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Posted: Jul 14 2008 06:23 pm

Here's the first trailer for Final Fantasy XIII:

Notice the blurb at the end? "For Playstation 3 only in Japan"

That's right. It's coming out for the Xbox 360! Sony, had hoped that FF13 could help the PS3 as a system seller, but not anymore.

Posted: Jul 14 2008 06:39 pm

I'm not too surprised at this news really. Sony has been losing its exclusive games left and right. Devil May Cry 4 and GTA IV already had simultaneous releases on the 360, Resident Evil 5 and now FF 13 are going to be on 360, and if the rumors hold true, even MGS4 will be ported over within a year. At this rate, I may never have to buy a PS3...until God of War 3 comes out that is.

Posted: Jul 14 2008 06:42 pm

If MGS4 gets released on the Xbox 360, I know for sure what system to buy. Screw Sony.

Posted: Jul 14 2008 06:49 pm

Honestly, this shouldn't come as too much of a shock. Sqeenix just said a few months ago, that they were losing money, and told all thier developers to only focus on Mainstream games.

So, if you were a company that has just spent millions making a game, would you want to only release it on one system, that just happens to have the smallest installed user base in the largest market? Fuck no, you would want it on as many systems as possible to make the max amount of money!

If MGS4 gets released on the 360, it will have to shipped in a DVD spool, like DVD-R media is. The game was 50GB super compressed onto a Dual Layer BluRay. Hence, why you had to install each chapter before playing it, so it could uncompress all the data. So if it come to X360, It would be on 5 - 7 DVDs, and STILL require installation and uncompressing. Talk about a technical nightmare.

Posted: Jul 14 2008 06:58 pm

LULZ.

That's Sony for you guys.

Docinsano's Channel 63 · Posted: Jul 14 2008 07:04 pm

I don't really care because I lost interest in Final Fantasy after X. Big whoop, it was bound to happen.

Posted: Jul 14 2008 07:17 pm

Knyte wrote:

If MGS4 gets released on the 360, it will have to shipped in a DVD spool, like DVD-R media is. The game was 50GB super compressed onto a Dual Layer BluRay. Hence, why you had to install each chapter before playing it, so it could uncompress all the data. So if it come to X360, It would be on 5 - 7 DVDs, and STILL require installation and uncompressing. Talk about a technical nightmare.

or the long rumored bluray add-on for 360 could come out in time for the games' release. Sure, it's not the most feasible solution and will once again screw over the system's early adopters, but its better than nothing.

Posted: Jul 14 2008 07:26 pm

Knyte wrote:

If MGS4 gets released on the 360, it will have to shipped in a DVD spool, like DVD-R media is. The game was 50GB super compressed onto a Dual Layer BluRay. Hence, why you had to install each chapter before playing it, so it could uncompress all the data. So if it come to X360, It would be on 5 - 7 DVDs, and STILL require installation and uncompressing. Talk about a technical nightmare.

Or they could just cut out all the boring pretentious cutscenes. You could easily fit all of the actual gameplay in MGS4 onto a standard DVD-R. Hell, you could probably fit it all onto a standard CD-R.

Docinsano's Channel 63 · Posted: Jul 14 2008 07:32 pm

Fuck it, all the MGS games are the same anyway. Metal Gear Solid was basically a remake of Metal Gear 2 with a different story. MGS 2 was crap, MGS 3 was great. I can't afford a 360 let alone a ps3 so I'll just leave it at that.

Posted: Jul 14 2008 08:32 pm

I disagree. MGS4 finally mastered the camera and controls, and plays 10x better that MGS 2 & 3. MGS1 was great for the time, but you have to admit, that the controls and camera angles sucked.

Posted: Jul 14 2008 08:53 pm

docinsano wrote:

I don't really care because I lost interest in Final Fantasy after X. Big whoop, it was bound to happen.

You should start with 12 again.

Posted: Jul 14 2008 08:58 pm

FFX pretty much killed the series for me. XI pissed me off because it didn't make sense to me to make the next game a MMORPG and XII flat out looked like a shitfest. I have no interest in XIII at all. I see they're adapting ridiculously retarded fight scenes from Advent Children into the games now. Fuck story line, it just has to look pretty.

Docinsano's Channel 63 · Posted: Jul 14 2008 08:59 pm

Knyte wrote:

I disagree. MGS4 finally mastered the camera and controls, and plays 10x better that MGS 2 & 3. MGS1 was great for the time, but you have to admit, that the controls and camera angles sucked.

I don't doubt that MGS4 is great, it's just that I probably will never get a chance to play it. MGS1 was good for its time. It was a cinematic experience to play, but all that aside it still was Metal Gear 2 with a different storyline.

Posted: Jul 14 2008 09:15 pm

I agree with X killing the series. I beat it, but it was such a chore to do. The sphere grid was the most retarded shit ever to me. X-2 looked too ridiculous to even touch and XII looked too much like X. I haven't watched the XIII trailer cause that video isn't showing up in firefox, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was just more of the same with prettier graphics. For the time being, I'm more than satisfied with the DS remakes of the good FFs.

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PS Triple! Chad is cappin his Triple now.

Posted: Jul 14 2008 10:14 pm

crookshow wrote:

I agree with X killing the series. I beat it, but it was such a chore to do. The sphere grid was the most retarded shit ever to me. X-2 looked too ridiculous to even touch and XII looked too much like X. I haven't watched the XIII trailer cause that video isn't showing up in firefox, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was just more of the same with prettier graphics. For the time being, I'm more than satisfied with the DS remakes of the good FFs.

How is the sphere grid a chore? It is just an "advance the grid as you go through the game" thing. Now you say X-2, XII and XIII suck because they LOOK bad? You should try them first. I don'y know about X-2, but XII plays nothing like X.

Posted: Jul 14 2008 10:42 pm

I meant the game in general was a chore for me to play through. I paid full price for it when it came out so I felt compelled to finish it, but I didn't enjoy it. The sphere grid was just one of the reasons. And I never said X-2 and XII suck, they just looked unappealing to me, and still do. I don't have an opinion of XIII since I haven't seen it yet.

Posted: Jul 14 2008 10:55 pm

The demo for XII, was enough to turn me off from the series.

Instead of buying XII, I got Lost Odyssey instead, and couldn't have been happier.

Posted: Jul 15 2008 12:36 am

What is this, Final Phantasy Star? I'll still give it a spin.

Posted: Jul 15 2008 01:07 am

DarknessDeku wrote:

crookshow wrote:

I agree with X killing the series. I beat it, but it was such a chore to do. The sphere grid was the most retarded shit ever to me. X-2 looked too ridiculous to even touch and XII looked too much like X. I haven't watched the XIII trailer cause that video isn't showing up in firefox, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was just more of the same with prettier graphics. For the time being, I'm more than satisfied with the DS remakes of the good FFs.

How is the sphere grid a chore? It is just an "advance the grid as you go through the game" thing. Now you say X-2, XII and XIII suck because they LOOK bad? You should try them first. I don'y know about X-2, but XII plays nothing like X.

Ugh, why'd you have to remind me about X-2? Now that was some gay shit, I even beat it for some crazy reason. As far as XII, I played some of it and watched my brother and a few friends play a lot of it and was really turned off. I don't know anyone that really likes it.

Posted: Jul 15 2008 01:12 am

God, Chad the Thug Life Jizzbag is a moron.

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PLease please please let MGS4 come to XBox360.

I'm such a huge metal gear, that I've considered the possibility of buying a PS3 for it. And since the PS3 has nothing else of value that Microsoft doesn't already have, I'd essentially be paying $550 for just one game.

Posted: Jul 15 2008 01:17 pm

I payed 700 for a backwards compatible one

Posted: Jul 15 2008 02:55 pm

Would this be the second game Squenix has released for XBox since the Xbox was ever created. I'm pretty sure it is. Wherever they go thoXugh I'm sure to follow.

FF XII was awesome, I was skeptical at first when I played the demo but the game really kicked all sorts of ass.

Posted: Jul 15 2008 04:15 pm

Douche McCallister wrote:

Would this be the second game Squenix has released for XBox since the Xbox was ever created.

What was the first?