Final Fantasy [LXX] Kweh!

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Op woensdag 16 november 2011 11:41 schreef Notorious_Roy het volgende:

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Mjah, Type-0, Crisis Core, Versus XIII, Crystal Chronicles, Mystic Quest, allemaal action RPG's die ik heb gespeeld of ga spelen. Ik zou het alleen wel jammer vinden als ze er compleet vanaf stappen.

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SE wants to release a Final Fantasy every year or two
To follow COD, Assassin's Creed, Battlefield model.

Square Enix wants to launch a new Final Fantasy once every year or two.
This, Final Fantasy producer Yoshinori Kitase told GameReactor, will keep fans interested in the role-playing game series.

"[For] the current generation console[s], Final Fantasy XIII was obviously the first game, and personally I think we took a little too long getting it out," he said.
"When you think of Western AAA titles like Call of Duty, Battlefield, and Assassin's Creed, they seem to work with a lot shorter turnaround - they make a new game in one to two years. That is something we need to follow up, because that seems to be the best way to keep our fans interested and attracted to the franchise."

Final Fantasy 13, which launched in Europe in March 2010, was the first in the series for the current generation of consoles. Final Fantasy 12 launched on PlayStation 2 in Europe on 23rd February 2007.

Kitase admitted Square Enix "learnt a lesson" from the game's long development, and is happier with Final Fantasy XIII-2, which launches early next year after 18 months of development.

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Op maandag 21 november 2011 21:35 schreef Pheno het volgende:

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Met het voordeel dat heel veel modellen en dingen hergebruikt konden worden in het tweede deel. Je komt in veel bekende gebieden zeg maar. Dus dat deze nog vrij rap gaat is niet raar. We zullen het maar niet over bv versus hebben, want dat wordt sowieso een financiėle flop voor Square Enix. Die is gewoonweg niet rendabel meer te maken

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Kitase: Xbox market important for us, can remake PS-era Final Fantasy games for 360
Yoshinori Kitase, producer of Final Fantasy XIII-2, revealed a lot of things in an interview with OXM. He said that it is possible to remake old Playstation-era games for the Xbox 360, and also explained why.

“Well, XIII and XIII-2 are only two years apart so obviously we have to stick to the same platforms, otherwise we would have to give XIII-2 to the people who haven’t played the previous work, he said.
“But if we were to remake an old game that’s ten years old or whatever, or make a sequel to that particular title, we don’t have to worry about the same issue.”

Considering how the MGS games are on the Xbox 360 now, it seems that they don’t have to take Sony’s permission for remaking these games for the Xbox 360. This also shows how fragile third-party exclusives are, and nothing is certain nowadays. Although, more people get to enjoy these games.

Kitase also revealed how important the Xbox market is now for them, and while it’s not that popular in Japan, they simply cannot ignore its influence in the western countries. He feels that going multiplatform is great if possible.

“We have always kept our sort of ‘ear out’ as it were to what is popular worldwide, and we obviously were very much aware that the 360 has a huge market outside Japan,” he revealed.
“So as I said once while we were making games in Tokyo, we don’t really feel the importance of Xbox, but when I visit LA for E3 or Europe or a world tour or whatever, we just feel every day how important the Xbox market is for us.

“So that there will always be a need to make the game for both consoles.”

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Op vrijdag 9 december 2011 14:37 schreef Notorious_Roy het volgende:
Oeh, dat is wel interessant. Eens even zien of de AKO hier dat magazine verkoopt.