Square Enix has torn up its promises of DLC for Final Fantasy XIII, and also its promises that the game would still be a PS3 exclusive in Japan.
In comments to Famitsu, leaked ahead of release, developer Toriyama reportedly denies any prospect of DLC for Final Fantasy XIII:
“We were planning to make DLC for it, but those plans disappeared… Sorry!”
Previously he stated “If you keep hold of your copy forever, perhaps there will be even better things in store!”
Cynical interpretations of Square Enix’s actions speculate that they simply made the promise to try to stop people selling their copies and flooding the second-hand market (which happened anyway), but never had any real plans for making DLC.
In other news, Square Enix’s prior assertions that it had “absolutely no intention” of releasing Final Fantasy XIII on the Xbox 360 in Japan (it was marketed as a PS3 exclusive in Japan) have proven to be equally dubious as well – it recently became clear that the Japanese Xbox 360 version will be released in December, severely angering many fans.
Square Enix’s statements now seem set to enjoy an extraordinarily low level of credibility amongst fans – perhaps deservingly.
They probably just figured it was time to cut their losses on this horrible sinking ship and never look back. Or at least I can hope and pray such.
a f*uckin discrace on SE for the path they have chosen to follow through the years…they could have done so much more but they decided not to….!!!
Aren’t they obliged in some way to provide some kind of online component, any component at all?
‘Cause the game’s box art clearly say “PlayStation Network” and “Xbox Live”…
I was so tempted to buy a PS3 solely for FFXIII, glad I did neither. This announcement just proves my point further.
I am still confused in this day and age why fanboys and girls still fall for the “we will only release this on this platform” promise. In the end it has turned out few games stay on one platform over another when there is possible money to be made. It has been this way for how many years? It is time people open their eyes to reality of the past.