Infinite Undiscovery and Star Ocean 4, although not developed by Square-Enix, they certainly are published by the japanese video game giant. Ever since Square developed their philosophy of releasing on multiple platforms, 360 fans were excited about being able to bask in the goodness as to what playstation supporters have experienced for the better part of a decade.

Although it may not be a lot, there are certainly some people in the gaming community who are puzzled as to why Square developed this philosophy, but have yet released a single game on the PS3 instead showing the 360 tons of love with timed exclusives like The Last Remnant, and exclusives like Star Ocean 4 and Infinite Undiscovery.

There are a few reasons behind this, 1 is that Square is determined to see the XBOX 360 excel in Japan, and decide to release some japanese role-playing games for the system to coerce gamers to buy the system. This is the most viable fact as it actually seems true. Role-playing games are huge in Japan and releasing some for the 360 should coerce consumers into buying the system. This is in fact true, as around the time Infinite Undiscovery was released, the 360 overtook both the PS3 and the Wii for a limited time, and the same could be said a few weeks ago when Star Ocean 4 was released.

The 2nd reason, which a lot of people believe to be true, but a reason which Square firmly denies, is that Microsoft paid Square, and Tri-Ace to develop these games exclusively for their system. If they were paid, then Square wouldnt have to worry about the sales as the cost of development was probably paid by Microsoft.

Now, if the true fact is the first reason, Square should release these games for the PS3 as well. As it stands right now in Japan, the sales of PS3 vs 360 stand around 4-1 or 5-1 in favour of the PS3, and Star Ocean 4 sold pretty well for a franchise that 360 owners probably have never played. Imagine if it was released for the PS3, the Star Ocean series has been a staple for the Playstaion brand in Japan for years prior, (alongside Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy) and releasing it on the PS3 could result in sales roughly 3-4x that of XBOX 360 in Japan, which means Square would make more of aprofit, and thus have more money to make better games. The same should go for Infinite Undiscovery, although the game is a new IP, it would still sell better on the PS3 in Japan due to the install base.

Concearning what I said, the same probably couldn't be said about North America. Despite many of the people who own the system are probably JRPG fans, games like Infinite Undiscovery wouldnt have a large impact here, due to it being a fairly unknown game, but Star Ocean is a different story, as previous entries in the series were originally on playstation and it is believable that fans have been born because of this.

If the truth is in fact the second reason, then pretty much my entire blog here is nullified as Microsoft probably has some exclusive contract, which cant be broken. (Unless you take the Tecmo approach and release a different version of the game)

Thanks for reading my debut blog, Im sure that since it is my first I have made a few mistakes but I am grateful that you read it, and I am open to any criticism you have of me as what you say will help me improve my blogs in the near future.

I hope you read my nextblog which should be written sometime this week, and definately before Saturday night, or Sunday morning, wherever you may live.