EGM editor-in-chief James Mielke asked Kitase, "Will there be any compromises made to the Xbox 360 version in terms of the FMV quality or audio quality?"
Kitase cooly responded, "At this point, nothing's really been decided; that will be a process that takes place in the future, but for the difference between the hardware, we'll work on trying to find ways to compress the prerendered movies and voice that take up a lot of data in ways that don't affect the final product. As for the in-game visuals, we're going to look for ways to ensure that the quality remains the same between the two versions."
Here's a question readers. If it had to be on multiple discs would it matter? Seems like the same amount of hassle compared to being forced to install a game. Just saying.
[Thanks, Jonnah]
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7-16-2008 @ 3:40PM
Chase said...
My favorite Final Fantasy game had multiple discs. I don't see what the problem is as far as that is concerned.
I wonder how they'll package the multiple discs. I'd prefer it to be packaged better than Lost Odyssey.
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7-16-2008 @ 3:41PM
PirateGamer said...
and it's not as though you're switching every 30 minutes or so. unless you go all out you most likely won't even switch in a day.
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7-16-2008 @ 3:47PM
Jonah Falcon said...
My name is Jonah, dammit. Not "Jonnah" :p
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7-16-2008 @ 3:47PM
Profsr Chaos said...
Now the "game installs" make sense, if ff13 came on multiple disc, then it would make sense to install the other discs and keep the main disc during the duration of game play, thus relieving the need to swap disc.
I hear bict#es complaining about a "watered down" version and thats a bunch of bologna, it seems that MGS4 required the "extra space" to hold amount of in game cinematic that it had did,
seriously id rather take a prerendered cinematic any day.
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7-16-2008 @ 3:49PM
haukke said...
i played lost odyssey on the 360 and the time between disk 1 and disk 2 was like 5 or 6 days.no biggie.i would rather have it on multiple disks uncompressed.it did not take anything away from playing the game at all.
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7-16-2008 @ 3:53PM
Profsr Chaos said...
I thought that MS had the strongest showing at e3 so far, all sony showcased was its strong PS2 and PSP sales, then it showed games that were on both platforms, then it showed "trailers" of God of war 3 and FAG, oops i mean MAG,
256 players, ohh ahhh, sure! If they want to have that many players on MAG then wouldnt everyone that purchased a PS3 have to buy one? LOL
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7-16-2008 @ 4:09PM
Andrew said...
lay off the hate speech. The one thing missing from Microsoft's press conference was a racism/homophobia filter.
7-16-2008 @ 4:15PM
Profsr Chaos said...
I love hypnotoad too!
Its not a hate/homophobic speech, its an inappropriate argument regarding a silly subject, kinda like when people say "thats gay" or when people refer to "halo" as "gaylo", you sir are taking my rant too literal, perhaps next time you will see the error of your ways before assuming the worst in people.....
7-16-2008 @ 4:07PM
RedSonRising said...
swapping discs isnt that big of a deal and the install option will cure that problem if its really bothering people.. ill trade a 10 minute install or a 3 second disc swap to play a good game no problem..
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7-16-2008 @ 4:15PM
chris said...
Please, for the love of god put it on several disk, I don't want your version screwing up mine. Shit xbox. Only in America can low quality shit sell well.
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7-16-2008 @ 6:38PM
kentuckyfried said...
Yeah, me too. If the Xbox version in any way compromises the ps3 version, I'm not buying either version. SE would lose a potential customer at that point. (I've never played any of the FF's but I as looking forward to this one already after the trailer).
7-16-2008 @ 4:23PM
DeadPlasmaCell said...
"Here's a question readers. If it had to be on multiple discs would it matter? Seems like the same amount of hassle compared to being forced to install a game. Just saying."
Exactly. I wouldn't mind having it on 8 or 10 discs or whatever, it takes all of 20 seconds to get up and change a disc out. I own a PS3 and MGS4 and I would have preferred a 20 second disc swap over a 3 or 4 minute install between acts. Sure having it on one disc is convenient.. but those 3 minute installs between acts aren't.
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7-16-2008 @ 4:23PM
Jonman said...
Personally, disc swapping is a complete and total non-issue. I have to put a disc in the 360 to play the game anyway - if I have to lift my lazy fat ass off the couch every 15 hours of gametime, I can manage that.
I'd even go as far as to say that I prefer it to a mandatory install, because I'm an impatient bugger, and when I get a new game home, I want to start playing it that second.
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7-16-2008 @ 4:23PM
jason said...
Doesn't anybody remember in ff8 & 9 how you had four disc, i always felt awesome when i switched the disc because you felt like you were making real progress. maybe they will put them on cds so that we can swap them every hour or so, that would be SWEET.
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7-16-2008 @ 4:26PM
Arnon said...
Here's the big question.. Say FFXIII takes up 5 discs, and the PS3 version's -mandatory-(lol) install takes about, oh.. 20minutes?
7seconds of disc swapping > 20minutes of installation
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7-16-2008 @ 4:26PM
XDragon said...
You guys are too much. All the ps3 bashing is getting old. All the systems have their good and bad points and everyone should buy what ever is good for them. Come next gen, I'm convinced that MS will run away from Nintendo and Sony and please don't say they already have with the 360 because its success is very isolated.
I have nothing against the 360's library but I do have an issue with the rrod. My brother who works for best buy and ensured that he got a new 360 already has the rrod and it hasn't even been a month yet. This is completely unacceptable and I don't know how people have let MS make this a non issue! I don't know a single person with a 360 that hasn't had to have it replaced and of them almost all have had it replaced multiple times! This is the worst thing to ever happen and yet, MS is doing so well in North America. Ya I know its got the games and the great online services but if I have to cross my fingers before and during game play and likely be without my system for multiple repairs, it would drive me nuts and thats why i got fed up and sold my 360. I'm not a fanboy or bashing, I'm just really surprised that more people haven't dumpped it just for the lack of reliability.
As for FF13, its great news for 360 fans but i'd expct anyone with both systems would get the PS3 version. I just hope 13 is actully a good game because FF has really sucked for a while and the remakes are far better than the new FF games.....and thats just sad. FF4 and 6 will always be the best 2 in the series for me but even with the popularity of 7, why can't they move back to a formula that was actually good instead of this crap that only sells well because its labeled Final Fantasy.
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7-16-2008 @ 4:27PM
Leo said...
Ok some guy originally said that he'd rather play it on a ps3 if it had 1080 p uncompressed video and 7.1 surround sound, ummm thats great, for a movie, how about 1080p gameplay instead, MGS4 and Killzone 2 are running at 720p, for a system touting 1080p it seems that sony is lacking much, and yeah there is a difference between 720p and 1080p,
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7-16-2008 @ 4:32PM
Leo said...
I think that if they redesigned the console (mine looks old next to my new samsung tv), fixed the RROD and implemented BLU RAY, I think then the 360 would be a better choice for both gamers and consumers,
What Sony needs to do is discontinue the PS2 and implement backwards compatibility to the ps3, then anyone who wants to play a ps2 game will have to upgrade to a newer system, it would suck for consumers but in the long run people will be pleased to have a machine that plays new gen games, last gen games and the current disc media,.... hmmmm kinda like what the ps2 was when it first came out.
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7-17-2008 @ 8:13AM
XDragon said...
Ya, Sony's really dropping the ball with bc after they made it out to be such a big feature. I need bc for the Playstation line because I need Castlevania SOTN, Final Fantasy 1, 4 and 6, Chrono Trigger, Capcom VS SNK 2, Marvel VS Capcom 2 and Street Fighter Anniversary Collection. If I buy the 40G or the new August 80G, I'm sol. The reason I bring it up is because I want a 2nd PS3 as a 2nd Blu-Ray player but if MS made a BR 360 AND fixed the RROD FOR REAL, then I'd get the 360 instead.
To be totally honest, Nintendo is the only company doing things right. The DS vs DS Lite is only cosmetic differences, and there's only 1 Wii. This multi sku BS that Sony and MS are doing is stupid and at this point in the game, there should be no new 360s for sale that don't include a hard drive.
Next gen feels so far away but I hope everyone will learn from this gen's mistakes:
Nintendo - way too under powered and no extra storage (backing up to SD isn't extra storage)
MS - reliability is more important then having a year jump start on the market (360's RROD = Windows BSOD and both are unacceptable), all systems need a HD and don't have functional differences between skus
Sony - don't lose you're biggest 3rd party exclusives, don't come out at such a high price (I know BR makes it more expensive and its nice to have a larger capacity but you need to make the system more widley affordable) and don't have functional differences between skus
To all - installs are ok but more effort should be put into making them optional
Sorry, my rant is done, but I do feel better :)
7-16-2008 @ 4:40PM
Shashwat said...
"As for the in-game visuals, we're going to look for ways to ensure that the quality remains the same between the two versions."
So they are gonna gimp the Ps3 version? I hope not. I just want them to do they best they can for each system. If they can get more out of the xbox then don't gimp and if they get more out of the ps3 then they should not gimp that.
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