highly acclaimed and popular among gamers on GCN.

Square_maker Sega "killed" Saturn.And then DC(They never handled well their console market).Sega was not killed by anyone.We see them going stronger than ever before.

uni - I am not saying that the DC was a crappy system.  That system rocked, and it was very underrated because most people where focusing on sony\'s playstation/ps2 at the time.  The DC deserved more credit that it had.

Sony will NOT fail.......they\'ve sold too many consoles to fail. Even if they dont try on the PS2 or if X-Box is picking up steam. It doesnt matter. They have a nice pillow of money to fall back on if some way sony finds a way to lose in a console war and they end up like SEGA before it left the console business atleast sony has a humongous electronic empire to lean back on. But it must make you wonder they dont seem to be working to hard on ps2........well as hard as they used to.......so what are they doing? Working on PS3,

I agree with Ginko. To clarify what I ment with #4, well, face it, PS2 is the most sold platform this generation and at the rate its selling (and FF games), I don\'t think Square is even thinking of moving this series on to a other system with potentially much less sales. Remember, most PlayStation buyers (at least in Japan) are RPG fans and bought PSX for a reason when FFVII was launched. Right now, FF is on the platform where they sell most and will sell most in the future.

Yes, I am very well aware that Square did move from Nintendo to Sony back a few years, but the market wasn\'t that big back, which also made it quite easy to do so. Secondly, Nintendo gave Square a damn good reason to swap platforms -> I still would love to see FFVII done on N64. As for Capcom - well, I really doubt that BioHazard has ever sold as much as FF, yet alone come close to its status. Comparing these two is just something a Nintendo fan would do in hope to see the FF series return to their system. It ain\'t gonna happen.

Originally posted by seven

Secondly, Nintendo gave Square a damn good reason to swap platforms -> I still would love to see FFVII done on N64.  

You probably know this,  but its impossible to make FFVII for N64.

If you knew this I couldnt tell because of how you posted the above comment

You probably know this, but its impossible to make FFVII for N64.

Only in the sheer amount of size the game is...it would have to span about 3 cartridges.

Then making it retail at about $180