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Final Fantasy XIII possibly delayed until 2009
Colette Bennett11.19.08 - 2:50 PM 40 comments

Final Fantasy XIII possibly delayed until 2009 screenshot

Square recently held their yearly fiscal meeting, which yielded some very distressing news for RPG fans awaiting the newest Final Fantasy with baited breath: The game may not be released until 2009. The trouble seems to revolve around the White Engine, the in-house engine that is being developed for all PS3 titles from Square. Since development of the engine is moving slower than your grandmother, the projections to finish the title have been pushed way, way back.

Good grief, Charlie Brown. Is it just me that sees the irony of Square pumping out FF side projects right and left, yet losing their steam on the next major installment in the series? They've gone from being one of the most reliable providers of solid titles to as vaguely dependable as your flaky friend with the bulemia problem. While this is likely a very real issue, it just stings for those of us who feel Square has been jerking fans all over the place as of late (a-hem.)

If you happen to be able to read Japanese, you can read the Financial Report for yourself here.

[Via Games are Fun, Thanks Aerox!]

 



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WHAT!I didn't even buy any of those i've just been waiting for that Final fantasy in paticular....ugh...



Topher Cantler's Avatar
Topher Cantler at 11/19/2007 14:48

BOOOOO
IvoryShipping's Avatar
IvoryShipping at 11/19/2007 14:48

Dang.
JACK of No Trades's Avatar
JACK of No Trades at 11/19/2007 14:51

Wow! That sucks.
AgentMOO's Avatar
AgentMOO at 11/19/2007 14:59

Damn you dreamy tay zonday this is all your fault!
ShinAmano's Avatar
ShinAmano at 11/19/2007 15:00

The pain in many a fanboys heart must be great right now...
Hoygeit's Avatar
Hoygeit at 11/19/2007 15:01

I second that 'BOOOOO'.
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king3vbo at 11/19/2007 15:04

LAYME!!!

However, best shoooop evar does exist in this here post
Puppetpallmich's Avatar
Puppetpallmich at 11/19/2007 15:07

ha
KilgoreTrout XL's Avatar
KilgoreTrout XL at 11/19/2007 15:08

So, they need time to port the engine to the 360? ;)
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Harkonnen at 11/19/2007 15:21

imho, this, and not exclusives or graphic quality, is what really turns the next-gen wars. Nevermind how powerful your hardware is if you need to hire MIT staff to actually get something released on time. And I wouldn't be surprised if this was a big part of the motivation for Sony cutting down prices on their Developer Kits, as well as giving some more love to poor software engineers out there.
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SourGr8pes at 11/19/2007 15:22

Is that other guy stepping away from the mike to breathe?
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deiga-the-semivaliant at 11/19/2007 15:26

This is nothing. It took, what, five years for Final Fantasy XII to be released?

Trust me, us Squeenix fans are used to playing the waiting game.
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Variable Gear at 11/19/2007 15:27

@ KilgoreTrout XL:

I hope so ;)
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Upgrayedd at 11/19/2007 15:30

He moves away from the mike to delay the game.
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Trev at 11/19/2007 15:39

I don't even care about Final Fantasy; I hate those damn games. I will throw my proverbial hat in with the "BOO" crowd for other reasons

"Its hard" is no longer a valid excuse, developers. Uncharted and Ratchet and Clank were available not just on-time, but early and they look, run, and play great. Square Enix is a behemoth in comparison to Naughty Dog or Insomniac.

@Variable and Kilgore: The way the industry is running now, talking about games years before they're going to be released, I think we would have heard about it by now. Keeping it secret would serve no purpose and, preemptively, if Sony was going to pay them to keep quiet, why wouldn't they just pay them not to make it for 360?
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GuitarAtomik at 11/19/2007 15:42

That blows. One the bright side though, I'll probably buy another PS3 by then and it will probably be a whole lot cheaper.
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ArrestedDeveloper at 11/19/2007 15:56

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Riser Glen at 11/19/2007 15:56

BREAKING NEWS: Riser's purchase of a PS3 possibly delayed until 2009.
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Grimspoon at 11/19/2007 16:11

Right on Riser; at least thats a few hundred bucks we wont have to spend at any point next year.
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brad drac at 11/19/2007 16:38

I have a hard time caring about this. Odd, considering final fantasy was once my most favouritest series ever. But IX wasn't the game I wanted, X was terribly disapointing, XI was an MMO and therefore not worth the time and XII was delayed by over six months between american and european releases. I haven't even bothered picking it up yet. Also, the constant shitty tie-ins and rehashes don't help much either. I might pick up the game when I buy a PS3, but it will by no means be a deciding factor in such a purchase.
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ShadowXOR at 11/19/2007 16:58

brad drac: I'm in the same ship you are. You forgot to mention X-2 which was a travesty.
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Fading_Star at 11/19/2007 16:59

As long as it doesn't suck, all will be forgiven :).
Professor Pew's Avatar
Professor Pew at 11/19/2007 17:20

And the White Engine is multiplatform. Maybe they are optimizng it for other consoles? :o
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 11/19/2007 17:21

LOL
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uptonogood at 11/19/2007 17:54

this had better be the prettiest damn game ever created for at least the next decade.
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Im OK at 11/19/2007 17:55

Honestly, I would have been totally shocked if it had been released in 2008. Calling it now: The game will get delayed again and probably not be released until 2010 or later. It wouldn't be unusual.
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thisissami at 11/19/2007 18:02

i agree with you colette. I really wish they would just move back to the solid and amazing titles that came out every year or every other year... or now since they've merged with enix to have only the main entries to the dragon quest, final fantasy, and i guess kingdom hearts games, and any other titles would have to be new IPs... no spinoffs!!
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ZekeThePlumber at 11/19/2007 18:29

So is this just for the main FFXIII or does it include the 12 or so spin-offs they have planned for it?
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braulio09 at 11/19/2007 18:42

WTF SQUARE!
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Terror Player at 11/19/2007 19:37

As long as MGS 4 is not further delayed... then the PS3 should have nothing to worry about
bluki's Avatar
bluki at 11/19/2007 20:45

i don't see this as a surprise
kawitchate's Avatar
kawitchate at 11/19/2007 20:58

rrr. angry.
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Necros at 11/19/2007 21:24

If you didn't see this coming, then you don't know SquareEnix.
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 11/19/2007 21:24

If you didn't see this coming, then you don't know SquareEnix.
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Zeag at 11/19/2007 21:46

Wow, when this game will came out the PS3 will be in the sub-300$ range...

Oh well, there's always White Knight Story and MGS4 to make me feel I didn't buy my PS3 for nothing...
Zakuen's Avatar
Zakuen at 12/24/2007 14:14

Good, hopefully there will be more PS3 price drops by then and I might actually pick one up for this.
Juggalette's Avatar
Juggalette at 06/20/2008 08:09

WHAT!I didn't even buy any of those i've just been waiting for that Final fantasy in paticular....ugh

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