The game’s history is filled with moments that “changed the game” forever. The birth of consoles, the explosion of arcades, the rise of Nintendo in the United States, etc. But another factor in the history of the game is the arrival of “new players”. No, not like gamers who play titles, but those who enter the industry to try to change it. In the beginning, many people tried to make a name for themselves in the gaming space. But many fell by the wayside. By the time the 90s rolled around, you had to have a lot to be successful. That was true for Sony when it launched its original PlayStation. Fortunately, they had a few aces in the hole, including Final Fantasy VII.
Remember that at this time in gaming history, Nintendo and SEGA were the “big kids on the block”. They had just come out of a big console war between the SNES and the Sega Genesis, and it seemed like no one could dethrone them. But then Sony came along with its disc player system and things changed. But even with their revolutionary hardware, they needed video games that gamers would want to try.
Shuhei Yoshida, head of Sony’s independent development initiative, noted in an interview that if Sony doesn’t go to Square Enix to get games like Final Fantasy VII and Dragon Quest VIIthings would have been very different:
“At that time, SquareSoft and Enix were separate companies, and Square had the Final Fantasy franchise, and Enix had the dragon quest franchise, and these two RPGs are the biggest IPs in Japan.
So naturally, Japanese-born Sony needed those IPs on their system, and that’s what happened. The two sides of the eventually merged company brought them to the PlayStation OG:
“And that totally changed the fortunes for us. And finally, we had the games we needed to make PlayStation a success.
These are indeed just a few of the titles that have contributed to the success of the PlayStation, but knowing the IP addresses on a new system was important to give people a reason to buy the console. Fast forward to now, and Sony is on the fifth iteration of its system, SEGA is no longer in the console manufacturing business, and Final Fantasy VII Remake was one of the biggest games of their last console, with its sequel on the way!
So, by getting these IP addresses, they changed the history of the game and continue to affect it today.
Source: GameReactor
