Contrary to our satirical article in which I said Final Fantasy XIII would be blatantly better on the Xbox 360, Square Enix has revealed that Blu-ray will lead to a superior PS3 version after all. The Xbox 360 version is going to feature compressed video and audio, presumably in an attempt to get as much content as it can on one DVD.
Despite the compression, the Xbox 360 version will still ship on multiple discs. Meanwhile, Final Fantasy XIII on PS3 will be uncompressed and resplendent on a single dual-layered Blu-ray disc. To give you a sense of how far ahead Blu-ray discs are, a dual-layered BD can hold 50GBs of data and a dual-layered DVD holds 9GB.
While the compressed nature of the 360 version will have very little effect on normal people, the fanboys are going to have a field day. This is a de facto victory for the Sony obsessives, even though their human eyes and ears won't be able to detect a real difference in quality between the two. Still, congraulations to PS3 owners, probably!
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8:20 AM on 12.09.2009
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I wonder if there will be Japanese Audio on the PS3 version? They have the extra space I'm guessing.
I've heard zillions of stories of scratched 360 discs (in some cases, the 360 did it!), but not one broken PS3 game.
I'm equally hyped for both WKC and FF13 but I remember waiting for WKC much longer than the Final Fantasy game.
And yes, I'm wearing my Asbestos Suit with +25% fire resistance right now.
Though I will probably preorder it for my black box of awesome.
I'm pretty sure there won't be a JP audio track seeing as SE wanted both versions to be "the same". Besides Johnny Yong Bosch needs work.
Actually, maybe not for this, but certainly for FFX2...and maybe more than just his head for that one...
Seriously though, anyone that doesn't have both consoles and makes a fuss about this should be taken out to a garden and shot in the head... I bet if you put 2 identical TV's next to eachother, displaying the same scene from the same FMV, nobody human would be able to tell the difference... I mean, just think back of the awesome FMV's they allready were able to put into FFVIII...
A time will come where games are too big for DVDs.
Or
Final fantasy will need to be gimped to port to the 360.
Or
blu-rays are the future proof technology a console needs to last it's lifecycle.
So uh. What was it you weebols were saying?
Let us pray, pray that you are wrong about that. I was really looking forward to being able to have that. It would be a shame to take it out so that both versions could be "the same", then compressing the audio/video and shipping it on multiple disks anyway...
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gc-09-final-fantasy/55240
"still no plans for Japanese audio". Seriously if I hear any more Johnny Yong Bosch or Wendee Lee I'll give up on RPGs altogether. I recently got a 360 and picked up the older RPGs I missed out on and god those two are in like every game :(
Anyway, disregarding comments like yours (pretty much what they deserve), I'd say, good on ya PS3, about time one of your advantages was taken, em, advantage of. Fair play to ya, and it was a little unfair on the old Sony fanboys not to have FF as an exclusive release on their machine in the first place, so at least this gives something back. Mind you, saying that, given the PS3 is less capable than the 360 when it comes to textures, it'll be interesting to see if more space = better graphics, or merely uncompressed worse graphics :s
Think Im going to just go and top myself now :-(
Or in truth, what Zulu said.
Because the audio was terrible in that game. If it turns out similarly on 360, then that's a dealbreaker.
Oh absolutely, couldn't agree more. Rather I'd suggest people try and come up with rational arguments, not just blurt out disconnected ideas.
Blu-Ray wasn't all that incredible when the two came out. If anything, Blu-Ray was inferior at the beginning. It's taken revisions of the Blu-Ray spec to make it superior.
Additionally, HD-DVD *was* cheaper to manufacture at the time.
and btw, i am a FF/Sony fanboy~
If Sqeenix compresses the movies with care and attention it will be fine.
The intro of the first zombi map of COD:W@W on the other hand...
Do not care either way. Game looks great, and I'm pretty sure on my 37" HDTV I won't be able to tell the difference.
It does make sense that even if you produce a crappier version on PS3, you can at least treat the fans to 1080p video.
I won't get into the whole HD-DVD vs Bluray. It's been done to death but @Chocolate, it's not as much as future proofing a console, MS knows they can have a shorter life cycle of their console if they release it earlier and cheaper upfront cost. The addon/accessories released will more often than not turns out to be great. Shoppers are dumb, these are the same people that believes in "buy more, save more" slogan. Remember, even the HD-DVD addon wouldn't work with games, it was strictly for movies. Best thing about HD-DVD though, completely region free discs.
"it's not as much as future proofing a console, MS knows they can have a shorter life cycle of their console if they release it earlier and cheaper upfront cost."
Xbox720 2010 release, rushed out, with obligatory Next-gen RRoD, and subsequent legal action forcing extended warrantee - CONFIRMED!
But anyone with even an average surround sound system knows the difference between compressed and uncompressed audio is as prominant as the difference between 1080p and a tube TV are to video.
It DOES make a difference. This isn't mere bullet point BS from the advertisers.
Give credit where it's due, the whole uncompressed thing is a higher quality audio mark every time towards the PS3. So blu-ray is offering more than simply not having to switch a disc.
You crack me up dude. You get so many people riled up against you with a few words, when they can just ignore you.
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PS3 FTW - suck it xbots :D