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FFXIII Not Due Until Next Year

Posted by Zonk on from the wait-for-the-other-shoe dept.

IGN translated an article discussing a financials meeting recently held by Final Fantasy creator Square/Enix. According to company president Yoichi Wada, don't expect FFXIII until next year. At least. "'It will still take a bit more time. At the very least, [a release] this fiscal year is definitely out of the question.' Japanese is known for being a pretty vague language, but Wada's words were pretty clear. No FFXIII in Japan until some time after March 2008. Let's hope Square Enix starts the translation before development finishes up." The implication there, of course, is that if we follow the trend from FFXII the U.S. may not see the game until Winter 08, or even early 09.

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  1. Wishful thinking by BecomingLumberg · · Score: 4, Informative

    Maybe by then I can afford a PS3 to play it on.

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    If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.-TJ
    1. Re:Wishful thinking by DrEldarion · · Score: 2, Informative

      No, the Final Fantasy XIII series is not PS3 exclusive. They've said that they want to develop a ton of games using the same world, and they're branching out onto other consoles to do that. See also the mobile phone game. Nobody every said anything about the FFXIII "base" game, people are just jumping to conclusions (illogical ones, at that, considering how long FFXIII has been in development for the PS3, how badly the 360 is doing in Japan, and how much Square loves their CG, meaning they require a TON of disc space...)

      I'd say that, given the success of the DS, that's the most likely place for an offshoot. They're already making an FFXII offshoot on the DS.