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Square Enix has finally clarified that Final Fantasy XIII will launch simultaneously on PS3 and 360 in the West.
"We don't have the actual month down yet, but in Japan it's scheduled for a winter release, and in Europe and North American territories it's spring 2010," producer Yoshinori Kitase told VG247 at gamescom.
"For Europe and North American, the PS3 and 360 versions are going to be released simultaneously."
Kitase added that European localisation used to take a year, but should now be "considerably shorter". The European launch of FFXIII, therefore, will be "as close to the North American release as possible".
Square Enix began development on the Western, Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII in April. However, the PS3 code is complete, and - as Kitase mentioned - goes on sale in Japan this winter.
This aroused suspicion that Western PS3 fans are being made to wait for FFXIII simply because of a simultaneous multi-platform-release deal.
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the_dudefather
20/08/09 @ 12:29
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Only exception is stranglehold I think (due to movie being included)
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I think that's great news.
I'm leaning on the PS3 version at the moment because of its BD format, which means fewer discs, but ultimately it depends on how big the graphical differences are between the two games. The 360's DVD format could mean overcompressed inferior-quality FMV unless all the cutscenes are real-time (which they should be really). Anyway, it's all speculation at the moment, they may end up being identical bar the number of discs the game comes on. |
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M_of_the_sys
20/08/09 @ 12:39
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"This aroused suspicion that Western PS3 fans are being made to wait for FFXIII simply because of a simultaneous multi-platform-release deal."
So the rumours were true? |
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muscleblade
20/08/09 @ 12:43
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@Darren
"I'm leaning on the PS3 version at the moment because of its BD format, which means fewer discs" Why do you care? You probably wont finish the first disk anyway. PS: Im joking - (there is some truth in it though). |
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metallicorphan
20/08/09 @ 13:07
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i know a lot of people don't like multidiscs,but i am fine with it...for me it gives you a sense of accomplishment when you 'make it off disc 1'..just like the Glory PS1 days of FFs,or it can be easier to tell,a friend where the hell you are in the game if its that big of a game...'i am on disc 2,about an hour in'
i know it means having to peel myself of the couch to get up,but i will just have to put up with that there is also the added plus when installing the game,if you don't have the room,you can just install one disc at a time..instead of the whole thing but don't get me wrong..a game this size fitting on one disc is still impressive |
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Eddy-the-Ed
20/08/09 @ 13:23
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What are you applauding? They're taking a year or more to get it out of Japan. For a company their size, working on a game this big, it's pathetic.
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muscleblade
20/08/09 @ 13:39
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"And the Puss3 version might look better maybe. "
Why do you think that. Its always the other way around. |
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@muscleblade - What is it with you and your apparent obsession with whether I've completed games or not? According to you I've finished 1 of 145 games but you overlook the fact that I only play single player games and that a good number of those are either completed or almost completed as far as I'm concerned. If they're not then I didn't like them, doesn't take a genius to work that out. Does it really bother you so much that I might not finish them 100% with every Achievement point?
Personally, I'm getting tired of the snidey remarks, this is the second in as many days. One more and you'll be on my Ignore list. ;) |
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GundamJehutyKai
20/08/09 @ 14:11
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@physically_insane: I don't believe that it has happened the other way before, except for ghostbusters in europe (which sony published so it's not really comparable to this situation). Generally, if the PS3 version isn't ready, the 360 version gets released regardless and the PS3 version simply gets delayed (or cancelled)
I wouldn't be surprised if the rumors of the PS3 version being delayed to satisfy a simultaneous release were true. But it won't affect their bottom line sales either way so one has to wonder just why they bothered to stoke the flames. |
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I really couldn't be more happy that the 360 is getting this game. That means more people get to play it, and I get more people to talk about it.
I think they should also port it to the PC. Now what I DON'T like, is fucking microsoft, who probably payed once more, so it's fanboys (not the fans, there are many reasonable xbox fans out there, fanboy doesn't equal fan, in my dictionery) can go on internet forums, and brag about how their console broke another PS3 exclusive. I don't freaking care. as long as it's also coming on my ps3, it can be ported to the ngage for all I care. But don't delay a game, many of us have been waiting for 3 years, so that the fanboys of another console can be happy. |
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GamesConnoisseur
20/08/09 @ 14:44
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Accusing MS of delays is perhaps bit rich when we know that in previous FF iterations Square always release FF in Europe much much later after Japan and US release dates?
At least this time around the gap is not so severe and also including fast localisation compared to what Square-Enix does previously! If X360 owners get to play as well, then the forums would be all the more richer with double the loves and discussions! Regretting that you dont have the exclusivity anymore is perhaps just as much a fanboyism?! |
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groovychainsaw
20/08/09 @ 15:13
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I'll be most interested to see if the code on the 360 is compromised. We've seen many examples of xbox first platform and a hasty ps3 port looking poorer for it, but have very few (that i can think of) games aimed at the ps3 with a hasty port over to the 360. Multiple discs I don't mind, but I'll definitely want to get the version with the best fidelity of this. The xbox is usually the safe bet, but with the short development time, I'll be hanging on for a comparison article before picking the format here...
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Mercatoria
20/08/09 @ 15:14
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I used to like the FF games. They all look and play the same these days
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"No because the whole thing is still IN JAPANESE and needs to be translated, they can port the engine to the Xbox 360 at the same time the scripts are being translated and new VA being recorded."
True they can happen simultaneously, but it would be rather a coincidence if engine porting and translation take exactly the same amount of time... |
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Mentalist(air)
20/08/09 @ 16:17
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it would be rather a coincidence if engine porting and translation take exactly the same amount of time
Or supremely effective project planning. To be honest, given the lead times of internationalised versions of Final Fantasy in the past, I'd expect the Xbox port to take rather less time than the localisation. |
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@muscleblade
I figured since square enix developed the tools (silver something?) that they made FFXIII with for the PS3 first then created the tools for the 360 version that there was the possiblity that in this case it would look better on the I guess lead platform of PS3 although I don't think that made much difference in burnout paradises case either. Given the track record for games which come out on both platforms I can understand where your coming from it hasn't extactly been even or in the playstations favour most of the time.
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"Well there will be timing since Square-Enix is not going to do a advertisement campaign for FFXIII PS3 version for 8 weeks later having to do it for the Xbox 360 version. "
There are plenty of instances in which a 360 game was released less than 8 weeks before the PS3 version shipped so I don't think a publisher would be particularly averse to such a scenario, unless a nice amount of money was involved. |
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@donnie080208
no not really. My comparison 40% of sales are usually just from Japan. While that other 60% is a larger sum, you have to translate it to 6 different languages, and market it to another 30 countries, just to get a bit more sales, than you get from 1 language and country (Japan that is) |
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