Valkyria Chronicles began life on Xbox 360
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Many Sega Nerds without PlayStation 3s have gnashed their teeth over Sega’s decision to develop Valkyria Chronicles exclusively on Sony’s newest console. However, according to a former Valkyria Chronicles developer, the game was originally developed for the Xbox 360.
Actually, I was involved in the early days of the game’s development … back before I quit to draw erotic manga … Originally, the game was planned for the Xbox 360, but then later changed for the PS3.
Yeah, you read that right - he’s doing hentai now. Anyway, it’s no secret many multi-platform games are developed on the 360, then ported to the PS3, so we’re not sure why Sega chose to completely abandon its work and shift focus to Sony’s machine.
One possible reason is that the game was originally planned to only be released in Japan, and considering the Xbox 360’s lackluster sales in that region, Sega made the safe decision to develop the game on the PS3 exclusively. It might have been the near unanimous positive reception Western gamers gave Valkyria Chronicles that forced Sega to bring it our way.
[Via Kotaku and Yusaku at the forums]
Comments on this article
There have been 11 responses to this article.
Here is my prediction:
They may release a X360 version only in US/Europe for selling more copies.
Regards-Alimn
alimn
Posted April 8th, 2008 at 8:10 am.
they should release a x360 too. i cnat affor to have a xbox360, wii and now buy a ps3.
alexer
Posted April 8th, 2008 at 8:19 am.
Hentai artist eh? Valkyrie Chronicles p0rn confirmed then, eh?
Aki-at
Posted April 8th, 2008 at 9:04 am.
The Shining Tears character designer is a very famous hentai artist, that’s why there are lots of erotic figures of the heroines from that game ^^; so this is not new in Sega lol
landman
Posted April 8th, 2008 at 10:03 am.
It seems like these days exclusive can mean for 6 months or a year. We may still see a late release on the 360. Who knows. It would be nice, but I suppose it depends on Western sales.
Emmett The Crab
Posted April 8th, 2008 at 10:12 am.
That explains the World War II setting.
Kijuna
Posted April 8th, 2008 at 12:17 pm.
It could be great to have Valkyria also on xbox360.
And maybe Ryu Ga Gotoku Kenzan…
City Hunter
Posted April 9th, 2008 at 7:13 am.
Since this game is developed exclusively on the ps3 now, they will be able to make the game better than it could be on the 360, utilizing the faster processing and the blu-ray drive. so yay for ps3 exclusivity
Someone Unknown
Posted April 30th, 2008 at 8:41 am.
yep, it aint gonna sell that well state side for the ps3. isint that what they did with psu?
farmer pancho
Posted May 1st, 2008 at 8:46 am.
Well, I own the triple play, so, this doesn’t concern me.
It looks great though.
Mystical Chocobo
Posted July 2nd, 2008 at 3:22 pm.
Let’s try to keep it on a good system, yeah? Kotaku is full of lies anyway.
Number
Posted November 10th, 2008 at 6:16 am.