Since the platform is kept secret, it only makes sense that it would be multi-platform. Games that are multi-platform usually get less attention.

E3 is right around the corner and sony did say they had a big suprise that is going to hurt its competitors. I rather them make a secret then suprise us at e3, it always brings out the, "WOW" or, "WHOA" in me for every system.

I still want to know what they were thinking when they moved Dragon Quest to DS.

Yuji Hori doesn't like this gen. He believes the consoles (mainly PS3 and Xbox 360 obviously) are too difficult to develop for.

Wii and DS are not only easier to develop for but they're currently outselling every other platform in Japan. Anything with the name Dragon Quest or Final Fantasy in the title will instantly sell millions there so it's not a problem at all actually.

Level-5 will continue Rogue Galaxy and Dark Cloud on PS3. Possibly some more new IP's as well.

They can just make it multiplat.

By the way Lost oddesy is at 600 000 copises sold in only a couple of months (with USA and EU the majority of sales ).There is a world outsinde of Japan for RPG's you know !

Thats already more than Blue dragon and its selling as fast as Uncharted ( which is according to Sony fans the best looking and simply the best game in 2007 which by the way used the incredible Cell technology )

Now tell me why on planet earth wouldnt SE want this game to go multiplat since moreover its a proven franchise and Lost Odyssey isnt and still sold well.

How can you make such claims and not give any proof?

Also like some people have already mentioned, Star Ocean isn't as big in the west as it is in Japan. Square Enix is currently working on two 360 games and one of them is exclusive. Both will release in the west.

The PlayStation brand is what made Star Ocean what it is today. Not the Xbox.

Square Enix has 3 main franchises that are HUGE in Japan and will remain exclusive to Japanese consoles.

1. Final Fantasy
2. Dragon Quest
3. Star Ocean

Anybody that thinks otherwise is a retard.

1)Correct.
2)Incorrect. You drawing this from Infinite Undiscovery running on the 360 console. You do not know if its the same engine. Tl;Dr - youre grasping for straws.
3)You really HAVE you find that article that states that, by the way this is not a square developed product. Tri-Ace is behind it, Square is publishing. Plus Square stated they do not take the 360 seriously, main platforms are PS3 & Wii, DS. What THEY meant about western connections was partnership outside of Japan.
4)They were hiring for PS3, 360 and DS. Sounds like youre going for selective quoting.

By the way Ariexv, get back to Neogaf. You have "biased" written all over yourself.

LOL

yeah keep dreaming, you just spun a whole load of BS AriexV

i predict an 80% probability that its a multi-platform release and a 20% probability that its a PS3 exclusive

your just being an idiot fanboy, keep dreaming and hoping that Square will release an installment in their 3rd biggest franchise that sells exceptionally in Japan exclusively on the 360

You are kidding right?

Did you blow up the scan from a magazine page to 300% or something, because I don't see the jaggies myself. And it's pretty hard to comment on texture work from magazine scans. It all looks nice to me.

People need to look past all the technical cr@p and start appreciating graphics for the style, aesthetics, and artistic merits with in the game world the devs create. Not OMFG Game X runs at 719p rather than 720p!

r u blind?

I clicked on the picture and I can see the jaggies from that resolution ..

Im pro in graphic and art design ..and I dont give a damn about the native resolution , I just want solid frame rate and smooth edges and textures..

like Uncharted & COD4 .. or gears of war (W/O solid frame rate :P) ..

Obviously I must be going blind... I guess heading towards mid 30's the old eye sight must be going. :)

Looking at the straight lines, like the lamps in the bottom right screen, the telephone wires, and the curve of the arc in the background... I don't see any. And they would be areas where jaggies normally show up.

Even the pic in the top left looks good.

You say you're a graphics pro... Perhaps it makes you hyper critical. I'm sure a gynaecologist gets pretty critical looking at the same thing day in day out!!

Infinite Undiscovery was on that same disc.

If it`s in-engine shots, if it CG not so good, unless it`s a PSP title, Then GREAT. Confused? LoL.

:)

I think SO3 has the best battle system. I think.

I have to disagree with you there. I pumped 300 hours into SO3. I think it was one of the best battle systems ever on a rpg title. This was one of the first titles to really hit the "alternate fighting styles" on the head. You were able to marry power with grace flawlessly. The battle trophies and item creation were just other super additions, they took the game to another level. I for one would be looking forward to this game purely based on it's predecessor and not on silly things like which console it's on. SO3 was very very good and for that I will look forward to SO4.
If i had to guess though, i'd say it'll be coming out on the PS3. But that's just my guess.

SO3 was great IMO had one of the best story's in a game ever. Would make a great MMO too.

It's dumb not to release most games multi platform. If you can get the engine working well on both, there's no reason outside of the console maker paying you not to go multi-platform.

You can either sell 2 million games, or you can sell 2,200,000. I'd take the latter. More sales is better than less sales.

Erm, multi platform development is way more expensive than platform exclusive development. For starters you have to code the engine for both, vastly different systems, and then you have to make compromises left and right cause certain techs only work on one system and not on the other. Hence if you want to get the best result for both, you end up developing each on its own. And just to add insult to injury you then have to get through certification AND quality control for both versions. That all may rise your cost by 30% minimum.

So you want to argue that a 10% increase in sales justifies a 30% rise in cost? please get real. Multi platform development makes sense if you expect to sell comparable on all supported platforms. If you only sell good at one platform you drop the useless one and make an exclusive game. Exclusivity is also a way to attract more buyers from the targeted system in marketing terms.

Read my conditional:

"If you can get the engine working well on both, there's no reason outside of the console maker paying you not to go multi-platform."

As most of your reply pertains solely to that conditional being false, I won't reply more other than this.

The tech differences make the biggest cost difference when it's a game that's pushing each system to it's limit. In a story driven game like star ocean, there going to spend a lot more time on game design. there's also the fact that you pulled the 30% figure out of nowhere.