Yeah...number 4 is really the tough one. Even with the hint available in this thread, I'm still stumped. I half feel like I've gone past it a few times and just missed it every time.
Square doesn't even own the rights to Breath of Fire, and the Valkyrie Profile team JUST finished Resonance of Fate. There's no way any of this is true.
@xyzygy: "Like almost every multiplatform game" is kind of a misnomer. A lot of Japanese-focused titles have started to sell more on PS3 in the US; Tekken, BlazBlue, and Street Fighter IV all did, as well as, oddly, Batman. A game like this doesn't really appeal at all to the 360's core "shooter" userbase and it doesn't have any online functionality at all, so the "XBOX Live advantage" is missing. It's a niche title among niche titles, so it's a question of funding; and as I said, since it didn't do particularly hot in Japan, FROMsoft isn't really going to be hurting to spend more money to develop an entirely new version of the game for a userbase that will completely ignore it.
After all, userbase isn't everything, what matters is market; there are a ton more Wii owners out there, but do they ALL buy games? Does every Wii game outsell every PS3 or 360 game? Nope, only the ones catered to the Wii's very specific market.
@Dan_CiTi: Well, Demon's Souls can't be ported to anything. Sony owns that IP entirely, it's as much theirs as White Knight Chronicles or Wild ARMs.
As for this game...well...the developers, Silicon Studio, said they could port it to 360 since the tech isn't very complex, but there are no plans to do so and it's entirely up to FROM Software to decide. Considering how well it did in Japan so far (which is to say, not very), there's very little reason for FROM to spring for a 360 port that might eliminate any potential profits the game might have already brought in. If it does well in the US, they might consider a late port, but honestly, it's a niche game and these kinds of titles rarely jump platforms as it is; the developers just don't have the money for it.
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