Only way I can think that FF13 may be downgraded is because they're only including the English voice overs because 360 version couldn't fit it and they want them both to be equal. But that's about it. Anything else is speculation, so it will never be decided one way or another. Who knows what could've been made if things were different.

If Square Enix took the time to make each version of FF13 as best they could on each platform individually, I wonder which would be better.

(Needs to be said in every SE thread from now on)

Fuck you, SE.

bah... not even i can save SE from the spit fire dragons.
have fun kids.
barbecue them.

I'm confused here...Are they trying to tell me that 3-4 DVDs are NOT enuf for the game, or is it the case that the game wasn't segmented correctly to allow for the game ot be split? Either case would be extremely puzzling to be...
Isn't the game required to be install on the HDD for the PS#...just like it could be for the 360? Here's my take...if you have an ARCADE 360..focusing on the word Arcade, and you want to play in-depth games,...buy a freaking HDD!
On the other point...SE knew they were going to dual plat the game...why the heck did they not build out the game correctly, by segementing it to fit the 3-4 disc? Sorry, but I don't buy, needing 3-4 disc for a game anyway. Gears is better looking than any JRPG and it didn't take 3-4 disc.

because they didn't make the game for 360.

but for the ps3 which have blu ray AND a HDD.

and they can't ignore the arcade people.

For me it has become a "wait until the game launches and see which store gives you the most free stuff" type of buy for me.

I'm hoping for a $100 gift card (and a $60 game).

Graphics will be minimal, if the game was developed exclusively for the ps3 it would be much better than if exclusively for the 360, but the port will most certainly lower the graphical quality, the answer is by how much. I suspect very little. The game will lock you out of old areas because of the 360 version. It will remove free roaming. It will remove alternating soundtracks. It will reduce quality and quantity of FMVs. It will reduce the quality of the audio, and most likely has caused massive changes to the games flow and progression in order for it to work properly with 3 discs. That being said it will still be awesome. People not understanding the technical limitations of the x360 are in for a lot of this as we progress through 2010/11. Why? it's not the gpu, it's partially the cpu, but what it is is the disc size. This isnt a hallway shooter like gears.. this is a much more detailed, much more graphically intense, much more varied game with significantly more content. The scope and scale of final fantasy 13 makes gears look like a cellphone game, so please don't compare the two.

So the problem isn't the 360...it's the arcade 360 owners...damn them all...aaargh..oh wait!  Now, we've known about FF13 since last E3...2 years...and SE can't make it work...HUH?

SE is a special company. What takes normal devs 2 years takes them 5.