At the end of Microsoft’s E3 press conference it was revealed that Sony had lost yet another exclusive, Final Fantasy XIII. This caused quite a riot among Playstation fans. One comment I’ve seen goes far enough to call Square Enix traitors. A comment like that only shows blatant fanboy-ism and while I find it fine to be a fanboy, you have to look at the facts. Square Enix owes no loyalty to Sony, they are and have always been a third party developer. Microsoft probably coughed up a pretty penny to get such a high profile game onto their console.

Square Enix is a company and like any company they’re out to get the dollars they work for, so why would they not bring Final Fantasy XIII to the Xbox 360 when its only making them extra money. Sony has only themselves to blame for losing exclusives, they’re not shelling out enough cash to keep exclusive titles where as Microsoft saw what they needed and went the extra mile to get it. Sony has to realize that this is not last gen, and no one is riding the PS2 train anymore. Third party developers are out for the money which Microsoft is more than happy to shell out. In turn, this sells 360s and gets Microsoft more money to take more exclusives away from Sony. And with a cheaper product that gives you a better online service and the same quality of games what more could you ask for?

Microsoft at least in the western half of the world is taking the lead. Sony had best start making moves if the PS3 is to get ahead and to get there they are going to have to start shelling out to keep things exclusive. To answer the question that everyone already knew the answer to, the loyalty my friends lies with the almighty dollar.

Third party developers have no malicious intentions when it comes to Sony, its just all about the green.

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