Final Fantasy XIII going to the 360?

Very very late news coming from me, but I knew about it since it was announced anyway. With Final Fantasy going to the 360 as well as the PS3, once more the gates open and the flame wars rekindle. It seems to me that every time an announcement of this caliber is well announcileed, the Sony-boys cry in a corner and flick off anyone that looks their way whilst the Micro-Boys start jerking off right in the middle of chest bumps and hi-fives. I could turn this into one of those why care posts but that'll be saved for an actual essay er um post later.

Just what does such an announcement say about the video game industry as a whole though? I remember years back when Nintendo and Square had their outing and the company took shelter over at Sony's place. For a while that relationship seemed to be alright, but it would seem Sony hasn't been bringing home the bacon and Squeenix is done with the whole monogamy thing. So with that a flourish of titles have begun to appear on other consoles. Really though this only affects American consumers because let's face it, Bill Gates and Ichiro Suzuki could be in the middle of Akihabara giving away 360's and Japanese people would simply keep on walking. So I suppose the better question is what does this say about the American video game industry? Seems the early bird catches the worm really takes life here as the Microsoft move to release the 360 first has put a real damper on the rest of the industry. I'm no fanboy of any caliber, but I've got to say that reaching out to kill the competiton just puts a wet blanket on the industry as a whole. Remember those early Nintendo third party practices of yesteryear? That's what Micro-dominance feels like to me today. They dump all of their resources practically into trying to kill off Sony whilst keeping an amiable relationship with Nintendo. To be honest it wouldn't matter who was doing it, it's a sick practice. Why not live happily together as a shared balance? Sony needed the leg up that FF13 would've given them and Microsoft comes along and like a bully and a one-legged kid, kicks his fucking crutches out from underneath him. I mean when it's said and done did they need the money? Well they probably do now because of the money they had to spend to get that title multiplatform, but did they? I mean every time something goes multiplatform the winner is always Microsoft and part of that blame goes to everyone, inlcuding the game journalism industry. But I'm soapboxing again and that's to be saved for a later time.

So with that I ask, does it matter? Which do you plan on buying? And might the Wii be getting in on this action?