Thursday Next Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 From the publishers perspective, I kind of understand the reasons for this. Retailers love pre-order exclusives and will give preferential shelf space, more allocation for advertising hoardings and even up their orders if a publisher will give them a meaty exclusive. On the other side, I don't think a game will ever sell more copies because a certain retailer has a certain exclusive. Instead, you'll see 3million sales at retailer A and 2million at retailer B, rather than 2million at A and 3 million at B. On balance, I think pubs would be better off just not doing retailer exclusives. Especially when it comes to big budget titles. Retailers should count themselves lucky that they are able to stock a FIFA / CoD / Gears / BF game. It's guaranteed to shift loads of copies at full price, so they'll make their money. I think there is more of a case where a more niche title is concerned. I can understand Atlus for example offering Game an exclusive with Demon's Souls for stocking the product as it was a bit of an unknown quantity. Squeenix should not need to offer incentives for retailers to stock an FF title. Damage to the brand or not, it'll still fly off the shelves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 So, I had fun playing FFXIII when it came out and am definitely planning on picking up XIII-2 at some point. But I just watched a seven minutes trailer on IGN, and.... wow. Looks like we're in for one hell of a stupid story. http://www.ign.com/videos/2011/10/13/final-fantasy-xiii-2-new-adventures-trailer?objectid=97872 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Can't be more silly than J-Pop princesses go on a music tour while saving the world. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Woot, breaks. Breaks are good. Gambling breaks even better. Looks pretty pretty too and I'm not really sure why you'd say teh story is iffy. Got time travel but that's not a sure fire "this is bad". Certainly allows to expand the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronixal Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 What I want to know is where the bloody hell is doing the EU/UK pre-order bonus deal? Amazon only list a dlc weapon for Noel, where as the pre-order pack had a load of stuff. Are they not part of the selected retailer group? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 https://member.eu.square-enix.com/en/blogs/final-fantasy-xiii-2-and-assassins-creed-revelations-costume-collaboration Play as Ezio. Cos obviously that's what we all want. Eurgh why the fuck did blogs have to be so pushy about FFXIII getting DLC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 If it's free DLC, no drama. If it's paid, well, still no drama. But meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredEffinChopin Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Looks like Famitsu dished out another perfect score this year. My interest is certainly piqued. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Is your interest piqued because of the Famitsu score or other things? Cos these days Famitsu giving a perfect 40 isn't exactly special these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredEffinChopin Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Well, I'm one of the chumps who had a great time with XIII, so I was already interested when this was announced. The perfect score just makes the changes look even a little more promising. They have given several 40s in the past couple of years that people have taken issue with (as well as some lower scores that had some enraged), but despite that they're a long-lasting and respected enough publication that I'm comfortable taking their increase in score across the two games as a positive sign. If we were talking about a console-dedicated mag I wouldn't even open the full article to read about it, but I still take an early Famitsu score for an upcoming game somewhat seriously. Maybe I'm just an optimist when it comes to this series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 Via Duke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excel_excel Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 Jesus fucking Christ. Is that a joke? Holy shit that's bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 As a comparison http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS_MOex3yR0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 A crappy arrangement for a crappy song. Fitting, I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredEffinChopin Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 ...... Dude, for some reason I actually thought that was going to be the chocobo music for the game. I was looking for something in the room to tie a noose around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 What's with all the hate for Chocobo music? Don't get me wrong, that metal remix was useless, but I like the Chocobo hook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) My face was the entire time I was listening to that chocobo theme was just... poker face. Its terrible. The lyric themselves isn't bad but the treatment it got is bad. I hope the chocobo somehow kick out my teeth while I play whatever chocobo related thing in the game... if I ever play it. And Cowboy... HEY HEY. SHUSH YOU! Your opinion is invaild for this subject. You annoyed me and now I'll calm down with this rendition. --- Also I swear... first X-2 get a pop treatment and now XIII-2 is getting a metal treatment? Geez. Edited December 14, 2011 by MaliciousH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 The Chocobo Theme does get different styles each time though. (e.g the IX one is ukulele) Just, who is doing it? Uematsu has The Black Mages and they do Rock music and it's alright. That just wasn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 I understand that each one gets their own style but this one is just poorly executed as a song itself. I don't feel anything from this song but just noise. I feel that the song got very little variation in feeling and tone. I get no feeling of a crazy chocobo besides one that having a seizure. I really need some context to this song to pass final judgment but so far its baaaad. They should of gotten a group like Maximize the Hormone to do this song and I bet I would feel like a crazy chocobo is running loose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredEffinChopin Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 My disgust is because I was listening to it thinking it was the new chocobo riding music, because I'm a totally gullible sap. I honestly didn't hate it until the lyrics started, and then I felt embarrassed for even wanting to play the game in the future, like people were already shaking their heads in disbelief. The chorus made me realize I was just listening to some band... The whole thing went down in about 25-30 seconds, and I was ok again. Knowing it for what it is, I don't mind the musical arrangement at all, it's even kinda slick at points. It's harder to warm up to the lyrics, and I doubt I ever ever ever will. It's not really a brand of humor I subscribe too, and if it's being sung with a straight face then it's even less for me than I suspected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 I enjoyed 13 heavily and this game is coming up soon, so I really want it now enough to buy it first day. Ive got 30 bucks in GS credit and a five dollar coupon. Im wondering if I should just wait. I really want to go get LA Noire, but....damn. I wonder if I can wait for one more month. And if I can get the rest of the money. Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 I'm waiting purely because FFXIII dropped in price so fast. It's not really a game I "need" to play ASAP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excel_excel Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Christ, I just realised. Sazh isn't in the main story. Sazh, the best god damn Final Fantasy character in years looks to not be involved in the story at all. He'll be post game DLC. D: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 That's pretty smart of Square, to be honest. They knew that, in North America at least, Sazh was one of the most liked characters from 13. Saving him for DLC might lead to some complaints but will also create some more $$$$$. DLC is just a fact of life. As long as it's not obnoxious like Assassin's Creed 2's missing sequences, I'm ok with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excel_excel Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 But how can he be a meaningful part of the story when he's post game DLC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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