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Kitase: Xbox 360 FFXIII will not compromise PS3 version

  • Posted June 15th, 2009 at 16:59 EDT by Mike Harradence
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Square Enix’s Yoshinori Kitase has reiterated that the developer is committed to offering gamers an ‘equal experience’ for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Final Fantasy XIII.

Kitase’s comments come following news that the 360 version of the eagerly anticipated RPG hadn’t entered development until after the PS3 FFXIII demo hit Japanese stores in April.

“The team is targeting to create an equal experience on both the 360 and the PS3, so there are no limitations. For example, right now we’re working on the PS3 version first, and once we’ve completed that we’ll really know how much game there will be to fit onto the Xbox 360 discs,” he told VideoGamer.com.

“So we don’t know how many discs it’ll be housed on for 360, but there won’t be a chance that we’ll compromise anything because, oh it didn’t fit in the 360 discs so we’ll have to take it out of the PS3 version, or vice versa.”

Final Fantasy XIII is due out in Japan later this year, with a North American release arriving in 2010.

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  1. Aizen-Sama

    • 1:33pm EDT - June 15th, 2009

    Bigdoggy a few months ago is when the demo hit.......

     

    If some of you guys actually looked at the screens of the game instead of complaining about shiz 24/7 you would appreciate it alot more, one of the best looking games so far.

    It's the exact same situation with MGS Rising which is kinda understandable since it's an action game and MUST be on 1 disc. With this however 3-4 discs is standard and i wouldn't rule out 5 or 6 either tbh.

     

    Kinda funny how know one complains about MGS peace walker just because it's on a Sony machine, cos being on a PSP and the 900mb/1.8gb UMD limitation won't compromise how that game will turn out.......

    I'm sure it would have turned out the exact same if it was on the PS3 :D

     

  2. Staticneuron

    • 1:35pm EDT - June 15th, 2009

    I really didn't think it needs to be said but hopefully it squashes out any useless speculation.

  3. The Mask

    • 1:42pm EDT - June 15th, 2009

    I think most of you need to read this again, they are talking about disc space and game content, they are saying that both PS3 and XBOX 360 users will have the same FULL experience by having the exact same amount of content on each system even if it means having 10 discs on the 360 even if it's something like a box with a potion that wouldn't quite fit on a DVD but would fit on a Blu-Ray (bit of an exaggeration) they wouldn't leave it out of the 360 version and they wouldn't remove it from thee PS3 version. Unlike with GTA4 where you only get FULL content on XBOX 360. At no point did they mention graphics or processing power

  4. ToonAssassin

    • 1:42pm EDT - June 15th, 2009

    @21, yeah i get those points, but NONE of those have been proven have they??, the game still looks awesome and PS3 WILL get it 1st, at least in Japan, where the 360 won't get it at all ! so we are still better off being PS3 owners (1 disc and released 1st) than being 360 owners (multiple discs and ported after) as far as getting FFXIII is concerned IMHO, i will get it day one without a single thought for the 360 version thanks.

  5. dr3kdj

    • 2:05pm EDT - June 15th, 2009

     @20    yeah im 100% with you, i was thinking  the same when i was reading this article.

                 the ps3 won't be affected by the 360 version, they will develop the ps3 version first and then they will make it fit in the 360. =)

  6. Fiddlesworth

    • 2:21pm EDT - June 15th, 2009

     Equal games = compromising the PS3 version. The PS3's capable of rendering more and storing more on the Blu-ray Disc. Look at Uncharted and Uncharted 2, nothing comes close on Xbox 360, that's CELL+RSX rendering and 360 can't match it, still hasn't matched Drake's Fortune.

    That 1080p, very high quality FMV in the FFXIII Japanese demo? Now we know publishers target 2-3 DVD's MAX otherwise it's very costly, there's no way they're cramming video that high a quality, for a whole game on 3 DVD's.

  7. ElPulga

    • 2:21pm EDT - June 15th, 2009

    Well if you see that way but i am quite certain that xbox360 was the reason why this game was delayed.

  8. Nunalho

    • 2:27pm EDT - June 15th, 2009

    I cant believe them... But hey i just want the game already.

  9. andysw

    • 2:27pm EDT - June 15th, 2009

    At 25,

    Atleast my first point about the game selling more playstation 3s is factual. Look at the sales from april when the demo was released. That could've been us sales, but that will never happen thanks to square enix making the decision of bringing the game to the xbox 360. The problem I see them is that they're not thinking outside the box. Instead of looking at sales alone and compare it to xbox 360 sales and predict that the game won't sell as much as it should of, they should think that big exclusives will move more consoles.

    What's more concerning is whether the inevitable final fantasy VII remake be exclusive to playstation 3 or not. Not that I don't want xbox 360 owners play the game, but it would be nice to see playstation 3 sales rise. I know this has nothing to do of what I said, but just like to get that off my chest.

  10. CardinalSimons

    • 2:28pm EDT - June 15th, 2009

    Liar.

    We´re currently seeing the continuous downgrades.

    Cough....No japanese audio...Cough

     

    @3

    This

  11. NeoVirtus

    • 2:47pm EDT - June 15th, 2009

     Square Enix = Valve

    Sad day.

  12. liquidus118

    • 2:55pm EDT - June 15th, 2009

    Cough COUGH

  13. solidsomething83

    • 3:01pm EDT - June 15th, 2009

    @9 i think you're the one who needs to understand something.  in the past, square said that FFXIII will use 100% of the PS3's power, but yet say that the PS3 and 360 version will opperate the same.  so basicly, they are saying that the PS3 will use 100%, and the 360 will use, what, 150% of it's power? it makes no sense, simular to your comment

  14. Mattchewie

    • 3:04pm EDT - June 15th, 2009

    IMHO, the US release is already compromised considering we have to wait for the xbox version to be done it will ship here.

     

    LAME

  15. recca7

    • 3:07pm EDT - June 15th, 2009

    @32

    no, Valve is just incompetent and Square are liars...VS is our only hope at being able to see what FF13 could've have been had it remained exclusive.

  16. Duppy_Conqueror

    • 3:55pm EDT - June 15th, 2009

    "oh it didn’t fit in the 360 discs so we’ll have to take it out of the PS3 version, OR VICE VERSA.”

    made me lol.  is there something that can fit on a dvd but not on a bluray disk?

  17. KZ3000

    • 3:55pm EDT - June 15th, 2009

    bull**t SE!!!!!!!!!!!!

    You already done that from the begging of all this....

  18. killzone-stealth

    • 4:11pm EDT - June 15th, 2009

    I dont believe this fool until i c it when da game comes out i could get da game on xbox 360 and ps3 so i could c it formyself hahahaha damn square enix

  19. bobtheduck

    • 4:13pm EDT - June 15th, 2009

    The compromise is that they'll have a PS3 version done long before a 360 version, but they'll still have to wait to release the PS3 version in regions that aren't Japan. That is a fsking compromise.

    I'm still buying it, of course.

  20. markwesker

    • 4:27pm EDT - June 15th, 2009

    Thats all i wanted to hear,so long as its 3 or 4 dvds on the 360 it might be ok but still,ps3 is capble of better grahics and better A.I.

     

    Also again they just confirmed there ripping ps3 and ff fans off by delying the release till 360 version is complete,thats disgusting and its being evil to fans for no reason,square should of been mature enuff not to agree to that childish contract clause from MS.its clear this game was never meant for the 360.why dont MS pi$$ off and find there own talent instead of waiting for others to do the work for them,company must be in a terrible state..no talent at all.

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