What should I get, PS3 or 360? (From a Wii owner)

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Kasz216 said:

Carazo said:
@Rath

Yeah and every time you enter a city you are going to change the disk. The game is going to be 50 gigabytes big, and since Square-enix has said that the game makes good use of the advantages that Blu-ray offers...

Anyway, I would wait until January 2008. I'm also going to do the same.

That's not how split discs work. The thing that takes up the most space on the discs are pointless CG screens that could be done with the in game graphics. You could most likely put the entire game on one CD with about half of the CG movies. Then put it again on a second disc with the other half of CG Movies.

So you won't have to change discs when you go into new cities. You'll just have to switch discs when you get through the first half of CG movies. This is how it's always been... anyone who's actually played a JRPG in the days of split discs would know this.

That said. If you NEED Final Fantasy 13, I don't see why you'd risk it with a 360. Though i'd still wait on a PS3. Since i'd be surprised if it was out before 2009.

  

Multiple good points in this response.  First, Let's dispense with CG in next-gen games.  The hardware is good enough to render some pretty great stuff.  Spend time on development of the game instead of movies.   Disk changes are a thing of the past for the most part then. 

As far as Final Fantasy XIII, I'd bet on holidays 2008.  Amazon was taking preorders for Nov 2008 but I don't know if they still are.  If you are looking at buying a PS3 only for that game, just skip a next gen console until then.  You could get a 360 now, though, play some games, AND get a PS3 late next year assuming FFXIII doesn't find it's way to the 360.  I know it is highly unlikely but things change...  And that's more than a year away....