Galvanizer on 03 February 2013
| A203D said: I think Square Enix were planning to announce FF15 two years if not last year, but they've learned from FF13 and FF12 that it would be better to switch the game to PS4 and Xbox 720. So the game is still in development, but it will be developed as a launch title for those consoles. I believe Yochi Wada is planning to relaunch the Final Fantasy brand in a new style. That style will be the fantasy setting of previous games coupled with the FF12 style of RPGs, which is similar to games like Xenoblade and Skyrim. In short, I think the game is coming, but they know to successfully relaunch the Final Fantasy brand they will need to do that on a new generation of consoles. I have faith that Hiroshi Minagawa, Hiroyuki Ito and Production Division 4 will return the series to greatness! |
I can understand your opinion that they would move it to PS4/720, but you have to remember that SQEX still plan to support this gen for a good few years. Here's some examples for proof:
1) We know FF Versus XIII will be released on PS3 sometime in 2014 or 2015.
2) We also know FFX HD will be released on PS3 sometime in 2014 or 2015. There will obviously be a FFX-2 HD to follow in 2016 or 2017.
3) We know that future expansions for FFXIV ARR will still be released on PS3, just like has been done with FFXI. This means we'll be getting FFXIV ARR expansions on PS3 as far into the future as 2020.
4) We also know that Tetsuya Nomura has confirmed that KH3 will be made for current gen machines after he finishes FF Versus XIII. Seeing as Versus XIII won't release on PS3 till 2014 or 2015, that means KH3 will not be released till 2016 or 2017. Think about that for a moment: A mainline KH game will not release on current gen hardware till 2016 or 2017.
What these points tell us is that SQEX will keep making games for current gen hardware even after PS4/720 get released. I also think that FFXV will release on PS3/360/WiiU after PS4/720 are released. SQEX had just better hope that PS4/720 are backwards compatible. Also, I agree that they need to make FFXV open world like Skyrim. Funny enough, Skyrim was Yoichi wada's most anticipated game of 2011. He was even tweeting about being hyped for the 11.11.11 release date. LOL!
| Nem said: He has obviously been wroking on FFXV but every HD project is sort of on-hold until FFXIVARR releases. I wonder if they will be releases for current gen anyways or if they will ported for next gen systems... |
I've noticed that there are a lot of FFXII staff members on the FFXIV ARR development. Even Hiroshi Minagawa, the co-director of FFXII, is working on that game. They must have all been moved over there to help develop FFXIV ARR. I'm sure they will move back to FFXV when the game gets released in Q2 2013.
