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Blood_Tears on 16 January 2009

Don't Blame Microsoft For Final Fantasy XIII's Release Date

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Don't Blame Microsoft For Final Fantasy XIII's Release Date

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Don't Blame Microsoft For Final Fantasy XIII's Release Date

(Posted: 16/01/2009) by Ronin90


Following Yoichi Wada's announcement that Final Fantasy XIII would be released after April 2010 in North America and Europe, people started to point fingers. The first place those fingers pointed was of course Microsoft. Despite Square Enix saying that the Xbox 360 port won't slow down the release of Final Fantasy XIII, people don't necessarily believe this and Wada's comments have opened up a can of worms.

It is more than likely that Microsoft are indeed little to do with Wada's projected release date. It's more like that it's to do with Square Enix's own business dealings. Currently, Final Fantasy XIII in Japan is set to hit during the fiscal year which starts in April 2009. This will more than likely result in Square Enix seeing an increase in profits from 2008, which will please their share holders no end; everyone likes to make a profit on the last year. However, if they were to release Final Fantasy XIII in North America and Europe in the same fiscal year, their profits would be considerably higher. It's for this reason that it makes sense for them to release Final Fantasy XIII in those territories in the fiscal year beginning April 2010, so that profits don't dip year on year.

Another factor is obviously Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII, both of which are scheduled to come out in Japan this year. It wouldn't be surprising to see them both come out after April 2010 either, as Square Enix starts to try and gain the faith of their share holders once again after what's been a less than smooth year for them.



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Infamous on 16 January 2009

Square is indeed smart, however, idiots will still point fingers.



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Skeeuk on 16 January 2009

well its obviously not anyones fault.

i belive square themselfs wanted to make the game on 360, it was after all not a signed exclusive with sony. so obviously they need time to port things over.

what i do belive microsoft would have paid for, is same release date in west as ps3 version.

so overall theres nothing you can do, 2010 seems likely now, i just sure hope an asian version with english subs is released.



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Infamous on 16 January 2009
Skeeuk said:
well its obviously not anyones fault.

i belive square themselfs wanted to make the game on 360, it was after all not a signed exclusive with sony. so obviously they need time to port things over.

what i do belive microsoft would have paid for, is same release date in west as ps3 version.

so overall theres nothing you can do, 2010 seems likely now, i just sure hope an asian version with english subs is released.

Are you that blind? The port has nothing to do with the time the game is being released. Did you even read the article?

 

 



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Stats87 on 16 January 2009

Agito XIII in 2009 is possible, Versus however...not likely.

*in reference to what the article says at the end



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deathgod33 on 16 January 2009

square could easily be lying, they lied about it being ps3 exclusive several times



 

 

 

 

colonelstubbs on 16 January 2009

Well, the only people being hurt this will be sony, as this is a came that in japan espcially is going to boost their fortunes. So MS might be to blame, but in their eyes its a good thing this delay.



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Signalstar on 16 January 2009

That article is bull! Square has stated that they did not want DQ and FF in the same year, then they claim they need 2- 3 million sellers. Top onto that they have shortened their localization time the only feasible reason is that the bloody game has to be ported.



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Dianko on 16 January 2009

That actually makes a lot of sense, and I've never looked at it that way. If they manage to stagger the releases of FFXIII, VsXIII and DQ9 and 10 across regions and fiscal years, they could make it seem like sales are stable at a high level for 4 or 5 consecutive fiscal years. That would certainly please their shareholders.



Mummelmann on 16 January 2009

Don't worry, I don't. FF's take time, has always been this way.