| Wyrdness said:
As XII was being finished Versus was in development this was confirmed by SE themselves as both Versus and XII were PS2 games at first... |
Initially, we were thinking about making FFXIII on PS2 and FFVersusXIII on a next-gen platform. Yoshinori Kitase
Before XIV laucnhed, they they had just released FF XIII which was also delayed one year because of the Xbox version. Actually my argument is not a strawman one but one of simple observation: In recent years Square always had one Final Fantasy game released exactly at the end of each generation: IX and XII. Versus could be the this gen's end game.
I am not trying to defend them, I am merely stating what we know. The reason they prioritised games ahead of Versus is most likely because they were far smaller productions and sure deals and Versus a risky concept. And of course everything got delayed by A Realm Reborn.
I'm sorry but reason wants it that FF Versus XIII was never a priority.
