While Namco Bandai has been quick to offer level ups and other nonsensical bits of DLC to try and monetize a single-player linear RPG, Square Enix has stated that there are no plans to do the same with Final Fantasy XIII.
Speaking to Japanese magazine Dengeki PlayStation, Square confirms that the game's "Story" and "Scenario" are complete, while the graphics are 80% completed. Apparently, all released footage up until now have been from earlier builds of the game, with the game having moved on quite considerably since then.
When asked about the downloadable content, Square Enix simply said there were no plans. That doesn't rule it out in the future, but at the very least, Square Enix isn't licking its lips and dreaming of fleecing its customers before the actual game is finished.
Good show, too -- unless you're prepared to release whole new chapters, it's incredibly hard to release DLC for a linear RPG without looking like a money-grubbing arsehead.
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9:00 AM on 03.28.2009
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I don't really like the DLC Namco pushes, but I also don't have to buy it. Just ignore stupid shit like this Jim. Otherwise you'll end up turning gray from stress, getting so angry about things you can't control and that dont effect you.
Chill homie.
If this ends the way most FF games end (definitively), I'm assuming some DLC would follow some character's past events or a "what they were doing before the first cutscene" sort of thing.
Either that or some kind of optional super-hard dungeon. They've added that stuff in with all of the remakes/rereleases so far, it's hardly unprecedented.
They're not going to diminish the value of a series that people wait in lines for by teabagging the players with a "HAY DOWNLOAD ANOTHER SET OF ASYMMETRICAL PANTS 400 MS PTS" before they've even started playing.
DLC=Donkeys loving cock
what the $%*! am i looking at?
is that supposed to be a screenshot or a collage of corn chips and skittles?
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