Sakaguchi Tops Most Important List In Japan
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Yep, the man made FF, this is a reassertion of its dominance and its love from the Japanese.
Edit; Hmm, after checking out pipo's link it appears this is the man of 2005 list. I assumed (from this title it infers "of all time"). That is much more significant for Mistwalker IMO, it bodes very well for Japanese interest in the X360. Especially considering he hasn't done much this year
Edit; Hmm, after checking out pipo's link it appears this is the man of 2005 list. I assumed (from this title it infers "of all time"). That is much more significant for Mistwalker IMO, it bodes very well for Japanese interest in the X360. Especially considering he hasn't done much this year
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Yes, it should sell an extra five thousand Xbox 360's.
One man producing a few RPG's for a dead console in Japan is questionable. Don't forget a recent survey in Japan even showed Microsoft to be more respected than Sony, and that certainly is having next to no effect on console sales.
All in my opinion of course. Nothing wrong with hoping for a console to do well, but I just don't think this is enough for MS to do well in the Japanese market.
Don't forget the Japanese bought the PS2 in huge amounts (I know some people argue the DVD thing, but it still would have sold huge amounts without that), when it had a horrible launch lineup, so the lack of great titles in MS's recent launch had very little to do with it's recent massive launch failure. People just don't have hope in a console, which is the sequel to the worst selling console in Japanese history. There is next to no Xbox titles in Japan, so backwards compatiblity means very little, and there are hundreds of PS2 titles available in stores, which will run on the PS3. Hard to compete against that.
One man producing a few RPG's for a dead console in Japan is questionable. Don't forget a recent survey in Japan even showed Microsoft to be more respected than Sony, and that certainly is having next to no effect on console sales.
All in my opinion of course. Nothing wrong with hoping for a console to do well, but I just don't think this is enough for MS to do well in the Japanese market.
Don't forget the Japanese bought the PS2 in huge amounts (I know some people argue the DVD thing, but it still would have sold huge amounts without that), when it had a horrible launch lineup, so the lack of great titles in MS's recent launch had very little to do with it's recent massive launch failure. People just don't have hope in a console, which is the sequel to the worst selling console in Japanese history. There is next to no Xbox titles in Japan, so backwards compatiblity means very little, and there are hundreds of PS2 titles available in stores, which will run on the PS3. Hard to compete against that.
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Serenity Painted Death
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Bill Gates ranked ahead of Shiggy in that poll... relevance SERIOUSLY in question.
I wonder what the questions were in this poll (at work so I can't do much investigation)? because some of the rankings seem a bit wonky.
I'd question what important things Sakaguchi has done in this last year (as the joystiq seems to state), or the past 5 years, even. No doubt the man deserves respect, but I don't think hes touched an FF game for a long time (which some might see as an explaination to the "problems" in the series and others might see it as Sakaguchi getting undeserved credit -- FF games sell crazy well and I still look forward to them, so I, personally, have to question his role in the industry lately). Hopefully Blue dragon and Lost Odessey turn out to be great games (both are _looking_ really great from what I've seen so far, hopefully the other aspects of the game fall into place). Sakaguchi winning top spot has me wondering how the question(s) was worded -- if it was like "Sakaguchi (creator of FF series), Kutaragi (creator of Playstation), Bill gates (Microsoft), Kojima (Metal gear series), etc, etc" where ambiguous credit is given to a single person and you need to choose one, then I can definately see how these results came to be (and then the results are essentially worthless, as the question is shite). The way the results are shown (from joystiq) does not really fall in line with what these guys have actually done, which makes me, again, question the questions and/or readership's understanding of what these guys actually do (and of course results like this can definately be used for some nice marketing!).
Just some thoughts.
I'd question what important things Sakaguchi has done in this last year (as the joystiq seems to state), or the past 5 years, even. No doubt the man deserves respect, but I don't think hes touched an FF game for a long time (which some might see as an explaination to the "problems" in the series and others might see it as Sakaguchi getting undeserved credit -- FF games sell crazy well and I still look forward to them, so I, personally, have to question his role in the industry lately). Hopefully Blue dragon and Lost Odessey turn out to be great games (both are _looking_ really great from what I've seen so far, hopefully the other aspects of the game fall into place). Sakaguchi winning top spot has me wondering how the question(s) was worded -- if it was like "Sakaguchi (creator of FF series), Kutaragi (creator of Playstation), Bill gates (Microsoft), Kojima (Metal gear series), etc, etc" where ambiguous credit is given to a single person and you need to choose one, then I can definately see how these results came to be (and then the results are essentially worthless, as the question is shite). The way the results are shown (from joystiq) does not really fall in line with what these guys have actually done, which makes me, again, question the questions and/or readership's understanding of what these guys actually do (and of course results like this can definately be used for some nice marketing!).
Just some thoughts.
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wow I'd never even heard of Sakaguchi before the hype for his Xbox 360 games started.
What did he do on PS2?
What did he do on PS2?
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BTOA said:his last big budget creation was a bomb shell called Final Fantasy:The Spirits Within.
I see...
Titanio said:
Damn that's kinda sad then, because The Spirits Wihtin wasn't a bad movie by any stretch of the imagination. Nowhere near the games of course, but if it would have had better advertising I think it would have done much better. Who was the distributer of the movie, Sony? That might be why he appears to have a certain distaste for Sony hardware at the moment...
Are you refering to the success of Nintendogs?
Also it would be kinda wierd if Miyamoto is more revered here in the States than he is in his homeland.
Hardknock said:
It was Sony, yes, via Columbia. I enjoyed the movie too, but I don't think Columbia went out of their way to undo its success or something. Sony in fact helped bail Square out afterward, with an investment.
Sakaguchi's current platform choices have absolutely nothing to do with it, and everything to do with funding.
Hardknock said:
Yeah, amongst others. But primarily the dogs, yes. I guess at least Iwata is there.
Titanio said:
I'm sorry, but given the oppurtunity I'm almost positive Sony would have had no problems funding Mistwalker to make exclusive games for PS3. Especially if it meant Xbox 360 wouldn't be getting those games. The man has a very impressive track record and shouldn't be underestimated.
I think Nintendogs is more of a success of the innovative hardware than the actual software. If Nintendogs had come out on any other platform it wouldn't have been anywhere near as successful. Iwata getting the recognition for this is well deserved. Hopefully the Revolution can follow in the DS's footsteps...