1) Japan is the largest market for Final Fantasy games.2) The X360 install base in Japan is not appreciably larger than the PS3 install base in Japan.3) FFXIII is being built on the White Engine, designed for the ground up for the Cell, making it difficult to port.4) Sony owns a small part of Square-Enix, and has at least some sway on executive-level decisions.5) Putting FFXIII on X360 arguably wouldn't help FFXIII sales in Japan, but would help FFXIII sales in the US. Therefore, Sony would only really need to pay Square-Enix enough money to balance out the lost US sales, which wouldn't be that much, at least compared to what Square would lose if X360 had a large Japanese install base.Â
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