Quote Originally Posted by MiNuN View Post
^You wouldn't want expansion with PS3 release if you were looking it from a Marketing P.O.V.
It depends. Marketing doesn't always aim to "make more money as soon as possible". An expansion with the PS3 release, would work well in pushing sales of the PS3 release itself, and would bring back many PC users as well. A bigger intake of players all at the same time has more staying power than two smaller intakes, simply because some of the population coming from the first could leave again because they don't find the world populated enough for their taste before the second intake hits.
It would also prompt a second review of the game from PC-dedicated sites at the same time as the PS3 version hits, and in the case of a strong reversal of initial scores that would create a much bigger buzz, and buzz = sales.
SE has already demonstrated that they aren't going for the "money! Now!" route with FFXIV, and this means that they can easily find pushing the PS3 release with all the means they have (including an expansion) a more sound strategy than selling them separately to make more money with box sales.