We all know by now the Last Remnant will make its first entry on the 360 and not on the PS3 as well at the same time, which was the plan at first. The devs at Square Enix gave a statement with the reason of the delay.

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Once again, another Unreal Engine-related delay strikes again. The Last Remnant is one of the timed exclusive RPGs from Square Enix on the Xbox 360, but that wasn't because Microsoft shelled out the big bucks. According to an interview with Gamespy, the delay was "mainly for development reasons." The Unreal Engine has been difficult to work with on PS3, and that's been the cause of the delay. "We're developing the game using the middleware Unreal Engine, and the Unreal Engine has a slower development on the PS3 side."

Thankfully, ever since Epic worked on the PS3 with Unreal Tournament III, things have been running more smoothly on Sony's platform. "It was only really workable after Unreal Tournament was published, so this was mainly a development decision."

Square Enix's other PS3 RPG games, Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII, utilize Square Enix's in-house Crystal Tools engine.

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/06/18/last-remnant-dev-says-unreal-engine-cause-behind-ps3-delay/

i dont beleave them, i think sure m$ paid them

I think I am with jonager on this one.

Who should I believe? The conspiracy theorists or the official explanation which makes sense judging from previous stories about PS3 development and, particularly the Unreal Engine itself? Tough choice...

^The conspiracy theory.

Definitely.

*giggles and runs out of thread*

Idem, I don't believe them either... If M$ gives S.E. enough money to cancel the game on the PS3 they're a company that even does that, IMO.

Not surprised at all. The unreal engine has always had problems with the ps3. This puts microsoft in a very strong position profitability wise in regards to this game.

I blame Epic for ruining my JRPG experiences this year .. ah well I still have FFX-2 and FFXII to play and Valkyrie Chronicles will release in fall.

Seriously, everyone should give Microsoft some credit for making a console with a friendly architecture. Going by the declarations of many developers, if there's something that Microsoft brought to the console world it was greater ease of development, through friendlier architectures and better development tools which were previously only available for development on the PC.

It's also true that Microsoft moneyhats companies for exclusive games (like Sony does), but let's not pretend that's the whole story.