Final Fantasy XIII PS3 gets exclusive FFXIV stuff

After ten billion years of waiting, Final Fantasy XIII releases today in North America, with a last-minute announcement that will give PS3 fans something else to beam about in one of the console wars’ most bitter battleground. The PlayStation 3 version of the game is getting an exclusive. 

XIII PS3 will give players a “secret in-game item” for use with Final Fantasy XIV when it releases later this year. They will also be in with a chance of getting into the beta. Square Enix “Point Cards” will be packaged into the initial run of PS3 copies, which can be used on Square-Enix Members to redeem a code. 

Sony would like to remind you that the PS3 version is the one to get. “The Final Fantasy franchise has long been synonymous with the PlayStation brand,” writes Sony demagogue Rob Dyer. “Who could forget Final Fantasy VII on PSone and Final Fantasy X proved to be a landmark achievement when it launched on the PS2.”

I think Sony should just pretend Final Fantasy XIII is an exclusive. It would be funny.