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FFXIII: Simultaneous 360 and PS3 Euro release in spring 2010, says Kitase

VG247: Badaboom. FFXIII's PS3 and 360 versions will release simultaneopusly next spring in Europe, producer Yoshinori Kitase told VG247 at GamesCom today, calling the info the "new announcement".

Omega45775d ago

Spring 2010 for EU!? Wow i was expecting at least xmas 2010

Early 2010 seems to be filling up fast with AAA games, some of those publishers are going to regret delaying their games because of MW2 cause facing 1 big game is a lot better than facing 10+ big games especially without the holiday boost

tdrules5775d ago

haha you think MW2 has more retail power than FFXIII?

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Masamori Sumimura5775d ago (Edited 5775d ago )

Why can't FFXIII be AAA?

edit: Leeger , Porcelain probably thinks that FFXIII versus will be AAA though.

smh

leeger5775d ago

so it's only AAA if its a PS3 exclusive

hay5775d ago

About Q2, could be worse. I was expecting Q3.

Guido5774d ago (Edited 5774d ago )

No, it's only a AAA title when they don't cut the game up to fit on only 3 DVD's...

gaffyh5774d ago

Spring 2010, means June/July wait most likely. Still a long time to wait.

Kushan5774d ago (Edited 5774d ago )

Hold on, so a game must have more than 27Gb (3 DVDs) worth of data in order to classify as AAA?
So Mass Effect, Bioshock, COD4, 5 and 6, Mario Galaxy, Fallout 3, Oblivion, GTAIV, Braid....all of those games AREN'T AAA?
Suuuuure. Go troll the OpenZone, Guido.

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Guido5774d ago

All of those games came on one disc... So your point is moot.

Bucket heads to the right please... --->

leeger5774d ago

Did SE actually announce before that the game will be like 50GB?

Kushan5774d ago

Guido, that's EXACTLY my point, which flew over your head.

Guido5774d ago

Dude... Maybe you should read the comments again because you just owned yourself.

Viper75774d ago

I am done waiting for games to come Europe, importing from NA is rather easy for PS3 and I need to wait maybe a week for it to arrive so..

Would be really handy to learn those moon-runes(Japanese), after that there would really be no need to wait anything or suffer from these
"not coming to EU, will be released only in Japan" bull****.

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predator5775d ago

cant wait but cant decide which 1 to get 360 or ps3 version

ssipmraw5775d ago

get the one disc version which has been in development for longer

Masamori Sumimura5775d ago

If you have both PS3 and Xbox360 get the game on the console you play more on.

or wait for reviews .

WMW5775d ago

you should just get theps3 version its the same game on both systems just on one disk for ps3 this game wont have problems like a few other multiplatforn games because it started out on ps3 also noone have had any problems with the demo plus when versus comes out just have both on one system who knows there could be some connection between the 2 games like items transfer from 13 to versus 13 kinda like what mass effect 2 is doing

Veneno5775d ago

plan on getting FF13 for PS3, eventhough they know well they can get it on 360. It's because they are gonna get a slim ps3 and want to keep the tradition of FF on Playstation.

predator5775d ago

it doesnt matter bout dev time if SE ses they will b both the same then they will be the same nd disc swapping doesnt bother me one bit, if i was to get the one i play on most then that would be the 360 but ill wait for reviews incase there is sumit diff on both or if 1 gets dlc while the other doesnt

Kushan5774d ago

Yeah because games that have been in development for a long time have a great track record!

Get whatever one you prefer, it's really not going to make a huge difference.

FarEastOrient5774d ago

Oh well, how many out there is like me that will have two versions of the game due to reviewing the products. Actually in my case I'll have three since the Japanese version is being mailed to me also...

siliticx5774d ago

1. Multi-disc games are simply a plague, you don't want em.
2. Keep the tradition of Final Fantasy disc-based games on the Playstation brand. Considering BC could come back, and that Versus is a PS3 exclusive, the choice seems logic to me.

The rest is pure fandom. We all know it's been in dev for longer for ps3, one could probably say that it's only a "port" for the 360. It is expected to be a bit more optimised for PS3, i guess.

Kushan5774d ago

"Keep the tradition of Final Fantasy disc-based games on the Playstation...
The rest is pure fandom."

...Irony!

predator5774d ago

those 2 points arnt really valid in my eyes, 1 - multi discs dnt bother me at all.

2 - GTA was looked at as a ps game but got that on 360 again, i get a game for the game, doesnt bother me what console its traditonaly been on first, pardon my spelling but cnt be assd today since i feel like cr@p lol

blackpanther255774d ago

can get it on any system you want. I have a 360 and a ps3.I have the choice of buying it on either console or even downloading it for one, but i will buy it for the ps3. The only reason is because of final fantasy vsXIII, since they maybe connected in some way we don't know yet. A little bit cause of FFXIV.......don't like mix matching my collection (since i have a BC ps3)

siliticx5766d ago

Go play star ocean on 360 and tell me multi-disc doesnt matter.

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siondatjuice5775d ago

has been milked so much that i dont really care about the franchise anymore.
oh and guy who cant decided which console to get it on. wait till reviewers are done with it and see which they say looks and plays better.

jack_burt0n5775d ago

e3 08 "worldwide release spring 2010" sigh, at the moment my interest is just how many consoles its gonna shift in japan in november.

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The older it gets, the more I respect Final Fantasy XIII

Alex Donaldson: "Hindsight is a hell of a thing, however, and in the years since Final Fantasy XIII, my respect for the decisions its developers made has skyrocketed. In the two Final Fantasy titles since we see both the brilliance and the folly in alternative approaches - and in Final Fantasy VII Remake, we get a more nuanced understanding of what FF13 was trying to accomplish from many of the same development leads."

Einhander1972537d ago

FFXIII is actually one of the best Final Fantasy games.

I also sort of was disappointed at the time, never as much as the bandwagon. But really all the fantastic 3D rendered cutscenes and I actually liked the characters and the story though convoluted was actually fantastic and the ending was extremely emotional. So much budget and time were put into that game Square had such big plans, I actually have always felt kind of bad for how things played out.

I have been thinking for years how great it would be to get all three games on one disk for PS4 or 5.

Nyxus537d ago

I always liked this game, and I agree, a rerelease for current gen would be nice.

Shane Kim536d ago (Edited 536d ago )

Gotta take off the nostalgia glasses. It's the worst FF. Shiva as a bike, I mean come on.

Elda536d ago

Shiva as a bike is strange but saying FFXIII is the worst FF is not at all a fact, that's simply your opinion.

Terry_B535d ago

*One of the 3 equally bad FF's

DivineHand125536d ago (Edited 536d ago )

When I got my series X a year ago, I bought FF13 for nostalgia reasons but ended up being disappointed. When I first played it around the time it launched, I didn't have a lot of experience with final fantasy games, so I enjoyed it. Fast forward to when I played it again, I found that the game had many unnecessary filler moments instead of just giving us meaningful content.

The game is also very linear and a quote on the article said it best. "It is like a sewage pipe that leads to the ocean until it opens up on Grand Pulse."

The story didn't make much sense either and I believe it is my mistake as I played the FF7 remake on PS5 prior which is a night and day difference in terms of pacing, storytelling and likeable characters even though cloud is aloof.

FinalFantasyFanatic536d ago (Edited 536d ago )

Probably was a mistake to play any of the golden era FFs first (e.g. FF6 through FF10), it makes it harder to enjoy some of the FFs that aren't as good. I think FF12 was where major issues with the series started becoming apparent, and it just got worse from there.

FinalFantasyFanatic536d ago (Edited 536d ago )

I didn't really care for it that much, the only saving grace was that it had a better story than 15 (overall it was better than 15) and possibly 12, and even then, you had to read some of it through primers, like reading a book. Plus the battle system was reasonably fun for what it was, even if it was more the spectacle that was exciting for me (e.g. summoning). And to be fair, the 13 trilogy got better with every games, I still don't like Snow though.

Gamingsince1981535d ago

Ff13 is only good if you haven't played a ff before, or any other games that are decent for that matter.

-Foxtrot535d ago

It is in fact no way the best Final Fantasy game, it's one of the worst

Linear corridors, Cutscene, Fight, Cutscene...rinse and repeat

Dialogue and characters are pretty bad, especially Lightning as the main FF hero, they literally said they tried to make a "Female Cloud" and they failed.

Story was pretty awful

I could go on

I think the only alright thing that came from the game was the music.

Elda535d ago

That's not a fact that's your personal opinion. The game sold 11 million copies between its 2009 release up until 2014 including critically reviewed as an 8 out of 10 or an 80 out of 100. The game does have some issues but it's not at all a fact as one of the worst FF games.

-Foxtrot535d ago

Elda

Not just mine mate

A large majority

So….

Traecy535d ago

N4G commenters such as yourself aren't the majority. The game was well received.

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gold_drake537d ago (Edited 537d ago )

i liked the game alot but i didnt like how they handled the terminology.

i dont mind reading data logs but it had soo many.

but i always loved the music and how it looked. the battle system wasnt too bad either.

but i like 13-2 more :)

i still dont understand why we never got a remaster of the trilogy

Eonjay535d ago

Xbox kinda did. Besides the video files of course which are still best on PS3 due to bluray.

Snookies12537d ago

XIII is a pretty solid game, but XIII-2 is WAY better. XIII-2 was one of the few games I decided to go for a Platinum trophy in, early on. Had so much fun the entire way through getting it too!

Eonjay535d ago

Totally agree. FF 13 was okay but 13-2 is my favorite FF game ever.

shinoff2183537d ago (Edited 537d ago )

I hated this to when it released. I haven't much liked a ff game since ff10 as much , aside from ff7remake. I decided to give it another shot on my series x since it's not on a current ps and was liking it quite a bit(just takes me some time to get over things ) until star ocean 2 remake came out I was all over that.

Square should definitely remaster it or something for ps4 ps5

KillerB536d ago

my favorite jrpg trilogy ever

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