Final Fantasy XIII possibly to go multi.....you know.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Sony France executive says in interview that Square Enix's latest installment may not be exclusive to the console after all.
By Emma Boyes, GameSpot UK
Posted Mar 22, 2007 6:36 am PT

One more platform-exclusive title may be going multiplatform, it has been revealed. The latest news appears to be that Square Enix's latest epic role-playing game, Final Fantasy XIII, may follow other titles--including Saints Row, Assassin's Creed, and Devil May Cry 4--that have now been announced as appearing on at least one other platform as well.

Sony Computer Entertainment France president Georges Fornay dropped the bombshell in an interview with French-language newspaper Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace (subscription required). He said, "The development costs of games have exploded, and it has become more difficult to have exclusives, outside of our own games. But we have for launch day [in France] 30 games, including MotorStorm, Resistance: Fall of Man, and Virtua Fighter 5. Moreover, we are expecting 200 games [for the PS3] by the end of 2007...As far as Final Fantasy XIII goes, I can tell you that the exclusivity is in discussion."

Fornay went on to say that he believed that the PS3 would be particularly successful in France, and that there had been approximately 60,000 preorders made (compared to 40,000 made for the Xbox 360, and 75,000 for the Wii). France will be getting approximately 150,000 of the 1 million consoles allocated to PAL regions.

He also answered questions about backward compatibility for the next-gen console, responding to fears that the console would not support many PS2 titles without the Emotion Engine. Fornay said, "Now, if you ask me whether this was a blow to the launch, I would say that [Sony] would have done better to be sure that the console would be completely backward compatible before announcing it. But hey, when it becomes clear what the PS3 is capable of, gamers won't really fancy playing PS2 [games] anymore..."

Square Enix had not returned calls to comment as of press time.

As for Final Fantasy XIII, who the hell didn't see this coming? Game Over.

As for backwards compatibility, it's a sham. The only reason they aren't doing anything towards fixing PS1/2 BC is because there are still so many suckers in this world who will pay $129.99 for sub-Dreamcast technology. In a few years when PS2 is really dead, they'll fix backwards compatibility. Just don't hold your breath. Remember kiddies, the PS1 didn't really die until 2005.

[Shark]

Good. DMC4, Assassin's Creed, now FF13. All we need now is Metal Gear Solid 4, and we know Kojima hates the PS3 (mainly as far as the controllers go), so I wouldn't doubt that Sony loses MGS4.

[GK Punk]

Sweet, FF was the only thing that would have made me get a PS3 at this point. Now I'll just wait to see what systems it comes out on.

[Ra]

Now, if only I can get an X-Box Live to read PS1 and PS2 Disks, along with their memory cards... *plots*

I saw this coming from a mile away. I don't know about you guys, but to me they are abandoning the fast-sinking ship labeled "Sony". Not that I'm complaining. With Final Fantasy moving onto multiplatorms, Kingdom Hearts will not be far behind. As soon as that moves onto multi, I am SO getting an X-Box Live!

[Barkworm]

I have mixed feelings about this. I know I will have to buy a PS3 at some point because I love God of War and Ratchet & Clank but it would be nice to have a console for more than just two franchises.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Good point.

[Ra]

Hm, got that right. Well, we can only hope that either -

A) Sony manages to get on top again (very unlikely)

or


B) God of War, Ratchet and Clank, and other good games that are still with Sony will both jump onto the multi platform wagon. They are going to have to do it sooner or later in order to sell to a wide audience. Only total losers, suckers, and fan boys will have the PS3 when the games come out, so they may as well try and aim at the multi platform road to try and branch out to a wider audience.

*thinks of Ratchet and Clank on the Wii and shudders slightly*

[Barkworm]

Yeah, Ratchet and especially GoW are never going to come out on other consoles.

[Shark]

Originally Posted by Ra

Only total losers, suckers, and fan boys will have the PS3 when the games come out...

And rich people...

Originally Posted by Barkworm

Yeah, Ratchet and especially GoW are never going to come out on other consoles.

Yeah, we thought the same thing about DMC.

Jak, Ratchet, and Metal Gear Solid are all I'm hopeing for.

[Cure]

Originally Posted by Shark

Yeah, we thought the same thing about DMC.

Jak, Ratchet, and Metal Gear Solid are all I'm hopeing for.

But DMC wasn't made by a Sony studio or whatever. God of War and Ratchet are.

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Ra

Only total losers, suckers, and fan boys will have the PS3 when the games come out, so they may as well try and aim at the multi platform road to try and branch out to a wider audience.

Yeah, thanks for insulting me there. Aggregate generalization and stereotyping are always the way to go! Sony published and owned IP's heading to multiple platforms! RIGHT! Only someone who's completely ignorant to the industry would say something like that.

Originally Posted by Shark

Yeah, we thought the same thing about DMC.

Devil May Cry is a 3rd party developed and published game. Capcom owns everything to do with it, it has nothing to do with Sony.

God of War, Ratchet and Jak are all Sony owned IP's. God of War is published and developed by Sony. And despite the fact that Insomniac games develops Ratchet, and they're actually a third-party, their exclusivity deal with Sony means that Sony own the rights to the Ratchet games, so even if Insomniac wanted to work somewhere else, they couldn't bring Ratchet with them.


I hate people who just post whatever comes out of their ass.

[愛]

Even if FFXIII is coming to 360, I'm not buying it. I'm done with the Final Fantasy series after XII. This is really good for the remaining fans, though.

[Shark]

Finally someone else that hates 12. Far as I can tell, 12 is getting as much praise as 7. I HATED 12. I couldn't tolerate it enough to play past the first aeon level. I sold that game quickly.

[Ra]

Originally Posted by Peanut

Yeah, thanks for insulting me there. Aggregate generalization and stereotyping are always the way to go! Sony published and owned IP's heading to multiple platforms! RIGHT! Only someone who's completely ignorant to the industry would say something like that.

Eh, I wasn't being dead serious about what I was saying. In fact, I was probably insulting myself as well, since I might be getting a PS3 myself when the price lowers. Until then, it's just me and my PS2.

And yes, I am ridiculously ignorant of to the industry since I'm only just starting to get a bit more serious about games. I honestly don't care. At least I'm trying to get involved despite my busy lifestyle *shrugs*

[MrOldSchool]

They're making XIII? I heard somewhere back in 2003 that the 12th game was gonna be the last one of the series.

[愛]

If people will keep buying them, they will keep making them. XIII was announced before XII was even released in Japan. Even so, XII was sold and received much better than X, from what I heard. The series fanbase isn't letting up. I'm not buying into it anymore, though. The series has gone downhill since....I dunno. X? The problem is they're trying to change a formula that works. Random battles and turn-based combat was loved by many. They just want a bigger demographic, at the cost of the working formula. They're losing fans, but gaining new ones. I guess they're willing to make the trade off. Hey, good for them, but I'm through with them.

....anyway, yeah.

[GK Punk]

I really liked 12 actually. I thought it was a good twist on it.

[愛]

Because you support terrorism!

I couldn't take the combat. I enjoyed the combat in FFXI, back when I played with all the Jap kids during the day. Oh, those were the days. I should go back someday......nah.

[GK Punk]

lmao.

I mean I did prefer the X battle system, but after I got used to 12's, I started to like it. Maybe 'cause I never played FF 11 though.

[Barkworm]

I was so sure I would totally hate XII's battle system but I almost immediately loved it. I could never go back to random battles after this one. Storywise it's probably one of the weaker FF games.