12-15-2006, 10:40 PM
I know Final Fantasy is a big deal. Anyone with any sense does. But so is Dragon Quest, and since only one has shifted focus to a different platform, and more pertinently, a different companies platform, it was really the only one that had any relevance to this conversation. Final Fantasy didn't move off a Sony platform, and Dragon Quest now has, and that is a serious blow to them. It isn't a blow in the sense that now people will absolutely refuse to get a PS3 because Dragon Quest isn't on it, it is more along the lines of now, the two biggest things in Japan right now have joined up. It is kinda snub to Sony in many ways, and having that kind of brand power fall to your competition can steal your wind. If your competition is doing good, that usually isn't a great thing for you, and landing a dream franchise like this on your system is about as good as it gets.
Final Fantasy is irefutably important, but it really had no place in addressing this statement. The statement made was not, how Sony is going to lose the console war, or this is the death of Sony, it was A Major Blow to Sony in Japan. And this fact is also irrefutable. It doesn't mean that Sony can't do things to make up for it, but it is not something to be taken lightly either. I mean, how can losing reign of a major franchise like that NOT be a major blow?
Final Fantasy is irefutably important, but it really had no place in addressing this statement. The statement made was not, how Sony is going to lose the console war, or this is the death of Sony, it was A Major Blow to Sony in Japan. And this fact is also irrefutable. It doesn't mean that Sony can't do things to make up for it, but it is not something to be taken lightly either. I mean, how can losing reign of a major franchise like that NOT be a major blow?
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