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Hashimoto: FFXIII will be delivered globally in a "fresh state"

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VG247: Speaking in the latest issue of UK mag Play, Square Enix corporate executive Shinji Hashimoto has said that the company is working hard on delivering FFXIII in a "fresh" state to international audiences and that he's excited that localisation for the title won't be as pronounced as normal for a Final Fantasy game.
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robotnik - 507 days 20 hours ago
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as longs as they dont delay the PS3 version I'm good, this means that Europeans players won't have to wait too much, but SE really suck at making promises.
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Lumbo - 507 days 19 hours ago
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I disagree, they are very good at MAKING promises. What they suck at is keeping them.
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soul899er - 507 days 19 hours ago
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Word. it wouldnt be fair that they hold back the PS3 version so that the 360 can catch up, i could care less about 360 owners and 360 can care less about my opinion, but you know what? i want to play XIII, and if it means importing then so be it
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VsAssassin - 507 days 18 hours ago
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1.3 - I somewhat agree.
SE is good at promises, but they don't keep them entirely. I wouldn't be surprised if FFVs13 will also go multiplat. For me, they can pretty much do what they want now. I learned that, in gaming, there's no such thing as keeping promises.
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Real Gambler - 507 days 17 hours ago
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1.4 - It's not the delay I worry about...
"fresh" may also mean, we are redoing the whole thing so both versions look the same. And that's scary. I really hope they are not pulling stuff out so it fit on only one or two dvds...
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SixTwoTwo - 507 days 17 hours ago
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1.5 - Well sh!t
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Idonthatejustcreate - 507 days 17 hours ago
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1.6 - Agreed...
If "Fresh" means GTA IV all over again then count me out!
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thesummerofgeorge - 507 days 14 hours ago
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If SE does delay the Ps3 version for such a ridiculously long time, putting their main audience and loyal fans (and the Final Fantasy series clearly has some of the most loyal fans out there) second to a completely new audience and platform they haven't even begun development on, I won't have much faith left in the company... I hope they make the right call and release the game when it's ready. I don't have a problem with them deciding to port it to the 360, but the Ps3 version should no matter what get first priority... You don't turn your back on your main fanbase to maybe gain a new one.
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snakebite36 - 507 days 11 hours ago
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I already read in an interview that they are delaying the ps3 version so that they can release both versions at the same time. that sucks.
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stealthy-guy - 507 days 19 hours ago
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i guess we'll have to wait til both english versions are done.hope the japan one will have subtitles,so i can import.
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meepmoopmeep - 507 days 9 hours ago
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i hope that as well, but i doubt they would include English subs
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Lucreto - 507 days 19 hours ago
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This was stated before it went multiplatform SE said that it was going to be release at the same time in all regions but afterwards they changed it to Europe and US.
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tako2000 - 507 days 18 hours ago
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Wait, I remember they said they gonna release FFv13 worldwide like MGS4 after E3(but before their private party). They may try this method on FF13

if that's true then JP version will need to wait for other version to be finished, which means 2~3 months (if they haul ass) of delay...

um~guess we can play "all the other" good titles and finished them way ahead of FF13 release!
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meepmoopmeep - 507 days 9 hours ago
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yeah, i remember SE saying they were aiming for a WW release, now it seems they couldn't keep that promise. :(
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SixTwoTwo - 507 days 17 hours ago
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The localisation doesn't f*****g matter because SqEx aren't releasing it outside of Japan until, the yet to be started on and won't be started until the JP version is finished next year, 360 version is done. Mr. Hashimoto's quote about localisation taking less time is f*****g pointless. Unless of course the whole PS3 and 360 version's day and date release story is bullsh!! (I hope) and they actually do release the PS3 version when the localisation is complete and release the 306 version afterwards when its complete. If that is what happens then I will stop hating on SqEx.
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Mc Fadge - 507 days 17 hours ago
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4.1 - It hasn't been confirmed
Whether the different platform's versions will come out at the same time. At least, as far as I know. The quotes have all been ambiguous thus far
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the_bebop - 507 days 17 hours ago
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Only my Opinion but if they are really delaying the release of the PS3 Version so they can release the 360 version at the same time could this just mean that they are delaying the US version so it seems that they are releasing both US and European versions at the same time because they usally get flak because of the time it takes for the PAL Version to be released.
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Alexander Roy - 507 days 17 hours ago
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I remember them saying, back when the trailer (you know, the one we saw for the last... umm... 2 or 3 years) was first shown, that all the sequences would be done by the CELL in real time instead of using pre rendered sequences. They also stated that they would use the PS3 to the fullest.

This means to me:
-If the game is not very close to 25GB (or 50, if they have the balls)
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-there are pre rendered sequences in the PS3 version,
that they simply lied to everyone for the last few years.
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Mc Fadge - 507 days 17 hours ago
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6.1 - They could be realtime sequences
Caught by video and played back that way
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Alexander Roy - 507 days 17 hours ago
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LOL, true that. But it wouldn't make much sense. Unless they have some insane stuff going on, scripting the scenes "should" take up less space than a HD video.
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asyouburn - 507 days 12 hours ago
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6.3 - pre rendered
it would actually be better to pre render the cut scenes, as hd video takes up more space than in game cut scenes (hence 3 discs blue dragon) and almost every xbx360 game has in game scenes as opposed to pre rendered. if they used hd video, it would be like 4 dvd's long for an average sized ff game
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