So, I've been having this idea for a little while now. I've been bombarded with people telling me why they don't think Xbox should get the earlier games, or how they believe it won't. Until I see actual proof of Square saying they won't do it, I still hold out hope that they have a good chance of being ported some time next year after 3 comes out, which HAS been stated by Nomura to be possible. This idea minimizes the financial risk for Square Enix to only the bare essentials of porting & limited release.
Recall the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Trilogy & Legacy collections from last August. Those contain ports of the original 3 main Ultimate Ninja Storm games from the 7th generation of consoles. The third game is even the Full Blast version of it with most of the DLC from the original release on the disc. I say "most" because that version of the game, for some reason, doesn't have some of the extra DLC costumes for whatever reason. The Legacy collection also has the 4th game with all its DLC included on its own disc. These ports are available digitally for $15 each for the first 3 games, while the physical release was limited to a special release that was $60-$80 depending on where you got it from (I got mine from Amazon, which has the 20% discount for preordering games, though they apparently have been scaling it back for some reason). It seems Bandai Namco took a page out of Square's book for this rerelease, but then again, remaster collections like this have been commonplace in this generation, so I can't say that for sure. It also came with an art book & a Boruto Jump Festa special on its own disc.
Now, if Square were to take a page from Bandai Namco's book, they can minimize the costs to themselves with porting the games & release. Basically, have a special limited physical release like what's coming for 3; a steelbook, an art book, and all 3 collections. I don't know if they could fit all of them on 1 disc, but 2 would be good, just like the PS4 releases. They could also offer this release for PS4 owners so they don't get pissy. We all know how console elitists can be, I assume. Whether they also have an even better release like 3 that comes with figures too, I don't know. They're appealing to Xbox players & while I know many an Xbox player had a PS2 & played KH1 & 2, as well as probably the other games on the handhelds, or played emulated versions of them, or have most likely seen people's videos on the games that have come out in the last few years, to get them ready for KH3. Then, they can have the collections for $20-$25 each for 1.5, 2.5, & 2.8 digitally on the Xbox game store. I say that price point is more than fair, considering you can get the PS3 releases of 1.5 & 2.5 for less than $20 & Square has made more than enough back on their investment to remaster & port the games to PS3 & 4 from those players alone buying the collections.
I came up with this idea because, like I said, it minimizes the financial input Square would have to put into ports of the games outside of having a dev team port them to Xbox. Given the similar architectures of the Xbox & PS4, I can't imagine it'll take a ton of time or money to do. I think this would be a good idea & I've gotten the same reaction from some of my friends when I mentioned it to them. I think others would agree.
So, I've been having this idea for a little while now. I've been bombarded with people telling me why they don't think Xbox should get the earlier games, or how they believe it won't. Until I see actual proof of Square saying they won't do it, I still hold out hope that they have a good chance of being ported some time next year after 3 comes out, which HAS been stated by Nomura to be possible. This idea minimizes the financial risk for Square Enix to only the bare essentials of porting & limited release.
Recall the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Trilogy & Legacy collections from last August. Those contain ports of the original 3 main Ultimate Ninja Storm games from the 7th generation of consoles. The third game is even the Full Blast version of it with most of the DLC from the original release on the disc. I say "most" because that version of the game, for some reason, doesn't have some of the extra DLC costumes for whatever reason. The Legacy collection also has the 4th game with all its DLC included on its own disc. These ports are available digitally for $15 each for the first 3 games, while the physical release was limited to a special release that was $60-$80 depending on where you got it from (I got mine from Amazon, which has the 20% discount for preordering games, though they apparently have been scaling it back for some reason). It seems Bandai Namco took a page out of Square's book for this rerelease, but then again, remaster collections like this have been commonplace in this generation, so I can't say that for sure. It also came with an art book & a Boruto Jump Festa special on its own disc.
Now, if Square were to take a page from Bandai Namco's book, they can minimize the costs to themselves with porting the games & release. Basically, have a special limited physical release like what's coming for 3; a steelbook, an art book, and all 3 collections. I don't know if they could fit all of them on 1 disc, but 2 would be good, just like the PS4 releases. They could also offer this release for PS4 owners so they don't get pissy. We all know how console elitists can be, I assume. Whether they also have an even better release like 3 that comes with figures too, I don't know. They're appealing to Xbox players & while I know many an Xbox player had a PS2 & played KH1 & 2, as well as probably the other games on the handhelds, or played emulated versions of them, or have most likely seen people's videos on the games that have come out in the last few years, to get them ready for KH3. Then, they can have the collections for $20-$25 each for 1.5, 2.5, & 2.8 digitally on the Xbox game store. I say that price point is more than fair, considering you can get the PS3 releases of 1.5 & 2.5 for less than $20 & Square has made more than enough back on their investment to remaster & port the games to PS3 & 4 from those players alone buying the collections.
I came up with this idea because, like I said, it minimizes the financial input Square would have to put into ports of the games outside of having a dev team port them to Xbox. Given the similar architectures of the Xbox & PS4, I can't imagine it'll take a ton of time or money to do. I think this would be a good idea & I've gotten the same reaction from some of my friends when I mentioned it to them. I think others would agree.
Edited by Scsigs