Read in a news article a while ago that they were building the game using PC tools. With the release of the Last Remnant on PC last year, and Square's previous releases to PC with its PS1 Final Fantasies, do you think that there's some chance this could come to PC. I would be one to buy it first day if it did.
Final Fantasy XIII
Game » consists of 17 releases. Released Mar 09, 2010
This entry into the Final Fantasy universe is set in the worlds of Pulse and Cocoon. Players take control of multiple characters who are caught in a war between these worlds.
Is Final Fantasy XIII coming to PC?
I think it's quite likely it'll come to the PC, eventually.
But I'd expect it to be 360/PS3 exclusive for at least a year, it certainly won't be coming at the same time.
I bet it would depend on the success of the console release. IIRC, the PS1 FF games came out far after the console versions proved to be a hit with gamers. Perhaps this one will go the same way.
Most japanese games are using pc tools btw, same with capcom and other japanese developers considering resident evil 5, devil may cry 4 was made on the pc first. It doesn't mean it's going to be announced for the pc, however one can hope I guess.
Only VII and VIII were released on PC and those were ported by Eidos (who did a pretty shitty job, iirc). Since then the only one to see a PC release was FFXI for obvious reasons (eg it's an MMO). But you're right in that they released Last Remnant on it, so there's certainly a chance... but I'm going to guess that it won't. Maybe I'll be wrong though.
There are currently no plans for a PC port. The closest thing was this article on Kotaku, which was immediately shot down from Square.
It's true, there is a possibility that eventually a PC port could be done. I think Last Remnant was released on PC primarily as a publicity stunt to show that Square can release multi-platform titles, what better way to show you are competent using Unreal 3 than a PC port.
It should be noted that on VII and VIII were released on PC, IX never got a PC port.
To clarify for people, they are using the Crystal Tools (previously white engine) for Final Fantasy XIII and Versus XIII, the tools are designed to be multiplatform in nature, and were designed to develop PS3, Xbox 360, and PC games, its also possible for the tools to be used in conjunction with the Wii but they don't have any plans to do so currently.
So yeah, its supports PC =P Also technically all games are built on the PC the ported onto consoles, itd be pretty tricky to code a game with an xbox controller heheh.
I would say based on square-enix's previous track record, combined with the fact that they are trying to get into the PC market and their toolset supports it; they most likely will port the game to PC. However I wouldn't expect this for at least 6 months, more likely a year or more.
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