Luney Tune said:
This is a stupid fanboy myth. The White Engine was designed right from the start for 360/PS3 cross-platform compability. "Last year we went through a development reorganization, with the development of our own cross-platform middleware – the white engine. This is the foundation for FFXIII and the new MMO." -Hiromichi Tanaka, executive officer at Square Enix September 6, 2007. |
fanboy myth? You sir, fail.
http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/02/finalfantasy.html
Although "White Engine" was originally announced in 2006 as a PlayStation 3 game creation platform, it has since become multiplatform, including Xbox 360 and PC capabilities.
http://www.aeropause.com/2008/02/squares-ps3-white-engine-renamed-crystal-tools-will-be-used-for-360-pc-wii/
Square-Enix’s much-hyped “White Engine,” which was developed as a platform around which Final Fantasy XIII would be built for PS3, is no longer a PS3 exclusive. This will be the 3D engine they’ll use for all their games now, company-wide, platform-independent. The 360 and PC are mentioned specifically, and to some extent, the
http://www.psu.com/Square-Enixs-White-Engine-is-cross-platform--a0001252-p0.php
Square Enix had previously suggested that White Engine was built specifically for PS3. However, a new MMO is currently in development that also uses White Engine, and it will be a cross platform and cross region title. Undoubtedly the news of a cross platform engine will spark rumors of a cross platform Final Fantasy XIII. But at the moment, only the unannounced MMO will benefit from White Engine's multiplatform development.
I don't see how it's a myth when it also came straight out of Nomura's mouth. SquareEnix announced that the "white engine" would be multiplatform when they officially changed the name into "crystal tools". Why would that square exec have needed to break the news that crystal tools would be multiplatform @ GDC, if white engine was already cross platform to begin with? It would be pointless.
