Oh no! Everybody said that Final Fantasy XIII coming to the Xbox 360 would ruin the game because only Blu-ray could handle it, and it's all coming true! In a recent Q&A session, producer Yoshinori Kitase has revealed that the game might not ship with a Japanese voice track when it hits the US, because the Xbox 360 is rubbish and wrong. The prophecy of PS3 fans has been made flesh!
"Obviously, when we talk about XIII it's for PS3 and Xbox -- with PS3 being on Blu-ray there would be enough memory, but on Xbox probably not." explained Kitase, confirming everybody's worst fears. "At the moment we're thinking of releasing the voice in English only. Are there many people who would like to play with Japanese voices?"
Well, that's Final Fantasy XIII absolutely wrecked. Once again, the Xbox 360 has destroyed gaming by not indulging those pretentious people who only listen to Japanese voice tracks and pretend they're better, even though all the women sound like screaming three year olds in them and are ten times more annoying.
The PS3 fans were right all along. FF XIII going multiplatform has killed it, and MGS4 would need to be shipped on ten thousand DVDs if it ever went to the 360. It's all true, and we didn't listen!
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9:20 AM on 05.12.2009
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/facepalm
Sorry, but I'm one of those rare people who would rather hear the dialog in English than have Japanese plus text.
But this is kinda dissapointing, english voice acting can miss the mark sometimes, and that japanese voice option is nice to have.
(joking)
Anyway, since I've never actually played an FF game apart from X and X-2, but those were both demos, are they dubbed in all 5 main languages when they come to Europe or is it just English?
Does that mean no US FF will have a Japanese track, or only the 360?
I'm all for dual language options, but if need be, I'll take an english language one. Its important to understand what you need to do in the game, otherwise what's the point, than to hear original languages.
although; who care? who?
The FFXIII demo came to 5gb on its own. Gonna be a lot of disks, especially with more than one audio track.
As an owner of both systems I find this stupid. Just the japanese voice track on the PS3 version and charge money to the xbox 360 owners for DLC, you lik money don't you SE?
I'm buying the PS3 version anyways just because... well it feels right.
Cause everyone knows the more japanese it is the better the experiance.
who gives a fuck?
They won't want fans of one side to feel their version is inferior to the other ( at least in the US versions) so its safe to say what they will do to one version they will do to both.
But of course, nothing's set in stone. We still don't have any confirmed info regarding what the final product will hold.
But seriously, regardless of your voice acting preferences or your level of Japanophilia, you HAVE to agree that this f*cking sucks. A product we're going to get may well be held back because of the addition of a new platform into the mix.
The original is authentic, so I for one would prefer it. Or maybe I'm just making a point and couldn't really give a fuck...
I'm currently learning Japanese and gaming in Japanese with subtitles is an excellent way of getting your speed up.
Fuck everyone with an Errorbox. Fuck them in the ass with a cactus. A cactus with aids.
They've not yet mentioned all the other corners they've had to cut because so many western gamers are too fucking tight to buy a proper current gen console.
Fucking parents on welfare buying their fucking kids errorboxes all the time. Fuck you.
How can you tell whether the actors suit the characters more? You can't even understand what they're saying.
Cry more, weaboos.
They also hinted they're looking into including if it's a popular option. Meaning PS3 will most likely see Japanese Voices, 360 won't.
As for the whole argument, I have to say that it comes down to what it is. I'm a big fan of Naruto (Yeah, I know, I've heard it all before, Narutard this, Narufag that, :p ) and I can't stand the english voice acting, but I can't play Valkyria Chronicles in Japanese, Or Disgaea.
I also suggest that Bluerei picks up a copy of Dragon Quest 8, The voice acting in that is of the highest quality, if you want an example of bad voice acting, Can anyone beat "I wanted to be the one that filled your dark soul with LIIIIIIghhhT!" in DMC1?
Switch that cactus for a Cactuar and you may have yourself some kind of PS3 Fanboy / Squenix doushinji on your hands!
(Just don't let Squenix find out though, cuz when you're just about to release it, they'll claim copyright infringement.)
But appaerently if we want things we were gonna have were selfish.
Seriously back in the day we didn't have this problem, when they made games for the genesis,SNES,saturn,and playstation they talored the game to the system and if your system couldn't swing with another system too bad,tough luck, and I wish we were still operating under that philosophy, not all consoles are created equal and as a person who went out of my way to make sure he had them all(for the fact that I thought devs would play on each consoles strengths instead of pulling this equality bullsh*t) I know there not equal.
@sexual chocalate
Easy,easy nothing is confirmed yet.
And even if it was everything you just said can be considerd flamebait, even if you have a legitimate emotion behind it.
He was RIGHT. This is public soduku.
Cactuar FTW! Or I could pull out my Cactus Creamer (MHF2) and tripple pound those tight ass errorbox cockholes.
Fingers crossed for some PS3 exclusive Nihon voice love!
Um, who cares?
@ Sexualchocolate
Sorry, but not everyone has $400 to spend on a console. You need to get the sand out of your vagina.
Squenix, just use more dvds, you muppets. No one cares about extra dvds really.
Yeah same here although it's not because it sounds better in japanese it's usually so I don't have to listen to them say there little cheesy one liners before a fight starts lol
Sadly though, I suspect falinter is close to the truth...