so you are saying that both the games are ports? Ok

 This guy is correct.

rofl, i sincerely apologize steven.

Think of this as a sociological study. A study to see what people believe with the given facts at hand.

you are right about that. This wouldn't be a discussion if the 360 version was not announced, however, it is a valid topic as it has to do with game understanding. The 360 version discussions was only the ignition that let me know that there are differing opinions about this subject. A subject which i think is very interesting in its disparity. :P

signing off for the night.
let me know what you all think!
i'll be back tomorrow

so far

both ports=5 not a port=8 unsure=4

isn't this exciting!!! jk :P

I keep saying that both versions will be a port of the PC build, not because I said so, because it makes sense on this way...

http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_e30802_home.html

Square Enix has gone PC. On the first day of the show, the Japanese game publisher announced that Final Fantasy XIII is coming to PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 (in Europe and North America only) and PC. During a press conference following the Microsoft event, Final Fantasy XIII Producer Yoshinori Kitase discussed the new development strategy that Square Enix has taken with its upcoming games.

Aside from the new The Last Remnant game, which is being created for Xbox 360 and PS3 using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 3 externally, all new internally-developed games from Square Enix, including Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII Versus, and an untitled new massively multiplayer online game, utilize the new PC-based Crystal Tools development environment. These tools allow development teams to create cross-platform games.

"The content will be the same on all platforms," said Kitase. "However, we have yet to determine how many discs will be required for the 360 version. We'll have to consider the differences between formats. Currently the game is being built on PC, where it's actually functional. We're still focusing on making it work on PS3, so it's difficult to know how long the process of taking it to 360 will take."

Thanks to the new PC development platform, Kitase added, "Now that we're developing on a PC base, the pace is going a bit faster," Kitase said. "We haven't introduced new footage of the game, but we should be able to show something new in the near future."

Square Enix showed the beautiful pre-rendered trailer for Final Fantasy XIII at the end of the Microsoft press conference. The publisher has a big event scheduled for Tokyo next month where the first new information will be revealed on all Final Fantasy titles. Previously, the publisher released its online game, Final Fantasy XII, on Xbox 360 and PC.

Not only where you spot on in highlighting things that you thought made sense, but you highlighted the part where it said ff12 was an online game for 360 and pC!!!!

developed on a pc for the ps3...hmmm....i would go ps3 not a port and x360 port of original game. so xbox360 version is not a port of a port

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Ps3 version is not a port, they were originally developing FF13 on the ps3 long before the 360 version was announced, so the 360 version is a port

FF XIII is being developed on the PC. However, this does not have to make it a port per se.

There is such a thing as 'cross-platform development', where you use one environment (typically one better suited to developing on than the target), yet produce native code as output.

(Meaning the PC would directly create a PS3 program instead of making a PC program)

It's of course not certain that this is what Square Eenix is doing, but it is a possibility.

(This only goes for the program itself naturally. I'm 99.9% certain that art and other non-program assets get created on Mac's/PC's anyway for all games on all consoles)