E3: Square will consider developing for next Xbox console.

Japanese publisher Square Enix could be on board as a developer for Microsoft’s next console, according to company president Yoichi Wada, who says the next-generation Xbox “would fully deserve consideration.”

Speaking with GameSpot, Wada referred to an “evolution in the thinking” at Microsoft and said that his company – which makes the enormously popular Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest titles, as well as Disney crossover franchise Kingdom Hearts and the recently launched Fullmetal Alchemist series – would consider working on Xbox 2.”

This is probably in no small part to the fact that Xbox 2 will have an even larger user base at launch. And to the undetermined and new model for Xbox Live Microsoft made with EA.