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Forums - Microsoft - Taiwan will get Final Fantasy XIII for the 360, possibly japan

Alby_da_Wolf on 05 August 2008
Jo21 said:
omg probably japan?

it says TAIWAN its probably a mandarin localization if not the english one.

japanese speak japanese! (kanji, hiragana, and katakana), not mandarin (chinese).

seriously i feel bad, when i heard a fellow friend mistake chinese with japanese :(
make me feel ignorant.

for a note i still find hard to believe people still think dragon ball z is a chinese work.

Right, and telling Japanese or Chinese they are almost the same will almost certainly get both quite angry   , not just the tired yawning smile you get confusing the Spanish with Italians or vice versa      

Anyway, I think SE could do a Japanese localization of XB360 port when this console has an installed base of more than 1mln there, localization is cheaper and easier than conversion, so, once XB360 version is ready, if there is an appealing market, why not? But all the necessary conditions, PS3 version ready, then XB 360 version ready, then, if the market exists, japanese localization, won't probably happen in less than one year and a half. the good news for SE are that by the time they're ready to localize, the market condition will be either reached or quite near, even with the current low sales, unless they totally die, in 1 and 1/2  year, with 2 Xmas available, XB360 should be able to reach 1 mln in Jpn.



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thekitchensink on 05 August 2008

Isn't Taiwan pretty much the only place in Asia where the 360 sells decently?



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bu77chen on 05 August 2008
selnor said:
I fully expect that they are already porting a Japanese version now. Considering thats the version that is nearly done on PS3 and how easy it is to get games looking good on 360, I would not be surprised at all if there was another announcement soon.

 

Last time I read news about FFXIII they said there are concetrating on the PS3 Version of the game and havent even received Dev-Kits for the X360.



KZ2 on 05 August 2008
thekitchensink said:
Isn't Taiwan pretty much the only place in Asia where the 360 sells decently?

 

Piracy is rampant in Asia, especially India, Taiwan, Hong Kong, thailand, etc. X360 is very easy to mod and play pirate games on.

ON Topic by going to Taiwain does not mean the game will be released in Japan.



Leetgeek on 05 August 2008
selnor said:
I fully expect that they are already porting a Japanese version now. Considering thats the version that is nearly done on PS3 and how easy it is to get games looking good on 360, I would not be surprised at all if there was another announcement soon.

 

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bugrimmar on 05 August 2008

people are overblowing this news. there's gonna be a 360 version in TAIWAN. it doesn't say anything about SE making one for japan. it says japanese 360 owners can IMPORT on their own if they want to. there's nothing controversial about this whole idea.



selnor on 05 August 2008
bu77chen said:
selnor said:
I fully expect that they are already porting a Japanese version now. Considering thats the version that is nearly done on PS3 and how easy it is to get games looking good on 360, I would not be surprised at all if there was another announcement soon.

 

Last time I read news about FFXIII they said there are concetrating on the PS3 Version of the game and havent even received Dev-Kits for the X360.

 

 and @ Leetgeek.

I dont know if you have been paying attention but Square Einx of late have been on an untrustworthy lie fest.

They are publishing 2 360 RPG's this year and 1 early next. You telling me they have no Dev kits? Project Sylpheed? Before people jump down my throat, I never stated fact did I? It was an opinion post. I'll try again for those that dont understand.

I as in me as in I'm only talking about me, expect they are already developing. Look at it this way. If M$ have been talking to Square Enix to get FF13 to 360, the first thing they would have done is give them a dev kit. (personally I think they had it before E3). Why would M$ linger to send it? And why announce a Taiwan version if others havent started?



Leetgeek on 05 August 2008
selnor said:
bu77chen said:
selnor said:
I fully expect that they are already porting a Japanese version now. Considering thats the version that is nearly done on PS3 and how easy it is to get games looking good on 360, I would not be surprised at all if there was another announcement soon.

 

Last time I read news about FFXIII they said there are concetrating on the PS3 Version of the game and havent even received Dev-Kits for the X360.

 

and @ Leetgeek.

I dont know if you have been paying attention but Square Einx of late have been on an untrustworthy lie fest.

They are publishing 2 360 RPG's this year and 1 early next. You telling me they have no Dev kits? Project Sylpheed? Before people jump down my throat, I never stated fact did I? It was an opinion post. I'll try again for those that dont understand.

I as in me as in I'm only talking about me, expect they are already developing. Look at it this way. If M$ have been talking to Square Enix to get FF13 to 360, the first thing they would have done is give them a dev kit. (personally I think they had it before E3). Why would M$ linger to send it? And why announce a Taiwan version if others havent started?

But aren't those RPG's you mentioned running on the Unreal engine?

 



selnor on 05 August 2008
Leetgeek said:
selnor said:
bu77chen said:
selnor said:
I fully expect that they are already porting a Japanese version now. Considering thats the version that is nearly done on PS3 and how easy it is to get games looking good on 360, I would not be surprised at all if there was another announcement soon.

 

Last time I read news about FFXIII they said there are concetrating on the PS3 Version of the game and havent even received Dev-Kits for the X360.

 

and @ Leetgeek.

I dont know if you have been paying attention but Square Einx of late have been on an untrustworthy lie fest.

They are publishing 2 360 RPG's this year and 1 early next. You telling me they have no Dev kits? Project Sylpheed? Before people jump down my throat, I never stated fact did I? It was an opinion post. I'll try again for those that dont understand.

I as in me as in I'm only talking about me, expect they are already developing. Look at it this way. If M$ have been talking to Square Enix to get FF13 to 360, the first thing they would have done is give them a dev kit. (personally I think they had it before E3). Why would M$ linger to send it? And why announce a Taiwan version if others havent started?

But aren't those RPG's you mentioned running on the Unreal engine?

 

Regardless of the Engine of the other games, you dont need different dev kits for different engines.  My point was Square have been associated with M$ this gen for well over 2 years. Do you think it's viable to say they wouldnt have a dev kit?

 



DMeisterJ on 05 August 2008

lolz.

Okay Selnor.

I'll wait with you.