Microsoft Gets RPG Aggressive

Friday, Feb. 25 2005 | Author: reia

Microsoft has enlisted Hironobu Sakaguchi, credited with creating the legendary “Final Fantasy” series of role-playing video games, to make two games for the next Xbox game console, the company said Thursday.

Interesting news, especially around EA and 3DO founder Trip Hawkins’s recent prediction: My magic eight ball says [Nintendo] will be acquired by Microsoft within five years.” Of course, Nintendo officially denies any of these rumours.

Wow, I never thought I’d see the day. As a giant fan of the Final Fantasy series, and especially its beginnings in Nintendo, this news comes to be a little bit of a surprise. Sakaguchi is a legend and Microsoft seems determined to raise the stakes. And, well, might just get this non-Xbox fan to reconsider her position.

Hmm… the plot thickens.

Category: Games

One Response for "Microsoft Gets RPG Aggressive"

Nano

April 22nd, 2005 at 5:22 pm
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I would rather see Nintendo go down in flames - destroyed by M$ as this is M$’s ONLY M.O. - than to ever be bought up and ruined by M$!

Nintendo has a one hundred year history. They’ve ‘adapted’ several times. If it’s to be games only, then PS3 and PSP are the platforms they’ll choose.

Bill’s tiny ego will propel him to force the XBox2’s success. However, Nintendo would actually succeed fairly well as the so-called 3rd choice ‘worldwide’.

Just remember, they’ll likely remain 2nd choice in Japan. And that’s huge, ‘business-wise’. Also, the Japanese market tends to prefer quality - most Japanese DON’T see M$ as quality.

Further, M$ is an American company. Their XBox’s game selection appeals to the American gamer. M$ seems unlikely to enlist American developers to create the dozens of creative (read: kookie) game categories that the Japanese love to snap up, and this includes RPGs!

M$ has had four years and thus far they have 2, yes two RPGs. And they’ve alledgedly got FinFan creator doing two for the Xb2. Wow.