It's been six years since Square Enix first showed Final Fantasy Versus XIII's debut trailer. Six long years. When that trailer premiered, George W. Bush was president, Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden were alive, and the global financial crisis had not yet hit. 2006 was a different world, a long, long time ago.
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SE got enough projects on their hands. If any project should of died then it should of been sequels to FF13.
How many "shitty" titles did they release in 6 years? How many trailers/gameplay did they release for their sure hit gold farm Versus 13? Right.
If Versus XIII really had been cancelled due to financial reasons, then it's not only sad that such a good-looking game got canned, but also because Square have spent so much time and money in the last few years developing other games that are either average or not-asked-for by fans.
over 9000!!!!
I don't think they should release it anymore anyway! Made people excited, built tremendous anticipation but left them in the dark! I called it, it's a VAPORWARE! Thanks but no thanks SE!
Sad that they may cancel it, but no sadder than any other game that gets canned.
The only way I can conceive this as being true is if the game is no longer being called VersusXIII and has been renamed FFXV as some other rumors have said in the past.
It also makes no sense that mere months ago we heard from Nomura that a official large scale unveiling of the game was soon to come(likely at TGS)
I disagree that the game was only popular because it was PS3 exclusive. I've always thought that FFvs13 looked more promising than FF13.
I don't put any stock in rumors from unnamed sources, especially rumors that only come from one internet site. You would think that if there was such a leak that one or more Japanese language sites would have it first.
This rumor, however, hits people deeply because it reinforces a fear. There has been so little news about FFvs13 the people were already fearing that it had become vaporware.
There is a chance that this game actually is vaporware. There is also a chance that the game has been rebranded FFXV. It never made sense to do a full-scale production for a spin-off game that would sell 2-3 million more copies simply by changing the name on the box.
No you ignorant jerkwaters, you were propagating a rumor that if not true could still harm a company's financials an all because of your jump the gun idiocy.
It will also reconfirm (for the zillionth time) the press is the outright enemy of real gamers and they do more harm to gaming than any other entity.
Besides....
http://www.zimbio.com/Final...
Thread is here:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum...
and seriously it looked like crap. it had an emo hero and crappy music thats all we know about this title
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Squeenix should have not sold their souls!
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Well, two rumors neither proves anything. But if I have to chose one I choose the one you reported. Because at least we know that person's name. The Kotaku rumor is given by the mysterious nobody.
here is the link to the Wii U multiplat and re-branding rumor
http://www.gamesradar.com/f...
I don't really think it's cancelled. It has everything going for it. Likeable characters (from what we've seen), dark like FFVII, great aesthetics, huge fan base, etc. If they can't perfect something that has been in dev. for six years then what makes Square-Enix believe that they can create FFXV? (assuming it's not FF-Versus rebranded)
That being said if no appearance is made at Tokyo Gaming Show or any news reported on the title I'm calling it cancelled, and will begin to rant to Nomura, demanding my Kingdom Hearts 3 be started on.
WOW. That's just plain INSULTING and misleading.
AND SINCE WHEN DO PEOPLE TAKE KOTAKU SERIOUSLY?
At most a stock holder may ask them about it in a live chat between the president and holders. Stock holders are not fanboys.
In what way do S-E see this as a correct move? When Versus has almost always had more love than FFXIII and been anticipated more. I mean really from a financial point of view(S-E#s only point of view). Why the hell are they wasting away on FFXiii sequels trying to fix that mess instead of trying with a new game completely?
I just hope they have at least the decency to tell us if this is true. Also, I wouldn't mind if it gets renamed 15/
+ it's just illogical, the amount of work already done of the game is too much to just throw away, it's been in 'full' development for over a year now, let alone the other 6 years. Remember the last trailer we got was from January last year. http://www.youtube.com/watc...
1.5 years more work on this build just cancelled? Too unbelievable
Anyway, I hope that everyone will work to keep this news story relevant so that Square enix will comment and not try to dodge it.
::Teleports::
~ via time travel ~
And renamed as FF15 so S-E can say
"Hey S-E I thought this was exclusive to ps3?"
"hurr, no it isn't, FF versus got cancelled, FF15 was Multiplatform as soon as we brought our plan to fruition"
@Irishguy95: I can totally see Wada coming up with such a tacky plan.
I'd like to know the a**holes who disagreed with you because ITS TRUE, I get freaking spam from sony cheerleaders and people don't believe sony fanboys are the worst? Oh Im sorry, I forgot this is n4ps3, my bad people, i forgot.
they suck so bad this gen !
Ranma1
I WONT buy a game that will give SE an incentive to make more mediocre games like it
Brish
You do realize that if Square goes bankrupt they won't be making ANY games right?
I'm not suggesting anyone buy a game they don't want but Square is also making a game called Versus. Do you want that game?
If you do it would make sense for you to want Square to succeed in the game market so they can finish Versus.
If everyone stopped buying games from Square until Versus is released they would go bankrupt before Versus is finished.
http://n4g.com/news/924582/...
Dishonored is being published by Bethesda.
sorry, it was too perfect
Surley a name change and shuffling a few things around with the FF13 mythology thats in Versus would be better and even cheaper then canceling a project they've put so much money into.
Final Fantasy Versus becoming FF15 would be better then just cancling this all together.
The thing which makes me think it's true is that fact that they said they arn't commenting on rumors...well if it wasn't true, such a big thing like this, they would confirm or deny it straight away
and remind me again DID ANYONE ASK FOR A FFXIII sequels?
Wii is not "this gen" technically
KH HD collection would do so well sales wise but why make it since we are too dumb to understand
FF7 remake
sequels to dues ex
SE wake up
Thanks for FF13, 13-2, and 13-3 SE, no really thanks -_-
I know it's been 6 years, but f SE. They should have just came out and told us now they'll have another FF7 on their hands with people holding onto this forever and still thinking it'll come out someday.
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
That's $30,000,000 from the 360 version. Not bad for a dying genre. Post the PS3 numbers please. The game has only sold 2,001,868 as of July 7th lol
Skip the 360 version of XIII-2 and only sell a little over a million copies on PS3?(I say "a little over a million" because I don't know if you're spinning your numbers or if you got them from VG-charts like my numbers)
If Versus is more than just a Turn base JRPG it will do great on 360. If they can add value for people's money with modern gameplay designs and production values the franchise will do better(replay value like Western RPGs, choice making etc). Making prettier cartoon movies/cutscenes will not interest core gamers.
The game is tarnished anyways, Sony prematurely announcing games and hyping them for years with no releases will severely damage the interest and confidence that this is a quality product. If anything it's either canceled or a multi platform game finally done right from these developers.
The Dog dragon game won't survive this tactic because it doesn't have the Big name like FF does. I forgot the name of the game. Little boy with a giant white DOG BEAST.
2000000 is not "a litlle over a million".
This is another case like gt5. And that did turn out very well commercially after all those years of hype.
And versus is exclusive so that they can take full advantage of the hardware. Maybe you are right and it becomes multiplatform and comes out on PS3 and the wiiU. That would make more sense than PS3 + 360. Since the 360 is almost unexistent on this game major market (Japan)
Sorry I didn't make my comment clear enough.
My 2 million number came from VGcharts. For all I know he pulled his number out of his ass. I don't know if 360 sold more than 500,000 or not so I said a little over a million for PS3 knowing my numbers were probably bloated to begin with from VGcharts.
If you Google the game it was considered a major flop across the web and any specific console figures are months old.
500,000 + 1,500,000 = 2,000,000
Now take into account that the 2 mill from VGC is bloated and or donmingos was using numbers that favored his point that are skewed or not true. I told you where my numbers came from.
If it were to be a multiplat, the safest bet is to release it as an exclusive and when SE decides there is enough revenue to push a port, it would do so.
The XIII titles were directed by Motomu Toriyama. He had never directed the core FF series before besides the also controversial X-2 and tried a new approach which just didn't work. His ideas have evolved with XIII-2 and I welcome a conclusion as they have the resources to complete his vision for those fans who are still interested, but I also doubt he will be given the directors chair again.
I will wait till TGS before I decide on this rumour, but the XIII brand is simply tainted and I think this game just could never live up to the expectations put on it by fans. "The last saving grace for SE" - It is just doomed to fail and faces the same problems as a VII remake. I hope to see it in a re-branded form still, but I think Ito's team and a massive open world FF:XV will be the best direction for their recovery.
The brand name *used* to be synonymous with the highest quality Jrpgs with excellent production values. Where as now they just have great production values and mediocre game design.
edit: Actually I lie I don't think I finished XII-2 but must have been near the end as it was all heading towards the finale I was somewhere after the bit with all the re-arraging platforms in from memory in the future where you have hope helping with a fleet of airships.
edit2: If you say that's where it starts to get good I'll slap you with my mind, you shouldn't wait 40 odd hours for a game to get good if that's the case here.
If we don't hear anything at the TGS then we'll know for sure. So fingers crossed.
Oh life you are so cruel. Wouldn't suprise me of Wada axed kh 3 cause he doubts anyone wild buy it.
What better way to do that, than to give it a name change, I for one find it unlikely that SE would can the entire project!
No proper Final Fantasy would just be abyssmal, not only that but if they announce FF13-3 its time for Wada to take a hike!
If these assets are being “folded” into another Final Fantasy, then I’d wager it’s FF XV, and it will be great.
Please, for the love of fuck, be great.
If the game does resurface in one way or another I strongly feel it will become multiplatform. Everyone thought FF13 wouldn't go multiplat, but it did.
Same thing is going on with Agent. Either its quietly cancelled or going multiplat into the next generation. L.A. Noire anyone?
And the Last Guardian is just plain cancelled.
*wait until FFXIII, then wait until FFXIII-2, next year will be the year will be Versus' turn...etc, etc
but I remember reading an article where one of the SE's employers said that we do not have to worry and that FF Versus XIII will be released.
its going to come, this is just a flaimbait article. they're just trying to get hits.
the game will come so im not worried. its tetsuya nomura's baby right now, highly doubt he would let it die so easy
What pisses me off even more is that people here aren't even questioning this kind of article and are just accepting it as the truth.
Gotta love 'merica.