Rumor Smash: Versus & Agito XIII NOT Going Multiplatform

Nipping the rumor in the bud, Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Agito XIII are not going to he Xbox 360 and 3DS according to Square Enix Japan's official site.

[All_4_One]

Good, I hope Versus remains exclusive.

[NYC_Gamer]

would you bash the game if went multiplat?

Edit:
why disagree with his comment with out reason

[All_4_One]

No, I would just become less excited for it. In my opinion, PS3 exclusives are way higher quality than multi-plats, and after the mediocre FF13, its in my best interest that Versus remains exclusive.

[Masamori Sumimura]

yes , If final fantasy versus 13 remains exclusive to PS3 Square enix will start making Great games Once again even though they havent made none since Final Fantasy X on playstation 2 almost 10 years ago.

/s

[vsr]

Doing multi-ports is a waste of time and money.

Profit > Sales

[limewax]

Yeah, Because the 360 cost final fantasy 13 a whole extra section the size of gran pulse. The ps3 can do what the 360 cannot hope to do. Squeeze the best part of 50gb on 1 disc, This alone is the deciding factor of how much content can be crammed into a game. And with an RPG, having a lot of content is 1 of the most important features

[Sarcasm]

Meh, I won't believe it until the game is actually out. That and there is another E3 coming, easily for another announcement.

[ExplosionSauce]

As long as Versus doesn't go the route XIII took with gameplay(battle and exploration/or lack of) and storytelling. Then I'm good :)

[evrfighter]

at this point you expect SE to come out with anything good?

I bought ff13 for the ps3. what a f*cking joke of a game that was and a waste of $50. It was 1 of 2 reasons why I own a ps3. The other being Twisted Metal.

I bought ff14 collectors edition for my pc...Nuff said

Speaking as a gamer and not ps3 fanboy bashing like I normally would. You all know SE has lost it. Deep down you know it wasn't the 360 that made ff13 bad. It was SE, just most of you are in denial and too caught up in the fanboy flame wars to see it.

You'll buy it thinking it'll be the best thing evar. You idiots need to send SE a message. It won't happen I know but hey I said it.

after the hammer came down from the ff14 review press and community alike they got the message.

http://lodestone.finalfanta...

[Knushwood Butt]

@ evrfighter

I just got Tactics Ogre for the PSP. It's sweet.

[xXxSeTTriPxXx]

yeah because FFXiii outsold the 360's version, something like 4:1 and ps3 fans are angery.i don't think SE want to piss off their TRUE fanbase anymore then they already have.

i'm all for multiplats (because my favorite franchises have a greater chance of success).but ps3 fans feel gimped and nothings going to change their minds and SE knows this.

[Godmars290]

I continue to maintain the reason we're getting versus is because of the argument to take XIII multi. That the split of resources as well as management control is why the game turned out like it did.

@nickjkl:
Rumors about it going multi literally started as soon as it was announced. With Wada announcing support for the 360 over the PS3 at the same time. There's also the little detail that over a year production time was wasted on the original PS2 version of the game.

I'm saying that Wada and Nomura wanted two separate things, so FFXIII became two near separate projects.

[nickjkl]

no no it didnt do you know what your saying

the way you say it is like they made the game decided to go multiplatform and then remade the entire game

[Masamori Sumimura]

Was Final Fantasy XIII that bad anyways? The game got a 83% Metacritic That's great for a Japanese Rpg nowadays.

Disgaea 3 Scored lower 79%
folklore scored lower 60%
White knight scored lower. 64%

Played them all , finished Almost all of them aswell.

But I've never heard anybody complain about these games turning out like they did which is ''meh'' The real problem here is that some ''fans'' are mad that FinalFantasy made it's way to Xbox360.

[BrianB]

they said that 3 years ago with FF13, still its not fair to make it an exclusive , what about 360 owners ?, there just shooting themselves in the foot by making it exclusive there basicaly cutting the initial sales of this game by half. this really isnt fair

[Godmars290]

You want to use sales numbers as an argument but the thing is as a multi FFXIII only sold around 5 million with the PS3 carrying most of that. It only did as well as XII which was only on the PS2. Nevermind that VII sold nearly twice as on the PS1 with its chief selling point being on CD offering more than had ever been done on a cart for the SNES or N64.

There is no technical advantage to it being on the 360, where there's the possibility of it being a liability to a PS3 version should it be multi.

At this point Square needs prove that they can make a decent if not good JRPG. Something that would by word of mouth stay on the top sellers list longer than one week and do numbers like FFVII. Which were literally ten times better than XIII did on the 360 alone.

Or in other words, as many a 360 fan will tell a PS3 fanboy when Halo comes out: You want to play vsXIII - buy a PS3!

[THILLREBORN]

I'm sorry but I feel that I should not have to get a gimped game so that way more gamers can play it. Now I don't mind if SE finishes the PS3 version and then decides to work on a 360 version I'm okay with that but these multiplats that cause a game to lose content simply to be ported to the 360 don't fly with me. If SE decides to only make a PS3 version then 360 owners need to either get over it or buy a PS3. There are great games on the 360 that will never come the PS3...so guess what I do buy a 360.

[IronFist]

Wow, nintendo universe are lying b**tards if true, because I literally just saw their story posted 30 minutes ago, I don't think square would wise up that quickly to any rumor, especially on a non working day like saturday.

[Masamori Sumimura]

Remember when they said that about Fianal Fantasy XIII? Or when they said Star Ocean IV was exclusive to Xbox360 ? Do I have to tell you guys what happened then?

[dude_meister]

true, but for now, the rumor is again false. Remember when they said MGS4 was going to 360? Some rumors are never going to come true, and i hope for ff fans' sake that versus stays exclusive to PS3 so that it can actually push boundaries unlike FF13.

[Dac2u]

Haha, that's something I would have loved to have seen come true; MGS4 on the 360. They would have had to ship that thing with 7+ DVD's. Anyone without an HDD would have been screwed.

[xXxSeTTriPxXx]

you must not be a true final fantasy fan or a squaresoft fan for that matter, to ask that question.granted every final fantasy is different but somethings are a constant like towns&shops, mini games, exploration(or the sense of), side quest, a story thats well paced insead of being revealed in 10hrs, which lead to no plot twist, fully flushed out antagonist, that make you care about their motives etc.

this final fantasy was disgusting not only for the use of the name but for jrpg's in general.you literally fight through the entire game on a one way path with no real character development (except your characters), no surprises, no plot twist no shop&towns, no mini games, nothing that makes final fantasy, final fantasy.

[Masamori Sumimura]

I am Not a true final fantasy? hahahah Best jokes I've heard today. Unlike you guys I came to the conclusion long ago that Square isnt the same company they were 10-15 years ago. There isnt one Great Final Fantasy game I can name that have came out in the past 10 years.

Final Fantasy X-2 lol
Final Fantasy XI mmo....
Final Fantasy XII OKAY story ,Flawed Battle System
+
Tons and Tons of OKAY Remakes on PSP and NDS and Spinoffs with chocobos and etc etc etc etc .

The only Good Final Fantasy Game I played was Crystal bearers on Nintendo Wii and the other one on NDS.

[gaffyh]

Well FFX came out 9 years ago, and that was pretty good. FF13 was okay, but as xXxSeTTriPxXx mentioned, the lack of all those things was a disappointment. FF7: Crisis Core is an amazing game though, one of my favourite games for PSP.

Actually, I might replay it now...

[limewax]

Yeah but good luck with this one, Nomura is at the helm of the project, and Wada has tried to get him to make it multi-platform in the past however his protest was so....Erm 'different' that Wada let him do as he wanted. Basically Nomura refused to make this game for 360 in words along the lines of "If versus comes out on 360 I will chop my left arm off"

Id say thats an exclusive right there

[ingiomar]

Doesn't mean its NOT going multiplatform it just means that pic was FAKE

[xXxSeTTriPxXx]

vagrant story, chrono cross, chrono trigger, final fantasy 6-10 (i thought ff12 was great but thats my opinion)xeno gears,kingdom hearts 1&2, Secret of Mana, Final Fantasy Tactics, Parasite Eve, Legend of Mana, Brave Fencer Musashi.you comparing a mmo and some spinoffs to this legacy of greatness shows your not a true fan of what square can achieve.

edit:i didn't even get into enix games (ff12 but its ff so i put in in with sqaresoft).these are the games that SE can make if they focus on what made them great in the 1st place instead of trying to cater to twitch shooter fans, who could care less about the genre as a whole.

[divideby0]

keep it exclusive on the PS3... cause everyone knows how exclusive PS3 games comes out.

make games multiplat and you get crap ports on the PS3 or gimped games on the PS3

[Taggart451]

This means nothing. 13 was exclusive in Japan for a year then they announced it for Xbox. They can change their mind all they want

[BrutallyBlunt]

Pretty much. Of course a site dedicated solely for the Playstation 3 will want to squash these rumors as quickly as possible. Square Enix, like most companies, should be focused on being financially stable and releasing great products. You can still do that by releasing games on multiple platforms. Sure we can all blame the XBOX360 for how FFXIII turned out but you cant blame that system on FFXIV. Square Enix just hasn't done very well this generation on HD platforms at all.

We have seen some great games from Bioware and Rockstar, both of whom also make games on multiple platforms.

[ForeAllEternity]

Exactly, I'll wait and see with my own eyes rather than trusting the "rumors" SE puts out.

[memphis2]

ya as of for now...several months down the road will go mulitplatinum. wouldn't be surprised if it does.

[Godmars290]

Square needs to show they can make an actual quality game at this point. Not just sell the FF name.

And I will laugh my ass off - in a sad, ironic way - if they "standardize" Agito to DS standards.

@mricecreamman:
If its going to go multiplatform, then let it be like that. With the PS3 version released and no question that it had to be compromised for the sake of making them "equal."

[Dark-Cloud]

i never liked fial fantasy games but if this game stay exclusive to ps3 i'll buy it because it looks really good :) , they can make it alot better in the ps3 so why would they pu it in xbox360 ? ..

[radchris]

The real Square is long dead. And until we stop support these medicore games we will keep getting shit from these guys.

Seriously forget Versus & Agito XIII Because they will be major dissapointments.

Im through hyping any game from SquareEnix after the state FF14 was in.

[labwarrior]

Same as what happened with FF13 case, the 360 version was denied for almost a year (or more) before announced in E3

Who wants to spoil the surprise ?

Considering FF13 is one of the worst games of all time, i dont think it makes any difference anymore though

FF13vs seems worst than FF13 too, the areas are even more empty, the art is more bland and indifferent and monsters are sleep material, the tech approach is simply terrible

[d3nworth1]

How did you come to that conclusion? They only have 1 trailer showing like 20 seconds of gameplay. You bash stuff they havn't even shown. How could it be worse than ff13 when it has all the things people loved about older ff games that ff13 lacked.

[KratosGirI]

Agito was rumored to come out on the 3DS?

[jc48573]

FF13 was also just a beta test like FF14.

[Arnagrim]

If anything just to prove they still care about system that esentially took the great company that Square had with Nintendo and launched it into the RPG goliath it's been for the last decade and a half.
I mean, they've supported the PSP tremendously, but XIII was the first game they put this gen on the PS3, followed by Nier. The 360 got Infinite Undiscovery as an exclusive, and Squenix didn't even bother finishing the PS3 version of The Last Remnant. Then there was the cock tease tech demo for a remade Final Fantasy VII that they always shut down. And of course the bombshell of the core Final Fantasy games going multiplat was a huge hit too. Then content was cut from XIII(( http://www.andriasang.com/e... "The content was already running on actual PS3 hardware, it seems,...") that was left out for "game volume".
RPGs sell better on the PS3, that's a fact, look at Resonance of Fate or any other multiplat RPG, yet Square continues to overlook this and is ruining their franchises by "westernizing" them. SquareEnix has lied about pretty much anything PS3 related with their games this generation and I'd like to see this actually keep a promise to their fanbase for once.
Also, before someone comes in saying, "Herp, Derp, they're a business and should be focused on money." don't you think they could have made a good amount of money releasing Infinite Undiscovery and The Last Remnant on the PS3? Just because it's Final Fantasy and not "some RPG" doesn't mean it's okay to lie to your fans.

[Lawliet]

You hardly can trust SE these days and it wouldn't make a different if the game turn out rubbish. But I have faith in Tetsuya Nomura can revive the FF series.

[QuantumSponge]

I'll try not to lose sleep over that.

"RPGs sell better on the PS3, that's a fact, look at Resonance of Fate or any other multiplat RPG, yet Square continues to overlook this and is ruining their franchises by "westernizing" them."

1. RoF ≠ RPG
2. There is nothing "Westernized" about Square's recent output (Does anyone have a satisfactory definition of that term, anyway? I'm yet to see one). It just sucks, period.

[Pedantic91]

I had a looks see and.....uhhh.......it would seem many websites (mostly gaming) brands it as a RPG game.

Im not saying you're wrong or anything, just curious to how you came to that conclusion.

Interesting tidbit: SE did not develop RoF, Tri-Ace did.

[Capt-FuzzyPants]

Now after this article dont go sayin it is goin multiplat square. Stick to 1 system. its quicker that way. I think, I dunno, Who cares just keep it exclusive.

[guitar_nerd_23]

if they do it on another platform it should at least be pc so we can turn the graphics back up :P

[CombineElite]

360 fans get angry when you you call the 360 the "teh Shooter Console" but let's face it the triple A title Alan Wake at 700,000 units didn't do so well.

Final Fantasy should stay on the PS3 and PC ONLY because the tech in the 360 will just hold it back.

[Rybnik]

Why is there more news today than yesterday?
this is saturday...unusual...

On topic
*Fingers Crossed* Please stay Exclusive!!

[maxcer]

its a real shame that all these SE PSP games won't get released on XBL/PSN. i bet it would at least double the sales.

[BDSE]

I disagree.

[units]

in fact this isnt even a confirmation

[DigitalRaptor]

Xbox 360 loyalists will be aching to buy a PS3 come 2011 anyway, so it makes no difference. The comeback PS3 has made since 2009 is amazing and anyone who denies themselves a PS3, is either too poor, or not a gamer.

Anyway, this game is pushing the SPUs hard, so a straight up port to Xbox 360 would be problematic.

I just can't understand 360-only owners. Why would they deny themselves such glorious gaming experiences going into 2011?

[Chevalier]

"they said that 3 years ago with FF13, still its not fair to make it an exclusive , what about 360 owners ?, there just shooting themselves in the foot by making it exclusive there basicaly cutting the initial sales of this game by half. this really isnt fair"

What about 360 owners?! How about who cares about you guys? Don't 360 owners supposedly have the best system offering the most/best content? Why would you even want a ps3 exclusive game since your system is rolling in them. If I want Gears of War 3 I'll buy it for the 360, you want versus 13 then buy a ps3. Every system should should have their own games.

[xtremexx]

Looks Like I Got To Get Myself A PS3

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