Wow thats surprising, I didnt think it'd be out so soon nor heard of any release date. Lets hope for PSN NA next week

:P well thats another PS1 Classic for me to buy...

9 will always be special to me. Although 7 and 10 are my favourites; 9 was just an amazing experience.

Awesome, I plan on picking this up as soon as it hits the U.S. store. FFIX is my 2nd favorite Final Fantasy game. FFVII is my first. FFX is a close 3rd.

You think that it is possible to play a current save game using the downloaded version even though it was started on the disk-based one? Would be awesome

It should be, assuming it's on the ps3 already.

So the US release should be this week.

So should I buy this or FF VIII?

Personally, I like VIII a lot more. But I'm pretty sure everyone will say buy IX instead. Both of them are fantastic, though.

Buy them both!

Absolutely you should buy FF IX over FF VIII.

VIII is not 1/4 of the game that IX is.