If you don't live in Japan, you've got more than a year before you'll be playing Final Fantasy XIII.
2010. Deal with it.It seems like I've been hearing more and more speculation about the various international release dates for Final Fantasy XIII lately, though Square Enix president Yoichi Wada set the record straight in a financial call in Tokyo today. After revealing that the Japanese game publisher has been thus far unaffected by our Current Economic Situation, Wada stated that FFXIII would be hitting Japan in 2009, though the rest of the world would have to wait until April 2010 or later. No specifics about the relative release dates for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were given.
This seems pretty well in line with how Square has launched past Final Fantasy games, though considering the company's publicly stated agenda of wanting to court both Western developers and players, I find the release gap a little bit surprising. Of course, if you simple cannot wait to explore the gleaming world of Fabuloso Crystal Marvalis or whatever, there's no region encoding on the PlayStation 3, though there's still that little issue of everything being in Japanese.
Oh, well. I'd hoped it would be this year. I'm still waiting for another really great (proper) FF game. I've been waiting since after VIII. Guess I won't know until at least 2010.
Ah well, it'll give me time to actually finish Mass Effect, Fallout 3 and Fable 2. Not to mention all the subquests I've still gotta get done from FFXII......
Square always do this. Every single time! And yet evey time I find myself believing their deadlines. Why?
exactly Groobmaster, PS3 owners can thank MS for this wait, i'm pretty sure that otherwise we would've gotten it at the end of 09. My question is, does anyone remember if they said at E3 that it would come out the same time in america for both systems? I dont understand why they wouldn't just release it for the ps3 when its done and then release it for the X-Bawks when its done. hmm maybe MS had some stipulation...
UGH!! I wantedto play a new FF for the first time this year. But I guess I'm going to have to play all there old stuff until they release 13 and Verues.....whenever that comes out.
I read an article on Kotaku, that the game will be released in Japan first this winter. There seems to be a bunch of people here in the states upset. I don't blame them, but they don't remember the last holiday, do they? I really want Square to succeed, and a release after the holidays is very much welcome in my eyes. A midnight release would be more practical after the holidays without the holiday panic in mind.
Smart move on Square Enix, keep this in mind for those who want to see Square continue making kick ass games in the future. First you release in Japan this year, Winter '09. Then create a hype here in the US making us so want the game. Then release in February 2010, bypassing the Holiday cluster-f*ck, and beating the massive spoilers released on the "Internets". Max sales, happy fans, and happy for the game business. Sales (pays the bills) = success and not the scores and reviews(doesn't pay the bill). Good plan?
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