Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!CALA-MUZIK!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newshub.sdsu.edu!pln-e!spln!lex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!news4 From: "sanjian" Newsgroups: alt.games.final-fantasy,alt.games.video.nintendo.gamecube,rec.arts.anime.misc,japan.videogames.nintendo Subject: Re: Nintendo DS sticks a sword down PS3's throat - DRAGON QUEST 9 on DS, not PS3 Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:33:24 -0500 Organization: NewsGuy - Unlimited Usenet $19.95 Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: <1165912373.082493.215880@16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com> <1165957171.944449.146980@16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-463.newsdawg.com X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0657-2, 12/12/2006), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.videogames.nintendo:591 starcade@yahoo.com wrote: > May be the beginning of the end for Sony -- there's been talk that > Square Enix wants to take the FF series completely off of Sony and > move it to Nintendo. > > Especially with the foibles of the PS3 to date, one has to wonder if > Sony and the game consoles might go the way of history in a few years. Eh. We said the same thing about Nintendo when FF-VII went to the PSX. These companies are far more robust than people give them credit for. After all, it took an incredible amount of bait-and-switch for the user base to finally give up on Sega's "a new console every two years, with five games - tops" system.