Square Enix DKΣ3713 Invitation-only Event (Mobile, DS, PSP, PS3, Blu-ray)
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Someone who may be someone on GAF(so clearly it's confirmed!) said something about Leipzig, which is this month.
PSP games & FF13 demo are more than enough for me. There is a slight possibility that there will be more news tommorow at the party.
My guess is that they leaving next batch of game news for TGS. [2 months away]
jandlecack
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2011 NA & EU release confirmed then.
F*ck them. I'm importing it. Here's to hoping the JP version will have English text & subtitles.
F*ck them. I'm importing it. Here's to hoping the JP version will have English text & subtitles.
It looks like it which I think it is kind of annoying knowing that some customers will be waiting needlessly for a delayed release only because of some outside corporate strategies.
Corporate strategies can be really brutal when it comes to spilling dust on the competitor's name or to stripping the competitor completely off its guns.
MS knows how much big of a title FF13 is for the PS platform. They wouldnt want to let it get released before the 360 version. They want to reduce the impact it will have on PS3 sales, with a simultaneous release.
Corporate strategies can be really brutal when it comes to spilling dust on the competitor's name or to stripping the competitor completely off its guns.
MS knows how much big of a title FF13 is for the PS platform. They wouldnt want to let it get released before the 360 version. They want to reduce the impact it will have on PS3 sales, with a simultaneous release.
Hardly. You're not even considering the benefits of a single simultaneous release (in particular territories) in conjunction with marketing and advertising. There has been no indication of plans to release a 360 edition in Japan, which is understandable given the 360's reception there; hence there is no delay in release there.
As their intention is to expand and maximize their software sales potential, particularly through a platform (360) with generally high software sales, it would be somewhat folly to launch the game much later on said system when the game would be considered OFN (pardon the acronym
) in those territories - at the very least, they would be spending more money on advertising a second time when they could have just slapped both platforms together in a single ad.Sure but if it's another year wait beyond what it would originally be I say sitting on a product that could be selling while they tweak the Xbox360 version, you are missing out on all those potential profits. It really depends on how long the wait is but anything beyond a year would be asinine.
Hell 6 months would be pushing it in my eyes.
Hell 6 months would be pushing it in my eyes.
Hardly. You're not even considering the benefits of a single simultaneous release (in particular territories) in conjunction with marketing and advertising. There has been no indication of plans to release a 360 edition in Japan, which is understandable given the 360's reception there; hence there is no delay in release there.
As their intention is to expand and maximize their software sales potential, particularly through a platform (360) with generally high software sales, it would be somewhat folly to launch the game much later on said system when the game would be considered OFN (pardon the acronym
They could release a half-assed version on the 360, too. As long as it's not TOO half-assed, what's Microsoft going to do: 'No, we don't want your game on our console'? Any 'FFXIII is late because of 360' would only look bad for MS. If the story of extra per-DVD royalties are true, too, I'm willing to bet that MS probably waived those as well.
Out of interest, how long do you think it took for FF's VII through XII to localise? How long in your mind was the gap between each game's Jap to the US and PAL releases?
The market will be bigger, more money as well and no other Final Fantasy games to compete with.
In the US it was always released 6-12 month later usually coming up to the Christmas holiday. PAL I never really paid attention to but it always seemed like maybe a year after that.
Sure but unless they are tweaking the PS3 version the whole time it's dead weight. Sitting in release form waiting. That means an investment you are not making back. Sitting on it it for 6 months to a year won't offset the sales that could be made during that time.
Sure but unless they are tweaking the PS3 version the whole time it's dead weight. Sitting in release form waiting. That means an investment you are not making back. Sitting on it it for 6 months to a year won't offset the sales that could be made during that time.
Well I'd expect that Square are changing the way they do things - in part because of BR (i.e., having "one" global version rather than a US version, wait six months, then do the PAL/multi-language release) but 6 months seems to be par for the course as a minimum. Your view that 6 months is "pushing it" makes me think you need to re-evaluate your expectations, since it's certainly nothing new.
No I view and extra 6 months on top of 12 months as pushing it. Which I could see happening as they iron our the problems of the port and if they worldwide release they could push it out to another year.
Of course the port could be relatively painless and they keep the same schedule and this all is moot but I expect people to be annoyed if it takes a year and a half or more to make it stateside.
Of course the port could be relatively painless and they keep the same schedule and this all is moot but I expect people to be annoyed if it takes a year and a half or more to make it stateside.