Square Enix’s decision to release Final Fantasy XIII on the Xbox 360 in Japan, after repeatedly promising it would be a PS3 exclusive, has driven fans into a frenzy, with some becoming so angry as to begin delivering death threats to Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada on his own Twitter account.
After the news of the port’s release became widely reported and confirmed as more than a mere rumour, irate fans descended upon Yoichi Wada’s Twitter account:
Is it true? After saying so many times it would never be released on the Xbox in Japan, if you really do release it nobody will trust your word again.
Say something!
You’re going to betray us after saying it would never come out? I’m cancelling my pre-orders.
You liar!
Lying to customers is how you do business, eh? I’ll never buy a Square Enix title again.
With all the illegal lies and misdirection about FF13 you made, I reported you to the ministry of consumer affairs. And you promised DLC and quietly abandoned it – you’re detestable.
Charlatan!
Stop your pompous waffling and resign! Haven’t you made enough money yet? Next time put a guy who actually loves games in charge.
What’s up with game developers? Practically everything they say is a lie…
Well done, Scrooge.
Hey Wada! What the hell is this about FF13 on the 360 in Japan? You kept advertising the game in all the mags as a domestic PS3 exclusive! If you go through with this nobody’ll trust you again… Honestly I hate you so much I’d like to kill you. Quit soon. This is your last chance.
You’d better be prepared to run, or you’ll be killed! At the very least you ought to be prepared for a few rocks thrown your way!
Whilst such threats can be dismissed as the standard ravings of Square Enix’s increasingly desperate fanbase, Japanese police will make arrests for less, and they certainly demonstrate yet another looming PR disaster.
Wada himself was conspicuously silent in the face on of the onslaught.
What a bunch of retorted gamers. Really death threats, time to get laid people, its just another lame game.
Is it even getting any bonuses to the game? Major additions, DLC or otherwise? I sure don’t see any info implying such. Final Fantasy fans are worse than the Tales ones.
AH fanboys, showing your insanity since 90 something.
lol
They need to clench their teeth and hold their tongues. if they didn’t help make the game or contribute funds to its development then they should accept Wada-san’s decision or don’t buy the game. The world isn’t fair.
That’s where you’re wrong. A game’s sales help the creators earn back what they used to create it. They made promises about the product they sold and then decided to back out on it after everyone already bought it.
The person who reported them to the Ministry of Consumer Affairs had every right to do so, because the product did not deliver what the creators promised. While it is only a video game, this is fraud.
Hehehehehehe, gimme a fuckin’ break, seriously? He’s been threatened with DEATH over putting the game out on another console as well??? Get the f♥♥k over it, people. So elitist it’s disgusting. Grow up.
Was it right of them to change their minds after say vehemently that it wouldn’t happen? Probably not but they’re a company and companies exist to make money. Apparently they think they’ll make money on it. It’s a POS anyway, who really cares? With all the bad decisions S/E has made lately I’d be really surprised if they’re still in business, in their current form, in two years.
S/E has gone from the top, to the bottom in the past year or two. If they don’t serve up the goods they’re famous for then good riddance. We don’t need more crappy/mediocre delevopers.
Sark