"Oh it didn’t fit in the 360 discs so we’ll have to take it out of the PS3 version" is NOT Something I wanted to hear.. x__x

I am more interested in if it will impact the PS3 release date.



Obviously if they are about done on the PS3 version, the 360 development, which basically just started, will not affect it.

Let's take a quiz of how many discs the 360 version will need to hold FFXIII. Starting from 10, then onwards ten-fold....

Japanese version is out in "winter 09" which could be as early as oct/nov but probably Dec.



I understand they need to localize it before releasing it in NA. Still, they have shown demos with english, so they have obviously started localization to some point. So it shouldn't take them long to localize it... definitely not as long as it will take to finish development on 360.

Japanese devs could, you know, decide not to have prerendered cg sequences, and that would save a lot of space. But, no, if it doesn't have these videos, well, it's just not a game without them.



Damn developers could learn a thing or two about crutches and how to learn to walk without them.

their vision, their decision... don't like it, don't buy it.



simple as that.

That was 2 gens ago. I don't get why people gave Freya a sad face. He or she wasn't being a fanboy just pointing out the obvious truth. I honestly dont care much and just hope the game is actually good because I hate the characters in this game except for the main girl.

@freya



3-4 "cds"? lol

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Final Fantasy VII was 3 discs, where as Final Fantasy VII and IX were both on 4 discs. I know that Final Fantasy X was on 1 disc but my concern is that with today's expectations of what a new Final Fantasy should be, Square needs to go all out to really trump last gen standards. I am not just talking about graphics alone, I am talking about gameplay and no more text only conversations between characters. Fallout 3 proved that it is worth having actual speech between all characters in the huge story will really show expression and emotion. I hope Square goes the next step and does the same and doesn't opt for the half and half like previous titles.

They are releasing the Japanese version before, because they have it localised to the Japanese market.



The engine they use for FFXIII is already multi-platform, which means that moving to the Xbox 360 is not going to take much time, and it will take much less time then it will take to localise it for the US market.



And most importantly, the team that are localising it are not developing it for the Xbox 360, meaning, no time is being wasted. You are wating for the game to be localised, not for the game to be made for the Xbox 360.



As for the game being on how many disks, Square-Enix are most likely going to compress the data for the Xbox, and uncompress it for the PS3, they did this for the localisation of Crisis Core. They will not be taking any data out.

Square-Enix specialise in prerendered CG cutscenes, it is what they aim to be the best at.

Of course they won't sacrifice the quality, they're sacrificing the release date instead!

But they have already stated that they would not include the Japanese soundtrack in the 360 version. I see that as a comprimisation caused by size limitations... so it obviously means something to them.



Definitely going to go with the PS3 version, if just for that.

I'm just praying they leave the Jap soundtrack on the ps3 version, that still hasn't been confirmed.

"Honestly, it'll only be spread onto 2 discs, just like all the others." What "others"? Other Final Fantasies? I don't recall ANY Final Fantasy being on two discs. Other Xbox RPGs? Dude, even Microsoft's in-house developed RPGs are at least 3 DVDs big. The pressure's especially on this time around because they'll have to cut down a massive PS3 game into a few DVDs. In the end, Square's going to want to keep this game at 3 or less discs because of the cost of packaging the game. Anymore than 2 discs and they have to pay a lot of extra money. But this would lead me to believe that they'll have to make a few concessions to make all of it fit on 3 discs. People will go on and on about compression techniques or whatever, but it's not that simple. I'm not saying I WANT the 360 version to get the shorter end of the stick, but I do predict that it may.

Don't count on it....



I was watching my buddy do a side quest in Star Ocean, where he had to go to some place, and then back to a main city and do it about 6-8 times.....everytime he went from the city to the area or the area to the city he had to swap the disc. Anyways, he swapped the disk about 12 times in 30-45 mins.....and that is a square game. So they are definitely not too worried about making people swap disks over and over....

It will be at least 3 discs, probably alot more.



Consider the square and mistwalker games that were developed with the 360 in mind....they are all at least 3 discs.



This was meant to fit on a blu-ray, so chances are the game will be 4 or more discs, maybe as many as 6 or 7.



Remember, the demo that was released with Advent children was 5gb.....almost 1 dvd right there.

Crisis Core was only on the PSP, but the Japanese version's fmvs were compress when it was localised to the USA Market ( I have no idea about the EU game ). Not to mention, Square-Enix have been doing this for a long time.

ive nevver seen the interest in final fantasy. seems so boring and repetitive. but thats my opinion. sum of my friends love it to death