Back in December, Square Enix hinted that downloadable content was being considered for Final Fantasy XIII. Now, a new quote from producer Yoshinori Kitase has all but confirmed the inevitability of extra content for the huge RPG sequel.
"At first we had plans to release the game simultaneously worldwide," Kitase tells Official PlayStation Magazine. "So we had the intention to deliver identical version between the regions. When we noticed that we wouldn’t make it, we decided to release the game as fast as possible in the west after its release in Japan. We initially had doubts to add extra content to the western version but then it would have taken the international version more months of delay. We did prepare DLC but it will arrive a little later in the west."
This is the first solid mention of DLC since December's hint, which would indicate that DLC is pretty much a given now. As to what the DLC will actually be, who could guess? Why not give a try yourself, and let us know what kind of content you'd like to see?
Rumour: Final Fantasy XIII DLC Coming Soon? [FinalFantasy-XIII.net via NeoGAF]
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5:40 PM on 01.27.2010
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Dark Eidolons confirmed?
OMEGA and Ultima Weapon confirmed?
FMV theater comfirmed?
a theatre mode ( the cutscenes are so stunning but I don't want to have to replay the game again or make trillion saves just to see that one amazing cutscene )
The ability to revisit the earlier places in the game (scratch that. just let me revisit Palumpolom and the Sanctum Starfleet)
More Cie'th missions
More places to visit on Gran Pulse
give me all that for free
then make the international version with the original game + the content I mentioned, then bundle it with all the content you cut out on a 2nd blu-ray disc if you must. Or hell, just use a dual-layered one
Yeah FF7 haters, I went there.
Get it? cuz its like Palom and Porom
And *especially* fuck RPGs with DLC.
I'm out Sqeenix.
YouTube HD.
The Bad: It's DLC. :(
FFX-2 was bad enough. Lol.
Re-imagined Fights with old school bosses.
Just more dungeons.
Anyway just buy the stupid DLC and enjoy it and shut up. I realize that Final Fantasy could never survive if it wasn't so stagnant but this isn't a big change.
Thank you, that was just what I neeeded to be slapped out of liking a series, some random guy basically saying 'shitsux and you suck'. There are much more stagnant series out there with fewer iterations. And 'stagnant' is not mutually exclusive with 'good'.
@The Silent Protagonist
DLC isn't (or, shouldn't be, in a perfect world) content that was shaved off a complete game in order for companies to nickle and dime you for some extra cash. You aren't buying a 3-wheeled card for full price, but can't drive it until you pay extra for the 4th wheel later, you're getting a full 4-wheeled car, with the option to add in an HD radio and 5-disc changer stereo somewhere down the line. DLC is not inherently bad, get off your high horse.
@Xzyliac
YouRube's HD is nice, but no way a stretched, compressed 720p video on a 22" monitor can substitute for a 1080p video on a 42" TV.
So long as its not just Armour and stuff though, that aways sucks.
@TheDirtyHobo - They could release a collectors collectors edition with a bonus disc of JUST the cutscenes, like the Metal Gear Solid : Snake Eater one that came with the Extreme DVD Collection.
Wilson would say you have formed an opinion based on ignorance, you ignoramus! And who wants to willingly be ignorant?
Guess they changed their minds?
Magazine. "So we had the intention to deliver identical version between the regions. When we noticed that we wouldn’t make it, we decided to release the game as fast as possible in the west after its release in Japan. We initially had doubts to add extra ski vacations
content to the western version but then it would have taken the international version more months of delay. We did prepare DLC but it will arrive a little later in the west."