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Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi reckons the PlayStation 3 is too fiddly to develop for, and that Microsoft's advertising in Japan has been rubbish, GamesIndustry.biz is reporting.
His outburst appears in the latest issue of US magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly, as reported by 1UP. When asked why he has no current plans to develop games for PS3, he is said to have replied, "The machine's architecture is tricky, and I don't like Ken Kutaragi."
Sakaguchi was more positive with regard to the Nintendo Wii, describing the system as "intriguing". But he added, "Right now, I have no plans on making a game for the Wii."
The first game from Sakaguchi's Mistwalker studio, Blue Dragon, went on sale in Japan last December. Its release gave a much needed boost to Xbox 360 sales, which have so far been disappointing - a fact which Sakaguchi blames on Microsoft's failure to communicate effectively with Japanese consumers.
"Microsoft has to change its marketing strategy in Japan. There are a lot of excellent games on the 360, far better games than what's on the Wii or PS3. But not a lot of people in Japan have a clear idea what games like Gears of War are all about," he said.
And it's not just the marketing for Xbox 360 which Sakaguchi feels is lacking: "Just look at the Windows Vista commercial - it's terrible," he stated.
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chupachups
02/05/07 @ 13:36
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"Is he on MS payroll or something?"
I think he is, isn't he? Didn't he design a couple of RPGs for the 360 recently? The complaints about the advertising might be his frustration with the tiny audience that 360 games get in Japan. "some still find a lack of major success in Japan as a detractor to the console itself..." I don't think it's the hardware so much as the largely non-Japanese nature of 360 games. When the occasional well-reviewed Japanese-oriented game appears on the 360, the 360's sales do go up in Japan.
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SeesThroughAll
02/05/07 @ 13:36
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"The machine's architecture is tricky, and I don't like Ken Kutaragi."
Ken doesn't pay you enough, does he? This crap makes Jaffe's "You f*cking bastards" cries sound mature in comparison.
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quantumsheep
02/05/07 @ 13:37
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"He sounds like he was drunk. Was he drunk?"
I thought that too!!! =) |
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Rev. Stuart Campbell
02/05/07 @ 13:40
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"and I don't like Ken Kutaragi."
What kind of useless bumhole excuse for a journalist got a quote like that and didn't follow it up? |
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"Not him again. Wasn't he commenting recently about how FF13 should be on the xbox 360."
These are the same comments everyone else reported some weeks ago, so he's not repeating himself ;-) Sony is in talks about keeping the next FF a PS3 exclusive, so it comes down to how much cash they are willing to spend. |
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Nothing I would disagree with there. Good to here a respected Japanese developer saying what he really thinks about Sony et al.
I'm sure Sony's sentiments to Sakaguchi are the same, what with pay rolling Final Fantasy Spirits Within for him. /Vommits at thought of Movie My respect for the guy was never the same after that, and his mouthing off to "other" consoles is almost Itagaki-like. |
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CitizenGeek
02/05/07 @ 14:36
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Sakaguchi did bankrupt Square entirely and then just left them. Doesn't seem very noble to me, so he's not immune to slagging in my opinion.
In any case, I think he's right about everything. Except the stuff about PS3 architecture, as I don't have a clue about that. |
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kangarootoo
02/05/07 @ 14:53
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@Geowolf
I would actually rephrase your comment as, "Disappointing to hear a prominent Japanese developer making childish comments." I do wonder if this quote is being seen grossly out of context. I certainly hope so, as if platform alignment decisions are being made on the basis of such sentiments as "I don't like Ken Kutaragi", I'm afraid I would have to label this man as an idiot (or at least someone who should not be in charge of making those sorts of descisions). |
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The Bodybuilder
02/05/07 @ 15:14
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>"Can't believe people are slagging this guy off. All because the esteemed creator of Final Fantasy is working on Xbox 360 exclusively, and thinks that it has a better library than PS3. "
Honestly, people would have slaggd him off anyways, they'll look for any excuse on these boards. Also coupled with some daily mail-esque sensationalism from EG doesn't help much, I mean using "FF creator mouths off" and "I don't like Kuturagi" (who doesn't?) covers the fact that what he said was with an element of humour (but I'm sure he still doesn't like kuturagi).
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The Bodybuilder
02/05/07 @ 15:15
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>"Go back to spunking over boys with spikey hair"
What did blerk do to you? :) |
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Sakaguchi did bankrupt Square entirely and then just left them. Doesn't seem very noble to me, so he's not immune to slagging in my opinion.
------------------------- Sakaguchi has pretty much made Square with the first Final Fantasy. People, this man has said something and all you can do is wonder whether he is on MS's payroll or not. Maybe he really thinks like that, who knows? |
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WillTheSecond
02/05/07 @ 16:01
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"Sony is in talks about keeping the next FF a PS3 exclusive, so it comes down to how much cash they are willing to spend. "
Really? Ouch. If they loose FF, then, well, they're stuffed. They've already lost GTA IV, and there were those MSG4 rumours... on the other hand, Liar looks good, but one game isn't going to make me buy the thing. Hilarious comments anyway, with some nice wide-ranging, subjective fallacy-ridden logic in them, well, actually, not really any logic in them, but funny none-the-less.
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Calm down, guys. Check out MadMirko's post on this thread: "I don't like Kutaragi" weren't his exact words, and what he actually said was not a nasty comment at all.
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The Bodybuilder
02/05/07 @ 16:57
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>"one day readers will just be bored with it, forget this site and start reading something else. "
Honestly, if it wasn't for the fact that there aren't any other UK-based gaming sites with a witty sense of humour, I would have left this place sometime ago. I'm sure the the EG police will finish me off for saying that (if you think console fanboys are bad, don't test the EG ones). |
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The Bodybuilder
02/05/07 @ 17:01
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>"Calm down, guys. Check out MadMirko's post on this thread: "I don't like Kutaragi" weren't his exact words, and what he actually said was not a nasty comment at all."
I'm sure EG didn't bother to do thier research too, rather, just read something similar from another site, then laced it with daily mail sensationalism for MAXIMUM DAMAGE. I'm really getting sick of this crap. |
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kangarootoo
02/05/07 @ 19:22
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@NewYork
Nice one. I figured it might be a misquote. I retract my speculation about him being an idiot. Jesus EG, I'm not normally one to criticise, but at least try and find out whether the other magazine you are quoting got it right. |
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CitizenGeek
02/05/07 @ 19:30
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"Sakaguchi has pretty much made Square with the first Final Fantasy."
And then brought them to the brink of ruin with Spirits Within. He made Square, but he broke them too. |
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DON'T MAKE SHIT UP!
I'm not kidding. Are you editors reading those Daily Mail comments? That is the sound of your credibility going down the toilet. If you carry on baiting fanboys to get traffic, regular visitors are going to realise you're unreliable and theres going to be a backlash. Don't say I didn't warn you. EDIT: I'm going to add the real quote directly into here, even though it's has been linked, because i'm at the top of page 2 and people are likely to read it: "HS: (in English) Ah, Kutaragi-san's architecture...seven DSPs and a low-powered CPU. I don't like the PS3's architecture. (in Japanese) First off, with Sony, programmers want to do well and want to create good software, but Kutaragi-san makes the final call and (designs) the (hardware and software) environment himself. So that's been really challenging." http://www.eurogamer.net/forum_thread_po...
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WOW, I dont even want to read comments cause I know I wont read what i want to. Only the first ones everyone saying he was "drunk". Well now wonder he was tlkaing about transferring the FF in 360 was said a few days ago. Plus... I know it might be the marketing in Japan that he is talking about. here its just the Sony fanboys that wont open their eyes and see the games we play and they never will, thats all. Wonder who else is going to talk about Sony like that next and who is going to stay on their side o.O
(btw Who was that moron that was saying that programming for PS3 was easy? So who was fucking right about that? Pathetic when you have to deal with fanboys and I know that there will be a next time about this like it never happened.) I cant wait to see FF on the awesome PS6, Kutaragi talked about... They will still be using Cell prossesors since its so many years ahead already. No go ahead and talk shit about this dude since he oped up about the crappy PS3. Guess FF isnt that important tittle for your PS3s right? so it comes down to GT and Tekken? |
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