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    Final Fantasy XIII

    Game » consists of 17 releases. Released Mar 09, 2010

    This entry into the Final Fantasy universe is set in the worlds of Pulse and Cocoon. Players take control of multiple characters who are caught in a war between these worlds.

    Called It: Final Fantasy XIII 360 Exclusive, Yo.

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    #1  Edited By get2sammyb

     

      
    Without wanting to come across entirely butthurt, I can't believe Sony has let this happen. I mean come the fuck on Sony. How can you let Final Fantasy XIII go from exclusive, to letting Microsoft do their marketing trick of "hey yo, this game is only XBOX 360."
     
    Now I wouldn't give a shit really about this really if Sony were spending their marketing budget elsewhere. As it happens, I'm pretty sure Sony won't advertise God Of War III or Heavy Rain. Same cycle.
     
    Will this promotion help Microsoft - probably not. But Sony have dropped the ball. I understand why they're not paying for exclusives, and I understand games are going multiplatform to survive. I get that. But when it comes to Final Fucking Fantasy, they really should NOT be letting Microsoft advertise the game as an XBOX 360 title.
     
    The whole scenario kinda blows my mind.
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    #2  Edited By nanikore

    Final Fantasy sucks anyway.

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    #3  Edited By Captain_Insano

    If it's any consolation that ad is pretty lame.

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    #4  Edited By weltal

    To be fair the commercial isn't claiming it's only coming to Xbox 360 only. It's just advertising from Microsoft, so I don't see why they would tell you it's also on PS3.

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    #5  Edited By frankxiv

    wow espn2, they really know the jrpg audience

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    #6  Edited By get2sammyb
    @Weltal said:
    " To be fair the commercial isn't claiming it's only coming to Xbox 360 only. It's just advertising from Microsoft, so I don't see why they would tell you it's also on PS3. "
    Yeah, of course. But it just blows my mind that Sony didn't sow up a similar deal first.
     
    The same thing will happen to Metal Gear Rising of course. Let me clarify: this is fantastic marketing from Microsoft. But I just can't comprehend how Sony let this happen. Fair enough, if they want to spend the money on God Of War III and Heavy Rain, but you know they won't anyway.
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    #7  Edited By c1337us

    I must have missed the 360 only bit.

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    #8  Edited By zyn

    Let the ad war begin!

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    #9  Edited By Geno

    Sony has been notoriously bad at advertising. They should throw them out for a crew of spastic monkeys. 

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    #10  Edited By ToxicAntidote

    They're probably putting their advertising money on Final Fantasy Versus XIII, which is a PS3 exclusive. Not that I really care, I'm only getting the XB release anyway.

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    #11  Edited By willylo


    Sony's advertising has got better. But for this commercial I'm not really surprised, given that Square-Enix wants to get a better penetration in the Western market. So logically it makes sense that the 360 is it's catalyst for FFXIII in NA, since it's the more favoured system. 

    But I think this will just end up being like the Assassins Creed 2 commercials, there was one with only PS3 at the end and another with only 360.

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    #12  Edited By mike
    @get2sammyb said:
    ...they really should NOT be letting Microsoft advertise the game as an XBOX 360 title.
    ...but it IS an Xbox 360 game...I think you're editorializing with your "exclusive" thread title and reading way too deeply into what is essentially nothing.
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    #13  Edited By MAN_FLANNEL

      

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    #14  Edited By frankxiv
    @Geno said:
    " Sony has been notoriously bad at advertising. They should throw them out for a crew of spastic monkeys.  "
    that's true, sony's ff13 ad would probably be some guy getting in a car crash. it would somehow insult some country or religious group, and it wouldn't say anything about the game, maybe show a logo at the end.
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    #15  Edited By mattysen

    They do this with plenty of games. I do believe here in the UK -- Assassins Creed got the Playstation branding with no nod to this being on 360 a couple weeks ago 

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    #16  Edited By Jimbo

    You're not supposed to brag about calling something unless you get it right.

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    #17  Edited By ptys

    If anyone here decides to buy Final Fantasy 13 for the X360 without playing Mass Effect 2 first... you should be shot!

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    #18  Edited By graf1k

    Where the hell does it say "Xbox 360 only"? It's an ad for the special edition console bundle which is an MS product. You really expect them to say "Oh yeah, it's on the PS3 too FYI" in their own commercial?

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    #19  Edited By WilliamRLBaker

    ...how is advertising a 360 game...wrong?
     
    Dante's inferno has any one seen the ad's for this game? no where in the Sony commercial does it mention the 360, even at the end credits for the commercial it only mentions playstation 3...
     
    Its similar in this instance there is nothing wrong with it and they aren't claiming its exclusive.

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    #20  Edited By jangofett88
    @mattysen said:
    " They do this with plenty of games. I do believe here in the UK -- Assassins Creed got the Playstation branding with no nod to this being on 360 a couple weeks ago  "
    Exactly. When GTA IV came out, literally every commercial break on ESPN and Spike, it bounced back and fourth with an ad with a 360 bumper on the end and the next commercial break with the PS3 bumper on the end.
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    #21  Edited By lucas_kelly

    It doesn't say its only for Xbox 360. Microsoft probably paid for the add so its fair enough for them to put their name on it. If Sony paid for an add then they could put their name on it.

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    #22  Edited By Axersia

    Despite the fact that the commercial makes it look like a 360 exclusive, the demo kiosks were all PS3s:
     

      
    @ptys said:
    " If anyone here decides to buy Final Fantasy 13 for the X360 without playing Mass Effect 2 first... you should be shot! "
    Right, because those games have so much in common. Chances are if you've waited until now to buy a system just for FF13, you probably don't have any interest in ME or you would've bought one already.
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    #23  Edited By Suicidal_SNiper
    @Captain_Insano said:
    " If it's any consolation that ad is pretty lame. "
    Yeah, very very lame.
     
    @onimonkii said:
    " wow espn2, they really know the jrpg audience"
    Rofl! Very good point.
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    #24  Edited By WinterSnowblind

    I don't really see the problem here.  Sony do the same thing with plenty of other multiplatform games..  it just depends who funds the advertising.
    People are already going to be aware of it on the PS3, Sony don't really need to hype it, unlike MS that really need to get the word out to more casual gamers.

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    #25  Edited By The_Laughing_Man
    @WinterSnowblind said:
    " I don't really see the problem here.  Sony do the same thing with plenty of other multiplatform games..  it just depends who funds the advertising. People are already going to be aware of it on the PS3, Sony don't really need to hype it, unlike MS that really need to get the word out to more casual gamers. "
    Seconded. MS seems to be the one who buys its way into and out of stuff. Fallout 3 DLC first. GTA DLC. Blah blah blah. Course Sony has its own faults....not buying stuff...Charging for space used on their PSN. Then we have Nintendo...who come out with Wii motion plus and no one uses it. 
     
    We just need them all to combine and make the PXI
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    #26  Edited By Zaapp1
    @get2sammyb said:

    "  

    But when it comes to Final Fucking Fantasy... "
    That's the spiritual successor to RapeLay, right?
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    Nowhere does it say "exclusive". Besides, that is a very shitty ad.

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    #28  Edited By Gruff182

    It was an ad funded by Microsoft, so who cares?
     
    If Sony doesn't have there own version of this, then their a bunch of muppets.
     
    If this game didn't sound more and more shit, everytime I read about it, i'd deffo get it for the PS3. Summons turn into vechicles? No towns? I'd rather playthrough X-2 again.
     
    Next they'l be telling me, you can only control the main character...

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    #29  Edited By Rhaknar

    the assassin's creed 2 ads had the sony logo at the end... same shit. who cares

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    #30  Edited By mike

    I think this thread can be safely closed now. This is the sort of sensationalist crap I would expect to see on any number of other websites that shall remain unnamed.

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