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noslodecoy on 24 September 2008
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Darc Requiem said:
Stats87 said:
Darc Requiem said:
deathgod33 said:
simultaneous release means that microsoft must of paid alot, and i mean ALOT.

 

Sorry but I don't buy it. If MS was had doled out the large sums of cash that PS3 fanboys claim they would have gotten, at worst, a simulatenous worldwide release. FFXIII was over budget and running behind. Square Enix looked at the lower than expected PS3 sales and decided that a multiplatform Western release would be their best chance to make the game profitable.

That is fine, but that still doesn't explain why the release has to be simultaneous

You have 3 groups of people

1. People who have to play it and will buy any console

2. People who will play it if it is on their console

3. People who will never play it

 

There mere fact that the game is on the 360 should be enough to get the sales they want, a simultaneous release shouldn't matter. I find it hard to believe that there would be a large portion of people who will think "pfft, I'm not buying this, the PS3 got it 3 months ago". All SE has to do is say they're "optimizing the game to best suit the 360 Hardware", then release it when it's done and reap the profits.

Now if SE manages to finish the localization of the PS3 version and the port of the 360 version within close proximity then all this becomes moot. But if there is a month to month delay, then it is very annoying.

History has shown that delayed ports just down sell as well as simultaneous ports. That is besides the point however. Usually it takes FF games anywhere from 5 to 9 months to come from Japan to the US and even longer or PAL regions. PAL FF titles hit nearly a year after the Japanese launch. Final Fantasy XII took 7 months to get from Japan to the US and 11 months to hit PAL territories. FFX it was 5 months for the NA verison and 10 months for the PAL version. FFX-2 took 8 months to hit the US and 11 months to hit PAL territories.

FFXIII was going to hit the West 7 to 11 months later minimum based on the last two major games in the series. Why are PS3 owners in the West suddenly acting like the Final Fantasy games get a simultaneous worldwide release? You are going to get FFXIII at the same time as you would have anyway. I think it simply a faux controversy spun from the disappointment that the game is no longer PS3 exclusive.

^ Everyone read this post.  Then read it again.  The only Final Fantasy game that had a simultaneous worldwide release was Final Fantasy 7.  If this game is released simultaneously in NA and PAL regions, we can all expect a year delay; regardless of the XBox 360 port.  Final Fantasy games have always taken a long time to localize.  Stop pretending there's a Boogy Man and ignoring this reality.  Most of you "Final Fantasy fans" should know better.

As for the OP, I read nowhere in the actual scan where it states that the PS3 version will be released before the 360 version.  It only states that the PS3 version will not be delayed because of the 360 port.  I think this fits nicely in with the logical fact that localization will be done at the same time as the 360 version is being developed, don't you?