News / 2007 / September / 07

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• Wada tells Sony to get its shit straight
  Reuters reports today on the critically bad state of Playstation 3 in Japan, and underlines it with an equally critical comment from Yoichi Wada, who you may recognise as Captain Polymorph. Says the -- otherwise fairly benign -- president, "[...] after some badgering from game companies, [Sony] shifted the position of the console closer to a game machine." Reading between the lines, perhaps we can infer from Wada's comments that he's not enthralled by PS3's dismal sales given that the company has practically banked its next-gen success on the platform with Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII -- and similarly, perhaps this is the reason we're not seeing any new announcements short of sudden commentary that the games' underlying White engine technology is now "cross-platform". Reuters
  07 Sep 2007 by Rahul ↑ 36 ↓ discusss permalink
• A young FFCC clambers to 250k; old man FFXI still pushing 500k
  The newest Japanese Software Chart reveals that the late August release of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates has reached 256,000 sales, putting it at number one. Similarly, Final Fantasy XI has finally reached 500,000 players worldwide. Unfortunately for FFXI, the five year crawl to 500,000 has been significantly dwarfed by FFCC's stampede up the charts. Hopefully, the long-term investment in FFXI has warranted enough profits to compete with resource reinvestment in various smaller projects.
  07 Sep 2007 by Andrew ↑ -12 ↓ discusss permalink
• Review: Heroes of Mana
  The power of Mana is waning on all fronts. Does this outing for the DS have what it takes to finally take back the series after two failed attempts or will Koichi Ishii find himself scrubbing toilets over at Mistwalker? Click on to find out. Full Review
  07 Sep 2007 by Ziyad ↑ 29 ↓ discusss permalink