Final Fantasy XIII “Developed for PS2”
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Feb 3, 2010 21:50 JST
- Tags: Final Fantasy, Ports, Production Controversy, PS2, PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
An interview with Square Enix reveals that Final Fantasy XIII was actually initially developed as a PS2 game.
Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase reveals in an interview with a Dutch gaming rag that the game was initially destined for the PS2:
This is the first Final Fantasy on the PS3. In what way was the development different then with the previous installments?
This time we needed to work extra hard. Final Fantasy XIII was originally meant to be a PS2 title, but we had to switch systems due to the arrival of the PS3.
That cost us about one and a half years and was constantly a case of trial and error.
However, because we worked so hard at the beginning, we got to a cruising speed much faster than anticipated and therefore could start on the translation and international voice recording process at an early stage of the development.
It’s because of this that we can release both the European as well as the American version barely three months after the Japanese release.
He also claims “we did prepare DLC,” which apparently contradicts the developer interviews published in Square Enix’s own mook.
With the game supposedly in development even prior to Square Enix’s knowledge of the PS3’s release, it seems to have constituted a massive and lengthy undertaking for the company, making revelations that the game dropped its non-linear design elements due to the trouble of designing towns for modern consoles even more bizarre.
Fans could be forgiven for suspecting there is something about the game’s development process that Square has been careful not to let on.
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That was to be expected, the game was unveiled in 06 if I am not wrong.
Also slow repost is slow. Must be a slow day at SC eh?
now i'm curious, what would happen if they re-released the game for the PS2 as originally intended. graphics probably wouldn't be something to drool over but would the gameplay make up for it i wonder :P
"we did prepare DLC"
DLC...???
Delicious....Loli....Chest??
no they meant the
Dick Lady Character
Delicious Loli Cake...
How the hell did you get chest?
No wonder it's messed up. Seems like SE got shocked of PS3 release in the middle of FFXIII development and they got confused by their own project and rushed to redevelop it.
Still, their knowledge of the system at the time must be blamed for their failure of FFXIII. Let's just hope it won't happen again.
Rushed?? It was 06 when i first saw the trailer, and were are in 2010 still waiting for it. It was not time thats fucked up the game, but I'll still going to play the game, FFX was pretty linear and I still loved it anyway
Your comparison of FFXIII with FFX is misconstrued and deserves a dick slap.
lmao
FFX was extremely linear so what you arguing with him about. Practically walk in a straight line and collect your summons for the first half of the game then you go back and fight them.
Go look up what linear means and you will see a picture of FFX right next to it.
i agree with this dude. you DID get an overworld mm..pffft.. map bwahaha, okay, it's not so much of a map as it was a picture of land with a bunch of dots on it, but you could at least choose your straight line. can you do that in ff13 or is it all straight lines with no choice in the matter.
The thing is, why being linear such a big deal this time around? I still didnt play the game so I can only speculate, but I think it's the lack of towns. Towns are places to relax, buy upgrades itens, speak with some people, do some quest, take the towns away and what do you get? battles after battles after battles. But i guess I have to wait and see for myself
Fix the mess with FF Versus XIII Enix, that's the only way to make up.
It's Not to late!
It's too late.
Yup, not too late for you to suck Cid Raines' dick, so go do it...NAO!!!
...and Snow's as well as Yaag Rosch's.
seriously hanging out for versus after all this... don't screw this up SE...
I hope FF Versus XIII wasn't actually made for PS2 too ...
Originally made for IMAX
Originally made for VAX
Originally made for SAX
Originally made for SEX
originally made for TAX
Originalll mad for CAX
what the FAX ?
Originally made for .txt
it is ".txt"; as it is a Shakespeare story
lol so they are now blaming the PS2 for how the game is turning out to be? This is turning out to be one of THE most hilarious PR spins done by SE.
There was an article about a year or 2 back where SE already admitted that FF13 is made with the PS2 in mind. They just decided to jump ship when they knew about the potential of the PS3.
How are they blaming the ps2 for how the game is now?...they were just asked a question about their development and they answered.
Redeem the franchise with FF Versus please...
It's too late to redeem crap.
REAL FF fans LOVE FFXIII and HATE Versus.
How do you expect the franchise to be redeemed when you have that situation on your hands?
I'm a 'real' fan and have always been looking forward to Versus more than XIII. It simply does not help that Versus has gotten little to no coverage, its all been about XIII.
You sir are NOT a REAL FF fan. Since you don't worship FFXIII enough.
No sir, you are the one that isn't a REAL FF fan, because if u were, you'll love every game with FF in it...even the chocobo's games
you sirs are not TRUE FF fans otherwise you would have gone to a third world country and gotten married to tifa.
Oi, some of the Chocobo games are actually really good.
i think REAL final fantasy fans left somewhere around 12.
Before 12.
They left durring 8.
No, must be after 9.
Hell no, before the MMO XI. X had it's flaws, but at least it was enjoyable. Also after X, that was when the stupid time in development started to get dramatically longer.
Definitely after FFIX, since that was the last one made by the original team.
Yes, real FANS left after FFIX
No, REAL fans left after FF VI!!111
Or we could stop this shitty 'I'm a bigger fan than you!!!11' argument and just agree that anybody who loves a lot of games in the Final Fantasy series is a real fan.
The last one y REALLY enjoyed was VI, VII had me worried, VIII made lost my faith in humankind, I liked IX but not no much, X was crap, XI double crap, XII triple crap, XIII not even now what to think anymore, this is NOT a FF game i hardly put it as a JRPG
real ff fans have played all ffs and knows how ff5 an 6 are better than ffXIII -_-'
Shit dawg final fantasy something on the Wii was more fking exciting than this shit.
"Shit dawg?"trying to be steriotypically black?? not workin douche
they prefer to be called afro-(whatever country they breed in)
The REAL fans are sticking it out waiting for the next one.
The real FFVII team is working on Versus. It's been confirmed by the team to be more true to the roots than anything they've done in the past years.
Not only is this game going to redeem Square, but it's also going to redeem Nomuro.
so *thats why it looked so good. i think you mean Nomura
Nomuro ? Nomuru Uno ?
ummm..didnt most of the original ff team leave square enix and started mistwalker which brought us blue dragon (a great turn based job system like ff5) and lost odyssey (in my opinion the best turn based rpg since ff6) for the xbox 360. and both of those games are way better than anything square enix has put out in at least 5 years dont hold your breath for ff versus XIII go out and buy lost odyssey and blue dragon and get what you've been waiting for