No Final Fantasy XIII betrayal says Square-Enix
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3, Xbox 360 | By: Alan Ng
Posted on: November 28, 2008 | 6 Comments
If there is a bunch of you out there who are still disappointed with the fact that Final Fantasy XIII will be on the Xbox 360, then you might want to hear Square Enix’ Corporate Director Shinji Hashimotos recent comments.
When speaking to Kikizo, he explained that fans shouldn’t be disappointed with the recent events of the game and pointed out that the PS3 version won’t be delayed or cut down to size as a result of the multiplatform announcement.
He went on to explain, “I’d rather they not think of [Final Fantasy XIII on Xbox 360] as a ‘betrayal’ or disappointment. It’s not like we’re cancelling or delaying the PS3 version at all! It’s more of an added bonus for 360 fans. We won’t be putting them at a disadvantage in any way.”
He also pointed the fact out that the PS3 version of the game will be developed first, maximizing the consoles capabilities. Only after that is completed will they then begin work on a Xbox 360 port, optimizing it for Microsoft’s hardware.
All in all then, quite good news for you PS3 gamers out there who were slightly worried about the development of the game. Let us know your comments on this story below.
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square-enix is just going multi-platform because its seeing the xbox360 making money…. just reading what Shinji Hashimotos said about the word betrayel and dissapointment makes me more mad because its a bunch of BS…… >= /
Well of course they’re going to deny any quality loss for the PS3 - that would hurt sales! And here in the West we’re going to have to wait for the 360 version while PS3 bersion is just sat there. Nothings change - Square Enix are dumb and FF will not be the same since FF X-2. I’m losing hope for the series and the company
Squaresoft forever
I started losing hope for the series at VII. With the exception of FF IX, I haven’t played a really great Final Fantasy after VI.
Since the PS3 version of FF XIII will be as it should, does that mean that the 360 port will be inferior?
Square really stupid and being greedy but they didn’t know that they go the wrong path. Look what happen to their last RPG on 360 first they didn’t sale shit. Infinite Undiscoveries sold only 300k and Last Remnant sold only 80k so far. 360 is not RPG fan, only PS is the real RPG’s fanboys here Square. What Square comments is bunch of BS because they know PS fanboys are really mad and they will not buy their games because the way they treat PS fanboys like and idiot.
david wrote: “square-enix is just going multi-platform because its seeing the xbox360 making money…”
Well imagine that!
And there I was thinking they were in it purely for the love of making games and were planning to give it away to us gamers for free.
Aaron wrote: “And here in the West we’re going to have to wait for the 360 version while PS3 bersion is just sat there.”
Aaron, here in the West (US & Europe) we have ALWAYS waited for many months after the release of FF in Japan, sometimes for several months!
Much of that is to do with language suuport, hence after the Japanese version is finished, a lot of work is needed for the voice acting for the English, Spanish, French etc versions. So the idea that the PS3 version for the West will be ready when it’s released in Japan but waiting for the 360 version is completely false.
Because the game engine is complete on PS3 and 360, porting the game to 360 should be relatively easy (even with multi-disc requirements), and this will happen at the same time as all the voice acting work.
So to answer your question Seige, the 360 will not necessarily be inferior, it will suffer in the same way as other ports, i.e. on par with the lead format or only slightly worse.