is 360 the reason why FF 13/versus isnt coming out until 2010

[Godot]

Killergran said:

Godot said:

Kingdizzii said:
Versus is not even coming to 360......

FFXIII is releasing in 2009 for Japan, translation for NA and EU takes about 6 months and in that time the 360 version will be made so it has nothing to do with release dates or delays.

 

6 months for translation??? Did you know movies get translated in about 1-3 weeks... You can also start the localization before the game is out. After all, translation is taking the script and rewriting the lines into another language. The game doesn't need to be finished to do that. Same goes for recording the VA. Also, FF XIII VS is delayed because the game can't be released before FFXIII.

So, the game is delayed because of Xbox 360.

Just pause, look at that sentence one more time and then think of the difference between translating a movie (usually subtitles, I gather) and translating a JRPG. I'm sure you will see things in a new light.

 

Nah I meant the whole localization process (translating the text of the menus, the game and recording the voice acting). Of course it takes a bit longer for a game than a movie as a movie is about 2 hours and a game like Final Fantasy has more dialogue. A book takes from 2 to 4 months to translate and books contain much more text than video games. Also, do you know how companies work with their localization? A big company like EA will have translated everything and recorded every lines of voice acting before the game has been finished. One of the difficult part of being a voice actor for video games is that you usually don't work with table readings or any actual footage of the game. They just make you record lines in a studio that has a contract with the developer.

Now, Square Enix are extreme perfectionists and they most likely want everything to be perfect and that must be why it takes them more time to localize than Namco or Capcom.

@Kingdizzii: perhaps to interview with the pissed Kitase or Nomura would be good to back your claims. (sorry for the bold I can't remove it).