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]
Reader Comments (Page 4 of 5)
7-16-2008 @ 4:41PM
Urza said...
$10 says the release microsoft is adding game installation to the 360 with the fall update is so that Final Fantasy could be possible on the 360.
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7-16-2008 @ 4:43PM
paul said...
What if its open world disc swapping would get very annoying after you swapped a disc and remembered that you needed something from the first disc then you get it and you have to swap the second disc again then you forgot something else.................. REALLY annoying
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7-16-2008 @ 8:13PM
SABCA said...
All Game data for items that you take throughout the game, as well as locations you visit, etc, should be shared on all game disk. Just like in any other multi-disk games, the game will never need to swap a disk for something like loading a time, or part of the game world.
Multi disk is mostly for Full Motion Video. Of course these aren't shared on every disk, but they don't need to be, as you won't need to view the old cinematic while in a different part of the story.
7-16-2008 @ 5:04PM
Sora57 said...
As for the post that claimed that everyone he knows has had RRoD, add my name to the list of people who know 360 owners who have never had RRoD. Yes, a couple of my friends needed a repair/replacement, but many others have not. The whole fanboy thing is so old. Both SONY and MS have good products, so get the one that works best for you and support it. Bashing the other guy is pointless-- you're not changing anybody's mind so don't bother.
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7-16-2008 @ 6:42PM
xvertigenx said...
It is not system bashing if it is true. You had a different experience and many others have as well. I for one went through 3 RROD before I gave up on MS. A lot, maybe 75% of my friends have as well. I'm talking personal friends AND people on my friendslist that mysteriously disappear for a month here and there only to find out they have got it when and if they ever get back online.
It was a hard choice to finally leave MS behind on this gen. They truly had their act together (initially) with LIVE, securing great games and just having an all around fun experience. Something Sony has yet to be able to quite get down, but I am going to stick it out with them because my system has at least been running fine since day one.
And stating this to people will hopefully, yes, change some minds. The more MS gets away with it, the more it will encourage them in the future to not consider it as a big deal.
7-16-2008 @ 5:04PM
Baligouxji said...
I wouldn't mind swapping discs at all. I'd give a nice nostalgic feeling. That feeling that each disc represents a chapter int he story, and has it's own theme. I know they probably wont put that much emphasis on it, but still... they have to pick the right place to cut it off at. On the other hand... they seem pretty keen/positive on getting it on one disc. Remember when that guy said Assassin's Creed would only work on Blue Ray? Blue ray as a necessity is nothing but Sony Smoke and Mirrors.
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7-16-2008 @ 5:06PM
ultima_omega said...
Lost Odyssey really did not need so many discs. Its just an extremley badly made game. I have a feeling FF 13 will be 1 disc 2 at the most.
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7-16-2008 @ 5:13PM
Robert said...
as a PS3 owner I can say that for this kind of linear history games, disk swapping is not a problem, i do not think they will compress the video more that they do on the PS3, maybe they will use a lossy audio codec instead of uncompressed 5:1 or 7:1 audio. another thing they can do is to create different languages disks for europe, instead of having spanish, french, english on the same disk(s)
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7-16-2008 @ 5:25PM
josh1122 said...
I hate how sony fanboy's scream betrayal that it's coming to the 360. When in fact Final Fantasy was originally on Nintendo before Sony. So... yeah lol.
Like someone above said, both systems are getting this game,more fans get to enjoy the final fantasy series, so whats the big deal.
Also disc swapping isn't a big deal for me too, some of my favorite FF games and NON FF games were multi-disc, ex: FF7-9,Parasite Eve, Metal Gear Solid etc etc
too many lazy gamers lol
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7-16-2008 @ 5:38PM
h0m3land said...
of course it wouldn't matter. Would rather get up 2-3 times during the game than go through the long install times and load times.
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7-16-2008 @ 5:44PM
msusig said...
Doesn't matter to me..I'd rather jump right in and start playing than have to wait 5-10 minutes..Plus a quick disk change is usually a good time to go get the next drink of choice..I'm really excited about this though!! I'm a huge FFVII fan..Hopefully they'll port the new version for the 360 as well!!!
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7-16-2008 @ 6:00PM
Erik said...
I'm fine with switching disk. In fact, it will be the only thing to make me get up while playing the game. Hell, because of that, I may not starve to death because I will be up and be able to go get something to eat.
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7-16-2008 @ 6:30PM
Vcize said...
I'll take three 5 second disc swaps over four 3+ minute installs any day of the week.
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7-16-2008 @ 7:10PM
bigmac375 said...
multiple disks is fine. installing may be ok for those with 120 giggers, but no dice for me.
plus, compressing audio and video should be a standard. the the only reason developers are saying blu-ray is not big enough, is because they want to put uncompressed media on there!
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7-16-2008 @ 9:52PM
blank964 said...
I'd rather get up for a couple of seconds and change the disc than sit through a loading time or take up space on my hard drive.
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7-16-2008 @ 9:55PM
Hak said...
I remembered when Sony Playstation took all the games and killed off nintendo 64 and Sega Dreamcast, I was soooooo pissed off, boy nintendo must have felt backstabbed back then cause Playstation was designed by them :p
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7-16-2008 @ 11:23PM
Wise Guy said...
All this disk swapping BS is just a bunch of Sony fanatics wanting to feel good about their purchase. FF7... a fan favorite.... was on multiple disks. PS1 games were that way for years, all those fanboys didn't have a problem then. It's funny how that's coming out now because of a bunch of babies that are pissed it's multiplatform!!
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7-16-2008 @ 11:42PM
WeHasFanboys said...
Swapping discs has become a point of contention? Have we become this lazy???
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7-17-2008 @ 12:06AM
eugene said...
I'd prefer a one time install to disc swapping but if it's mulitple installs like MGS4, i'd take disc swapping anyday.
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7-17-2008 @ 2:40AM
Thomas said...
Sony fanboy here - you know imo what will end up happening with this game is that they'll just cut the final product short, maybe it'll be missing a (Downloadable) chapter here or there. None of will never miss it, but hey at least you got something on one or two DVDs. I don't have a problem with any game going multiplatform, but don't give me a blu ray disc with DVD amounts of content. Hell, fill up the blu ray is all that PS3 fans want, and if it takes 3 or 4 discs so be it. The main thing is, just don't cut the game short, just to make it easier to produce on the 360 because that's not fair to anybody.
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