Will Square-Enix Announce Kingdom Hearts 3 At E3?
We're big fans of stepping back and taking a gander at the bigger picture. We want to accept and process all sorts of information, and in so doing, we can formulate a somewhat realistic theory that may have some legitimacy.
Let's look at the scenario: first of all, there's no doubt that Kingdom Hearts has been a massively popular franchise for Square-Enix in the past. Secondly, the vast majority of this success came from the first two PS2 installments, and it's probably accurate to say that most fans of the series are Sony fans. At the very least, they've owned Sony platforms in the past, correct? Thirdly, at the start of this new generation, Square-Enix clearly didn't want to toss their lot in with the slow-starting PS3, and as a result, we've seen the debut of The Last Remnant on the Xbox 360 (and the PS3 version may have disappeared), and Star Ocean: The Last Hope was a 360 exclusive. However, tri-Ace is set to announce their new game, and it will be a Square-Enix-published title that will also be multiplatform. That's significant, as we said this past week. Lastly, we'd like to assume that a next-gen KH is inevitable and the timing seems absolutely perfect; E3 may be the launching pad for the return of the Disney-based fantasy RPG. Yeah, it'll probably be multiplatform, but at the very least, that includes the PS3.
Square-Enix has been without a major announcement for quite a long time, and it almost seems as if we're long overdue for something big. We refuse to believe they would ignore the KH franchise, and with the PS3 surging and the combined PS3/360 installed user base exceeding 50 million...well, why not? We can at least hope, can't we?
4/5/2009 Ben Dutka
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piratedrunk
Sunday, April 05, 2009 @ 10:19:47 PM
LegendaryWolfeh
Sunday, April 05, 2009 @ 10:18:05 PM
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MadKatBebop
Sunday, April 05, 2009 @ 10:18:48 PM
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Gregory Freeman
Sunday, April 05, 2009 @ 11:13:22 PM
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Akuma07
Monday, April 06, 2009 @ 3:00:36 AM
migabyte
Monday, April 06, 2009 @ 8:20:54 AM
www
Monday, April 06, 2009 @ 10:22:58 AM
Though i can tell it was a fun game judging from how ppl recommended it,i see i've missed out on a whole lot.Honestly i regret never given KH a try.
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Qwarktast1c
Sunday, April 05, 2009 @ 10:31:35 PM
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b3mike
Sunday, April 05, 2009 @ 10:35:50 PM
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1. KH3 becomes a 360 exclusive
2. KH3 gets a simultaneous multi platform release with the 360 version getting "exclusive downloadable content" over the PS3 version.
3. KH3 gets a multi platform release with the 360 version getting released first due to "technical difficulties" trying to get the game running on PS3. The game under performs, the PS3 version is all but forgotten into obscurity. A few years down the line a Square Enix announces plans for a sequel, only this time in an effort to appeal to "Amore wistern audince" Mickey Mouse will be carrying a 50 caliber machine gun along with the rest of the Disney crew all carrying fully automatic weapons...
007
Sunday, April 05, 2009 @ 10:42:29 PM
HeXeN
Sunday, April 05, 2009 @ 11:28:26 PM
slackernz
Monday, April 06, 2009 @ 3:20:34 AM
SnipeySnake
Wednesday, April 08, 2009 @ 12:04:43 AM
WorldEndsWithMe
Sunday, April 05, 2009 @ 10:36:04 PM
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Problem with the logic here is that Star Ocean had all it's fans on Sony consoles too, and I've become a pessimist thanks to SE and I'm tempted to say "Well, whose to say the new Tri-Ace release won't skip PS3 just like Last Remnant and Star Ocean did?"
Deleted User
Sunday, April 05, 2009 @ 10:43:35 PM
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slayerkillemall
Sunday, April 05, 2009 @ 10:52:42 PM
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weeee
Sunday, April 05, 2009 @ 10:52:48 PM
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godsman
Sunday, April 05, 2009 @ 11:08:41 PM
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Not till the PS3 console sales reach 5-7 millions, before any RPG companies shift back to PS3. They will go "screw you Microsoft, we can make actual money without your help now". This probably wont happen until FFXIII releases in Japan. Then probably we'll see a good spike in PS3 sales. Other Jrpgs will follow.
Just patiences guys.
Gregory Freeman
Sunday, April 05, 2009 @ 11:20:32 PM
last i checked... there were more ps3's sold in the land-o-rising-sun than the xbox plzfixme's so sales in japan (and the rest of the world except 4 america for that matter) isn't a problem... but the bribes do make a compelling argument...
the corporate mentality: why settle for THIS, when i get THIs, + a litle of THAT!
the diehard game developer mentality: screw THAT, im staying true to the fans... so what if I only get THIS... better than funding a crooked company...
which is S-E??
thats just how i think...
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godsman
Sunday, April 05, 2009 @ 11:46:24 PM
Square-Enix and other companies are never meant to be "loyal" to a console or company. Just so happens that PS1 and PS2 dominated sales in their generations. So companies make games for that console. Just this gen, there's the recession and Microsoft playing dirty. PS3 owners will see their exclusives eventually. PS3 has 10 year lifespan, we got 8 more to see till the end.
www
Monday, April 06, 2009 @ 10:38:17 AM
Now at the West,we have 360 topping the charts not the cot-damn DS so why shouldn't Square give Xbox 360 attention.It's not fair for some games like Last Hope being exclusive for 360,i agree on that one,it's NOT fair.
Japan is also responsible for this Square's controversial attitude.They should buy enough PS3s,not those hand-held games.They're so obsessed with gadgets in their palms with ear-pieces n sh**!
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WorldEndsWithMe
Sunday, April 05, 2009 @ 11:28:04 PM
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DaNgerSteVe
Sunday, April 05, 2009 @ 11:33:36 PM
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AntDC
Sunday, April 05, 2009 @ 11:44:42 PM
karneli lll
Sunday, April 05, 2009 @ 11:36:37 PM
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godsman
Sunday, April 05, 2009 @ 11:49:51 PM
karneli lll
Monday, April 06, 2009 @ 1:33:13 AM
KevinCairo
Sunday, April 05, 2009 @ 11:42:58 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Sunday, April 05, 2009 @ 11:45:14 PM
Tatsujin
Sunday, April 05, 2009 @ 11:48:19 PM
AntDC
Sunday, April 05, 2009 @ 11:51:57 PM
It's getting old, yeah, but so is Square Enix's persistance to do everything in their power to piss off Playstation users.
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HeXeN
Monday, April 06, 2009 @ 12:12:49 AM
Zemus101
Monday, April 06, 2009 @ 12:25:57 AM
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Ultimadream
Monday, April 06, 2009 @ 2:36:20 AM
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Though from looking at the trailers they've release, its seems like they're going a bit ovet the top, and you know what i mean by that, ex. Pokemon after the first 151 or Alien after Alien 3.....
Akuma07
Monday, April 06, 2009 @ 3:01:37 AM
Akuma07
Monday, April 06, 2009 @ 3:04:37 AM
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they could very well release the game on both consoles and still make it a stellar experience.
as long as it is coming out on the PS3, i dont really mind what els its on, they could even do it using the KH2 engine, and i still wouldnt mind, KH was always about the story and gameplay, not the graphics.
remember that people!
Ultimadream
Monday, April 06, 2009 @ 7:33:27 AM
raztad
Monday, April 06, 2009 @ 7:02:14 AM
Mystearica
Monday, April 06, 2009 @ 7:14:54 AM
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ThatGirlRowe42
Monday, April 06, 2009 @ 8:16:49 AM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, April 06, 2009 @ 10:35:55 AM
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karneli lll
Monday, April 06, 2009 @ 11:29:48 AM
Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Monday, April 06, 2009 @ 3:18:00 PM
WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, April 06, 2009 @ 5:35:25 PM
www
Monday, April 06, 2009 @ 11:06:09 AM
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Just heard the new DSi has outsold all hardwares.......just look at this? When consoles like PS3 need a push in sales,things like DSi will come steal the money intended for a ps3 purchase for a DSi instead.
Now you tell me how you expect devs like Square to continue supporting ps3 when most of their Japanese locales keep spending cash on handhelds whiles Westerners invest in consoles like the 360.
One Sony guy named Koller is even accusing Nintendo for not caring about the consumer and that the DSi doesn't offer anything much different from the DS.
Nintendo are just selling hardwares and not softwares,they're starting to piss me off.If handhelds like DS weren't around consoles like PS3 woulda sold out!
MadKatBebop
Monday, April 06, 2009 @ 11:45:54 AM
WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, April 06, 2009 @ 2:34:43 PM
Biggest annoyance: RPG love going to handhelds, it just boggles the mind. I mean cmon, put some money into your project and make it next gen.
www
Monday, April 06, 2009 @ 3:59:55 PM
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Thank you!......Already gamers are often referred to as nerds and going to the outside world and displaying it more with your handhelds makes you look so much more dorky!
When am out,i deal with what's outside,no time for games,have had enough at home already!
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smileys_007
Monday, April 06, 2009 @ 5:32:50 PM
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Riku994
Monday, April 06, 2009 @ 8:12:16 PM
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009 @ 2:41:48 AM
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009 @ 5:20:00 PM
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009 @ 11:56:05 PM
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mastiffchild
Friday, April 10, 2009 @ 3:24:39 PM
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SO4 was started way before the PS3 dev kits were out so ignore that one but TLR and co (PS3 version is now dead)sucked and the attempts to make unreal engine jrpg is one of the oddest on record.
Personally, I'd be surprused if, outside Japan KH3 isn't to be 360 exclusive as they(MS) will want something big to show to their own fanbase in NA/UK from this deal. As I said I don't blame MS as they stood to gain from this but SE have been short sighted and I haven't ruled out FF13 being awful and Vs going multi yet. the pressure on FF13 anmd KH3(if it's announced) is already bigger than any games in SE history-on current form who has any faith they can pull this off? They can't on the "easy" 360 so what messes might they give PS3 owners seeing as it's more difficult?
Yes, I know Nomura's still there and he's Sony tinted in his views but apart from slowing Vs going to 360 what's that actually done for us?
SE should have been roasted after trumpeting "only on PS3" about FF13 for years up to last E3. How many people got a PS3 on their words? And how many games have these people now been able to play from the erstwhile fave dev? None thats how many while every other platform(oddly even other Sony ones too)gets loads of SE love with DS and PSP getting the best by far, imo, Dissidia and TWEWY just off the top of my head.
So should we be angry at MS? No. Dissappointed and upset with SE? Damn right-they led folk (their biggest fans mainly) in one direction then deserted them to make shoddy games and publish worse-therefore not endearing themselves to the crowd they aim now to please!
Then they buy Eidos as all of this was supposedly to learn how to exploit the "western" market. By using UE3 and the past their prime Eidos? Good luck with that. All this while not selling any games(by their standards) on the HD consoles? Genius!
Really, no news over KH3 would shock me now-except it being PS3 exclusive/any good. They've lost it, imo, and Vs looks the best atm(not because it's currently PS3 only as that won't last too long either)but is also more niche so just what do they do if FF13 and KH3 suck? They seem spread very thin and if the games don't improve in quality and sales MS will drop them like a really hot turd.
Sorry to anyone that actually read all that but the SE situation is amazing to me, one bad choice after the other and nothing to show for it axcept wasted legacy.
Last edited by mastiffchild on 4/10/2009 3:31:16 PM

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