Slashdot Mirror
All the (Final) Fantasy One Could Want in One Day
Daetrin writes "The Magic Box is reporting that Square Enix will be releasing both Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles and Final Fantasy X-2 in America on the same day. Perhaps they figure any Americans who can afford both a PS2 and a GameCube should also be able to afford putting down the cash for both games at the same time? Usually competing against yourself isn't the best business plan." Square Insider also confirms this. I'm a huge Final Fantasy nut, and I have both a GameCube and a PS2, but I'm sure I don't have the time to play both games simultaneously, and I bet there's a lot of people who fall into this same category.
Though I agree about Crystal Chronicles being the best for me, seeing as I am a Nintendo fanboy, I can't see the same going for the majority of gamers out there. Not many people have a GameCube, let alone a GameCube, two GBAs, and the requisite GBA-to-Cube link cables. Even the most hard-core FF fan may have trouble justifying over $300 in hardware to play the game properly. Meanwhile, FFX-2 will likely sell far better, because it's a) for the PS2, which has a far larger installed userbase and b) it's a sequel to an already very popular game - on the one hand, it's more of the same, but on the other hand that is apparently what most FF fans want.
--- Bwah?
It may not be relevant to the story, but actually the release date of Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles was determined by Nintendo of America as they are handling the publishing/distribution of that game - along with Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and Sword of Mana for the GBA - in North America.