Square Enix’s Executive Producer Yosuke Saito, during an interview with a Japanese website Inside Games, stated the company’s original plans for Cavia’s Nier were limited to one console.
We were initially planning an Xbox 360 target, which we expanded to PS3 multiplatform afterwards.
It was during the same interview that some at Square Enix and Cavia were in disaggrement of exactly what the main character in Neir should look like as the company continues it’s attempts to appeal to “western gamers.”
Whether or not PS3 owners should be thankful Square Enix decided for a multiplatform launch of Neir depends on who you ask. Judging from sales in Japan where the PS3 version of NieR Replicant is sitting at the 7th spot with total sales of 109,000 while the 360 version is nowhere to be found on the top 50, I think Square Enix is pretty much thankful at this point.
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God, the main character is ugly. Why does Square/Cavia think we want butch ugly men?
If they spent more time developing a quality game (instead of making to versions west/japanese title) then maybe western audiences would buy them.
Interesting. I imagine this is because the 360 hasn’t been performing terribly well in Japan?
Square Enix is beginning to realize that they need to develop for PS3 because they are no selling what they wanted to in the XBOX 360
tsk tsk tsk
SquareEnix has really gone nuts!
the Japanese developers are really screwed now except for Nintendo of course
Why is this a story again? Golden Eye 007 was originally for SNES, doesn’t mean it’s news.
c’mon on Square-Enix. why do u guys still developing games for xbox? seriously? jst stay with Sony. ur sales will increase. just imagine this a FFVII remake exclusively for Ps3. damn, that will boost PS3 sales and FF7 sales. ryt? and pls just let FFversusXIII stay exclusive for the ps3. i swear to my life. i will send a fcking hatemails to u guys
its just stupid to think that this ugly old piece of wreckege would be more appealing to the westerns is wada mocking us ?…. damn i mean i saw the trailer of replicant and i tought to myself this i can give a try but then comes the wonderfull news that we are getting gestalt and that was it (cuz we westerns and we like ugly old grandpas as our main character) damn ….
how much further does wada plans on desapointing us . cant he realize that we love squarenix games cuz of what they were, sometimes i even put my final fantasy 8 disc (yes i still have it ) just to clear my soul
damn nowdays if u want to enjoy a true jrpg u have to learn nihong and import the games
Just play tales of vesperia, its multiplat now. One of the best jrpgs this gen!
I’m enjoying White Knight Chronicles, despite it’s flows it’s actually a pretty good mmorpg. For those who like to grind alot that is.