The PS3 wasn't always good for Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy XIII Producer Yoshinori Kitase has said that the arrival of the PlayStation 3 cost the team working on the game a year and a half's worth of development time.
Speaking in the latest issue of the Dutch version of PlayStation The Official Magazine, Kitase said "This time we needed to work extra hard. Final Fantasy XIII was originally meant to be a PS2 title, but we had to switch systems due to the arrival of the PS3."
"That cost us about one and a half years and was constantly a case of trial and error."
He then added:
"However, because we worked so hard at the beginning, we got to a cruising speed much faster then anticipated and therefore could start on the translation and international voice recording process at an early stage of the development. It's because of this that we can release both the European as well as the American version barely three months after the Japanese release."
Final Fantasy XIII is out now for PlayStation 3 in Japan, whilst western gamers have to wait another month to get their hands on the title.
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