FF13 Leaked Story – SE: Business disturbance!

It appears inevitable a game release such as FF13 would leak out early.

Not only breaking Japan’s Street date, but info leaking out in popular websites such as 2ch. News is spreading quickly in regards to FF13 Story so it is recommended to take caution when searching info about FF13. To top it off SquareEnix sees this as a business disturbance. As I was researching more into this I found a blog of a leaked phone conversation from a SquareEnix Representative(Not sure if it was a high rank rep.)

It’s in Japanese, So bear in mind this will get translated.

http://blog.livedoor.jp/gehakakugo/archives/51385835.html

UPDATE: Translated by me. It appears it was a call to SE customer support line by a anonymous gamer/customer. But this has made

SE aware of the problem.

SquareEnix: Thank you for calling SquareEnix ****, this is ****.

? : To put it in short, the reason I am calling is and would like to ask concerning FF13, Which goes on sale on 12/17 (Thursday) Right? Today is the 14th, but there’s a bulletin board on the net with an entry of a person who passed the game already.

SquareEnix: They Passed it?…

? : The protagonist (Lightning) **** away with ****. In that entry even the name of the Last BOSS is stated. This also becomes a business disturbance for SquareEnix and their FF fans that reserved it. Simultaneously you would loose the desire to buy it, right?

SquareEnix: That’s Correct.

? : I became concerned and that’s why I’ve called. Bearing that in mind if this games information that was leaked is true or not. I would like to hear but not now. It’s a good thing for the person who passed the game 3 days or so. But this caused me to unintentionally find this info which I thought was wrong.

SquareEnix: That’s correct, unfortunately due to the nature of the inquiry. Due to the game content information leaked is difficult to answer for. But this is a problem that such information was posted on a bulletin board. To verify this which board did you see this info being posted on?

? : It was on 2ch

SquareEnix: On which 2ch section?

? : It was in no particular category, I just searched under the keyword of FF13 and the archives where pulled up. You would think 3 days to clear and pass the game is impossible. Also pictures of gameplay and such have been posted

SquareEnix: Game pictures were released?

? : Yes, numerous pictures have been coming out and increasing. This has been happening ever since the game was cleared.

SquareEnix: We value your opinion and calling to report on this matter. We will look into this matter carefully. Thank you very much.

End of call.