Does Final Fantasy XIII Going Multiplatform Spell The End For PlayStation3?

Author’s Note: This editorial was published August 5, 2008 and originally appeared on Kombo.com. Clicking on this link will take you to its original location. Kombo.com is down and unlikely to come back.

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The PlayStation3 has had a pretty rough-and-tumble time in the market. It went from having the best exclusives out there, such as BioShock and Grand Theft Auto IV, to losing nearly all of them to Microsoft in either exclusive or multiplatform fashion. PlayStation fans held on to two near-absolute truths: Metal Gear Solid 4 and Final Fantasy XIII. These have been the cruxes of the pro-PS3 argument for years now, ever since we knew that both games existed. However, only one of those cruxes has held (that crux being MGS4), with Final Fantasy XIII having gone multiplatform in an E3 shocker that won’t soon be forgotten. There have been a multitude of claims about the PS3′s future issued in light of this major event, with the most popular being: “There is no longer a reason to buy a PS3.”