FF XIII Report: Development status, and Future Multiplatform Final Fantasy

The FXN crew dig right into recent news on Final Fantasy XIII's progress, include scenario and art. The crew also hit up news from Xbox Japan and discuss future of Final Fantasy being multiplatform.

[Lord Shuhei Yoshida]

Final Fantasy XIII will be on the 360 in Japan as well.Expect the game to suck because the PS3 version will get shafted due to the 360s DVD9.White Knight Chronicles will the only true next-gen RPG.

[ShinMaster]

Wrong!
Square-Enix already said that the Xbox 360 will not interfere with PS3 development.
And that they will TRY to make the 360 version CLOSE to the PS3.

Expect 360 multi-discs and content cuts.

P.S. You forgot FFVersusXIII.

[slpknt6sic6]

dude they also said it was only possible on ps3 and that it was exclusive... jesus i hope your right tho. plus expect versus on 360.
but hey its ff they will be good on 360 and ps3.

[SixTwoTwo]

should we also expect Star ocean on PS3 then?

[kimi_maro30]

that's what we call damage control

[UltimateIdiot911]

I agree with kimi. If you are a developer and you knew that the game will go onto another system, tell me. You can't honestly say that you won't have the idea of cutting down quality to make it easier to port in mind.
After all, to earn trust takes time, to lose trust it takes just one big lie. Whatever happen to only possible on PS3?

[Pain]

they F&^% this game up because of that pile of Sh!t PC box 2 they going to get Burned Alive.

[ShinMaster]

Square-Enix already said that the Xbox 360 will not interfere with PS3 development.
And that they will TRY to make the 360 version CLOSE to the PS3.

Expect 360 multi-discs and content cuts.

[juuken]

They also *said* it would have stayed exclusively on the PS3 and look what happened.

I don't trust them on their word. Square wants money and I wouldn't be surprised if they screw over PS3 owners even more.

[hay]

Flawless Victory.

I hope that X360 development won't actually hurt final version of the game and Square won't f**k their customers again.

[Man_of_the_year]

I am suprised that Juuken actually made an unbiased comment - however Juuken i am sure that the content on the PS3 will not in any way be scaled down - what will happen is MS will pony up the money for the extra discs.

[DanteLinkX]

nice work there arrrgh and and hay, that really cracked me up. Flawless victory indeed.

[gaffyh]

Anyone who has listened to the podcast care to summarise it? I don't have time to listen to it.

[crazy25000]

because if they do anything to p!ss me off, i will buy the game used and wont support with a new sale

so it all depends

[Sony Rep]

That's exactly what MS wants you to do.

[crazy25000]

because i refuse to pay for half-*ss games anymore

[Fishy Fingers]

If a game is good I buy it, I dont care what or how many platforms it's on, I don't care if one company forked out a load of cash for it.

Good game gets a purchase from me, simple as that. People seem to have become far to concerned with the "politics" of gaming and forgot it's all about the games themselves from our point of view.

[crazy25000]

you are definitely right about that.....maybe im just letting all this get to my head =/

ive loved the FF series, but this gen has all been about comparisons...etc and its really annoying, but at the same time sometimes i do get mad that we get the end of the stick

[Sony Rep]

That's how most PS3 owners feel, for the most part. It has come to a point, where every other game is irrelevant except for SCE branded games.

This is definitely blamed on developers, companies like MS, extremist (who lie about Bioshock pics), and Sony to some extent.

[kimi_maro30]

the picture of the big daddy being pixelated is true download the demo and ill guide u where u can find the big daddy with a pixelated armor

[Sony Rep]

I've played the demo 4 times, and you never are able to interact with the Big Daddy. I don't know where they got that fake pic from-- showing a downed Big Daddy.

[UltimateIdiot911]

I know how you feel about the short end of the stick. So far after seeing GTA4, DMC4 (hugely disappointed at how underwhelming it is), and whatever title I maybe forgetting has all been disappointing, I fear for the result of FFXIII.
I don't enjoy all these multiplatform comparison either. It's getting annoying especially at the fact that developers do not optimize for the PS3. I would love to see more sixaxis control like wipeout, lbp, resistance, and mgs4. I know my CoD4 experience would have multiplied if they add some sixaxis.
Most of the games I look forward to these days are first parties and second parties and any third party exclusive. Many multiplats are just half ass works.

[kimi_maro30]

just like u i tried to find the big daddy 4x and there it is a big daddy corpse near the broken stairs after the scene of a big daddy drilling the splicer, you'll found the corpse stuck behind the gushing water with a two splicers waiting to attack u and a flying robot too

[RememberThe357]

With the past few big name titles coming out multi-plat(GTA4,DMC4) and being very underwhelming I fear the same thing will happen with FF13. I don't really trust Square to put their best foot foreword, when I comes to quality, anymore.

[MajesticBeast]

FF13 is the last chance for square to redeem themselves in my eyes they have screwed sony over this whole gen in favor of M$ moneyhats im sorry but wkc actually will be released in 2009 and i already think ff13 is getting a 2010 release all because of this 360 bullsh*t. Sce should just start a rpg division so they don't need SE and sony still has stock in se just sell it and screw se backstabbers.

[VMAN_01]

I can see Sony purchasing Level 5 after WKC hits and also they have there Japan Studio.

[UltimateIdiot911]

I wouldn't mind if Level 5 become second party. I do mind if they become first party. It's just that I love the Professor Layton series on the DS with the touchscreen.

[RememberThe357]

They make great products on every platform they touch. I think Sony needs to use their own internal developers to create the RPGs we want. I'm pretty sure the Japan Studio has a group that works on RPGs so maybe they should get to work.

[pornflakes]

"dude they also said it was only possible on ps3 and that it was exclusive."

wrong, only ps3midgets told that, never square.

But Square got the right dev tools to make FF13 superior on the xbox360. I will like to see the better version of ff13 on 360 and of course ps3midgets will say its ALL because the 360 version that the ps3version will look like crap. I think 4 years of the ps3s lifetime will be over then and the ps3tards will still dream.. lol

[UltimateIdiot911]

Wow, are you delusional for the last few years? Careful with the fanboy pills, I've heard side effects include hallucination of facts, trolling, and possibility of death.
It was square that said it's only possible on PS3, and they even release all the techs and engine specs on why it's possible only on PS3.

[CloudsEnd]

Dont think anything good anymore of Square Enix.
Think about what they could do next to hurt the PS3 Owner and dont expect something good to happen.
Thats what u have to think as a PS3 Gamer.
If some people doesnt understand that, its really simple...
U just need to think as a PS3 Gamer, or if u are a Xb360 gamer, its like
"Gears Of War 2" is coming to the PS3. Wouldnt that hurt much?