FFXIII Demo Blocked by Microsoft

Started by wee187 April 10th, 2009 10:15 PM
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wee187

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Well now we find out that Microsoft is who is behind the blocking of the demo of FFXIII on Advent Children for the XBOX 360, obviously. Looks like you can still get it if you order the Japanese set from PlayAsia but it will set you back $69 US.

View original source: http://www.gamers.com/news/view_5105.html

For those too lazy to open a separate tab to read that, this is what it says:

Well, it looks like Microsoft has struck again! This time it has affected the playable demo of Final Fantasy XIII that was supposed to be in the Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Blu-ray release due out in June 7th, 2009. The Japanese version of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children has the playable demo, obviously because Final fantasy XIII is an exclusive title in Japan and the deal that Microsoft has struck with Square Enix has slowed up the development of the game in general, which is the obvious reason for the game not even being out in Japan yet.

However, this has also affected the localization of the game which should have been in progress by now and would have allowed every version of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children to include a Final Fantasy XIII demo instead of what appears to only be game footage that is already available on the internet instead of a demo that would cause sales for the Blu-ray release of the movie to soar. Thanks a bundle Microsoft…and even more-so, Square Enix who has spent this whole generation making a decision that leads to them dropping the ball repeatedly.

That is still no excuse for there to be such a change in plans for the US and Euro versions of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children to not have this demo available after stating the complete opposite a year ago. I just don’t understand why can’t they provide localization for the demo after all this mess, how much time would it seriously take?

There is however, an alternative for PS3 owners outside of Japan so do not worry!, Play-Asia.com has Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children on Blu-ray for $53.90.…….without the Final Fantasy XIII playable demo, however if you want the Blu-ray version with the playable demo then you’ll only have to fork over a measly $69.90. Alright, maybe it’s just me but the first price scared me away regardless if the playable demo was included, but $70 for a mediocre Anime including the demo of a game that I am souring more and more on by the moment is just ridiculous.

Original sources said a year ago and as early as Christmas that the US version of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children would be getting the Final Fantasy XIII playable demo and I assumed the Euro version would receive this as well. This is proving how much Microsoft is screwing up plans by throwing money around instead of letting the gaming world evolve. I don’t even hate Microsoft, even though I disagree with their practices and also shoving out an incomplete console that is called the XBOX 360.

On top of all this mess, this is one scenario where the 360 version of a game WILL hold back the Playstation 3 version due to it being on DVD9 compared to Blu-ray. I mean look at how cheap Lost Odyssey was made and it was on 4 discs. In the era of HD gaming, you just simply need more capacity than the 7GB of space that Microsoft uses for games and in the RPG genre, space is a must if you are going to have the game in HD. Period. Let alone the fact that Square Enix is just losing more and more fire after each release they come with, and as a PS3 owner, only White Knight Chronicles even counts as a real RPG for me when it eventually releases outside of Japan because Level 5 has become much more reliable than Square Enix at this point.

I know Microsoft is trying it’s best to keep up with Sony’s lineup of games, because that’s where they failed during last gen, but they just need to come with their own exclusives and their own way of combating Sony and Nintendo without trying to buy up all of the3rd party exclusives. Which is fine, but the part that puzzles me is paying for a “Timed Exclusive”, I just don’t get that tactic and so far it has failed because despite all of this and the Playstation 3 being twice the price of the XBOX 360 for 6 months now, they still have been pretty much selling at the same pace since inception and this plan only works for them on paper because they try to make it look like the XBOX 360 is killing the Playstation 3…when they in fact are not.

I look at it like this, the first XBOX came out a year after the Playstation 2 and put the XBOX 360 out a year before Sony did with the PS3, and Sony is still making money off the Playstation 2 while the XBOX is nowhere to be seen. Are they in this for putting out the best gaming experience possible or are they just trying to capitalize like they did in the PC world which they have also lost a grip on as well.

I don’t know what to make of this mess right now and maybe it’ll make more sense later this year when Square Enix starts shedding some light on where they plan on going in this generation, but it looks like they have made one poor mistake after another.

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Did you even read what you copy+pasted? Microsoft didn't "Block" it. Because of Microsoft's pocketbook, however, the localization of FFXIII has been postponed. It's a side-effect; not a conscious decision. Please, please, read things thoroughly before you go around spreading FUD with sensationalized forum thread titles far and wide.

wee187

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Did you even read what you copy+pasted? Microsoft didn't "Block" it. Because of Microsoft's pocketbook, however, the localization of FFXIII has been postponed. It's a side-effect; not a conscious decision. Please, please, read things thoroughly before you go around spreading FUD with sensationalized forum thread titles far and wide.
Ehh, I skimmed over it. I was going off what someone had explained to me, and I was in a pretty darn hurry when I posted this. So sorry if how took it is wrong. ._. You don't have to be so negative about it...

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I lol'd at the writer pointing out that White Knight Chronicles is the only real RPG on the PS3, if it ever goes overseas.

It was only a decent JRPG at best, to be quite honest.
Demon's Soul is really the only RPG you need on the PS3.
Eternal Sonata and Folklore are pretty cool too. And Oblivion.

Although I don't think M$ is solely to blame (Square have being more unreliable than they have being helpful) but M$ has played it's part. If they weren't trying to grab every single third party exclusive just to steal PS3s thunder then we'd have the demo. It was the same with Bioshock, which M$ paid for the PS3 demo to be heavily delayed, as the PS3 demo was coded the same time as the PC and 360 versions.

But whatever, if FF12 is anything to go by FF13 will be average at best, so jokes on you M$.

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But whatever, if FF12 is anything to go by FF13 will be average at best, so jokes on you M$.
I like your post, EXCEPT that part! FFXII wasn't averge, it was amazing, and still my favorite FF. Okay end rant. ^_^

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