Square Enix Live Blog

(07/14/2008)

1:52

And the press has started! Both Kitase and Hashimoto have taken the stage.

Monday July 14, 2008 1:52

1:53

It's an open mic Q&A

Monday July 14, 2008 1:53

1:53

Dean Takahashi asked why they decided to end the exclusive with Sony.

Monday July 14, 2008 1:53

1:55

Says Hashimoto: "We considered the hardware situation. Because of that, we considered the spread of the hardware, so that's why we decided that."

Monday July 14, 2008 1:55

1:56

Question: How will the Xbox 360 and the PS3 versions be different?

Monday July 14, 2008 1:56

1:57

Says Kitase: We planned on having the contents the same, but obviously the Blu-ray and the DVD will be different.

Monday July 14, 2008 1:57

1:57

Asks Christian Nutt: We heard that people were pulled off different teams to work on this.

Monday July 14, 2008 1:57

1:59

Kitase: "As for development, we are using Crystal Tools for development. We are using it for the PC base. We are making the game at a faster pace. We should be able to show new footage in the future."

Monday July 14, 2008 1:59

2:00

Some question about something about the future of the series.

Monday July 14, 2008 2:00

2:00

They only want to talk about FFXIII, so they don't know.

Monday July 14, 2008 2:00

2:01

I ask: How many discs will it ship on?

Monday July 14, 2008 2:01

2:01

Kitase says: "That's still undecided."

Monday July 14, 2008 2:01

2:01

I ask: "About how many?"

Monday July 14, 2008 2:01

2:02

He laughs and won't answer.

Monday July 14, 2008 2:02

2:02

first they will finish ffxiii in japan. and then they will start localization for english.

Monday July 14, 2008 2:02

2:03

at that point, they will start the xbox 360 development.

Monday July 14, 2008 2:03

2:03

so says hashimoto.

Monday July 14, 2008 2:03

2:04

he also adds that ff13 might not be released in the us and europe at the same time because of the language.

Monday July 14, 2008 2:04

2:04

languages, rather.

Monday July 14, 2008 2:04

2:05

kitase says they will try to make the us and the europe release as close as possible and try to make the euro release much faster.

Monday July 14, 2008 2:05

2:05

shane from 1up ask about ff13 coming to japan on the xbox 360........

Monday July 14, 2008 2:05

2:07

Hashimoto says something like "I think you are right [in assuming that it's not coming out in Japan]"

Monday July 14, 2008 2:07

2:08

asked about the differences between the 360 and the ps3 differences (again)

Monday July 14, 2008 2:08

2:09

Hashimoto pointed out that they have no plans to make the versions differences.

Monday July 14, 2008 2:09

2:10

question: "Is the reason why the Japanese 360 version is not announced because of the hardware situation or some sort of contract arrangement?"

Monday July 14, 2008 2:10

2:12

Hashimoto: As I have already mentioned, considering that the install base was one of the reasons why decided to release it in the West on the Xbox 360...

Monday July 14, 2008 2:12

2:15

He also added that they haven't decided whether they'll do an Asian version.

Question: Motion controls?

Kitase: "No, we have no plans."

Question: "Will FF Versus 13 be multi plat?"

Hashimoto: No.

Question: FFXIII uses a properitary engine. Correct me if I'm wrong, that's the last time, it will be used.

Hashimoto: "We haven't made any changes about that."

Monday July 14, 2008 2:15

2:16

gah

Monday July 14, 2008 2:16

2:17

Kitase says they're using it (Crystal Tools) with a MMO.

Monday July 14, 2008 2:17

2:18

(that hashimoto quote above gah is incorrect -- live blog software error)

Monday July 14, 2008 2:18

2:19

question: what's influcenes you guys? are you influenced by mass effect?

Monday July 14, 2008 2:19

2:21

question: when was the timing of the xbox 360 decision?

Monday July 14, 2008 2:21

2:24

hashimoto: "it wasn't a long time ago that we made the decision. we had to adjust things, like our relationship with microsoft. it was recent."

Monday July 14, 2008 2:24

2:25

question: by using the the crystal tools, what's the work load for localization?

Monday July 14, 2008 2:25

2:28

kitase says they're currently running it on a pc, so they don't know the work load of getting it on the 360. they are putting priority on the PC version.

Monday July 14, 2008 2:28

2:29

question: which do you think will do better? ps3 or xbox 360?

Monday July 14, 2008 2:29

2:30

hashimoto says, "We've just made the announcement. So in the future, we'll be able to make speculation, but we need to do some market research."

Monday July 14, 2008 2:30

2:33

question: which do you think will do better? ps3 or xbox 360?

hashimoto says they've just made the announcement, so they don't know. they need to do more market research and then they can speculate in the future.

Monday July 14, 2008 2:33

2:35

question: will ff13 have mmo elements? ff12 had mmo elements.

kitase: each time we made a game, we try to make it unique. so it won't be like the last game.

question: about xbox live?

kitase: currently, we're still deciding.

Monday July 14, 2008 2:35

2:40

question: how does the gameplay for ff12 and ff13 differ?
kitase: "overall, the atmosphere is difference. the tempo and the speed are different. the entire direction is different. It's flashier."

Monday July 14, 2008 2:40

3:13

Writer: mcwhertor

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