Final Fantasy XIII will be ‘maximised for PS3’

In an interview with OPM Australia, Square Enix corporate executive Shinji Hashimoto and Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase have both moved to allay fears that the PS3 version of the hotly anticipated RPG will be ‘decreased in quality’ due to its multi-platform development.

Scans of the magazine, provided by a forum member on Finalfantasy-XIII.net, reveal quotes from the two Final Fantasy chiefs as follows:

Kitase: “We will be completing the PS3 version first before we move on to the next, we’ll burn them onto the Blu-ray disc before moving on and that’s where we are right now.”

Hashimoto: “We don’t want PS3 owners to be disappointed in any way. It’s not that we are cancelling or delaying the PS3 version in any way, it’s still right on schedule for development.”

Kitase: “Because it is coming to two platforms there might be some fans that are worried it may become generic, so that it will fit onto both consoles, but the PS3 version is what is in development right now and the team is looking to specialise it for the PS3 so that the game is maximised, and then they will port it over to the 360 and fully utilise the capabilities of that console. We’re trying to use the hardware to the max for both consoles, so there will be no decrease in quality with it going to both platforms.”

While there’s no release date for a European version of FFXIII, Square Enix has said it intends to reduce the time it takes to localise for Western markets. Microsoft’s big E3 announcement – that the game would be coming to the Xbox 360 as well as the PS3 – stole the show and sent PS3 fans into uproar.

What do you think readers? Are you worried that the PS3 version of FFXIII will suffer because it’s also coming to the 360? Let us know in the comments section below.