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Pristine20 on 05 August 2008

Releasing an Asian version for 360 would only cost S-E money. Why? They will just pirate it for 360 instead of buying the ps3 version so no one would be making any significant money from that move.



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selnor on 05 August 2008
DMeisterJ said:
lolz.

Okay Selnor.

I'll wait with you.

 

 You lost me.:)



bu77chen on 05 August 2008
selnor said:
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?

 

 

I just stated what I've read if you dont believe me

Final Fantasy-Director Motomu Toriyama dazu:

"Wir machen zuerst die PlayStation 3-Version und die 360-Portierung später. Ich sage den Entwicklern, dass sie noch nicht an die Xbox 360 zu denken brauchen. Das können sie dann, wenn die Entwicklerkits angekommen sind. Momentan konzentrieren wir uns auf die PS3-Version."

Roughly in english:

Final Fantasy-Director Motomu Toriyama said:

"We are doing the PS3-Version first and then port it to 360. I told the Developers that they shouldnt think about the 360 Version now. They can start thinking when the Devkits arrive. We are currently focusing on the PS3 Version."

http://areagames.de/areagames/news/91140/Square-Enix-PS3-Fassung-von-FFXIII-geht-vor.aspx

another link: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6195345.html?part=rss&tag=gs_news&subj=6195345



OLDSKOOL on 05 August 2008

C'mon it really is a long shot...I think that the Asian version will come out around the same time or even after the US version hits the 360.

I think Square-Enix was the big winner here! The PS3 comes to Japan and will probably boost the system there while the rest of the world where the X-Box better sells comes multi platform version that will sell on both!

In Japan most X-box owners would have never expected FFXIII to come to the system while in the West most X-box owners are used to having most of what PS3 does! Hence Win-Win for S/E and really a win for all gamers (well except Wii only gamers)!



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selnor on 05 August 2008
bu77chen said:
selnor said:
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?

 

 

I just stated what I've read if you dont believe me

Final Fantasy-Director Motomu Toriyama dazu:

"Wir machen zuerst die PlayStation 3-Version und die 360-Portierung später. Ich sage den Entwicklern, dass sie noch nicht an die Xbox 360 zu denken brauchen. Das können sie dann, wenn die Entwicklerkits angekommen sind. Momentan konzentrieren wir uns auf die PS3-Version."

Roughly in english:

Final Fantasy-Director Motomu Toriyama said:

"We are doing the PS3-Version first and then port it to 360. I told the Developers that they shouldnt think about the 360 Version now. They can start thinking when the Devkits arrive. We are currently focusing on the PS3 Version."

http://areagames.de/areagames/news/91140/Square-Enix-PS3-Fassung-von-FFXIII-geht-vor.aspx

another link: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6195345.html?part=rss&tag=gs_news&subj=6195345

Oh dude I think our wires are crossed. I belive you, I read the article to. But I dont know why people were digging me for an opinion. I just dont believe Square Enix after the latest fiasco, and find it hard to believe they have no dev kits.



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mrstickball on 05 August 2008

Certainly helps the X360's cause in Taiwan. I bet they are happy about this.

About the X360 dev kits for XIII: What about the dev kits for TLR that they've been using? They have the kits....Maybe they need more?



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ookaze on 05 August 2008

They talked about how they don't know which localized version they'll get.
Then in the same article they talk about japanese language on the disc.
If it's not utter BS like I'm used to from MS, that means the following:
- the localized versions will all have the japanese language track (YAY!). It reads like nonsense to me, as if the X360 version will have storage problem already, I can't understand how they could squeeze several languages on the disc.
- It will not come to Taiwan before the other localized versions, at least not before the NA one.

In both cases, it makes no sense for a japanese gamer to wait so long for an downgraded version of a game they can get right away, play with, finish and sell back with the console.
Which adds to the BS of the article to talk about Japan, but it's Kotaku.



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Tbone on 05 August 2008

Hmm wonder what this could mean.