mrstickball said:
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. |
Still my point stands that X360 version will be developed after PS3 version is complete. SE has themselves said that. And even SE can't do X360 version in couple of months if we assume that Japan release date for PS3 version is somewhere at fall. And of course SE wants to make money and that is the reason for X360 version. But X360 version of FFXII will delay western release date and that is the fact. Because like I have repeated many times, when PS3 version is complete they will make X360 version and I don't see any other reason for delaying PS3 version western release date than MS has moneyhatted them
