Apparently, agreed to develop XIII on the because 'asked' them to.

"The team has been asking us to have a [Final Fantasy] game developed on our platform. Also, the Xbox 360 console is available in many homes in and European markets so that was not really a hard decision to make," enthused Yoichi Wada, Square Enix chief.

The game was originally set to be a exclusive, but following what sounds like a polite request, the publisher instead opted to create an Xbox 360 version for Western markets.

It sounds like the Xbox 360's sizeable install-base also played its part.

By Luke Guttridge