Final Fantasy XIII Versus development suspended

Personally, I have mixed feelings. Bringing another team in to work on the project is a good idea in general, but there's bound to be a sort of clash when they work with people that have been ingrained in the project for so long. When you look just getting them up to speed with what's done and what isn't, much less training them and shifting their mindset- it'll be, what, three, four months before they're working at full capacity?

Looks like PS3 development isn't helping things get any better. Don't be surprised if it ends up on 360 too.

Aww, I still have to enjoy MGS4?

Shucks.

So it's still coming, just further off, right?

I can live with that.

Wait, there's a Final Fantasy XIII in the works?!?! I've barely finished Final Fantasy III! That's like, 10 more FF games I have to play! KAAAAAHHHHHNNN!

I doubt anyone cared about Versus anyways. Plus, I hate Tetsuya Nomura and his shitty art (if you can even call it art), so this is sort of good news to me.

Squeenix is like a massive chicken with its head cut off.

Wow, this sucks -_-

You're absolutely right, Genius, information on the development cycle of a game is not news fit for a gamin site such as Destructoid. Yes, this was merely flamebait so that 360 owners could crawl from the woodwork and laugh at PS3 owners. Only positive PS3 stories will be posted forthwith!

finish FFXIII, after that reskin Versus to be the next Kingdom Hearts, and you're done!

Well honestly this is what they should have done IN THE FIRST PLACE!

wtf SE, seriously, why try to release 2 FF games almost at the same time? STOP THE MILKING! FOCUS on making ONE friggin game at a time, Make it a classic and stop making SOOOOO MANY FF GAMES AT THE SAME TIME!!! THIS IS WHY YOUR SHIT IS FAILING!

jesus...

THIS MEANS PS3 SUCKS.

I actually welcome the news. This means that when Versus XIII does come out there'll be a larger gap between it and XIII so plenty of time to get stuck in and work through XIII instead of rushing through it to play Versus XIII.

GOOD. Just stick to making the damn Numbered Games! Make the bloody spin-offs AFTER the MAIN game is finished! By all means, they can work on the main game and the spin-offs in tandem, but bloody hell, isn't it obvious that they make the main game first? Don't most people want FFXIII first and foremost?

I'm angry because here in Australia, we sometimes have to wait YEARS before it's released here. FFXII took over a year to get to the PAL regions. I've heard that the Playstation 3 will be region free, so maybe I have a chance at importing it from the US. But jeez, finish it already. The Final Fantasy series is starting to suffer from overload - first came the films (spirits within and Advent Children, which were okay at best), then came the spin-off games (Crisis Core, etc, which were pretty good), then came the pure leaching (an FF shooter starring VINCENT? What the hell?), and now here comes the endless fighting games, games featuring minor characters, "expansions" and to my horror, SEQUELS (I refuse to even play X2 - it's NOT Final Fantasy with only THREE characters and a non-linear story line and alternative endings).

Square, stick to the numbered games. Please. Final Fantasy is a great series, but if it goes on like this, I can't imagine how much longer it can last. By diverting their resources, they are going to start to churn out "less-than-stellar" games in the pursuit of fan service and money. Don't do this Square-Enix. DON'T DO IT!