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Final Fantasy XIII Is Coming To Xbox 360

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-gotta-be-kidding-me dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In a stunning change, Square-Enix announced today at Microsoft's E3 press conference that its next iteration in the Final Fantasy series is also coming to Xbox 360." And I just rationalized the PS3 purchase by telling myself that the next FF will require it.

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  1. Re:Elderly games. by neokushan · · Score: 5, Informative

    Would you feel better if they gave it a different name? The Final Fantasy games don't follow on from one another, they occasionally have similar themes or side-characters, but that's it.
    Think of it more like a branding, like Ferrari or Ford.

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  2. Re:Well there goes the history of decent quality.. by wilgibson · · Score: 4, Informative

    Crystal Tools, originally White Engine, has been a multiplatform development tool. They announced last fall that it was multiplatorm. GDC '08 At the SE presser yesterday it was said that FF13 was being developed on PC, then ported over to both systems. This is SE, I seriously doubt it will be worse on either system. Though, I'm guessing the 360 version will be 3 or 4 discs.

  3. Re:I have always been a Sony fanboy... by mweather · · Score: 4, Informative

    30 years of stifling innovation and screwing over consumers VS a rootkit. Hmm, yeah, Microsoft sucks worse. Not to mention it was their insecure OS that got rootkited when a CD was inserted.

  4. Re:I've never been a Sony fanboy.... BUT by Durzel · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well put.

    Another point you forgot to mention, but which is just as important in my opinion, is the noise level. The PS3 is very quiet, almost silent in fact, which is of paramount importance when you're watching media in my opinion.

    Taking nothing away from the Xbox 360 as a games console but it just doesn't hold a candle to the PS3 as a media centre. You just can't live with the noise it makes, unless your standards are already so low to begin with.

    PS3 + Bluray + 1080p screen + decent audio kit = unrivalled in the home.

  5. Re:I have always been a Sony fanboy... by noric · · Score: 4, Informative

    That and the fact that FF is really not a franchise for casual gamers... it doesn't really cater to the Wii audience regardless of how large that audience is.

    As of March 31, 2008, Twilight Princess sold 4.52 million copies on the Wii.

  6. Re:Well there goes the history of decent quality.. by Gewalt · · Score: 4, Informative

    a bad reference, but the first one I found

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