No Final Fantasy For Xbox 360[update]

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2007-06-06 02:39am

No Final Fantasy For Xbox 360
Square Enix has nothing in the works.
by Anoop Gantayat

June 5, 2007 - Looking for more Final Fantasy following the Xbox 360 port of Final Fantasy XI? Then you're going to have to look to a different next generation system. A Square Enix executive has disclosed to Japan's Nikkei BP that the company currently has no plans for Final Fantasy games on the 360.

Noting that the PS3 is getting Final Fantasy XIII, the website asked Square Enix's Shinji Hashimoto if the Wii or Xbox 360 will also be getting games in the series. "For the Wii, we have FF Crystal Chronicles in production," replied Hashimoto. "As for FF on the Xbox 360, it's currently a completely blank page."

Strong words from Hashimoto, although perhaps if everyone goes out and buys Last Remnant (that includes you!), Square Enix will have a change of heart.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2007-06-06 02:40am

Man, I better go buy a PS3 to get all those awesome animated books!

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2007-06-06 03:05am

I'm curious if the installed PS3 user base will be enough for FF13 to sell as well as FF12 did.

If it sells badly, Square Enix might be forced to make a 360 port.

Covenant · Post by **Covenant** » 2007-06-06 03:44am

Stark wrote:Man, I better go buy a PS3 to get all those awesome animated books!

But the story will be so different! Aren't you dying to hear about young blond hero's struggle against evil leader's vile plots? About the complex romance between him and childhood friend/first quiet female? The gut-busting hilarity of token large character trading jabs with secretive loner special character?

And then, the secret twist--which I won't reveal, but I have to say, you'll never see it coming. It definately doesn't have to do with a hidden past, a lost lineage, or a secret bloodline.

Oh, it's going to be a blast, Stark. And screw you for missing it. None of the other 12 will have anything on it.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2007-06-06 03:53am

You're so bitter.

PS, is your av the Wastelands box art?

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2007-06-06 04:32am

What's ironic here is that Final Fantasy XIII actually does look like it will be remarkably different to the other Final Fantasy games.

The heroine is still blonde though.

Seggybop · Post by **Seggybop** » 2007-06-06 04:52am

I predict that XIII is probably going to be the worst-selling FF game yet, despite the shots so far looking very cool.

I have to say, at times like this I regret that none of my friends are particularly stupid-- if any of them had been dumb enough to drop the cash on PS3, I might get to play this game before 5 years are up.

Cao Cao · Post by **Cao Cao** » 2007-06-06 05:03am

Their insistance on making two versions of FFXIII (because Nomura MUST have his bishounen hero) is going to torpedo sales right off the bat.
Few people are going to pony up for two games at once.

Manus Celer Dei · Post by **Manus Celer Dei** » 2007-06-06 07:07am

Covenant wrote:
Stark wrote:Man, I better go buy a PS3 to get all those awesome animated books!
But the story will be so different! Aren't you dying to hear about young blond hero's struggle against evil leader's vile plots? About the complex romance between him and childhood friend/first quiet female? The gut-busting hilarity of token large character trading jabs with secretive loner special character?

And then, the secret twist--which I won't reveal, but I have to say, you'll never see it coming. It definately doesn't have to do with a hidden past, a lost lineage, or a secret bloodline.

Oh, it's going to be a blast, Stark. And screw you for missing it. None of the other 12 will have anything on it.

Oh come on, the FF games aren't that formulaic.

I mean, that guy in FFVIII had BROWN hair!

BROWN!

Gaidin · Post by **Gaidin** » 2007-06-06 09:07am

Manus Celer Dei wrote: I mean, that guy in FFVIII had BROWN hair!

BROWN!

And the villian! He was blonde!

Anybody remember the hair color of the bad guy in 9?

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2007-06-06 09:14am

I think it was purple. I'm not sure, because his child-bearing hips kept freaking me out, so I would keep on turning away.

Cao Cao · Post by **Cao Cao** » 2007-06-06 09:16am

"Are you saying you don't love me?"

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2007-06-06 03:58pm

That is a girl, right? That's a question I have to ask often when it comes to FF games.

Sadly, I have friends willing to buy a PS3 just for FF13. Ugh. Some don't have the money and will just have to wait, but they will eventually get one just for this one game.

And it's way worse in Japan. People forget the strength of the FF brand in Japan, it outsells EVERYTHING except Dragon Quest. It is probably the PS3's most important exclusive in Japan.

Cao Cao · Post by **Cao Cao** » 2007-06-06 04:13pm

Praxis wrote:That is a girl, right? That's a question I have to ask often when it comes to FF games.

Apparently no...

And it's way worse in Japan. People forget the strength of the FF brand in Japan, it outsells EVERYTHING except Dragon Quest. It is probably the PS3's most important exclusive in Japan.

I'd say this is the reason for Square to say they have no plans for the 360 even when they might be - to avoid a shitstorm from Sony too early.
It's not the first time they've stuck a knife in the back of a major console developer because they were being retarded. Remember when FFVII shifted from Nintendo to Sony?

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2007-06-06 05:07pm

Wow.

That is not a man. That is either a woman or a hermaphrodite.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2007-06-06 05:39pm

Praxis wrote:Wow.

That is not a man. That is either a woman or a hermaphrodite.

Incredibly common in Japanese art. I take it you don't watch much in the way of anime?

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2007-06-06 06:15pm

To be fair, Kuja's a fairly extreme take on the whole idea. He wouldn't look out of place in Bangkok, for example.

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2007-06-06 11:04pm

Vendetta wrote:To be fair, Kuja's a fairly extreme take on the whole idea. He wouldn't look out of place in Bangkok, for example.

Kuja really does look like a man who looks like a woman; as opposed to actually looking like a girl despite being male.

Post by **Kuja** » 2007-06-06 11:08pm

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2007-06-06 11:17pm

I knew you'd get a kick out of that.

Post by **Kuja** » 2007-06-06 11:21pm

Doesn't take a rocket scientist.

Pick · Post by **Pick** » 2007-06-06 11:38pm

Aaah, glorious Japanese art styles

. I love Final Fantasy.

Setzer · Post by **Setzer** » 2007-06-07 02:35pm

Dude looks like a lady. I knew there was a reason I could never take Kuja seriously.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2007-06-07 03:27pm

Setzer wrote:Dude looks like a lady. I knew there was a reason I could never take Kuja seriously.

There's not much to take seriously in a person whose reaction to his own incipient mortality is to blow up the world.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2007-06-07 06:21pm

Cao Cao wrote:
Praxis wrote:That is a girl, right? That's a question I have to ask often when it comes to FF games.
Apparently no...

In the Japanese Version, it's a girl. In America, they made her a guy