Final Fantasy XIII Not Yet A PS3 Exclusive??? News

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe France boss reveals that discussions are underway to make Final Fantasy XIII a PlayStation 3 exclusive...

By Jon Wilcox
Posted: 22/03/2007

Despite a number of previously exclusive PlayStation 3 titles jumping into the realm of multi-platform status (including Mercenaries 2: World in Flames and Devil May Cry 4), Square-Enix's Final Fantasy XIII is one game that you'd assume would be sewn up for the next-gen system. However, in an interview with newspaper Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace, the head of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe in France, Georges Fornay, suggests that this isn't the case...yet.

In the report, which comes just a day before PlayStation 3 makes a belated debut in Europe, Fornay said, "Enfin, pour Final Fantasy XIII, je peux vous dire que l'exclusivité est en discussion [Lastly, for Final Fantasy XIII, I can say to you that exclusiveness is under discussion]."

Square-Enix has announced in the last couple of months that they'd licensed Unreal Engine 3 for future titles (perhaps for the new Final Fantasy title said to be unveiled in May?), though Final Fantasy XIII is currently in development with the proprietary White Engine - which has recently been revealed as being 'open platform'.

For now, Final Fantasy XIII remains a PlayStation 3 exclusive, but if it were to become a multi-platform title, it would leave Konami's Metal Gear Solid 4 as one of the last big third-party titles to stand exclusively in the PS3 camp.

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	By: Anonymous Added:Sat 04th Jul 2009 05:00, Post No: 59 I'm one that would buy the PS3 just for FFV remake.....I hope the make it....now even more after playing Crisis Core
	By: Anonymous Added:Sat 23rd May 2009 12:22, Post No: 58 nobody is asking for that demo quality! just a better version of ff7, no one cares if its a little worse but its ps3 so it will still be awesome, and seriously is playstation stupid? do they have any idea on how many copies would sell and how much ps3 console sales would go up specificaly because of this game!? maybe their waiting on purpose?
	By: SegaBoy Added:Tue 19th May 2009 15:04, Post No: 57 Of course it's comign out on PS3... the fact it's coming to 360 is the surprising thing - well it was last year, seriously where have you been?
	By: Anonymous Added:Tue 19th May 2009 12:45, Post No: 56 ii will buy a ps3 if this game comes out for it!
	By: Anonymous Added:Sat 17th Jan 2009 23:22, Post No: 55 god i hope when they remake (if they do) ff7 that they also make it for the pc cuze i cant afford a ps3
	By: Anonymous Added:Thu 13th Nov 2008 20:49, Post No: 54 multiplatform games are not a bad thing. In fact they are good. See not everyone has the money to get a PS3 if they have a 360. Exclusives going multiplatform is good.
	By: Anonymous Added:Thu 17th Jul 2008 19:21, Post No: 53 It's ludicrous, how did Sony loose this one? Tretton's exclusives are weaker than the Halo's, Gear of War's, and 3rd party exclusives Microsoft forks out for. Team Ico's game can't come soon enough to restore a little bit of credibility in the PS3. C'mon Sony. It may have been mad old Ken's bold vision that has got you in this mess, but you really got to pull yourself together.
	By: Anonymous Added:Thu 17th Jul 2008 03:08, Post No: 52 I think Versus will be the more popular FF... Many people dont like women as their protagonist (although i dont care) plus all the fan boys are pissed... (even i was surprised and i dont really care)
	By: Anonymous Added:Tue 15th Jul 2008 21:03, Post No: 51 Anonymous Date Added:Mon 14th Jul 2008 22:06 I sugar hate microsoft! they keep sugar buying off the ps3 exclusives and when they port them they turn out tvg rules! ty! goddamn you square enix ur sugar love s and u are no longer loyal to anyone only money so go tvg rules! urselves and i hope u sugar realize how many loyal customers ur losing.... love s IP Address: *.*.245.64 lol so i guess there shaking in there boots knowing the only loyal (wanna be) fan isnt going to buy there new game now. so i guess just 1 costomer then.
	By: Anonymous Added:Tue 15th Jul 2008 20:59, Post No: 50 oh and just for the record when square enix released ff6 it was on cart, for ff7 they made it 3d with lush backdrops ect but the n64 was a cart based console and the only console around that had a big used base was the ps1 as it used compact disk that could hold masses more data than a cart, also cheaper than making a 2.4gb cart (would have cost near if not more than $1000) maybe now youll understand why square looked at the playstation back then and the 360 now (space as in disk isnt an issue anymore as no system except from the ds uses cart). you may want to be loyal to sony but most companys want/need to make as much money as they can and hving there biggest game on just 1 format doesnt make sense especially as there are more 360's out there than ps3's.