Whoa, Nelly: Final Fantasy XIII already functional... on PC *Update 2* Square Enix reclarifies |
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News from NVIDIA's centralized gaming community, nZone, has slapped us - the "PC master race" (as dubbed by ol' Yahtzee, bless his "whiteness") - back to planet Earth. According to NVIDIA, Square Enix was proud to have said that the PC-based development tools they created allowed them to get Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, Xbox 360) working on the PC.
We all know that Crystal Tools is the improved and renamed White Engine, a development tool suite that Square Enix used for all of it's previous games. And as reported by fellow news twitter Sally "Bo Bally" B., Crystal Tools' debut on the next-generation era also heralded the end of PlayStation-exclusivity. Crystal Tools was compatible with the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and even the Wii.
Unfortunately, someone forgot one minor detail: Crystal Tools was primarily PC-based, and not only that, it rendered the game completely playable on the platform. Well, gee whiz.
"Currently the game is being built on PC, where it's actually functional," said producer Yoshinori Kitase at E3 2008. "Now that we're developing on a PC base, the pace is going a bit faster."
Kitase informed NVIDIA that the game was still very much in development, however, and they weren't able to give any footage of the game back at E3. They hope to release some soon, but guess what platform it could be played on: the PC or the Xbox 360.
The little geek in most of us knows, it's going to be showcased natively - aside from the Xbox 360, my money's on Crystal Tools on PC. Why? Because Kitase shed a few more words that clued in to its status on the other platforms:
The content will be the same on all platforms. However, we have yet to determine how many discs will be required for the 360 version. ... We'll have to consider the differences between formats. We're still focusing on making it work on PS3, so it's difficult to know how long the process of taking it to 360 will take.
It's starting to look like the ol' days of Final Fantasy VII and VIII are up ahead in a new light, friends. More updates as we get them.
[Via nZone]
*UPDATE*: Kotaku's got the actual scoop, but they didn't realize it until the whole "OMG WHY SQUARE ENIX!" cries died down. The venerable Kitase has said that the development cycle of Final Fantasy XIII is as follows (in chronological order):
- PlayStation 3
- Windows
- Xbox 360
Kitase says they're currently running it on a PC, so they don't know the work load of getting it on the 360. They are putting priority on the PC version.
[Via Kotaku]
*UPDATE*: Square Enix replied to inquiries about the branching off of Final Fantasy XIII on PC, and they say that the game is ONLY planned for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 for now. There are no official plans of late to release the game on PC. Oh well.
It's been a good run thinking of all the good times we would have had with this addition to the PC's gaming portfolio, but right now, it's not even on the horizon yet. The full reply, ad verbatim, is as follows:
The game is being built using PC-based development tools, but that doesn't mean it's being created for the PC platform. Our current plans are to release FFXIII for the PS3 and Xbox 360 only. Sorry for the confusion!
[Via Kotaku]
Related articles:
- Square Enix's White Engine renamed, goes multiplatform including Wii
- GDC 08: Taku Murata on the technology of Final Fantasy XIII, Crystal Tools
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stands for already finished and ready to be ported to ps3 and 360?
...Kitase already covered those bases:
"We're still focusing on making it work on PS3, so it's difficult to know how long the process of taking it to 360 will take."
so... does the update means that the ps3 version was already working, then they got the PC version working, and than now 360 version follows?
... im confused :S
It means when people were talking about the 360 version downgrading the PS3 version are wrong. It means that it's being ported to PS3 and 360. Expect the same, theonly version that will be superior, only if it happens, is the PC version. Though, I guess it's up to Namura if FFvsXIII hits 360 aswell, but I don't think he wants to. He should however, let's face it, if someone buys a PS3 for RPGs they just bought the worst console for it.
Meh, though, I CAN'T wait for The Last Remnant =D
It's like everyone is forgetting how beautiful Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey were, which will always be better than Squeenix Games Now. Unless they somehow make a Final Fantasy as good as 4 in Next-Gen +)
"if the past PC versions were anything to GO by"
Goy is a real word ;)
you guys are overreacting. they have a pc version for development purposes, just like capcom with resident evil 5.
having the pc as a baseline makes for much faster development and easier ports, that's all.
it means they COULD release it for the pc as well, but I doubt they would; square never cared much the pc market, and with all this "pc is dying" hype going on, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for the pc version.
Play a lot of Scrabble, do we? ^_^
But x0rcy5t is right: it's actually supposed to be "go". So with that, I thank him for pointing out what the spell check didn't.
It's just as deABREU says. Square Enix has responded to calls, and they haven't announced a PC version officially.
Updated the article, but the updates are taking forever to show up on site. Sorry for the inconvenience caused.
About how long it will take to take it to the 360, why do they insist on making the game a simultaneous release for both systems outside of Japan? Just doesn't make sense to me. Seems like it'd be better to just have it as a timed exclusive for the PS3(seeings how these are the gamers who have actually been WAITING for the game) until they finish the 360 version. Whatever, I don't understand anything that Square Enix is doing nowadays.
Well they should make a PC version if their testing it on the PC like if they announce a pc version make sure we pc gamers get it after the PS3 release