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Lastgengamer on 31 January 2010

The PS3 wasn't always good for Final Fantasy XIII

Final Fantasy XIII Producer Yoshinori Kitase has said that the arrival of the PlayStation 3 cost the team working on the game a year and a half's worth of development time.

Speaking in the latest issue of the Dutch version of PlayStation The Official Magazine, Kitase said "This time we needed to work extra hard. Final Fantasy XIII was originally meant to be a PS2 title, but we had to switch systems due to the arrival of the PS3."

"That cost us about one and a half years and was constantly a case of trial and error."

He then added:

"However, because we worked so hard at the beginning, we got to a cruising speed much faster then anticipated and therefore could start on the translation and international voice recording process at an early stage of the development. It's because of this that we can release both the European as well as the American version barely three months after the Japanese release."

Final Fantasy XIII is out now for PlayStation 3 in Japan, whilst western gamers have to wait another month to get their hands on the title.

http://connectedconsoles.com/ps3-PS3-Arrival-Cost-FFXIII-Devs-A-Year-And-A-Halfs-Worth-Of-Development.cfm




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Lastgengamer on 31 January 2010

This explains the 4 year plus development time.



jonnhytesta on 31 January 2010

omg SE what the hell is going on there.



iLLmaticV3 on 31 January 2010

This was posted before, but yup. I don't know whats going on with Square Enix lately, I'm questioning their credibility as video game developers now.



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Masakari on 31 January 2010

It's really strange how Square had no info on the PS3 to make an informed development decision. Maybe their relationship with Sony isn't the best nowadays?



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Himan11 on 31 January 2010
Masakari said:
It's really strange how Square had no info on the PS3 to make an informed development decision. Maybe their relationship with Sony isn't the best nowadays?

Yep, I think so too



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phnguyen89 on 31 January 2010

SE is crumbling. It's going to go down, and Square Soft will RISE.



johnsobas on 31 January 2010

maybe it would have been better to release it summer 2008 on PS2?



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arsenicazure on 31 January 2010

Now here is the crazy part. If the 360 was announced in 2005, wasnt it kinda obvious that the PS3 was on the way? Square could have started dev on PC specs or even the 360 and then ported it over!

1.5 yrs is a lot of time and money wasted.



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ljigga on 31 January 2010

Thats why it took so long.....



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