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February 1st, 2010, 10:40
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2010/02/500x_500x_500x_500x_500x_ginger2.jpg Not only was Final Fantasy XIII (http://kotaku.com/tag/finalfantasyxiii/) originally planned for the PlayStation 2, senior producer Yoshinori Kitase says that switching the title to the PS3 cost Square Enix (http://kotaku.com/tag/squareenix/) "a year-and-a-half".
Late last week Kotaku posted pictures (http://kotaku.com/5460183/final-fantasy-xiii-on-the-ps2/gallery/) of the PS2 version of the game. The game, which was released on the PS3 last December in Japan, was formally announced as a PlayStation 3 title at the E3 gaming expo in Los Angeles back in 2006.
"Final Fantasy XIII was originally meant to be a PS2 title, but we had to switch systems due to the arrival of the PS3," says Kitase. "That cost us about one and a half years and was constantly a case of trial and error."
So this is a bad thing, right? Not necessarily.
"However, because we worked so hard at the beginning, we got to a cruising speed much faster then anticipated and therefore could start on the translation and international voice recording process at an early stage of the development," Kitase continues. "It's because of this that we can release both the European as well as the American version barely three months after the Japanese release."
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Late last week Kotaku posted pictures (http://kotaku.com/5460183/final-fantasy-xiii-on-the-ps2/gallery/) of the PS2 version of the game. The game, which was released on the PS3 last December in Japan, was formally announced as a PlayStation 3 title at the E3 gaming expo in Los Angeles back in 2006.
"Final Fantasy XIII was originally meant to be a PS2 title, but we had to switch systems due to the arrival of the PS3," says Kitase. "That cost us about one and a half years and was constantly a case of trial and error."
So this is a bad thing, right? Not necessarily.
"However, because we worked so hard at the beginning, we got to a cruising speed much faster then anticipated and therefore could start on the translation and international voice recording process at an early stage of the development," Kitase continues. "It's because of this that we can release both the European as well as the American version barely three months after the Japanese release."
Dutch OPM Final Fantasy XIII Feature and Interview Scans (http://finalfantasy-xiii.net/2010/01/30/dutch-opm-final-fantasy-xiii-feature-and-interview-scans.html) [Final Fantasy-XIII.net via VG247 (http://www.vg247.com/2010/01/31/kitase-ffxiii-ps2-development-cost-us-a-year-and-a-half/)]
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