Square Enix has been caught passing off faked comparison screenshots of the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of top tunnel crawler Final Fantasy XIII as evidence there is no difference between the two versions.
Square Enix gave “official comparison shots” of the two versions to a site gullible enough to post such a thing; even casual observation revealed some images to be completely identical, whilst others merely had the button graphics switched around:
Even were the versions graphically identical, there would be noticeable differences in the file properties and details such as lighting and resolution.
The Xbox 360 port has already been singled out by eye-witnesses as being inferior to the PS3 original (and Square already admits the version will have lower quality pre-rendered cutscenes), so these images appear doubly deceptive.
Square Enix later issued a statement claiming the insertion of Photoshopped fakes was “obviously not intentional”:
“We are looking into how the FFXIII altered screens ended up in our presskit & will update asap. This was obviously not intentional…”
Just how did they get there?
In any case, the subject of port differences in a major title like this is probably far too sensitive for any truthful response to expected from Square Enix, a company which does not in any case have the best reputation for media relations.
etou! only the A B X Y TRIANGLE SQUARE CIRCLE CROSS AND SOME ICON ARE CHANGE. What do you mean fake in this topic.
I can’t tell the difference.
Poor Xboxers, they just can’t win.
WHAT? no, no, wait, i see a difference!
if you just maybe zoom into (156, -189) in the third picture by 10002738937489% then maybe we’d find a little chip that’s different…
Well since anybody who actually cares about the game has already been sold on the PS3 version being superior anyways, why don’t they do us all a favor and include the japanese voice track from celebrity voice actors on all that nifty extra space the blu-ray version has. I’m sure it will be better than any dub work they decide to put in.