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Darc Requiem on 16 January 2009
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Simulacrum said:

360 port could be the cause of long Western wait for anticipated RPG.

By Steve Watts, 01/15/2009


Those hoping to play Square Enix's next blockbuster RPG may have to wait a bit longer than expected, as a Guardian report confirms that Final Fantasy XIII won't come out until next year in the U.S. President Yoichi Wada stated the game will release in April 2010 or later in North America, well after its scheduled 2009 release in Japan.

There's no reason mentioned for the long wait time between releases, but Square Enix has said that they're going to finish the PS3 version before starting on the 360, rather than developing the two at the same time. Since the 360 and PS3 versions are supposed to see a simultaneous release in North America, this could be the culprit for added development time to an already long-awaited game.

Of course, the 360 version will also be developed as the game is being localized, so it's hard to tell when the game would release if not for the 360 porting process. We'll let you know a more specific drop date as soon as we hear it from Square Enix.

 

FUUUUU**

Somebody needs to do a little research. I'll post the same thing here that I did in the other thread.

Final Fantasy VII

JP January 31, 1997
NA September 7, 1997
EU November 17, 1997

Final Fantasy VIII


JP February 11, 1999
NA September 9, 1999
PAL October 27, 1999

Final Fantasy IX

JP July 7, 2000
NA November 14, 2000
PAL February 16, 2001

Final Fantasy X

JP July 19, 2001
NA December 20, 2001
PAL May 29, 2002

Final Fantasy X-2

JP March 13, 2003
NA November 18, 2003
PAL February 20, 2004

Final Fantasy XII

JP March 16, 2006
NA October 31, 2006
PAL February 23, 2007

Fanboys can try to blame MS all they like. The simple truth of the matter is that FFXIII is taking so long to release because of the PS3 architecture. When the game was announced for 360, the PS3 version had been in development for over 3 years. The swiftness of the games port to 360 will only serve to further the point.