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Final Fantasy XIII confirmed for Xbox 360
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gregor7777
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Zoe said:
As far as I am aware, the Gooch didn't exactly have the cash laying around in his house to put on the productions for LO and BD.
For what they are, his games sold pretty damn well (particularly LO at around 700k worldwide), he didn't have to spend a dollar of his own money, and he gets to spend his time surfing.
All that, and he's 'developing' on a platform which is the JRPG leader this gen, by far.
How did he not make the right choice?
Paracelsus
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Emenis said:
Actually, forgive me if I am wrong, I do recall an interview in which Sakaguchi wanted Microsoft to "moneyhat" games like FFXIII in order to extend the userbase of the x360 in Japan, so that his own games would sell properly.
FFXIII is PS3 exclusive in Japan, though, so nothing should change there, aside from pushing the PS3 hardware a little more.
I think Microsoft is slowly starting to consider MW like their own "Level-5", giving importance to bigger titles like FFXIII, whether they're multi or not.
Kill Your Masters
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Carbuncle -> Blurayesbern said:
PillowKnight
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http://ps3.ign.com/articles/769/769653p1.htmlesbern said:
Future PhaZe
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DevilWillcry said:
No reason for Square to empty all its eggs from one basket all at once. I'm not saying it won't be exclusive, but is there any reason for Square to NOT wait until it sees how much money FFXIII makes on the 360 before it makes a decision on Versus?
Paracelsus said:
Really.? Would be nice if you can find that interview. The only one he mentions effects I can recall is the one where he says having FFXiii on 360 ''makes sense''. Then going on to mention North american and European territories as the main reason. Would be funny to read that interview though.
Paracelsus
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Dark FaZe said:
Actually, since it's been confirmed that Versus has not been put on hold because of FFXIII, but that the KH staff only sometimes goes and helps the FF team so both games are being developed according to the schedule, it's possibile to assume that Versus will be released, at least in Japan, even before that FFXIII makes its way to the West (2010). At worst, it should be timed exclusive.
"God's Beard!"
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Seriously? In that case, maybe I'll just edit out all the furries, or model swap them with some NPC.scoozer said:
jeremy_ricci
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So do people still think this is a big deal?
RubberJohnny
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Keeping track of a thread this size is hell.
Has anyone released an HD direct-feed video yet, or are Square saving it for another 18 months down the line?
Has anyone released an HD direct-feed video yet, or are Square saving it for another 18 months down the line?
"God's Beard!"
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I have a 360 and no PS3, and I love Final Fantasy, so yeah this is a big deal. As for sales or whatever, who gives a fuck? I'm a gamer, not an economist.jeremy_ricci said:
BocoDragon
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The economy of games will determine where you should spend your money to get the best games in the future.God's Beard said:
"God's Beard!"
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fair enough. although it's hard to predict the Killer 7s, Mister Mosquitoes and Jet Set Radios.BocoDragon said:
slicedking
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+1 It's a big deal to Sony(who cares?) but not to multi-console owners. Which makes up majority of Gaf?God's Beard said:
WickedLaharl
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Paznos said:
haha the multi dvd jokes will never get old. just like bald space marines!
i bet it'll be 4 dvds and no more.
Here's the Sakaguchi interview you guys were talking about:
HS: I feel that the Final Fantasy series should come to Xbox 360 as well. This is wise. It makes so much sense to me...it has so much potential in North America and in Europe. So there's a great chance for the series to succeed on 360 as well.
[in English] And I heard they made the White Engine open platform as well. [Final Fantasy XIII is being developed on the White Engine; if the engine is indeed cross-platform, an Xbox 360 port would be a simple matter. -ed.]
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6167571.html
Also in a Kotaku interview he mentioned it.
HS: I feel that the Final Fantasy series should come to Xbox 360 as well. This is wise. It makes so much sense to me...it has so much potential in North America and in Europe. So there's a great chance for the series to succeed on 360 as well.
[in English] And I heard they made the White Engine open platform as well. [Final Fantasy XIII is being developed on the White Engine; if the engine is indeed cross-platform, an Xbox 360 port would be a simple matter. -ed.]
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6167571.html
Also in a Kotaku interview he mentioned it.
Ok so now that the shock has died down, and the thread is just about completely derailed, where are all the people that are actually excited that FFXIII is coming to the 360 and genuinely care about the game itself?
I know I am not the only one that has been waiting and hoping for this for a pretty long time. Can't wait to find out more about it and hopefully at least get an idea of a release date.
I know I am not the only one that has been waiting and hoping for this for a pretty long time. Can't wait to find out more about it and hopefully at least get an idea of a release date.
BlueTsunami
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I was going to say that "Installing to the HDD makes how many DVDs FFXIII will come on irrelevant" but then I remembered that actually installing the game will require you to sit at the 360, swapping the DVDs around.
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God knows how many DVDs this will come on, considering SEs penchant towards CG and what will now be the HD version of it.
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God knows how many DVDs this will come on, considering SEs penchant towards CG and what will now be the HD version of it.
Zoe
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BlueTsunami said:
If they can actually get away with requiring an installation, then they'd be free to compress the hell out of it and do all of the other things that PC games pull off with installations.
Quazar said:
That's only if MS will allow them to make the installation required.
BlueTsunami
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Quazar said:
No, I meant like actually intalling the Data. Your going to have to wait till the thing fully installs and it'll probably be on 4 DVDs. Not that its a huge issue (we all do it on PCs!, well, when CDs were mainly used).
Zoe said:
This is true but it sounds like "Installations" will be optional. So by doing that, SE is making the 360 user install the game to the HDD instead of being able to just run the game off the disk.
Jamesfrom818
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I was considering buying a PS3 or at the very least borrowing my friends dusty PS3 for FF XIII but it seems like I don't have to now.
WickedLaharl
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Zoe said:
it is a certainty that it will not be required. you just don't know what you're going on about.
BlueTsunami
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Zoe said:
Its optional for the gamer, not the gaming company. The game needs to be played off the disk if the player should want to play it off the disk, yet, it should still be able to be installed to the HDD.
Jamesfrom818
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GreekWolf said:
He and his brother actually don't use it much. Mostly just for DVD upscaling and the occasional BR movie.
CowboyAstronaut
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It was probably a part of their agreement with SE to allow required installs or something.
gregor7777
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CowboyAstronaut said:
No, the installs are not and can not be required.
Completely optional full installs, if the customer chooses to.
Kill Your Masters
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The whole installation thing is all about making the drive spin less, right? So the 360 will create an ISO on the hard drive (since all games will support it I think this is the solution MS uses) and the DVD will be used as protection-check. So basically you are not installing anything, neither do the developers install anything (textures, sounds etc.), the game gets transfered to the drive as a whole and probably untouched ISO file.
The devs dont have ANY advantage of this. Only the players who want to play without a spinning dvd drive.
And since this works with all games, current and coming ones, I dont even think devs have to do anything so this feature can work. Its all about the ability of the 360, not the devs.
The devs dont have ANY advantage of this. Only the players who want to play without a spinning dvd drive.
And since this works with all games, current and coming ones, I dont even think devs have to do anything so this feature can work. Its all about the ability of the 360, not the devs.
gregor7777
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Hellraizer said:
Well, because it will be compatible with existing games, I think you're right about the ISO part.
But the HDD is faster than an optical drive when it comes to data access, so it's possible/likely it will speed up things like load times.
Kill Your Masters
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Well yes, that too, it will definetly bring a lot of advantages, but as I said, this is nothing that should concern developers, and the developers dont have to think about installations on 360, since it works with existing games out of the box (I assume).gregor7777 said:
I think we could compare those installs with the in-game custom soundtracks feature - both will get handeld by the 360, not the developers.
GarthVaderUK
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Hellraizer said:
Sounds about right to me.
gregor7777
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Zoe said:
What he saying you don't 'get' is that this really has very little to nothing to do with devs, as has already been pointed out. Existing games allow full installs. Meaning it is completely transparent to the dev. It has to be, else how would it work with a launch game?
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