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Originally, I thought that your game had to be on the market for a year and a half before it could get Greatest Hits status, but I was wrong I looked it up and it only has to be on the market for 9 months and then it can get Greatest Hits status. Third partys don't have to stick with the $20 price and don't have to make it a greatest hit at the point they hit 9 months. So I guess Square Enix wanted to make all the money they could off Kingdom Hearts 2 and just now making it a Greatest Hit.
However, while this gets rid of the idea of KH2FM+ being the one and only Greatest Hits version like Devil May Cry 3's Special Edition, it does not get rid of the idea of it being released on Greatest Hits. Sega's Virtua Fighter 4 became a Greatest Hit in 2002 and in 2003 Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution(and IGN in their review said they were amazed it came here so suprises in re-releases can happen) was released only on Greatest Hits, so KH2FM+ could apply this same idea. And for those of you who think that Square Enix would make it a greatest hit because they wouldn't charge a small price for it because it is 2 games, here is something to consider. When they bundled GTA 3 and GTA:Vice City together in the GTA: Double Pack under Greatest Hits they charged $40 for it: IGN: Grand Theft Auto Double Pack Review. So, Square Enix could easily put the KH2FM+ as a only Greatest Hit, and get away with charging $40 because that would be equal to two Greatest Hits priced games, because it does have two games.
Oh, and just in case you are wondering the Greatest Hits line is only done in America. Though in PAL regions Sony uses the platinum range as an equalivant to the Greatest Hits, but as far as I know there is nothing done by Sony in Japan that is the equalivant to the Greatest Hits.
Originally, I thought that your game had to be on the market for a year and a half before it could get Greatest Hits status, but I was wrong I looked it up and it only has to be on the market for 9 months and then it can get Greatest Hits status. Third partys don't have to stick with the $20 price and don't have to make it a greatest hit at the point they hit 9 months. So I guess Square Enix wanted to make all the money they could off Kingdom Hearts 2 and just now making it a Greatest Hit.
However, while this gets rid of the idea of KH2FM+ being the one and only Greatest Hits version like Devil May Cry 3's Special Edition, it does not get rid of the idea of it being released on Greatest Hits. Sega's Virtua Fighter 4 became a Greatest Hit in 2002 and in 2003 Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution(and IGN in their review said they were amazed it came here so suprises in re-releases can happen) was released only on Greatest Hits, so KH2FM+ could apply this same idea. And for those of you who think that Square Enix would make it a greatest hit because they wouldn't charge a small price for it because it is 2 games, here is something to consider. When they bundled GTA 3 and GTA:Vice City together in the GTA: Double Pack under Greatest Hits they charged $40 for it: IGN: Grand Theft Auto Double Pack Review. So, Square Enix could easily put the KH2FM+ as a only Greatest Hit, and get away with charging $40 because that would be equal to two Greatest Hits priced games, because it does have two games.
Oh, and just in case you are wondering the Greatest Hits line is only done in America. Though in PAL regions Sony uses the platinum range as an equalivant to the Greatest Hits, but as far as I know there is nothing done by Sony in Japan that is the equalivant to the Greatest Hits.
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