Quote Originally Posted by MBK View Post
that would hold true if there was no other release for this game,
the ps3 release will mean that this game is getting a second chance not only with new players, but also with critics & reviewers

if the second review was good, then I can see nothing preventing people from buying it.
The PS3 release is -NOT- a second chance.
If you release a horrible car in the UK, fix it up and re-release it in the states, reviewers are going to be like "hey you just re-released a junky car, why should we trust its fixed?"

Re-releasing is -not- a second chance.
The failed launch will not be ignored by reviewers or potential new players.
People will say "if it took devs a year to fix this game how do you expect it to ever be good"

Honestly as someone who runs a marketing business I can say that it -IS- possible to turn it into a second chance. But it doesn't matter how good the game is or whats in the game. SE Needs to make one epic cutscene that sets the game apart from other MMOs. If it was FFXI i would say besieged would be a great selling-point. The thing is it doesn't look like FFXIV will get anything unique any time soon. Its a pretty cookie-cutter mmo.

Mind you this is all for the west. im 90% sure FFXIV will be successful in japan on ps3.