Western Sales Determining Future of Dissidia
Not that PSLS has any public opinions on piracy, but this may be one situation where you should probably pay for something. [shal]Dissidia Final Fantasy[/shal] has had some impressive sales performance in Japan, and is set to release in Europe and North America fairly soon. However, the director of Dissidia, Takeshi Arakawa, is still unsure about pursuing a sequel. And for good reason.
Final Fantasy Union asked Arakawa about whether he had decided on making a sequel, to which he responded:
“Obviously the game hasn’t been released in either the US or Europe and we will have to wait and see how popular it will be. If it’s successful obviously we’d like to make an attempt to make a sequel.”
The [shal]PSP[/shal] of course is known for its rampant software piracy, and if Japan is the only market capable of sustaining this series then the sequel will most likely stay a Japanese exclusive. With that said, I’m definitely purchasing this game to show the team at [shal]Square Enix[/shal] some support. What about you guys?
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14 Responses to “Western Sales Determining Future of Dissidia”
Never been a fan of Final Fantasy, never understood it, then again i was quite young when it came out. So i won’t be buying for the hell of it, sorry but i wish i could waste money like that.
sounds like there just making another excuse to not make any Playstation Brand game.. they can easily have it as a digital download but than i can see another excuse showing up..like not reaching all the audiance.
thats odd.. my time of posting shows up different.
I can’t support SE anymore, although I bought and paid for Crises Core, and enjoyed it. I’m sorry, the crap they have pulled with Microsoft this generation leaves me cold.
Meh… pass.
no thanks
Other games deserve my cash more. Besides SE is on my no-buy list as a company.
not really.
No thanks, Besides I am waiting for the new PSP before I get anything for the PSP.
Not even sure if I want the game to begin with. We’ll see how things turn out.
So they want us to support them yet they can barely support us in the first place? Fuck em, even if I had a psp I wouldn’t purchase this
I agree with everyone who doesn’t see the point in supporting a company that doesn’t support them (PS3 owners). Playstation owners were VERY supportive of Square during the PS1 and PS2 days, and look how it paid off.
True, I’m not sure what convinced Square Enix to go from releasing a ton of PS1 and PS2 titles to completely abandoning the PS3. The PS3 has been out since 2006, and we have not seen one game from them. So I can understand why a lot of people feel cheated, or even betrayed by them.
It’s funny how SE is still wondering why their profits have been declining for the past two years…
Either way, this title looks really impressive, and I’m really excited to try it out. I just hope they have some PS3 offerings past FFXIII and Versus XIII.
@John Draisey
i think there afraid of taking a chance on the PS3. Before they stated that the PS3 didn’t have an install base hence why they jumped ship. Thats also a not educated guess.. people have always associated FF to the Playstation Brand even tho they were first on Nintendo but success was the Playstation. An example was the PS3 demo of FF13 how well it sold SYSTEMS. Imagine games on the PS3? i personally feel that SquarEnix feels to important than what they really are. They have no reason to say theres no install base now yet no SE games..even the ones they say are coming out as a port STILL not out.