New Final Fantasy XIII trailer, proudly proclaims 'PS3 Only' ... in Japan
by Andrew Yoon 
{ Jul 14th 2008 at 6:00PM }
It's not often you get to see new footage of Final Fantasy XIII. But, that's exactly what we have here. Moments after announcing an Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII, Square Enix has released a trailer that still touts its PS3 exclusivity. There's tons of new pre-rendered footage to be feast upon, and a little bit of real-time content ... and it all ends with "for PLAYSTATION 3 Only ... in Japan."
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
NATO_Duke @ Jul 14th 2008 6:02PM
Well there ya go, you can place that in your cap as a win Sony.
Co @ Jul 14th 2008 7:41PM
"There's tons of new pre-rendered footage"
Ok can we just get over this already? It's 2008 SquareEnix. The PS1 is GONE.
John McPoop (PSN:johnnynumber5) @ Jul 14th 2008 7:49PM
@Co
I do not understand your comment. Are you trying to imply that the way of the future is last generation graphics, no cut scenes, no dialogue and no story? Obviously any comment you make refers to the Wii in one way or another so maybe you can clarify what you mean. In general, its pretty rare to see some in game footage of a hot title at E3.
Sebquattro @ Jul 14th 2008 7:59PM
@ John McPoop
I think he means with the PS1 there was a huge difference in quality between the cutseens and the real time graphics, but with the PS3/ 360 you should really be able to get anyway with using the games engine rather than using prerendered video.
Co @ Jul 14th 2008 8:09PM
Look at RE5's game engine.
Why do we need pre-rendered cut scenes?? I loved how even the N64 would run cut scenes with the in game engine (obviously due to the limited space of the carts). Thank goodness for that limited space tho, pre rendered cut scenes on the PS1 just reminded me how ugly the in game graphics were.
ugg.tryptophan @ Jul 14th 2008 10:25PM
these these trailers make me wish i had the patience to play rpgs
Fernando Rocker @ Jul 14th 2008 6:03PM
Now we need a Kingdom Hearts III Wii announcement tomorrow.
=p
Jono Stars @ Jul 14th 2008 6:06PM
Geez man, we get it! You're anti-PS3
Fernando Rocker @ Jul 14th 2008 6:07PM
I didn't even mentioned that console.
naxe @ Jul 14th 2008 6:25PM
No he loves sony why else would be spend so much time and energy on flame it? I cant stand the wii's kiddie appeal and I dislike FPS's so i stay away from xbox. but i dont go out of my way to downtalk them cuz i really could care less what they do. but to each their own.
Hyams @ Jul 14th 2008 6:32PM
It seems Fernando can't even bring himself to type 'PS3' any more. He has to refer to it as 'that console'.
Microswirl (MKWii:1676- 4270-3674) @ Jul 14th 2008 6:37PM
I agree. Also, it would be nice if Kingdom Hearts III wasn't a button-masher with cutscenes every 10 seconds.
Mr.ESC @ Jul 14th 2008 7:09PM
Fernando you are such a hater.
Seriously First the Ps3 Now Old people,Children,Women and Black people,What's wrong with you?
I don't think we should talk with you anymore.
(J/K obviously seriously why he was downvoted?)
Shadow El @ Jul 14th 2008 7:22PM
I downvoted Fernando because I want to be one of the cool kids! Yeah!
...seriously? Grow the hell up, guys. Let the poor guy be.
4MyFriends @ Jul 14th 2008 7:36PM
I agree, all you guys are showing is that you're worse than Fernando ever was. This isn't 4chan, don't hope on hate bandwagons in some vain attempt to be popular on a gaming message board/blog. I've voted him up and all the haters down.
Ryuukuro @ Jul 14th 2008 7:44PM
No, we need FF XIII something for Wii. Neither KH or FF will sell well on Wii because the only hardcore gamers on Wii are you, me, and... nobody else.
Face it, Fernando. We ain't gettin' love from no one but Ninty. And it's a harsh, cruel love indeed.
fred @ Jul 15th 2008 12:16AM
y u guis down voted fernanny
D:
Also KH does seem kind of like a game suited to the wii and its market. Is there any reason that it can't/wouldn't be developed?
Questworld @ Jul 15th 2008 2:16AM
I agree with Fernando on this. The Wii deserves at least something of the same caliber. DQS and Chocobo's Dungeon isn't anywhere near good enough.
Envoy X @ Jul 14th 2008 6:05PM
Smart move IMO...360 won't move in Japan no matter what.
naxe @ Jul 14th 2008 6:24PM
yea cuz its garbage. they just want money. they dont care that they put out a defective product. they dont care how many people have adopted their products when the next console comes out every 360 owner will be forgoten.
LameDuck @ Jul 14th 2008 6:36PM
Yea, buecause all these changes to the 360 and XBL is nothing but bullshit and chips, amirite? Not like they will release this like how Sony relased Home... Oh wait...
The fact is, the 360 will not sell in Japan because Sony is the big hawtness there. Sony is a big, well established brand and it will take more than the 360 to change that. Don't preceve their choices as some deeper meaning into the quality of the 360, it makes you look like a butthurt troll.
Microswirl (MKWii:1676- 4270-3674) @ Jul 14th 2008 6:46PM
@LameDuck
Surely you're not suggesting that the Xbox 360 is a victim of some sort of **gasp** xenophia on the part of the highly nationalistic Japanese populous, are you?! That's outrageous! Maybe I'm just reading too much into your comment...
John McPoop (PSN:johnnynumber5) @ Jul 14th 2008 7:46PM
@Lame Duck
You must be right and the people of Japan just hate Microsoft because its not an established brand. I hear they won't even touch Windows over there just because its not made by Japanese. Maybe the answer is even more simple than you think.
They don't like the games!
Its not like Sony is all gangbusters in Japan in relation to hardware sales especially compared to the Wii. I just think that the games on the 360 do not appeal to them. Much like many on these boards (especially today) say they would not buy a PS3 for a handful of games. The people of Japan will not buy 360's in droves just because of Eternal Sonata, Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon. It will always be about the games. If Microsoft had more games that appealed to the people in Japan they would sell more consoles.
LameDuck @ Jul 14th 2008 10:42PM
@Microswirl
I hesitate to use that word because it donates that a whole country of people are so self-centered that they are afraid of anything from a foreign country. I mean, we are talking about a country that loves crap from America. They are crazy over our music and clothes like we are crazy over their food and movies. That is just my opinion from having a few Japanese friends from college. I really should call in a favor with one of them and get some free boarding for TGS...
@John McPoop:
Ok... So, my sister likes the food at Cracker Barrel. While there, she will get some of the fudge and stuff they make too. *or they rebrand... whatever* Does that mean that if they start making a tampon she will buy that too? Windows is different from a game system. If I judged the 360 by what Windows has done, I would of never had one in the first place. It might be that there is not any games that they would like, which I don't think is true because of all the mutiplatform games this gen. Maybe you are right there, but I'm looking at it from what I've been told. They have had 2 successful consoles and they are a Japanese company. What Japanese person wouldn't want to buy one? I know that if places were reversed, Xbox was in Sony's position and Sony was in Xbox position, I'd be plopping money down on the 360 solely on reputation.
With the ramped, baseless fanboyism found on this website, is it really hard to believe that it may just be all because it's Sony?
KobeBryunt @ Jul 14th 2008 6:05PM
I feel bad bad for the ten xbox 360 owners in japan that won't get to play it ;_;
Mr Intel @ Jul 14th 2008 6:13PM
lol what i didn't know the 360 was released in japan
Inect @ Jul 14th 2008 11:19PM
%30 RRODed
sorry had to make the number smaller
kamal007 @ Jul 14th 2008 6:08PM
Ya, it said ps3 only for the original trailers for FF13 before this happen. FF13 is a timed exclusive for ps3 in japan, it will, no doubt, come to 360 eventually there.
F1 & The Way PC used to be. @ Jul 14th 2008 6:10PM
No see even their in denial
espybum @ Jul 14th 2008 6:11PM
Now all the 360 needs is Metal Gear Solid 4 and I won't have a reason to buy a PS3 anymore.
ThePerfectCompanion @ Jul 14th 2008 6:18PM
Well for your sake I hope it happens. I really only wanted FFXIII and now that it's confirmed I see the ps3 as having no value whatsoever...
Eggy @ Jul 14th 2008 6:19PM
Nonsense. There is still LBP, God of War 3, GT, WKS, Team Ico Project et al. to look forward too. All of these titles will probably be on sale before FF13 anyway.
ChooChooCharlie @ Jul 14th 2008 6:39PM
Yeah, as someone who doesn't really care for the FF franchise, I'd say that Sony does still have some pretty good exclusives. The next Team ICO project and GOW3 in particular are both pretty enticing to me.
Ben Belden @ Jul 14th 2008 8:10PM
"There is still LBP, God of War 3, GT, WKS, Team Ico Project et al. to look forward too."
I'm just a little confused, what is WKS? I understand that people love to bring out the lists of games they already know are going to be fantastic (like your 'untitled, unannounced, Team Ico project') but when I don't even know what the game is by its acronym, maybe you need to lay off a little.
ChooChooCharlie @ Jul 14th 2008 8:17PM
WKS = White Knight Story
Microswirl (MKWii:1676- 4270-3674) @ Jul 14th 2008 10:41PM
BB + CCC r PS3 exclusives 2! LOL!
Deric B. @ Jul 14th 2008 6:13PM
Here is why i'm pissed. Since they are going to release the english version to PS3 and 360 us PS3 people get screwed waiting for them to make adjustment to the 360. So we wait twice as long for the game while japan enjoys it and we get stuck longer. How about dual language in japan so we can import the game and feel not so F@^&ed. And Lastly Kindom Hearts on Wii is not to smart since third party games tend to not sell very well.
Mr Khan @ Jul 14th 2008 6:24PM
But Kingdom Hearts wouldn't make sense on the 360 (clash of tone), and KH has the perfect appeal to go on Wii
Remember: hell has frozen over, this is all possible at this point, so i suppose it could even go to 360, DS, or PSP
Korova *of the highlands* @ Jul 14th 2008 6:24PM
This is a good reason to learn Japanese. You still got time. Hurry!
LameDuck @ Jul 14th 2008 6:39PM
Do you really thing they made this choice last week? This has been planed since long ago. When FFOnline hit the 360, you should of known this was going to happen.
Marty @ Jul 14th 2008 6:54PM
Oh stop crying. For all you know the game was programmed on a 360 and is being ported to PS3 as we speak.
MikeO. @ Jul 14th 2008 7:40PM
For Christ sake Deric B., I can think of a dozen games that were set to be multiplatform titles and were delayed because of the "complexities" of developing on the PS3.
Like you have any room to talk about the 360 causing delays.
John McPoop (PSN:johnnynumber5) @ Jul 14th 2008 7:54PM
@Marty
You would love that wouldn't you? You are such a hater.
360 owners better hope they are making this for the 360 or they are making both version at the same time. Everyone knows the coding difference is so vast between the consoles that a quick port will always suffer a loss of quality. Burnout Paradise is a great example of how to do it correct. I suspect with this game probably being released in over a year from now they have plenty of time to make both version equal.
Where is the episodic content for GTA IV everyone was yapping about?
GST @ Jul 14th 2008 6:16PM
Does this mean that only PS3 owners will get to experience awkward dialogue translations due to hasty localization?
Because if I have to suffer through a story that was originally crafted in English for 360 version, I'm totally buying a PS3 anyways just for the "all your base"-flavored action.
Note: I recognize that Square's localization efforts are generally just fine. Just let me make my dumb jokes.
ThePerfectCompanion @ Jul 14th 2008 6:16PM
Doesn't matter to me...Japan is small beans anyways.
The real question is does this mean Versus is now a timed exclusive?
LOL...
I heard a disturbance in the force...as if millions of sony fanboys across the globe were utterly shocked at this recent turn of events and cried to heavens, "Why Lord Sony?"
Hyams @ Jul 14th 2008 6:20PM
Japan isn't small beans for Final Fantasy though. It makes up, what, a third of its total sales?
J.Goodwin @ Jul 14th 2008 6:26PM
I'm expecting petitions by Japanese 360 owners.
They did it for Oblivion, you better expect that they'll do it for FF13.
player66 @ Jul 14th 2008 6:18PM
I thought it was weird that they kept referring to it being available on Xbox 360 in "North America". I guess this sucks for the two people in Japan who have 360s with no PS3...
gaddes @ Jul 14th 2008 6:19PM
What is that, maybe 5 seconds tops of purported gameplay? Even then, it looks like it's mixed in with pre-rendered cutscenes. I know Square Enix definitely knows how to make a pretty movie, but I'm pretty disappointed that they have yet to show any real substance in this game. I don't give a crap about eye-candy pre-rendered junk.
Eh @ Jul 14th 2008 7:23PM
There was no gameplay at all, just the old prerendered footage from when the game was first shown that is supposed to look like gameplay.
Square never shows gameplay or in-game graphics at presentations until the game is just about to be released.