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FFXIII on Xbox 360 Video MS Conference

Final Fantasy XIII being announced for Xbox 360 at E3 2008 MS conference.

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chaosatom5780d ago (Edited 5780d ago )

that they are not going to use Ps3 to the fullest.

And they going to try to fit it into a single disc or mulitple disc?

Are they going to use SPE on the PS3?

I really hope they try to gain the best of both system.

aceitman5780d ago (Edited 5780d ago )

and that makes the reason y there taking a while because they want to hold off the ps3 to make adjustments to fit the 360 and now instead of getting a realgood game for the ps3 its just going to be ok because they have to make both systems identical holding back what they can do on the ps3 its bull how about putting money into the rings of death systems and fixing the problem instead of putting the money in the developers hands im only getting ffxlll for the ps3 cause hell if im going to play that game and have my 360 die on me again for the 6th time

INehalemEXI5780d ago (Edited 5780d ago )

I notice he says there will be a 360 "Version." Im thinking that the PS3 version wont be gimped. Distinguishing it by version could mean the full experience would still be had on the PS3.

It will be interesting to compare the 2 versions after they release. I want a date too seriously.

silverchode5780d ago

from what ive read they are going to finish development first on the ps3 then start on the 360.
http://kotaku.com/5025033/l...

kewlkat0075780d ago

http://www.n4g.com/NewsCom-...

I guess I was wrong...and IDemonstalkerXI your comment proved to be somewhat off..hehe

badz1495780d ago

I'll be very ashamed and feel very cheap and offended after hearing those last few words from that M$ guy! he's like saying that like R* with their GTAIV, Capcom with their DMC4 and now SE with their FFXII are b*tches for M$, whoring for money!! he did say home! what home?

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Shadow Flare5780d ago

http://www.n4g.com/NewsCom-...

"- The game will first be released in Japan, and then the localization process will begin. Then, after everything is complete, the game will be developed for the Xbox 360. "

The game will release in Japan first, then be developed for 360. That sounds like its gonna launch on 360 a long time after ps3 to me haha

Overr8ed5780d ago

yea i didnt understand what that meant. thanks for clearing that up =)

Veryangryxbot5780d ago

lol

I think they jumped the gun prematurely. FF13 exclusive in Japan for PS3 and timed exclusive for PS3 worldwide?

Big PS3 announcement tomorrow?

Haha, it funny how the entire MS showed, which was boring and desperate, was stolen by a PS3 game being announced MULTI PLATFORM. Haha, the state of the 360 lol.

PS3 > 360 every day of the week.

kiraevo5780d ago

Now I can only hope the PS3 version isn't going to be a port from 360...

Silvanos5780d ago

Seriously? how long has this game been in development on the PS3 and you really think they are gonna scrap that make it for the 360 and than port it over to the PS3....has this news made people go mad?

This isn't that big a deal.

mistertwoturbo5780d ago

"Seriously? how long has this game been in development on the PS3 and you really think they are gonna scrap that make it for the 360 and than port it over to the PS3....has this news made people go mad?"

Obviously anything can happen. Just like FFXIII going to the 360. It happened. Hell froze over. Microsoft kicked Sony and their fanbaes in the balls.

iamtehpwn5780d ago

being developed on 360 or Ps3 right now. It's being developed on PC with Crystal tools. Then it's being ported to 360 and PS3. Devil May Cry 4 did the samething.

Oh say, I hope a PC version of Final Fantasy XIII comes out. Hell, if it's going to be on 360, you might as well put it on PC too. =|

kewlkat0075780d ago

the Port should be no head-ache for the xbox 360...

This article raised everyone eyebrows...
http://blog.wired.com/games...

I was like WTF, the Wii, so count the Xbox 360 as well. to remember this engine was being developed specifically to take advantage of the PS3 and all that mumbo jumbo went out the window.

iamtehpwn5780d ago

For 360, which basically is a simplified PC. Square Enix I'm glad that they're not releasing the 360 version in Japan. This ensures the PS3 version's quality.

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Knightmare5780d ago (Edited 5780d ago )

Now the game will be degraded in terms of both visuals and content...

I'll say it again: Great job Square Enix for dropping my expectations for this game 10 folds.

I'm not a fanboy and own both consoles and enjoy them equally, but I'm a big fan of FF series and that's why I wanted to see the game at its best, by utilizing the Blu-ray capacity & the power of the Cell. (we all saw how great MGS4 turned out using the full potential given by the PS3 specs.)

I'm happy though for Xbox owners since they will get their share of the game

El_Colombiano5780d ago

That right there, is why I am SO pissed! This game is never going to be what it COULD have been. Now that it's multiplatform it WILL be downgraded in quality. It is a DAMNED shame..it really is. Sony had BETTER blow Microsoft out of the damned water tomorrow, or I will be lost in this new fad of "buying out" the oppositions product.

ShinFuYux5780d ago

Sony is working on creating new IP's, while Microsoft is still their best in stealing Sony's Old, Great IP's.

Come on, Microsoft, start doing something like Sony and start creating your own sh~t!

JohnnyAkiba5780d ago

They will use 2 SPU of Cell don't worry.

Knightmare5780d ago

Here's my response to microsoft

El_Colombiano5780d ago

Oh my God, Steve Jobs could NOT be any more correct.

*Book marks, saves HTML, downloads the video, distributes to all back up drives in the house, then to the PSP and PS3*

kewlkat0075780d ago

"while Microsoft is still their best in stealing Sony's Old, Great IP's.
Come on, Microsoft, start doing something like Sony and start creating your own sh~t!"

Yeah you know you REMIND me of a NINTENDO FANBOY, of BACK In the DAY...

They felt just like you you know, when Sony stole this series.

Talk about Karma

Knightmare5780d ago (Edited 5780d ago )

I really wouldn't care if the game was ported to a superior console or to PC

But downgrading a game -that had so much potential- to make it suitable for a console which is inferior!!! I think that's capable of pissing any true gamer (Not just fanboys)

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Turntable Jack5780d ago

why are ps3 owners so mad. You will be able to play the same game at the same time on your ps3 just as if the 360 was never getting it...

pwnsause5780d ago

sure thats true, but the game will not take the fullest advantage of the PS3. thats why people are mad. the game will be downgraded to the lowest common denominator, the 360.

El_Colombiano5780d ago

Because of the massive amount of quality this will take away from the game.

jackdoe5780d ago

Exactly. It will finish development on the PS3 (in Japan) before a 360 port is even started. PS3 owners will get the game we were promised while 360 owners living outside of Japan will get a great game to play.

El_Colombiano5780d ago

Well obviously Square has had the 360 in mind since the beginning, thus having to cope with it's hardware instead of unleashing the game we all wanted that could have only been done with the PS3 hardware. So either way, the quality we were all promised isn't there. This means FF13 WILL NOT look anything near that of FF VII Advent Children, as it could have being a PS3 exclusive.

mistertwoturbo5780d ago

They have to downgrade a potential 50gb game to 9gb if they want the 360 to be on one disc. Then they have to factor in that the 360 has no standard harddrive. Then they have to degrade the quality of the cutscenes. Then of course the PS3's hardware is vastly different from the 360's hardware, so they have to redesign a lot of things on the PS3 side to accomodate the 360.

And not to mention most people who has a PS3, probably had a PS1 and PS2. In which also spent hundreds of dollars including the console themselves, on the previous Final Fantasy titles.

All the previous FF titles pushed the hardware to the limit. FFVII did it for PS1. FFX did it for PS2. But we will not get to see the same thing happen with FFXIII on the PS3 for the reasons above. That was something I always preached, but now it's pointless.

Knightmare5780d ago

The problem with "microsoft" is that they wont allow the PS3 version to be considerbly better, and it will not allow the game to have more CDs on the xbox than the PS3 version. They will pay for that if they have to (money was never a problem for M$)

So there you have it, the game will be degraded in so many ways just to fit in the Xbox, not only that but M$ will ensure that the PS3 version isn't any better!!!

jackdoe5780d ago

I'm pretty sure MS will bend the DVD limit rule for FFXIII, especially since FFXIII is bound to include tons of space eating FMV.

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The older it gets, the more I respect Final Fantasy XIII

Alex Donaldson: "Hindsight is a hell of a thing, however, and in the years since Final Fantasy XIII, my respect for the decisions its developers made has skyrocketed. In the two Final Fantasy titles since we see both the brilliance and the folly in alternative approaches - and in Final Fantasy VII Remake, we get a more nuanced understanding of what FF13 was trying to accomplish from many of the same development leads."

Einhander1972141d ago

FFXIII is actually one of the best Final Fantasy games.

I also sort of was disappointed at the time, never as much as the bandwagon. But really all the fantastic 3D rendered cutscenes and I actually liked the characters and the story though convoluted was actually fantastic and the ending was extremely emotional. So much budget and time were put into that game Square had such big plans, I actually have always felt kind of bad for how things played out.

I have been thinking for years how great it would be to get all three games on one disk for PS4 or 5.

Nyxus141d ago

I always liked this game, and I agree, a rerelease for current gen would be nice.

Shane Kim140d ago (Edited 140d ago )

Gotta take off the nostalgia glasses. It's the worst FF. Shiva as a bike, I mean come on.

Elda140d ago

Shiva as a bike is strange but saying FFXIII is the worst FF is not at all a fact, that's simply your opinion.

Terry_B139d ago

*One of the 3 equally bad FF's

DivineHand125140d ago (Edited 140d ago )

When I got my series X a year ago, I bought FF13 for nostalgia reasons but ended up being disappointed. When I first played it around the time it launched, I didn't have a lot of experience with final fantasy games, so I enjoyed it. Fast forward to when I played it again, I found that the game had many unnecessary filler moments instead of just giving us meaningful content.

The game is also very linear and a quote on the article said it best. "It is like a sewage pipe that leads to the ocean until it opens up on Grand Pulse."

The story didn't make much sense either and I believe it is my mistake as I played the FF7 remake on PS5 prior which is a night and day difference in terms of pacing, storytelling and likeable characters even though cloud is aloof.

FinalFantasyFanatic140d ago (Edited 140d ago )

Probably was a mistake to play any of the golden era FFs first (e.g. FF6 through FF10), it makes it harder to enjoy some of the FFs that aren't as good. I think FF12 was where major issues with the series started becoming apparent, and it just got worse from there.

FinalFantasyFanatic140d ago (Edited 140d ago )

I didn't really care for it that much, the only saving grace was that it had a better story than 15 (overall it was better than 15) and possibly 12, and even then, you had to read some of it through primers, like reading a book. Plus the battle system was reasonably fun for what it was, even if it was more the spectacle that was exciting for me (e.g. summoning). And to be fair, the 13 trilogy got better with every games, I still don't like Snow though.

Gamingsince1981139d ago

Ff13 is only good if you haven't played a ff before, or any other games that are decent for that matter.

-Foxtrot139d ago

It is in fact no way the best Final Fantasy game, it's one of the worst

Linear corridors, Cutscene, Fight, Cutscene...rinse and repeat

Dialogue and characters are pretty bad, especially Lightning as the main FF hero, they literally said they tried to make a "Female Cloud" and they failed.

Story was pretty awful

I could go on

I think the only alright thing that came from the game was the music.

Elda139d ago

That's not a fact that's your personal opinion. The game sold 11 million copies between its 2009 release up until 2014 including critically reviewed as an 8 out of 10 or an 80 out of 100. The game does have some issues but it's not at all a fact as one of the worst FF games.

-Foxtrot139d ago

Elda

Not just mine mate

A large majority

So….

Traecy139d ago

N4G commenters such as yourself aren't the majority. The game was well received.

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gold_drake141d ago (Edited 141d ago )

i liked the game alot but i didnt like how they handled the terminology.

i dont mind reading data logs but it had soo many.

but i always loved the music and how it looked. the battle system wasnt too bad either.

but i like 13-2 more :)

i still dont understand why we never got a remaster of the trilogy

Eonjay139d ago

Xbox kinda did. Besides the video files of course which are still best on PS3 due to bluray.

Snookies12141d ago

XIII is a pretty solid game, but XIII-2 is WAY better. XIII-2 was one of the few games I decided to go for a Platinum trophy in, early on. Had so much fun the entire way through getting it too!

Eonjay139d ago

Totally agree. FF 13 was okay but 13-2 is my favorite FF game ever.

shinoff2183141d ago (Edited 141d ago )

I hated this to when it released. I haven't much liked a ff game since ff10 as much , aside from ff7remake. I decided to give it another shot on my series x since it's not on a current ps and was liking it quite a bit(just takes me some time to get over things ) until star ocean 2 remake came out I was all over that.

Square should definitely remaster it or something for ps4 ps5

KillerB140d ago

my favorite jrpg trilogy ever

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