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Gamespot recently interviewed Square Enix president Yoichi Wada in an E3....err..interview. Basically it was boring, even for me...but there was a huge point of interest!

GS: Why doesn't Square Enix support Xbox?

YW: There are two reasons why we didn't commit to Xbox. The first reason is that when you look at the Xbox from the standpoint of a standalone game console, it’s no different from the PS2. But when you look at it from the installed base perspective, there is a big difference. There is no reason for us to allocate development staff for Xbox when we can have PS2. Another thing that we can say is that Xbox pursued network gaming, and that is a fine idea. I would evaluate that to be good. However, the attempt was to create a closed network in a closed environment. That is completely contrary to our concept of networked business.

MAJOR POINT OF INTEREST

I do appreciate that there has been an evolution in the thinking as far as Microsoft is concerned. I think the next generation of the Xbox would fully deserve consideration.

OMG SO MUCH FFXIV on Xbox 2!!!

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