Some also said that it might be the case that the content might take away from the focus of the game.

But stuff like Lightning's home being cut out (dunno whether this is true or not) & enough maps to create another game... That's quite a lot.

I didn't even need to say, "Quick, someone blame Xbox360."

From IGN andriasang's blog:

Final Fantasy XIII Had Lots of Deleted Content

Art director says enough content removed to make another game.

Final Fantasy XIII is a big game with a massive world to explore (cough -- once you get past all those linear paths -- cough). But it apparently could have been much bigger.

Square Enix specialty site FF Reunion has a short summary of a new interview with FFXIII art director Isamu Kamikokuryou. In the interview, Kamikokuryou discusses some of the content that was deleted from the game.

Apparently, the FFXIII design team created a number of areas that ended up not going into the final product. How much? Enough to create an additional game, according to Kamikokuryou.

Kamikokuryou shared a few locations with the magazine. Apparently, the design team created a full area surrounding Lightning's home. This area resembled a park. There was also a secret base for resistance group Nora inside a shop somewhere. Nautiuls Park, an amusement facility, at one point also included a zoo.

The content was already running on actual PS3 hardware, it seems, but was left out due to considerations for game volume and overall game balanace.

The FF Reunion site is itself not sure of the source of this interview, but I imagine it would be Famitsu, as the magazine has been running a series of interviews with FFXIII's designers since the game's release. Perhaps we can look forward to even more insights in coming issues.

Instead of blaming the xbox why did it go multiplat in the first place if they knew this problem would occur. They wasted a few years for nothing>.>

But like all problems in the gaming industry the easiest solution is to blame xbox ~~

Wait right there.
The easiest is to blame the Wii.

The answer to your question is money of course.  Not that there is anything wrong with that.

To be fair, Microsof and Xbox has made the gaming industry better overall so I think it deserves more credit than blame.  However, in this case blame is probably warranted.  Unless SE or MS refutes the charge, that is.

No, we could also blame ps3 low sales at the time. They couldn't resist moving the game to be multiplat fearing PS3 was doomed. They didn't have balls to bet on PS3 sales rising and now they are paying for that. They could redeem themselves with Versus XIII and Kingdom Hearts 3 anouncement (PS3 exclusive).

This

Actually, they're not really paying for it. PS3 owners are, because we're probably gonna buy it anyway and we could have gotten more for our money. Yes they did the extra work but it'll be used at some point... and everyone will have to pay for it again.

NA fascination with DLC and game volume problem on the DVD. Two birds with one stone! ;p