Final Fantasy XIII not available on 360 in Japan, Versus XIII still PS3-exclusive

I'm pretty sure SquareEnix said (at their press conference that followed the MS one) they wouldn't begin "porting" FF13 to the 360 until they began English localization. In other words, FF13 is only being developed on the PS3 right now, when it is done a port for the 360 will be made. This in turn suggests the game is still being designed for the PS3 and its quality likely won't be affected.

Are you retarded? You said you don't care at all about the 360 getting the title yet you don't want the quality lower to allow a better port. PORTS in ANY form are the death to gaming. exclusive titles MUST remain for each system.

I agree with that. After seeing the initial videos, I was floored. I thought that this would be one of the games that show the PS3's raw power, and that its architecture, albeit difficult, could produce an amazing game. I hope it isn't diminished. I think the 360 could handle a lot, but not what the PS3 could.

didnt hurt gta4 or assassins creed or burnout paradise...

did multiplat releases ever really hurt xbox? i know the ps3 orange box got assfucked in development, but the xbox ones seem solid so far iirc



The funny thing is how many people bought into sony's "raw power of the ps3" lines. In terms of actual performance, the 360 and ps3 are very close. People just don't like to believe that the 360 could pull off slick ffXIII gfx...maybe they forgot what a good video card was for?

You know, you're absolutely right. In order to accommodate a multi-platform strategy, they're going to have to make some compromises. For example, you can't just cut off the game in the middle of a series of intense battles for a disc change - as trivial as it may seem, those disc swaps have to come at appropriate and opportune times. Are they going to have to tweak the story so that it has proper "breaks" for disc changing? Sure, they could put the disc swaps during the natural breaks in the story, but from an economic standpoint, Squenix would be wise to minimize the number of discs they stamp, (i.e. Put as much content on each disc as possible) Assuming a four disc game, what are the chances those breaks actually take place at the most economic 25/25/25/25 spots? Will working this out prolong the already ridiculous development process?

From the Kotaku liveblog, it sounds like SE is going to complete the Japanese PS3 FFXIII first, then work on a PS3 localization and a 360 port/localization simultaneously. Since the localization is bound to take less time than a combined port/localization, does this mean SE is going to be sitting on a completed English PS3 version in order to release simultaneously in Western territories?

So many questions. Oh Don Mattrick... You've ruined many a Sony fanboys' lives!

You shouldn't worry for a few reasons.

1. FFXIII does not require much performance. The fancy stuff is all pre-rendered. Walking around and battling won't push either system to their fullest.

2. PS3 and 360 much more similar than consoles past. One could argue that COD4, a multiplatform game, is the best performing title on each system.

3. It's a turn based RPG. The physics, feel of controls, etc. None of that is real demanding. The impressive stuff is pre-rendered. RPG's are amongst the easiest to port.

Just be prepared for a lot of disc swapping on the 360 version.

lol oh man

Guess what, Sony kids. Your Playstation 3 is nothing special. I know Sony said it was! I know they said it was going to be a million times better than the most powerful PC. But it isn't! It's good at protein folding, and any game developer will tell you that's all it's better at. You don't have to worry about dumbed down ports the way Xbox and Gamecube owners had to during the last generation. It's ok. Breathe.

@ PAUL


You mean sort of like how you have to do and install at EVERY ACT for MGS4?

You think it might be similar for FFIIIX? Maybe kinda?

That's a lot of assumptions, MN. The real-time in FFXII certainly pushed the PS2. It wasn't framerate killing, screen shredding, system exploding pushing like GoWII did, but it certainly looked better in real-time than most games did in CG. And take a look at the recent trailers again. Keep an eye out for aliasing, sharp polygon edges and the lack of self/soft shadows. You'd be surprised how much of what they've shown is, in fact, real-time. Off the top of my head I remember the battle sequence culminating in the hurricane of bodies around Lightning as well as the scene where Lightning walks into the forest and gazes around. And for an example of a disgustingly underperforming RPG port, see the PS3 port of Enchanted Arms. Just because a game isn't technically demanding doesn't mean it'll make for an easy port. Hell, with my programming skills, I doubt I could make Pong run at full speed on that beast they call the Cell.

@ARRGH

Maybe, kinda, probably not, but certainly more likely now that your mouth-breathing lot got their hands on it.

P.S. That rub-it-in-your-face-till-they-like-it attitude probably isn't the best way to make friends and influence people.

What bugs me is that the game is going to be held up in regions 1 and 3 so the game can be finished on the 360. I'm all about having big games reach more people, but for fuck sake this is the second time that I can think of where Microsoft is holding up the show on a big release.

I mean, damn. I know the series isn't what it was, but I'd like to at least play the game and find out without waiting another god damned year. It would have been perfectly acceptable if the game came out later on 360 so it could ship on time for PS3, but much like with GTA4 we're going to have to wait much longer than than needed just so MS can wave its dick around proclaiming that they get it at the same time.

Fucking hell, I'm really starting to hate this generation.

Aww they're all BAWWWWing their poor faces out, clicking that little red minus button. ;D

I ready for an HD version of Kingdom Hearts, although I wouldn't mind for a Wii version. The more Kindgom Hearts the better:)

Nintendo and KH3 exclusivity? I'd take my foot and vigorously shove it into my mouth and retract anything I've ever told my friends about wanting to sell my Wii because of not having a good reason to play it (Sure, there ARE good games garnering very nice scores from reviewers coming out for the Wii, but they aren't games I actually *want to play*. It doesn't matter if it's a good game or not if I don't feel like putting myself through it!).

While Square Enix has never put a core franchise on a Nintendo platform since the SNES, the arguments for Kingdom Hearts Wii are great, aside from the Wii's sales, would a game like Kingdom Hearts really fit with the target market for the 360, or even the PS3?

It would with the PS3 because of the Squenix fans, but the "kiddy" appeal of the game just screams for a Wii version. Especially now that Nintendo is using normal discs

To put it in a less...I guess you could say blunt? way, it wouldn't be financially viable for them to release it on the 360 in Japan.

I don't know, they're making a 360 version anyways, all they'd need to do is place the Japanese script and voices in it, and bam! Japanese FF13 360.

Hell, it may even HELP the 360 survive in Japan. Maybe not much, as I'm sure many would still get this on PS3 in Japan.

You = moron

Ha!

Doesn't Japan have a bit of a reputation for buying these 'video games'?

Eggy = Twat!

Wibbly = misspelling of "wobbly", which describes Wibbly's "schlong".

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you should go suck a dick u little 360 fanboy because if i could see u right now my foot would be up ur ass for saying that about the ps3 cuz im getting sick and tired about these multiplatform games coming out it was bad enough when isaw dmc4 on the 360 but I can't stand seeing FFXIII on the 360 final fantasy was w/ PS from the beginning plus i think consoles need their exclusive titles that's what makes the system forexample if someone says halo ur gonna think 360 but if someone says mgs ur gonna think ps this is what they mean when they say each system brings something else to the table if everything thing has the same titles whats it going to matter what system u have the controller design thats all i got

$1000 for an entire summer? I think you should ask for more.

I only work 4 hours a day, 5 days a week, for minimum wage lol.

my financial situation's similar to Sora's. I get an average of 27 hours a week, and less gas expenses (most of which go to driving to the jobs) its all for spending money for games throughout the next year of college

you guys should think about a change in jobs

Well I'm only 15, I don't really have many other options available (I'm currently working at my dad's restaurant), nor would I really want anything more because of all the other crap I have to do for school this summer.

rough

less games for u

well i work 2 jobs myself. ill be in my 4th year of college this coming semester, and for the past 3 years (1st year of college i played football and didnt have to pay for anything) i have run out of money for games right around when Q4 starts kicking (and that aint a good time to run out of money). that way, i can work full time 40 hours at my job where i get paid better and work like 25 hours at the other part time job. i have absolutely no free time, but my wallet is quite obese at the moment lol. i should be able to pay for school and games with no problems this coming semester.

What they mean is that it's coming out in Japan first (on the PS3 only), and then in Europe/America later, on both consoles at the same time.

There's always a money hat involved.

"you know, The japanese couldnt care less about FF13 on the 360 unless it was a 360 exclusive. They would still all buy it for the ps3. So this does not really matter. "

Assume much?

9 was good.

nope.

Perhaps the 360 version will have fewer (or none) pre-rendered videos (you know how much S-E loves those!) to accomodate for the smaller disc space. Instead, opting for real-time scripted cutscenes (which would still look great, given the graphic prowess of 360 and PS3).

It will be on several discs or they will use the engine to do the cut-scenes.

Seriously why it can't be in several discs, a lot of great games were on several disc. Screw this gen slackers, I rather have FF13 (Yeah also screw Roman numbers)on 2 or 3 discs than in 1 disc with altered cut-scenes.

I just thought - do you think they might mean voice acting? It'd fit in with their comment: the story is the same, the character's say the same thing, the PS3 just has more voice acting.

And as sound files are meant to be the largest type of file for games (right?), it kind of makes sense.