Tagline above says rumour, but really, we'd be surprised if either of these things didn't take place. The latest issue of the Official PlayStation Magazine (not sure whether it's the British or Australian edition) is making its way to letterboxes, and in the mag's rumour section is the following: "Kingdom Hearts III is currently in development as a PS3 exclusive and will be announced at TGS". Seeing as Kingdom Hearts I & 2 were PS2 exclusive, that's hardly a stretch. And with Kingdom Hearts II being nearly three years old, we're well overdue for a third game. Stay tuned, TGS kicks off in just over a month.
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We'll see in time, but if this is true... I won't be surprised.
With the PS3 doing much better in sales, it wouldn't surprise me if KH3 did stay a PS3 exclusive.
I'm skeptical, what with all the love Square is showing the 360, and now the whole "FF XIII is no longer exclusive" thing. It'll probably be at the Tokyo Game Show. Hell, it'll probably be announced as a PS3 exclusive. The question, though, is how long will it stay that way?
FF-V-XIII is remaining a PS3 exclusive. And thus KH3 remaining one isn't completely out of the question.
Goddamn it's been a while since the last KH. I'll be hyped when I hear info about the game but right now I couldn't care less. As for it being exlusive... Yeah, we'll see about that.
Yeah it'll totally come to the 360 if it's even announced. Staying exclusive to the PS3 isn't the smartest choice many developers can make right now.
Who knows, I'm noticing developers like Nomura and Kojima like the idea of their games staying PS3 exclusives (note: FF-V-XIII and MGS4). People might think this is flawed reasoning, but Nomura is not the director of FF-XIII but is the director of FF-V-XIII. And he will also (no doubt) be the director of KH3.
It all depends on how well FF XIII sells on the 360. If it out sells FF XIII on the PS3 and Vs, then he'll probably change his mind and make it available to both.
That is, if it is announce, and there's no reason that it shouldn't.
Doesn't matter to me either way though, last time I played an FF game was 7 cause it was on the PC, and I've never played a KH game, unless you count the GBA one. (which sucked)
Never played KH? Opinion Invalid
I hardly think that FFXIII is going to sway KH going multiplatform if this rumor is indeed true. I also don't think it'll be exclusive. SE has been losing money recently and they're gonna need some pesos, so this is gonna need to be multiplat. However, they COULD be stubborn and keep exclusive just for the heck of it, and again, that's assuming this is true.
I wouldn't mind if they were stubborn.
I'm sure 360 owners would.
360 owners can have Star Ocean 4. PS3 owners should get Kingdom Hearts 3.
As a PSWii60 owner, I'd like to see this come to the 360 to be honest.
If SquareEnix released Star Ocean 4 on PS3 I'd see it as a fair swap off, but if they won't. Then I say leave this PS3 exclusive.
I'm pretty sure Star Ocean 4 is Tri-Ace's game. Speaking strictly on SE I'd say it'd be more fair to make KH multiplat and XIII 360 exclusive. But that's only if we wanna be REALLY fair.
I don't see how that logic works out fairly, luckily it isn't happening though.
Strictly SE it'd be XIII to the 360, vXIII to the PS3, and a multiplat KH3 for both.
It's even.
vXIII is more of a spin-off title. XIII is a central FF game, thus it should be on the PS3 rightfully.
But let's all remember, folks who are arguing whether or not decisions are "fair", that this industry is, first and foremost, a lucrative business.
They don't REALLY give a crap about you OR system loyalty. They care about putting out the game that will sell the most copies so that they can get more money in their pockets. Granted, every now and then there are some individuals who do it because they really love making games as an art (guys like Kojima and, hell, maybe even Peter Molyneux) but because they are so few and far between, they are overshadowed by their teams and all other development teams and publishing houses who are just looking to fill their pocketbooks.