New FFXIII info, releases in 2009

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KillerMan said:

mrstickball said:
....Why does everyone assume that Square will continue to follow it's outdated business model of delaying games Western release?

Look at every SE game on the 360 - Every project - IU, TLR and SO4 - have released in American and Europe within 3 weeks of the JP release. Why not FFXIII?

Because if I remember correctly they will begin to develop X360 version after they complete PS3 version.  And because MS moneyhatted SE to delay PS3 version western release date to match X360 version release date I don't think we will see western FFXIII in long time.

 

Sorry, I don't buy into the 'Because MS moneyhatted SE to delay the PS3 version'.

Lets play the game called 'real life business decisions' - You know, the ones where Square choses to develop the X360 version of XIII because they wanted to make more money on the game.

Because of that, and Squares' commitment to attempt to release games in the West quickly, I don't see any major barriers to Square delivering the Western version quickly. Regardless of what you want to believe, XIII has not been made for the PS3 exclusively and has a magical advantage in being brought to the West. As much as you want to argue that they're porting the 360 version, the fact is, both the PS3 and 360 versions are being ported from the PC to their respective systems - which would make me believe that the Western version will come out as quickly as it's translated. Also, Square has 3 Xbox 360 titles released (if not more) before XIII releases - each should help the development of the 360 version (one should also note 0 titles have been released for the PS3 - it's their first title). That, again, should help negate any issues of the 360 version delayed production of the game in the West.