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Final Fantasy XIII Drops 2009 Western Release
Final Fantasy XIII will not arrive in North America or the UK at least until April 2010, according to Square Enix president Yoichi Wada.
In an interview with Reuters, Wada explained that the latest edition to the Final Fantasy series is still on-track for its 2009 release in Japan, yet he confirmed that the Western release would arrive in the following year.
Square Enix had previously stated that no work will go into porting FFXIII to the Xbox 360 until after the game is launched in Japan, with both editions not undergoing localization until after that date.
FFXIII remains a PS3 exclusive in Japan.
Meanwhile, Wada also claimed that Square Enix is likely to miss its profit target of ¥50 billion for the year ending March 2011, though he remained optimistic that the thirdparty giant is faring well in light of the recession that Japan is in.
“The sluggish economy has not hurt us that much yet,” he said, adding that “it's going to be tough. Just when we are trying to boost our overseas sales, the yen is getting firmer.”
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I couldn't give a rats ass about FFXIII. It'll more than likely turn out to be the same old nonsense i.e. poor narrative and uninspired/repetitive combat.
Square will play it safe with this title as their main focus is the Japanese market (followed by the west). I wouldn't go expecting anything original within the title.
I'm convinced Japanese developers have no balls because they are afraid to try something different regarding the genre.
Give me a western developed RPG anyday.
Thanks Microsoft and Square for shafting us in the west!!!!
I'm beginning to think that FFXIII doesn't even exist; its just a Sony ploy to get us rabid FF fans to buy a PS3. I know it worked on me, although I should say that I don't regret my purchase. I shall certainly be getting it, but 2010! Come on! It reminds me of the old days waiting for the latest Ultima release.
Is it me or,tho the ps3 has 1080p, it only seems to have it on games that dont look all that graphics processor intensive, yet 360 has 1080p on all games since at least as far back as THE DARKNESS and BIO-SHOCK, and then look at GRAND THEFT AUTO on both systems....1080p 360 full tilt, ps3? 720p! You can count all of the 1080p capable games on nine of yer ten fingers ,so how the heck are people saying the ps3 as the graphical edge? Its plain to see the 360 consistently has better frame rates on the same games(Burn out being the exception in this point) So again i dont see how certain people are concluding a visual edge in favour of ps3, they must be self delusional sony fanboys !
glennsurname29 said:
Is it me or,tho the ps3 has 1080p, it only seems to have it on games that dont look all that graphics processor intensive, yet 360 has 1080p on all games since at least as far back as THE DARKNESS and BIO-SHOCK, and then look at GRAND THEFT AUTO on both systems....1080p 360 full tilt, ps3? 720p! You can count all of the 1080p capable games on nine of yer ten fingers ,so how the heck are people saying the ps3 as the graphical edge?
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The 360 covers are decieving. When they list '1080p' on the back, they're refering to the 360's ability to upscale to that resolution. They shouldn't be allowed to trick people like that.
The reality is that the PS3 has marginally more games that support 1080p (WipEout HD, Ridge Racer 7 etc), but approx. 720p will continue to be the standard. I say 'approx' because many 360/PS3 games aren't even 720p natively.
Here's a list of the actual native resolution of many 360 and PS3 games.
http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=46241
yes your are completly correct. But i was not under any false impresions that the native resolution was any way near as high the upscaled resolution. both sytems however do this! Its just that,the ps3 seems to have difficulty with upscaling to 1080p with games that really push out the graphical boat! just look how basic (incomparison to 720p) 1080p games look ...ridge racer,virtua tennis ect then look at 720p games and they are the ones that look as tho they using more demanding graphics engines ...unreal tournament,virtua fighter,grand theft auto ect yet these games all 1080p upscaled on the 360,and not just some of these games but all titles since like i said, the darkness and bio-shock! But i'll cut to the chase, both systems just dont have enough ram to present 1080p at native resolution, but since the ps3 cant even upscale to that without being choosey,so what of rendering whole gaming enviorments in native 1080p? And dont say it aint a problem because of the blueray playback of films can be 1080 native,film playback aint graphics rendering,just streaming! ps3 it seems is not at all efficient with its power, start to give it real gaming loads,all that theoretical power goes out the window,(just like ps2 did!) and original xbox! massive figues on paper, but dont reach even half the theoretical in practice!its seems to me the most efficient use of power was gamecube! it did deliver more than practical stated stats and was realy close to its maximum in theory stats...is this why microsoft dropped nvidia in favour of ATI? go figure sony to go with what looks best on paper, (didnt they choose nvidia?) why break a bad habit like that?
Glen:
Its just that,the ps3 seems to have difficulty with upscaling to 1080p with games that really push out the graphical boat! just look how basic (incomparison to 720p) 1080p games look ...ridge racer,virtua tennis ect then look at 720p games and they are the ones that look as tho they using more demanding graphics engines ...unreal tournament,virtua fighter,grand theft auto ect yet these games all 1080p upscaled on the 360,and not just some of these games but all titles since like i said, the darkness and bio-shock! But i'll cut to the chase, both systems just dont have enough ram to present 1080p at native resolution, but since the ps3 cant even upscale to that without being choosey,so what of rendering whole gaming enviorments in native 1080p?
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Don't try and make out the 360 better than it is because everyone knows it's a poor mans PC. God, my friends 6 year old PC runs the Orange Box better than the 360 version...which says it all really.
IMO, the only true next gen system is still the PC. It puts both the 360/PS3 to shame. You have to laugh when MS/Sony said their system is "next gen" when they got released.
So please, save us the 360/PS3 is great (in terms of hardware) bullshit, because they aren't.
Kim_Naroz said:
Sony Playstation 3 is called the Fony Delaystation 3 for a reason.
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A 10yr old speaks.
Hey, Top_Dollar:
I'd be willing to be that you will not be playing this game in 2009...I think there is an excellent chance that Final Fantasy 13 will not be released for the Playstation 3 in Japan during the 2009 shopping season. Sony won't want Squre Enix to publicly admit this until the very last minute, but you need to remember that the Sony Playstation 3 is called the Fony Delaystation 3 for a reason.
Did you not read the part "Final Fantasy series is still on-track for its 2009 release in Japan, yet he confirmed that the Western release would arrive in the following year."
Kim, you're a muppet.
I'll just import the JPN version. Yes, i'll be playing this on 2009.
Of course the economy hasn't hurt them yet.... microsoft filled their pockets before the last E3 so we can have the privilege of waiting for them to finish the port.
Of course, it's not as if Sony weren't the reason I couldn't play gta4 on my xbox in 2007! Can't wait to fire up FF on my 360 and as long as it gets anywhere near the quality of 7 or 8, it will be worth the wait and I'll be buzzin'