the time the port takes depends on a lot factors, if they have to change graphics, videos or such things for the port then it might take a while. But if these things can stay same on both platforms and only the game engine needs to ported and optimized then it won't take too long.
Also Internationalization is done by a specialized team and usually has near to now work included for the engine programmers, so their programmers will be free to work on the 360 engine at that time.

He made the suggestion of timed exclusive. 1up did their homework and found out otherwise. When exactly will they hit in the US and Europe that is up to SE. My best guess, Q4 09.

No wonder..They wanna do as much profit as they can get.
Still Japan doesn´t get FFXIII on Xbox360.

Still big news..

The game is running on a a PC. That means the time it should take to port it to a 360 is minimal. Localization takes a long time. There is a lot of dialog to record, and a lot of text to translate. My guess is it will take loner to localize then it will to port from the PC.

The localization should just "plug-in" to the 360 version.

If the above is true, there is no delay due to the 360 release.

The 360 version is going to push the game into 2011 territory depending on how long it takes SE to get the game out.

If the game launches in Japan in late 09, (most likely), sans any delay until 2010, they will then have to develop the game for the 360, which would take months on it's own, then localize the game. We may not be looking at the game until 2011 in the states.

By then, the next XBOX will be out.

The above post is pure speculation, but could easily be true.

This. Porting a game from a PC to the 360 is a no brainer, apparently. Valve is doing it with Left 4 Dead for a day and date release for 360 and PC. The localization will likely take the longer time.

All speculation at this point though. FFXIII was destined for delays just like every other one. Nothing new here, just a culprit to point the finger at this time.

It's funny how quickly the argument goes from "It'll NEVER go to the 360" to "Maybe the 360 version might come out later plz?"

its same-day release....

Pity it is looking like it will be

Late 2009 - Japan.
Mid-Late 2010 - US
Mid 2011 - Europe / PAL regions

really SE should of at least had a Japanese release and an estimated NA or EU date... the game has already been in development for over 3 years(hell it was in development how many years before they announced it?) ...

Now they have shown us what - one trailer redone a few times... yes one trailer. And what do they have to say -- well their delaying the game to port it to 360 ... but over the next year they are going to make progress and *might* show us new content...

Gah SE is really annoying me these days -- how bloody long does it take to make a damn game... Insomniac do it every year, Infinity Ward only take 2 ... hell MGS4 only took 4 years... but FFXIII - 3 years + pre-development time + future development time ...

SE will go broke at this rate -- no wonder DQIX is on the DS ... if they had of put it on Wii , PS3 or 360 then we would never see it... its on 360 but who cares if the bloody thing nevers sees the light of day... ( seriously by 2011 M$ and SONY will be ready to launch new consoles... FFXII already suffered from be released too late- now their doing the same thing to FFXIII.... )

I don't really see how the development is going to be delayed for the 360 version. They are using their own Crystal Tools engine for the game, and they clearly state they are developing it on the PC right now. Last time I checked PC360 ports are relatively easy.