Final Fantasy XIII announced for Xbox 360?!! Talk about random!

Since 6717 Days

Posted by dcdelgado

There's apparently a big feature article in the upcoming issue of Japanese gaming mag Famitsu that talks Square Enix, Final Fantasy XIII and all that jazz. While scans haven't hit the internet yet, we've heard from several trusted insiders who have seen the yet-unreleased issue. It mentions that FFXIII is going to be out in Japan by next summer and in Europe/USA on both the Xbox 360 and the PS3 by the end of 2009 — which pretty much what we already know.

Here's the juicy bit: According to the Famitsu piece, Microsoft is footing the bill for Square Enix's FFXIII breach of PS3 exclusivity contract. No idea how much money that entails or the exact deal Microsoft worked out with Square Enix, but the fact there is not Xbox 360 version announced for Japan is telling. Square Enix does state how porting the game to the Xbox 360 should be easy.

More interesting tidbits: It's apparently hard to tell which looks better: Star Ocean 4 or Final Fantasy XIII. Also, the company plans to focus more on PSP game development from now on. File this as rumor until proper scans surface.

http://kotaku.com/5033606/rumor-microsoft-paid-for...

I honestly expected this to be the case. Star Ocean 4 really does look unbelievable.

Out in USA in 2009!!? Don't mess with me man! That would be crazy if true lol. Holy crap at Microsoft paying for the breach of contract. They really went all out.

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[quote=dcdelgado][quote]There's apparently a big feature article in the upcoming issue of Japanese gaming mag Famitsu that talks Square Enix, Final Fantasy XIII and all that jazz. While scans haven't hit the internet yet, we've heard from several trusted insiders who have seen the yet-unreleased issue. [b]It mentions that FFXIII is going to be out in Japan by next summer and in Europe/USA on both the Xbox 360 and the PS3 by the end of 2009[/b] — which pretty much what we already know.

Here's the juicy bit: According to the Famitsu piece, Microsoft is footing the bill for Square Enix's FFXIII breach of PS3 exclusivity contract. No idea how much money that entails or the exact deal Microsoft worked out with Square Enix, but the fact there is not Xbox 360 version announced for Japan is telling. Square Enix does state how porting the game to the Xbox 360 should be easy.

More interesting tidbits: It's apparently hard to tell which looks better: Star Ocean 4 or Final Fantasy XIII. Also, the company plans to focus more on PSP game development from now on. File this as rumor until proper scans surface.[/quote]

http://kotaku.com/5033606/rumor-microsoft-paid-for-final-fantasy-xiii-ps3-exclusivity-breach[/quote]

I honestly expected this to be the case.  Star Ocean 4 really does look unbelievable.

Out in USA in 2009!!?  Don't mess with me man!  That would be crazy if true lol.   Holy crap at Microsoft paying for the breach of contract.  They really went all out.

Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

October 20th 2007 (A good day)

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alimokrane

Since 6755 Days

Posted by dcdelgado

Bah!! who cares who paid what, cant believe i missed this little nugget..

More interesting tidbits: It's apparently hard to tell which looks better: Star Ocean 4 or Final Fantasy XIII

:)

Yeah, Optimus brought this up before. I actually do agree. Star Ocean looks INCREDIBLE!

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szaromir

Since 6582 Days

And this news is fake - kotaku made that up, LOL.

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dcdelgado

Since 6685 Days

Posted by szaromir

And this news is fake - kotaku made that up, LOL.

Yeah buying out a ps3 contract would have had Sony litigation all over it :)

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alimokrane

Since 6755 Days

I guess that settles it then. Kotaku..... pffff:S

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Jollipop

Since 6708 Days

Yea I guess we should have known being from Kotaku.

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Optimusv2

Since 6717 Days

Damn Kotaku, thought the game was really coming in 09 :(.

Either way, I still suspect that Star Ocean 4 will be a graphical equal to FFXIII.

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Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

October 20th 2007 (A good day)

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.

pssh! more like electronic gay-ming monthly! amirite

Jollipop

Since 6708 Days

I expect FF13 to make Q4 2009 TBH, I would imagine the JP version is probably 6 months away, SE said they are now starting voice work in one of their recent interviews, which suggest to me its nearing completion.

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Sath

Since 6691 Days

Well if the Japanese version gets a english text option (unlikely) just order the PS3 version from Japan, simple.
If you can handle Japanese language and text well it's good, if not...then yes, the wait is too much.

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alimokrane

Since 6755 Days

Final Fantasy XIII JP Scans
http://www.gamekyo.com/news28548_final-fantasy-xii...

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Jollipop

Since 6708 Days

The ones with subtitles look in game to me, not bad :)

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alimokrane

Since 6755 Days

Posted by Jollipop

The ones with subtitles look in game to me, not bad :)

Not necessarily. it could be subtitle on a CG scene but we can hope :D

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Optimusv2

Since 6717 Days

Those definitely look as if they could potentially be in-game to me. Square has never failed to impress graphically.

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October 20th 2007 (A good day)

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.

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Tomarru

Since 5897 Days

They all kinda look like they could be ingame, but without better images its hard to be sure either way, it doesnt like like cg but that could just be bacause the image quality is so poor.

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Megido

Since 6150 Days

since it's not due for another year i wouldn't bet on those being real screens.

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Optimusv2

Since 6717 Days

Posted by Megido

since it's not due for another year i wouldn't bet on those being real screens.

Well even Devil May Cry and Resident Evil 5 looked that good at certain points. Square will, of course, make a graphically impressive game.

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October 20th 2007 (A good day)

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.

pssh! more like electronic gay-ming monthly! amirite

Jollipop

Since 6708 Days

Posted by Megido

since it's not due for another year i wouldn't bet on those being real screens.

Well they better have in game stuff if it only a year away, otherwise its not guna be here in a year.

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Megido

Since 6150 Days

Oh i have no doubt that FFXIII will look great, i just feel inclined to doubt that any of the media we've seen so far is actually in-game, particularly when compared to the other games that SE are getting out now. Just look at Last remnant or Infinite undiscovery. They are nowhere near this. Though, like someone said earlier, the crap quality of the scans might be deceiving as well.

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Optimusv2

Since 6717 Days

Posted by Megido

Oh i have no doubt that FFXIII will look great, i just feel inclined to doubt that any of the media we've seen so far is actually in-game, particularly when compared to the other games that SE are getting out now. Just look at Last remnant or Infinite undiscovery. They are nowhere near this. Though, like someone said earlier, the crap quality of the scans might be deceiving as well.

Neither Last Remnant nor Infinite Undiscovery are representative of games that are on Square's Crystal Tools game engine.

Infinite Undiscovery isn't even being developed internally at Square. It's being made by Tri-Ace and Last Remnant is an Unreal III engine title that is getting a version made for the pc, ps3 and 360 by what I assume to is not even one of Square's top internal teams. So no Square title you've seen yet is at all an indication of what they will achieve with FFXIII.

And if we're talking about graphically impressive Square Enix published titles we've seen so far then look no further than Star Ocean 4, which looks absolutely exceptional. That game is also made by Tri-Ace, but looking at Star Ocean 4, I honestly don't see how what we are seeing in those scans is an unachievable thing.

I also wouldn't be so quick to judge Infinite Undiscovery visually. It probably won't look as good as FFXIII or even Star Ocean 4, but I still have a very strong feeling that Infinite Undiscovery is being so heavily underestimated from a graphical standpoint that people are going to be surprised as to how good it really looks when it comes out and they have an opportunity to see it in motion on their HDTVs.

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[quote=Megido]Oh i have no doubt that FFXIII will look great, i just feel inclined to doubt that any of the media we've seen so far is actually in-game, particularly when compared to the other games that SE are getting out now. Just look at Last remnant or Infinite undiscovery. They are nowhere near this. Though, like someone said earlier, the crap quality of the scans might be deceiving as well.[/quote]

Neither Last Remnant nor Infinite Undiscovery are representative of games that are on Square's Crystal Tools game engine.

Infinite Undiscovery isn't even being developed internally at Square.  It's being made by Tri-Ace and Last Remnant is an Unreal III engine title that is getting a version made for the pc, ps3 and 360 by what I assume to is not even one of Square's top internal teams.  So no Square title you've seen yet is at all an indication of what they will achieve with FFXIII.

And if we're talking about graphically impressive Square Enix published titles we've seen so far then look no further than Star Ocean 4, which looks absolutely exceptional.  That game is also made by Tri-Ace, but looking at Star Ocean 4, I honestly don't see how what we are seeing in those scans is an unachievable thing.

I also wouldn't be so quick to judge Infinite Undiscovery visually.  It probably won't look as good as FFXIII or even Star Ocean 4, but I still have a very strong feeling that Infinite Undiscovery is being so heavily underestimated from a graphical standpoint that people are going to be surprised as to how good it really looks when it comes out and they have an opportunity to see it in motion on their HDTVs.

Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

October 20th 2007 (A good day)

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.

pssh! more like electronic gay-ming monthly! amirite

Jollipop

Since 6708 Days

LOL Optmius you should put "seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind" in your sig.

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Optimusv2

Since 6717 Days

haha yea it's something I've been saying since like the first week I signed up on this site :P

Still it's 100% true. Games simply look so much better when you are looking at them on a nice HDTV as opposed to on crappy pc monitor like I have here.

I can't honestly have been the only person to look at the latest IU trailer on Xbox Live on my HDTV. The game looks so much better than it does in screens or even when I watch videos on my pc. Especially the scene when they first start showing Capel riding on Gustav's back and the gameplay that follows with them running in the desert with the sand storms and a lot of the other stuff.

When you stop and let it really sink in that this is a j-rpg and not any other kind of game, it really is an awesome thing. :)

Edit :: It should be added to my sig now!

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Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

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Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.

pssh! more like electronic gay-ming monthly! amirite

Jollipop

Since 6708 Days

Still it's 100% true. Games simply look so much better when you are looking at them on a nice HDTV as opposed to on crappy pc monitor like I have here.

Depends how crappy your PC monitor is I suppose, my HDTV is my pc monitor so it looks the same to me.

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Optimusv2

Since 6717 Days

ahhh okay you must have a pretty good monitor, but for my pc monitor and my HDTV the difference is just so massive. Textures or lighting that will look pure crap on my pc monitor can look stunning on my hdtv.

Everything just looks way better. Some games though can not look good no matter how you look at them :P

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Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.

pssh! more like electronic g

KORNdog

Since 6229 Days

Posted by Optimusv2

ahhh okay you must have a pretty good monitor, but for my pc monitor and my HDTV the difference is just so massive. Textures or lighting that will look pure crap on my pc monitor can look stunning on my hdtv.

Everything just looks way better. Some games though can not look good no matter how you look at them :P

same here. my monitor can throw out better resolutions, but it lacks the contrast and general settings and controls my HDTV has. so games generally look a lot better on my HDTV then they ever did on my monitor.

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Megido

Since 6150 Days

Sorry otimus but while SO4 doesn't look bad it's not near still:
http://www.playkon.com/uploads/2008/06/Star-Ocean-...
compared to
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2008/216/9287...

Just screams GC to me. Nothing we've seen from FF13 as of yet seems like likely in-engine shots.

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