[:plant:] Final Fantasy IV: The After

Originally Posted by Miho

I'm wondering why Microsoft would make an offer to Square Enix for a 16-bit direct sequel to an over ten year old game.

Yeah, it sure is confusing why they'd want to secure exclusivity to a guaranteed seller like that, eh? That sort of thing never happens in this industry, no sir. I AM SHOCKED AT THIS TURN OF EVENTS.

And no one knows fucking shit, anyway. No one even knows if it will be exclusive. How do we come to that conclusion based off of a fudged up URL.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

You're damn right I'm being condescending.

My point is that anything with the FF name attached to it is free money. It would be dumb NOT to make a move for it.

Speculation is all well and good but it should be reasonably easy to add 1 and 1 together here.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Miho

I'm on the fence just how much money a game like this will earn Microsoft. I mean, yeah sure, it's an FF title, but it's pretty niche if you figure that it's a 16-bit sequel. Besides the loyal following of people who grew up with Final Fantasy IV, I question how well it would sell if it were exclusive to the Xbox 360.

In an age where there seems to be regional exclusivity deals over ports of games that flopped horribly last generation, it seems to be the logical followup that something that would most certainly be a better deal than that should also at least get the attempt.

Secondly, Mega Man 9 did pretty good for itself despite falling into a similar category that you're throwing this into. One could theoretically imagine similar sales in this game's case, possibly more. I can understand them wanting to get a part of that action.

Deni: I never said it would be good. Hell, I never even said it would go exclusive, or to expect it, or anything. I'm just saying it's silly to assume they won't make a pass at it. (It's all theoretical anyway, I'm just throwing the argument out there based on the rather faulty assumption that this URL actually means anything.)

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

So, first episode drops on WiiWare on monday.

Nothing on pricing structure yet.

I'm starting a betting pool on price per episode.

800 Wii points times 9 episodes seems about right for S-E.

Any takers?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

On the other hand, Crystal Defenders is in a similar situation, and that's either out or coming out soon for all three.

I can't imagine it doing that hot regardless though, I agree.

I was speaking idiomatically.