Alright guys let me clear this up. I think FFXIII will go multiplatform if Home isn't successful. It's just my own, personal hypothesis.
Home is arguably one of the PS3's largest selling points (or it hopefully will be). It connects millions of gamers in amazing ways that Microsoft has not yet been able to.
I've been thinking, with a number of exlusive PS3 titles that were supposed to be blockbuster, critically acclaimed hits failing to deliver (Lair, Heavenly Sword), the titles that the PS3 can bank on as "system sellers" are dwindling.
So, what hope does the PS3 have left? Well, there's the ever looming (yet painfully unplayable) MGS4, FFXIII, LittleBigPlanet, and, well, Home. Home is free as opposed to the $60 price tag of the other titles mentioned (actually I'm not so sure about the price of LittleBigPlanet... but I know it's not free!). Home is going to be accessible to every PS3 owner, something they can play right after pulling the system out of the darned box and plugging it into their swell HDTV (or whatever).
Honestly, though, whoever can afford a PS3 can afford a couple next-gen games. Yet, Home is undeniably cool and connects millions of PS3 players to each other. If Halo and WoW are any indication, the most popular games in the world are those that have a major social aspect, just like Home.
In my opinion, Home is going to be the PS3's killer app. It promises infinite replayability and will somehow be assimilated with every other PS3 game out there. It's essentially going to accomplish what Xbox Live did for Xbox all those years ago...introduce to the world a sweet, exlusive, and fresh social community.
Home connects you to yourfriends and fellow deep pocketed PS3 owners. Let's face it, Xbox had only two things going for it, or at least two things that were the roots of its popularity, and those were Halo and Xbox Live. Sony has neither, but they're cooking up a promising online service that rivals Xbox Live in nearly every way.
Now, you're probably asking yourself, "wtf does FFXIII have anything to do with this?". Well, good question, my friend. I imagine the FFXIII probably has one of the largest development budgets ever, and Square must make a fortune to make the installment profitable. With the relatively lackluster worldwide sales of the PS3, it is difficult to envision Square gaining a buck or two from FFXIII.
Home will breathe new life into the PS3, hopefully enough to push a few million sytems off the shelves. Yea, there's definitely MGS4, but I doubt a person will spend $600 to play one increcible espionage title alone. Though, I'd bet they'd spend $600 to play an incredible espionage title with friends.
As I've mentioned, social gaming is the way of future, and there's a stark absence of it in the PS3's current library of games. Luckily for Sony, LittleBigPlanet and Warhawk are on the way, and Home is the thread which connects them. Home will fuse single player gaming with multiplayer gaming, and that's awesome.
I predict that Home is huge. A phenomenon, actually. I believe it will compell more buyers to purchase a PS3 than anything else. So, without it, FFXIII must branch out to another system in order to be profitable. Yet, with Home in the PS3's arsenal, FFXIII can safely call the PS3, and only the PS3, its home.
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