Was Final Fantasy XV's Delay Due To PS4 Pro? Unlikely

Final Fantasy Union: "The days surrounding the now infamous delay of Final Fantasy XV were somewhat chaotic. This is a game that has been plagued with challenges since its inception as Final Fantasy Versus XIII and then re-imagination as Final Fantasy XV, and the delay, after everything that had come before, was just too much for some people."

[Tech5]

Maybe, maybe not. Sony did say they wouldn't show off the Neo/Pro until there was enough games to show running. that was right when SE said they were considering releasing a higher spec version. of course with this being said FFXV was going to release regardless.

[Irishguy95]

Due to leaks a few months ago, these leaks were at first lol'd at, before starting to realize this guy was actually
credible, then SE release the first few hours vid and the leaks were 100% correct up to that point..

These leaks also stated a more than likely delay due to the game not being finished. Not to mention Tabata was

interviewed on it. Unfortunately for me, I now know I ruined the general plot for myself. :(
I will link to these if asked, its on Gaf(of course). But beware, it really does explain the plot, who dies and who kills them. The first we heard of Noctis getting older, was through those leaks. Then SE confirmed it with their vids a month or two later. So really. Just don't even search

95% sure the leak is due to quality. Basically

[xMANB3ARP1G]

Please links

[Irishguy95]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum...

Here you go MAN pig, Seriously. If you DO want to take a look, only undo the first few lines of the plot. Like, just to even compare it to what SE has show,

Don't read more than 4 lines of the 'basic plot summary'

This dates back to June. The trailers released at the time had no mention of what he has mentioned, however in more recent reveals, all of it is actually shown (First scene of game is characters and fire etc etc), noctis getting older etc

[Adrian_v01]

@xMAN

if you read the first three lines you can read everything. Because...

@Irishguy

...it sounds like bullshit. By the time this was posted a lot of the plot the supposed leaker mentiones was already known. Only the fire and Ifrit fight seems like a wow revelation but that could be someone who had early access from the trailer. Because it is suspicious that this part of the plot which takes minutes persumably is described in such detail, but the second half of the game with hours of plot is fitted in statements ala 'meh then they do this'.

Titan was know to be a thing since people bugging out of Duscae's playable zone and the Trial of Titan was also know to be made earlier than E3. Story details that were mentioned either in trailers or the movie weren't even mentioned by the leaker, e.g. plague of the stars, Etro, Luna's connection to her and the moon etc.

**Kingsglaive spoilers ahead**

Nyx was also mentioned to return in the game but the leaker didn't mention that. Also, from the movie it is know that Noctis most likely won't age from a 10 year sleep, but that the magic the family wields makes them age more rapidly, as was the case with Regis.

**Kingsglaive spoiler end**

Basically, the super accurate info was all part of the trailer released about a month ago (not sure when exactly), everything else is either written too generally in comparison or outright false (e.g. outfits only being black or there being no PS Pro version).

[Irishguy95]

That's relieving to hear Adrian, I hope you're right!

[poppinslops]

In an interview at this year's E3, Tabata confirmed that his team was not working on a Neo version - furthermore, his ignorance with regards to the PS4P's specs suggests that they were yet to receive a dev-kit, which made sense as FFXV was scheduled to release before the October 'deadline'... now the game has been pushed back and a PS4P version is in the works, but we're expected to believe that the delay was made in order to polish a game that's been in development for 10 years - a game that just had a dedicated event to announce it's 'release date'?!

[glassgannon909]

and you think theyll walk over that date for a console that hasnt even released and one they dont even have any real footage or a bundle for?
the game was in a crappy state at gamescom, thus, it got, delayed.
happens to nearly every aaa game these days.

and smh, do people still really believe they had been working on this for the past 10 years?
even if theyve been working on it since the day they got ps4 devkits or specs that still puts it around 4 or 5 years/
how the heck does whatever they did on ps3 make developing the ps4 version that much easier or shorter?
nioh was announced in 2004 and its most recent beta still had fps drops and bugs , sounds like a even bigger mess right?they still need beta testing after 12 years

[darkwalker]

I think its pretty obvious that the game was delayed in order to be sold as a bundle with the PS4 pro or simply the sell more units after the the system's launch.

[glassgannon909]

but there is no pro bundle...and no its not conjecture, the director himself said so a day or two ago

[lelo2play]

Was Final Fantasy XV's Delay Due To PS4 Pro?

Most likely.
If Sony paid Square, then good for them. Few extra funds they got for a expensive 10+ years development game.

[Movefasta1993]

This is the game i want to buy once i get the pro,i hope it's been boosted up for 1080p gaming.

[DarkZane]

No it wasn't, it was delayed because the game needed a delay to run better. They did say recently that they're not focusing on pro mode and they're using the time to make PS4 and Xbox One versions run better.

[Movefasta1993]

That's a lie,because there's footage of the pro mode and it looked way better. So CLEARLY they are focusing on it.

[Movefasta1993]

Clicking a few buttons?PLease tell me more.

[cash_longfellow]

If it was delayed because of the Pro, don't you think it would be out on or around the same day, not 3 weeks later? Makes no sense.

[Tsuru]

Course its unlikely. He gave a whole speech last month as to why it was delayed.

[Elda]

Who knows? Only Square & Sony would know the true answer but Square decided to make their game look even prettier by having it compatible with the PS4 pro which imo is a wise move. I can't wait to play FFXV on the Ps4 pro!

[NXSwitch]

The delay is a D port to NX with Ex stuff along with Cloud amiibo bundle to show case how insane the NX makes the game look & run better.