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Rumor: Final Fantasy X HD includes X-2 on PlayStation 3

The PlayStation 3 version of Final Fantasy X HD will include both Final Fantasy X and X-2 on a single disc, according to a 2ch rumor* picked up by FF-Reunion.

On PS Vita, each title will apparently be sold separately.

Each game will also include its respective International edition content, according to the rumor. A release is planned for 2013.

* The information supposedly comes from next week’s issue of Jump. According to FF-Reunion, the poster has a proven track record with these types of leaks.

sherimae24134060d ago

dancing yuna on my vita!
hell yeah!

just make its price affordable ok like mgs collectons hd ^_^

TopDudeMan4060d ago

I couldn't care if it had X-2 on it. As far as I'm concerned that game didn't exist.

X was one of my favourites, but the sequel was just pure awful.

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Minato-Namikaze4060d ago

X-2 is still better than XIII, XIJI,2 and Lightning returns

-MD-4060d ago

You've played Lightning Returns?

Minato-Namikaze4060d ago

@ MD at some point bad things wont ever be good. FF XIII series (not including versus) is one of those games. These two games basically made me turn to tales as my go to JRPG franchise. Yeah they are that bad. But with this KH 1.5 and possibly including X-2 with X i'm hoping square realizes we dont want a western style rpg's in our FF.

Snookies124060d ago

@-MD- I haven't played it, but I can tell by the trailers it doesn't look good. I hope I'm wrong, but man those videos of it are bad...

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pecorre4060d ago

X-2 is IMO the worst FF game ever made. I hope it's not included.

NatureOfLogic4060d ago

The international versions have so much extra content. If this is true I wouldn't think twice before buying this. I've always wanted to play those international versions. I put in over 180 hrs into FFX and to think there's more to unlock in the international versions is exciting. As for FFX-2, I wish we would've had a jrpg half this good this gen. It shows how much jrpgs have fallen. This game was once considered average, but it's great compared to most jrpgs we play today.

TopDudeMan4060d ago

You're right. Standards have definitely slipped.

DOMination-4060d ago

FFX in MY opinion was just a fairly average game as well. I know it might be an unpopular opinion but... FFX had abysmal voice acting, which I let off only because it was one of the first JRPGs to have it - they really should be re-recording the dialogue though. Apart from that, it had a poor lead character, a terrible and hard to follow story, corridor-linearity between towns that frankly was just as bad as FFXIII, no explorable world map, tedious side quests.

It had some excellent things too. The battle system was great, I liked the Al-bhed language, blitzball, the sphere grid mainly was pretty good, being able to go higher than 9999HP, etc. But there was more bad than good, just not up to the standard of 6-9 imo.

As for X-2 - I only played the first few missions and got bored. Maybe there's a good game in there somewhere but it didn't entice me enough to play it more. A nice bonus if it's thrown in for free though, you can't argue with that.

wishingW3L4060d ago (Edited 4060d ago )

FFX had branched maps while FF13 was literally a tube so the linearity is nowhere near the same. On top of that FFX has more diverse side-quests (for aeons and weapons), backtracking, exploration, towns, NPC's, shops, better customization, etc. So on that point you couldn't be more wrong. That it wasn't as open as FF7,8,9? True but FF13 was way more linear than FFX.

DragonKnight4060d ago

"FFX had abysmal voice acting."

No it didn't. It had a few awkward moments but to say that it had abysmal voice acting is an exaggeration.

"it had a poor lead character."

Your opinion. I thought that Tidus was a welcome change from the panzy ass Cloud and the mostly stoic yet eventually complex Squall. Zidane was a better lead for sure, but Tidus was a close second in terms of personality. Cecil Harvey is still the best lead character in the series.

"a terrible and hard to follow story."

The story was NOT terrible. And what was hard to follow? It was pretty much all laid out before you.

"corridor-linearity between towns that frankly was just as bad as FFXIII"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! !! You either didn't play FFXIII or you're just lying. FFX may be "linear" but you could explore each area, talk to people, play Blitzball any time you wanted. These things made the game feel like it wasn't linear unless you put a strict focus on looking for it to be.

"no explorable world map, tedious side quests."

Airship and Blitzball. Plus, since side quests are completely optional, you can't say they are really tedious because you have a choice if you want to do them or not. And the Battle Arena was NOT tedious.

Geez, sometimes the FF naysayers sound like they are reading from a script of pre-approved negative things to say about FFVIII, and FFX.

-Gespenst-4060d ago

Oh you're so macho and serious and cool (sarcasm)

X-2 is a really good game. Excellent music, intriguing plot, and super fun battle system, and it was a joy to return to Spira.

Plus if it's the international version it might have Yadanoki Tower, been waiting years to play that.

DragonKnight4060d ago

The original idea for X-2 would have been better though. They were originally going to go for a Braska/Auron/Jecht prequel.

TopDudeMan4060d ago

@Dragon, that would have been much better.

-Gespenst-4060d ago

Never heard of that. Don't suppose you could provide a link?

It's a good idea though. Maybe they'll actually do it some day if these HD versions conjure up enough re-hype. I'f definitely play that.

I still really like X-2 though.

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BlaqMagiq244060d ago

I'm guessin this would be the reason why it's taking so long. At least I hope it is. I would love to have both of these in a collection. I'll give Square a little respect if this is true.

Wizziokid4060d ago

I never played X-2, it never interested my as much as I loved X but I may give it a try if this is true.

contradictory4060d ago

go expecting alot of
"WHY???" in X-2

it's not that bad considering it's a bonus on FF X HD

LAWSON724060d ago

I know x2 aint very liked but who can complain about more especially when this was going to be overpriced anyway.

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Square Enix Declares $140m Loss Amid Game Pipeline Shakeup

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth publisher Square Enix has declared a $140m loss based on a shakeup of its internal development pipeline.

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Furesis12h ago

What are they doing over there? Sounds like they canceled something big. I read a rumor a while back about ff9 remake . Here "Final Fantasy IX has gone through a very challenging development, the game is still in progress but may undergo changes drastic enough that we won't hear about it for a couple of years."
This could be one of the reasons if the rumor is true. That was Silknight i don't know how credible he is but it's something and it would make sense.

-Foxtrot11h ago

I hope IX is still on the cards

Just a straight up remake which they expand a little bit nothing over ambitious

If IX dosent happen then VI and VIII will never be thought of.

Kakashi Hatake40m ago

6 and 8 were way more p popular games despite today's cult following of 9.

TiredGamer9h ago

What are they doing? Sales are falling and the costs are out of control. Big releases need to be absolute sales home runs now, and Final Fantasy sales have stagnated.

Now we know why Square didn’t fall over themselves to remake the original FF7 all these years ago. It certainly wasn’t a license to print money, at least not with what the expectations were. Each of these full on remakes drains an enormous amount of company resources for a razor thin profit margin.

TwoPicklesGood9h ago

Breaking the game up into multiple parts was a mistake IMO.

blackblades8h ago

The loses came from cancelling games nothing else.

shadowT11h ago

Do not miss Final Fantasy 16. Great game!

raWfodog11h ago

I'm waiting for them to release the complete edition bundle, but it's definitely on my list.

PhillyDonJawn10h ago

Wth is going on with the gaming industry?

mandf9h ago

Corporate investors taking everything

TiredGamer9h ago

Not rocket science. Compare sales numbers, development cycles, and budgets to the previous gens. We are all collectively burning up the industry from the inside out. Expectations are ludicrously high now for every release and sales are dropping for even the most prestigious of series.

We used to be satisfied paying $50-60 for a game that took 1/100th the budget and staff to make. Now gamers feel cheated if they have to pay the same for a game that took 100x the budget. We may be reaching the end of the line for this model of gaming.

wiz71916h ago

@tiredgamer I think your point is one that ppl don’t understand and you hit it on the nose .. some gamers don’t want to take accountability but it’s some of the gamers fault the industry is where it’s at .. we as gamers set the standards for the industry not the shareholders , ppl forget that the shareholders and the industry want and need OUR Money. Both the Xbox and PlayStation are seeing a drop in hardware , the industry is very stagnant right now.

Tacoboto7h ago

Speaking to Square:

Turns out their mismanagement wasn't related to the western studios they dumped to Embracer, but their own fault.

With regards to Xbox - a good way to kill your brand is to pull support on high quality titles and only dump B and C-tier titles to it

With regards to PC - Epic Games Story exclusivity for any duration and piss-poor optimization will hurt you.

With regards to FF Pixel Remasters - y'all messed up by barely releasing them on physical, like wtf that was free money!

And lastly, you don't help a franchise by releasing a mainline title that undermines every title that came before it. FFXVI was a DMC-like with bottom-of-the-barrel side quests and I can't imagine that helping Rebirth at all considering its marketing is directly tied to how big that game is.

Tacoboto6h ago

Sony is getting their best titles and with the most polish, so what about it? Nintendo gets their top properties too, for titles that can run on Switch hardware.

It's the other fanbases that get the second- and third-class treatment from Square. If that's due to agreements with Sony, that's not a Sony issue but a Square one for accepting those terms. Sony is doing its best to look out for Sony.

TiredGamer10h ago

The industry implosion is continuing. Sky high budgets, prolonged development windows, stagnant sales numbers, and falling currency values (inflation) are wreaking havoc on the legacy industry. AAA games will slowly become the rarity.

CS710h ago

Sad. Rebirth was one of my favorite games in a long time. Should have sold more.

CrimsonWing699h ago

Oh I’m with you. What’s worse is they can say, “Well we tried to make this amazing game and spend all this money on, but not enough people showed an interest. So no more of these since we can’t take a hit like that.”

The industry is going to take a dramatic shift. Mark my words on this.

rpvenom8h ago(Edited 8h ago)

I think there is quite a large portion of individuals like myself who held out on buying it on PS5 because I can get it on PC eventually. To be able to mod the game and also have custom graphical settings to my liking

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Square & Bandai Namco Being Honest About Quality Is A Step In The Right Direction

Saad from eXputer: "After suffering from massive financial hits, Square Enix & Bandai Namco appear to be turning over a new leaf but I'm still unconvinced."

Nerdmaster1d 2h ago (Edited 1d 2h ago )

I was talking about games with some Japanese guys here in Japan, and it seems like around here Bandai Namco has a fame of making low-quality games, with the occasional gem.

About Square Enix, I believe they lack the capacity to improve. They should learn with Capcom (although even Capcom still makes some bad mistakes), but I don't think they ever will. They keep chasing whatever is new at the time (blockchain, AI...) to say "we innovate", without considering the public perception and if these things actually improve the games or not. Them releasing too many small games with no advertising also shows a lack of trust in its own products. Even with their biggest games, like turning FF into an action game with XVI and the very divisive plot changes regarding whispers and timelines in VII Remake, shows them trying to attract a new generation of gamers without understanding what made the series so big in the first place.

shinoff21831d 1h ago

I want a true ff7 remake. With thatcsaid I'm way happier with 7 remake then I was with ff16. I'd still prefer turn based but square keep chasing these Lil kids

Snookies1222h ago

Man, it is perfectly fine to prefer turn based. Turn based is amazing. But there's zero reason to call anyone who likes action games "lil kids". Liking one gameplay system over another does not make you more mature in any way.

VersusDMC1d 1h ago

People love the new FF's overall...the problem is the abundance of 7's they release that lose money or make very little like diofield, star ocean divine force, Valkyrie asylum, harvestella, foam stars, etc. Advertising wouldn't have saved those games. Apparently Forespoken had a big Advertising budget but we saw how that went.

shinoff21831d ago (Edited 1d ago )

Star ocean divine force actually sold well from what I've read not ff type numbers but well enough. Was a dope game to.

FinalFantasyFanatic23h ago

Bandai Namco is going to Bandai Namco, I do believe that Square Enix can't change without changing the entire management, they've had these issues for more than a decade and haven't learnt, I have very little faith they can course correct. I'll still buy their better remasters/remakes like Star Ocean 2 though (not FF7R).

Asterphoenix21h ago

Namco is just milking the same Sword Art Online with lack of budget as well as anime IPs that don't go to decent developers like Jujutsu Kaisen and My Hero Academia. Namco deserves their losses and no future Dot Hack or Xenosaga remaster :(.

Square allocated lot of their budget on Forspoken was a mistake. Square always had management issues. Star Ocean 2 was a great remake and I found their recent entries of FF(16 and Rebirth) better than 13 and 15.
I think they were better than 360/PS3 generation where Square went really downhill.

CrimsonWing691d ago

I don’t know why NOW they decide on this, but I guess later is better than never.

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I’m Glad Atlus & SE Changed Dates To Avoid Competing With Shadow Of The Erdtree

Saad from eXputer: "I'm glad I don't have to choose between Square Enix, Atlus, and FromSoftware due to bad release windows and Shadow of the Erdtree."

H96d ago

More intelligent than guerilla games

raWfodog6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

Atlus is releasing their game one week before Erdtree, SE is releasing theirs one week after.

HZD released four days before Zelda, HFW released one week before Elden Ring.

It seems to me like they are still releasing their games too close to Erdtree.

VincentVanBro5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

What a word vomit, rambling, turd of an article that simply states the obvious. Classic exputer.