FFXIII Makes Japanese Xbox 360 Owners Feel Abandoned

decapitator - 523 days 22 hours ago

This I agree with. Funny thing is, we will continue seeing articles like this for months to come and many opinions from Sony PS3 fans who are mourning, Xbox fans who are laughing and Nintendo fans who are saying "what about meee?".

Personally, I would rather have all great games on the PS360 than on the wii at all. Am a graphic whore and like to be blown away. The wii isn't doing that for me and Nintendo's recent E3 conference reinforced my decision to never purchase a wii.

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StayHigh - 523 days 22 hours ago

Japan don't care about the 360..If your a graphic whore PS3 is the system to own right now..I remember reading a interview with sqaure and he was informing us how the PS3 is powerful hardware and they will take full advantage of it..FF13 is meant to play on the PS3..Dont get me wrong the 360 version will be great too but i doubt it will better since its a port..

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Jack Meahoffer - 523 days 22 hours ago

I find this hard to believe. I find it hard to believe that there are one console owning 360 fans in Japan to begin with. It would seem to me that a VERY large percentage of the what 600k 360 owners in Japan are hardcore gamers that also own a PS3. I'd like to see statistics on how many of those 600k 360 only own a 360.

If SE thought there was ANY money to be made by localizing the 360 version to Japan they would. Selling it to 3 people isn't worth it.

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Drekken - 523 days 22 hours ago

all 8000 people feel ripped off. I am sure someone must care.

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Real gamer 4 life - 523 days 22 hours ago

The only reason square is releasing ff13 for the xbox 360 is because of higher install base in NA. Square mentally right now is about making money, and they don't see money being made releasing ff13 on the xbox 360 in japan. Their no profit to be made in japan, xbox 360 sales are horrible in japan. With that being said, its a safe bet that ff13 will be the final nail in the 360 coffin in japan.

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himdeel - 523 days 22 hours ago

...US military men and women as well as ex-pats anyway? LOLJAPAN360!! All other 360 owner > you :)

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decapitator - 523 days 22 hours ago

At this point, your best bet is to not trust any third party developer that makes a game exclusive to a system unless the system holder( Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo) is helping publish the title.

The biggest thing coming out of E3 for me at least is how well, *some* third party developers have begun to understand what the PS3 is truly capable of. Here is the catch though: Unless they are specifically making a game for it and taking advantage of all the system has to offered, that untapped potential will remain untapped for eons to come by.

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JsonHenry - 523 days 21 hours ago

I guess Square did not see a reason to encode a Japanese 360 version for 12 people..

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TapiocaMilkTea - 523 days 21 hours ago

Relax everyone!
What makes you think they won't release it on X360 in Japan. It's not much work to replace english with japanese once the US 360 version is done. They only say exclusive to PS3 in Japan now so Sony won't hate them as much, but when the time comes.....mwhahahaha
Maybe a Wii version is possible too, why stop now when they already got blood on their hands.

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joe382 - 523 days 17 hours ago

How can they feel ripped off when they didnt think they were gonna get it anyway ?

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Knightmare - 523 days 16 hours ago

So true!!!

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Bebedora - 523 days 14 hours ago

This is XB360 vs PS3 allover again. Think Bioshock

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Sayai jin - 523 days 10 hours ago

@himdeel-No,360 gamers do not consist of miltary members, becuase they buy their consoles on base through a company called AAFES which is US Retailer. Their sales are counted in US sales not Japanese sales. Now their could be some americans who live in Japan that buy a 360 on the Japanese economy. but through the 6 years I was there I did not see it that much. I went to the closest military base to buy my 360.

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cito35th - 523 days 9 hours ago

buy a ps3

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truth for gamers - 523 days 2 hours ago

they should definately consider making it for japan's 360's also afterall 600 thousand copies is a significant number.

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decapitator - 523 days 22 hours ago

Great assumption actually. I wouldn't be surprised if almost everybody that owned 360 also owned a PS3 or is just waiting for the game to launch so they can pick up one.

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meepmoopmeep - 523 days 22 hours ago

oh, they will, every single one of them

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SCThor - 523 days 18 hours ago

Do you know what would be cool? multilanguage on the ps3 japanese version of ff13.

if that happens....play-asia here I come!!

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TapiocaMilkTea - 523 days 6 hours ago

I wouldn't mind just having english text and menu. It's actually better that way, just like how english voice overs doesn't go with anime anyways.
They should definitely consider that and release the japanese version worldwide.

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Adamalicious - 523 days 13 hours ago

I think the PS2 outsells it by a significant margin almost all of the time. The only time I know of that the 360 sold more units was the week that Blue Dragon came out.

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deeznuts - 523 days 18 hours ago

How do you attach a photo? I try to, but there is no "attach now button" once I load up the link from my HDD. Very frustrating.

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Stryfeno1 - 523 days 21 hours ago

Could you make anymore sense?....Everytime I read your post it's aways something educated you write. Bubbles for you my good man.
I wish everyone on this site wasn't so bias.

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Hagaf22 - 523 days 22 hours ago

bubbles.... just too funny... lol

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tplarkin7 - 523 days 22 hours ago

MS didn't pay for it. They have the largest install base outside of Japan. SE can't ignore 20 million consoles.

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kingme71 - 523 days 22 hours ago

If they didn't pay for it, then why is FF XIII versus not also coming along for the 360 ride? The same argument could be applied to versus as to making it multiplatform, but it stayed exclusive.

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kurochi - 523 days 21 hours ago

@ 7.2:

Right.... you keep telling yourself that.

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snp - 523 days 21 hours ago

Who knows? Those 20 million customers are compelling, but by the time the games out the landscape could be totally changed. I think it's about equally likely Square didn't want to miss those customers 'or' Microsoft might have given them a little cash - certainly there's products Squares developing for the Xbox360 as exclusives which would logically be a better fit with the PS3's base, so there's reason to be suspicious. And imo MS's E3 boasts, and the newness of all this - combined with certainty the PS3 and X360 would release in tandem - had a bit of a 'high level talks' (re:cash) feel to it.

We'll know more if the PS3 version's tranlation, for no particular reason, all of a sudden takes an inordinate amount of time - which just happens to coincide with the Xbox360's port duration. There's no logical reason to leave the PS3 version on the shelf rather than in stores (US and Europe) ASAP, 'unless' SE's been given some sort of incentive not to release it. Time will tell.

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Magnust - 523 days 20 hours ago

i find it hard to believe there isnt some cash involved in this deal. they said they'll start on the x360 port when the japanese ps3 version is done and then release it at the same time for US and EU.
Porting a game from another platform and translating it takes the same amount of time? reallly??

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tplarkin7 - 523 days 19 hours ago

Who has proof that MS paid money for FFXIII? If that were true, then MS would have had FFXIII a long time ago. Tetsuya Nomura of Square said that the large install base in the US and Europe was the reason. He also said that the small base in Japan prevented them from releasing it there. If MS paid for it, Japan would get it, too.

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Bebedora - 523 days 14 hours ago

I have to agree a little (lol) MS do like to use their moneys when it gets some in return. XB360 doesn't sell much in JPN. Am I right?

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Adamalicious - 523 days 13 hours ago

In what universe does the 360 have "largest install base outside of Japan". Every viable gaming system aside from the PS3 has a larger install base outside of Japan. By your rationale they should be making it for the PS2 and Wii instead - not to mention the PSP and DS - all 4 of which have much larger install bases than the 360 in every market.

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DragonKnight24 - 523 days 12 hours ago

They didn't pay for it? AHahaHAHaHAahHAhaAhaHahahAH!!! ! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! !!!!!!111!!

OMG, don't do that. I already hurt my back today, I don't need to laugh so hard. hahahahaha OOOOWWWWW!!!! LMFAO!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

I'm giving you bubbles. I haven't laughed this hard in awhile.

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DragonKnight24 - 523 days 11 hours ago

You want proof? Read this.

http://n4g.com/NewsCom-1697...

The arrogance of that statement is proof enough that they are trying to go after PS3 exclusives. Not to mention, GTAIV DLC is proof they buy off companies, and Dean Takahashi proved they buy off the press. Do you need any more?

20 million users means next to nothing if the percentage of JRPG lovers is almost non-existant. It's less than 5% of the 360 install base. Don't believe me? Look at the sales of the only 4 JRPG games available for the console. ALL of them are UNDER 1 million.

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StayHigh - 523 days 22 hours ago

It would do horrible in Japan..Why release it there when there isn't many 360 owner over there..

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Adamalicious - 523 days 13 hours ago

Considering that the 360 version will be finished well after that PS3 version is released in Japan and given just how insanely popular the Final Fantasy series is there, wouldn't you think that Japanese 360 owners who don't have a PS3 (assuming that any of those exist) are more likely to buy a PS3 and play on day one than wait for months and months?

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Jack Bauer - 523 days 22 hours ago

SE said there wont be delays...all we gotta wait on is the language conversion which suppossedly will take less than FFXII.

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Prismo_Fillusion - 523 days 22 hours ago

I don't think it's going to work that way. I think we'll get the game smack in the middle between Japan PS3 and world 360.

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Lew_Ijgee - 523 days 21 hours ago

I think there is yet a long way for them to go in the PS3 development process. In a recent interview SE mentioned that they hadn't motion control into the game yet.

For an (Ex-exclusive) to not have implemented or at least planned motion controls yet (opinion--->) points to a long way to go in development.

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snp - 523 days 21 hours ago

9.1

Of course they'd say that. But i find the declaration (this far out) that the PS3's 'translation' and the XBox360's actual 'development' will just dovetail in nicely not leaving the PS3 version at all delayed, well, a little bit.. suspect. But how do you prove it anyway? If the Xbox360's development takes a few extra months, as it's bound to if history is any guide - just claim the 'translating of both versions is proving much more difficult than first thought' etc (while the ps3 version, finished, sits gathering dust).

I'm not disappointed that the Xbox360 is getting the game; i am disappointed that imo it, going on the strength of their statements regarding dual release, looks like the PS3 may well now be delayed - or at the very least run a strong risk of it - for suspect reasons.

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Alexander Roy - 523 days 22 hours ago

True enough, but try to use logic on 600.000 360 owners (yes I actually looked up that number in Wikipedia) that won't get a game they want so hard.
If SE really wants to mess with them, they make the US and EU versions for the 360 region locked...

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rhood022 - 523 days 22 hours ago

If they really wanted the game, they wouldn't have bought a 360 because, at the time, it was still exclusive to the PS3.

So that's their own fault for buying a system that they knew at the time wasn't even getting FF XIII.

It's like saying I bought a PS3 to play Bioshock when it first came out.

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Shane Kim - 523 days 21 hours ago

Im like rest of you guys, how the hell can you feel abandoned when this game wasn't even to be released on 360?

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Steven Colbert - 523 days 16 hours ago

Juuken Very nice.I was about to say cry me a river too.Hahahaha.

@Alexander Roy All 360 games are region locked.

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ThatCanadianguy420 - 523 days 14 hours ago

There's 360 owners in Japan? :O

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Fart In Your Mouth - 523 days 11 hours ago

17 people are upset in japan.

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Pain - 523 days 7 hours ago

i thought they just buy them as Cheap Space heaters?....

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Shadow Flare - 523 days 22 hours ago

lol no

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Lord2008 - 523 days 22 hours ago

Then after you do that, book yourself in to see a psychiatrist

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Shadow Flare - 523 days 22 hours ago

cloudman, i actually prefer squaresoft to square-enix too. But good lord, get a grip. When Square reverted from nintendo to sony, they COMPLETELY dumped nintendo. This time they are still supporting sony, FF Versus 13 is still exclusive, and FF13 is still a completely PS3 lead game. They haven't dumped Sony, they just needed the money to cover the huge production costs.

Whats more, do you realise how CRAP the deal Square gave Microsoft is? Yeah?

- No 360 FFXIII for Japan
- A subpar version of FFXIII (it will have to be) & on multiple discs
- They're only starting on it once the ps3 version is finished
- 360 is only seeing it in 2010 way after ps3 users have got their hands on it

Dude....its not even a betrayal. Shocking at first, yes. But understand how crap the deal is and you'll see why Square-Enix is still on Sony's side. And if i saw you burn a Final Fantasy VII disc in real life i would go upside your head boy

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Shadow Flare - 523 days 22 hours ago

They lied to us. Yeah they did. They betrayed us, blah blah blah. I am as pro-Sony as they get, right, but the reason i still know Square-Enix is still loyal to Sony is, for the reasons i stated above. They have given Microsoft a RUBBISH deal. And it won't help them at all, PS3 will still reap the benefits and Square-Enix make alot of money. May i remind you Nomura announced another PS3 exclusive in the wake of that news? FFXIII will still be the same game it was before for ps3....what is your problem? I would be feeling how your feeling if this were MGS4, because Solid Snake has a strong connection with PlayStation, and if ever MGS4 made its way to 360, that would sicken me. But what connection do you have with FF13? The franchise? Microsoft have got a bum deal, PS3 gets the best deal and Square-Enix is still loyal to Sony, thats all there is to it. Get some water down you

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Lord2008 - 523 days 22 hours ago

just proved they are scum who dotn "feel" anything for the fans. how can you be loyal to somone like that????

If your serious then bravo sir you are officially a complete nut job.

If it helps I I’m obviously a 360 owner and I HATE Final Fantasy and have no intension of buying it

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Jamaicangmr - 523 days 21 hours ago

Oh come on man it's not that serious. Just buy the game and enjoy it just like you planned to do before it went timed exclusive.

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juuken - 523 days 21 hours ago

I understand your anger, but there's a slight possibility this game might be canceled for the 360. FFXI didn't sell too well so I don't see how this will sell well on the 360.

EDIT: You don't read very well, do you? I said a slight chance of it being canceled. But I may be wrong about FFXI. I couldn't remember exact details about the game.

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Lord2008 - 523 days 21 hours ago

Wasn't FFXI an online MMO game, and i believe it was about a year old when it came out on 360.

theirs no chance they will cancel FF13

Edit: yes I read very well DO YOU, you said slight chance I said no chance, it's called a difference of opinion,

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Quickstrike - 523 days 20 hours ago

just sell them so you can make money :)

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b777conehead - 523 days 17 hours ago

cloudman you need to get a life it is just a video game. not a tragedy
how did they betray you. there a company into making money .it is business thats the bottom line. the game will still be great buy it play it enjoy it like you were planing to do.

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ThatCanadianguy420 - 523 days 14 hours ago

@Lord

SQUARE said they were going to do "market research"
before they even START making the 360 game.There's hardly and 360 fanbase in japan.

and 360 fanbase,were never really into jrpg's in the first place
like you said above ...

"If it helps I I’m obviously a 360 owner and I HATE Final Fantasy and have no intension of buying it "

well if the majority of 360 owners feel that way,and their
"market research" confirms that.who's to say they wont just cancel there offer to money$oft? They could just make a bundle deal with sony,and FF13'S would fly off the shelves worldwide and everyone's happy.

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FAQS - 523 days 22 hours ago

Q:
A: and 3 of them already have it broken!

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w22shadow - 523 days 22 hours ago

Same difference. I was going to tell them *both* to shut up.

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Overr8ed - 523 days 21 hours ago

people who bought a 360 in Japan did not only bring the worst system but they had also brought dishonor to their Family...

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gunnar2906 - 523 days 20 hours ago

I bet On MS papers =)))

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NegativeCreep427 - 523 days 17 hours ago

Some Old, 30-something year old xbot wrote this article making up this BS to try and get some SquareEnix executives to feel sorry for these fictitious people.

Does anyone actually believe that someone actually went to Japan between Monday and today and actually went around the streets PERSONALLY asking xbox 360 owners if they feel "abandoned"? It's all B.S. plain and simple.

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