Final Fantasy XIII PC Edition Confirmed?
- Filed under: Games, News
- Date: Jul 24, 2008 09:53 JST
- Tags: Final Fantasy, PC Gaming, PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Final Fantasy XIII to get a PC version? Yes, according to no less a source than Nvidia itself, unless this is some sort of misunderstanding; see below for their words.
About as strange as the new Street Fighter title getting a PC version, or for that matter the Xbox 360 version of FFXIII, so I suppose we shouldn’t be surprised. Apparently has to do with their having switched over to a set of PC development tools, which likely makes the game nearly PC native…
Of course it remains to be seen how this will pan out, as the PC ports by Japanese developers generally have not been of outstanding quality.
Square Enix has gone PC. On the first day of the show, the Japanese game publisher announced that Final Fantasy XIII is coming to PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 (in Europe and North America only) and PC. During a press conference following the Microsoft event, Final Fantasy XIII Producer Yoshinori Kitase discussed the new development strategy that Square Enix has taken with its upcoming games.
Aside from the new The Last Remnant game, which is being created for Xbox 360 and PS3 using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 3 externally, all new internally-developed games from Square Enix, including Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII Versus, and an untitled new massively multiplayer online game, utilize the new PC-based Crystal Tools development environment. These tools allow development teams to create cross-platform games.
“The content will be the same on all platforms,” said Kitase. “However, we have yet to determine how many discs will be required for the 360 version. We’ll have to consider the differences between formats. Currently the game is being built on PC, where it’s actually functional. We’re still focusing on making it work on PS3, so it’s difficult to know how long the process of taking it to 360 will take.”
Thanks to the new PC development platform, Kitase added, “Now that we’re developing on a PC base, the pace is going a bit faster,” Kitase said. “We haven’t introduced new footage of the game, but we should be able to show something new in the near future.”
Square Enix showed the beautiful pre-rendered trailer for Final Fantasy XIII at the end of the Microsoft press conference. The publisher has a big event scheduled for Tokyo next month where the first new information will be revealed on all Final Fantasy titles. Previously, the publisher released its online game, Final Fantasy XII, on Xbox 360 and PC.
“Previously, the publisher released its online game, Final Fantasy XII, on Xbox 360 and PC.”
Um, lol?
It must be some kind of mistake, just like the one above.
That’s what I’m thinking, but the stuff about their Crystal Tools does check out elsewhere. Perhaps they’ll pull or revise the article soon…
You know, with all of this, you wonder if Versus XIII is gonna be exclusive still. Granted, I’m a 360 owner so if was ported that would make me happy but since Versus looks the more interest of the Fabula Nova games, I may have to shell out anyway.
Wow. One less reason to get the PS3, seriously.
About time!!
If it’s for the PC, I’ll BUY it!
From my point of view, there should be more J-RPGS & console specific games to PC.
Capcom did it with Devil May Cry 3 & 4 (Bionic Commando will be multiplatform too), Sega did it with Phantasy Star Universe…
Why not this one ?
Should be interesting what happens next.
To the deepest depths of Tartarus to all who support exclusive titles & fanboys most of all… XD. Those people are too narrowminded & too fixated on their brand so much that they think of nothing else. I once was a fanboy & not very proud of that.
Im very pleased with Square Enix’ decision to make a game that can be played on all existing game platforms. Also, i hope the small PC gaming community in Japan is celebrating this news. This also is good from a marketing & competitive standpoint.
No offense, but the current game consoles are powerful in their own right… its just that their life cycle is too short & there are some game titles that are exclusive to a certain console. There were a lot of good consoles made, sure, but they didnt last for very long (1 exception is the Super NES, coz that for me, is the best there is, & will be.)
Thats why i switched to PC in the first place, because PC’s have an untapped potential to be a good gaming platform in its own right, plus that PC hardware is in constant evolution. The PC as a gaming platform has its own set of problems as well. IF the PC is going to be accepted as a viable gaming platform, some enormous changes must take place for it to be as capable as a console on its own (Copyrights & DRM management, modified content creation & hardware support are several of those problems faced by many PC gamers.)
I’ve learned to live with the problems & its also fun for me to test its limits, too. The hardware can be costly & troubleshooting can be hell, but its awesome to learn all of the nuts & bolts of the PC, and lastly, i can get payed for fixing & doing modifications of its hardware. Creating new content for PC is possible, if you know a little bit of coding… which can extend the life of a game (CounterStrike for Half-Life is the best example of this).
So sorry for the long rant, but i felt the need to say it. My intention is not to start a flame war, but start something of a discussion which I and my fellow PC gaming friends have been talking about since these last few years.
I have to say I’d be inclined to agree with you on the direction of PC gaming (I’ve long been an avid PC gamer), though the limited penetration of the PC as a gaming platform in the Japanese market probably means we can forget about seeing any of the big name anime styled games on PC any time soon; unfortunate.
Noctis is another Gacktxxors clonexxors.