Darc Requiem said: Simulacrum said: 360 port could be the cause of long Western wait for anticipated RPG. By Steve Watts, 01/15/2009 Those hoping to play Square Enix's next blockbuster RPG may have to wait a bit longer than expected, as a Guardian report confirms that Final Fantasy XIII won't come out until next year in the U.S. President Yoichi Wada stated the game will release in April 2010 or later in North America, well after its scheduled 2009 release in Japan. There's no reason mentioned for the long wait time between releases, but Square Enix has said that they're going to finish the PS3 version before starting on the 360, rather than developing the two at the same time. Since the 360 and PS3 versions are supposed to see a simultaneous release in North America, this could be the culprit for added development time to an already long-awaited game. Of course, the 360 version will also be developed as the game is being localized, so it's hard to tell when the game would release if not for the 360 porting process. We'll let you know a more specific drop date as soon as we hear it from Square Enix.   FUUUUU** Somebody needs to do a little research. I'll post the same thing here that I did in the other thread. Final Fantasy VII JP January 31, 1997 NA September 7, 1997 EU November 17, 1997 Final Fantasy VIII JP February 11, 1999 NA September 9, 1999 PAL October 27, 1999 Final Fantasy IX JP July 7, 2000 NA November 14, 2000 PAL February 16, 2001 Final Fantasy X JP July 19, 2001 NA December 20, 2001 PAL May 29, 2002 Final Fantasy X-2 JP March 13, 2003 NA November 18, 2003 PAL February 20, 2004 Final Fantasy XII JP March 16, 2006 NA October 31, 2006 PAL February 23, 2007 Fanboys can try to blame MS all they like. The simple truth of the matter is that FFXIII is taking so long to release because of the PS3 architecture. When the game was announced for 360, the PS3 version had been in development for over 3 years. The swiftness of the games port to 360 will only serve to further the point.

yeah right. The 360 is so easy to make games for SE that they made the masterpiece of The Last Remnant w/c is sooooooooo flawless

It has nothing to do with 360 port probably, since the game is not even developed on the PS3. Did anyone really expect FF XIII in NA in 2009?

Agreed... I'm kind of shocked this is news to people.

it would go against every other game in FF history to release it in 09. Every FF game has taken at least half a year to come to the west and FF isn't going to be released until late 09 in Japan. All we really know about FF13's release date is it will come next fiscal year for square.

Who couldn't see this coming?

Hell this game won't be out in EU until late 2010.

Wonder how much money S-E will use to get this game finished...
Need 10 million to even break even?

I can wait. ;)

Well, looks like there is at least a 10 month gap between the JP release of an FF and the EU release.

This means that Europeans won't be seeing it until a few months before the next world cup!

Always the same with these titles. Luckily, they're mostly worth the wait!

frictionini said: Darc Requiem said: Simulacrum said: 360 port could be the cause of long Western wait for anticipated RPG. By Steve Watts, 01/15/2009 Those hoping to play Square Enix's next blockbuster RPG may have to wait a bit longer than expected, as a Guardian report confirms that Final Fantasy XIII won't come out until next year in the U.S. President Yoichi Wada stated the game will release in April 2010 or later in North America, well after its scheduled 2009 release in Japan. There's no reason mentioned for the long wait time between releases, but Square Enix has said that they're going to finish the PS3 version before starting on the 360, rather than developing the two at the same time. Since the 360 and PS3 versions are supposed to see a simultaneous release in North America, this could be the culprit for added development time to an already long-awaited game. Of course, the 360 version will also be developed as the game is being localized, so it's hard to tell when the game would release if not for the 360 porting process. We'll let you know a more specific drop date as soon as we hear it from Square Enix.   FUUUUU** Somebody needs to do a little research. I'll post the same thing here that I did in the other thread. Final Fantasy VII JP January 31, 1997 NA September 7, 1997 EU November 17, 1997 Final Fantasy VIII JP February 11, 1999 NA September 9, 1999 PAL October 27, 1999 Final Fantasy IX JP July 7, 2000 NA November 14, 2000 PAL February 16, 2001 Final Fantasy X JP July 19, 2001 NA December 20, 2001 PAL May 29, 2002 Final Fantasy X-2 JP March 13, 2003 NA November 18, 2003 PAL February 20, 2004 Final Fantasy XII JP March 16, 2006 NA October 31, 2006 PAL February 23, 2007 Fanboys can try to blame MS all they like. The simple truth of the matter is that FFXIII is taking so long to release because of the PS3 architecture. When the game was announced for 360, the PS3 version had been in development for over 3 years. The swiftness of the games port to 360 will only serve to further the point.   yeah right. The 360 is so easy to make games for SE that they made the masterpiece of The Last Remnant w/c is sooooooooo flawless

I thought when you disagreed with someone you were supposed to try and disprove their point. TLR is out on the 360 and not the PS3. The PC version was announced 14 months after the 360/PS3 version and it has a release date while the PS3 does not. TLR was hardly a technical master piece but the team behind said the 360 was easier to develop for and hoped that their next game was for the 360 because of this. All of this is besides the point because you completely ignored the whole point of my post.

Final Fantasy games have always taken a significant amount of time to release in the West. Particulary if you live in Europe. The western release is currently 5 to 6 months later than the Japanese release. Look at the list of release dates and tell me thats longer than average.

whether it's reasonable or not - i blame you xbox!

on the plus side, we usually get little extras such as monsters or difficulty settings when they localize for different regions.