Job Posting Adds More Fuel to Final Fantasy Versus XIII Exclusivity Rumors

[KeyMaster45]

Ehhh, I was kinda only waiting for versus because of its combat system.(which if I remember correctly is the reason why we don't have KH3 yet)Frankly the eastern game market has greatly disappointed me with its delivery speed for games. Chief among their delays is the 6 months it took for them to bring Birth by Sleep to the rest of the world. I mean seriously, they waited until after the Japanese release to begin doing voice over work and localization for the game. The result of which was by the time it actually released here in the states much of the hype surrounding the game had died because information about everything pertaining to the game had been plastered all over the net. They essentially shot themselves in the foot and I would bet only garnered a fraction of the sales they would have had if they'd been timely about its world wide release.

They're now seeing the same thing with 13 versus, people were expecting it to be done in tandem with 13 yet as 13's release date drew closer they decided to push back the date to sometime past never. I know for certain they've already lost a sale with me because I frankly don't care anymore; especially after hearing how abysmally bad 13 was. Again, square has shot themselves in the foot but this time because they're dragging their feet on development as a whole.

I honestly can't figure out what Japan's damage is with game releases in the west but if they want to become competitive with the western market again they're going to have to stop dragging their feet when it comes to releasing games in a timely manner to all the markets and not just theirs.

 

[Mirrorknight]

I guess if I still only owned a XBox 360, I'd care more about this.

Maybe if SqaureEnix could make a Final Fantasy that has double digits that's
actually good, I'd care more about this.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Its stuff like this that spawns people like this

Funny as hell, but sadly fanboys like this do exist.

 

[twm1709]

While I can understand Sony, Nintendo or Microsoft favoring exclusives, there is no logical reason to be upset about a game being multiplattform other thatn plain old selfishness. There's no betrayal to be had ehre, and if the game happenned to be badly optimized it's because the developer was lazy and/or unprofessional. It should have nothing to do with being an exclusive or not.

 

[twm1709]

sorry... double post

 

[Stabby Joe]

Releasing a game on another console increasing their revenue? Oh that's right, I'm supposed to be a fanboy about it.

Its stuff like this that spawns people like this

Funny as hell, but sadly fanboys like this do exist.

Sometimes I love and hate the internet at the same time.

 

[DustyDrB]

What is this whole "versus" business with FF?

Yeah, I don't get it either. Someone want to teach a JRPG illiterate guy something?

 

[mad825]

still no news for the PC version huh?

 

[Space Spoons]

I'd be happier to hear this if I had any hope at all that FF Versus XIII was going to be a good game. As it stands, I just don't care. XIII killed any expectations I had of Square-Enix recovering from this absurd "pretty/over-the-top visuals > gameplay" attitude.

 

[carpathic]

What do I think?

Who cares? It is a sub-par (even for a JRPG) game that now gets ported to Xbox.

 

[JaredXE]

Its stuff like this that spawns people like this

Funny as hell, but sadly fanboys like this do exist.

Please tell me this is a joke. No one is that melodramatic outside of a Shakesperian play.

 

[Flunk]

Why should it matter if another platform gets the game? Assuming it still comes out of PS3 they don't lose anything.

 

[SelectivelyEvil13]

Even when I exclusively owned a 360 I didn't really want FFXIII to come out on it as well. My concern is focused more on the final product being given the proper attention and quality control for its specific consoles or not and whether or not they can be punctual about the release time.

 

[antipunt]

hmm...well.. SURPRISE! (not really)

 

[kouriichi]

Honestly, i could care less about what system its on. :/
Its the game that matters. If the game is going to suck, its going to suck, despite what console its on.

 

[Crimsane]

Anyone else just read the posting to basically mean "someone with current-gen console experience"?

 

[twaddle]

What really gets me is that They are just now getting to the stage of development for needing a battle planner!!!

Seriously, I though square was a huge almost mega corporation! in the east. Did they just let go over half of the staff and have the whole company working on only 1 project at a time?! Come on square you guys had final fnatasy 8,9,and 10 within 4 year period! All of them were great games with decent stories. Maybe it's time to look in the past to improve the productivity of the future. Then again This was back in the Square Soft days. Is it "ENIX" that's slowing you guys down to a crawl?

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Its stuff like this that spawns people like this

Funny as hell, but sadly fanboys like this do exist.

Please tell me this is a joke. No one is that melodramatic outside of a Shakesperian play.

Nope, the guy is a professional troll. Look up "Smashbrothah" on youtube to see this psycho go insane over Smash Brothers Brawl.

 

[Andy of Comix Inc]

Honestly, i could care less about what system its on. :/
Its the game that matters. If the game is going to suck, its going to suck, despite what console its on.

And if it's great, you'd wanna share the love with as many wallet-holes as possible, non?

I thought it was coming to 360, I really liked FFXIII visuals, but not much else; so I was looking forward to an action-RPG set in the FFXIII world. I don't have a PS3. But this isn't the source of my confusion. What I'm confused about is why PS3 fanboys are complaining? Who cares if you don't get an exclusive, whingy fanboys. Everyone with YouTube gets to watch all the MGS4 cutscenes, are you mad about that?

...and there's some great satire in there somewhere.