No playable Final Fantasy XIII until 2008

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Following yesterday’s disheartening news that Final Fantasy XIII is progressing relatively slow, Square Enix’s Shinji Hashimoto has told Japanese magazine Famitsu that gamers will have to wait until 2008 before playing Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII.

Mr. Hashimoto revealed that playable demos won’t be made available to the public until 2008, though he did confirm that new videos of both games will be released in the coming months, suggesting some sort of appearance at the upcoming Tokyo Game Show event in September.

Unfortunately, this dismisses previous talk about a demo hitting the PlayStation Network later this year.

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13 Comments

Grandtheft88

4 years ago

What!!??

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Square you have to be kidding me! I'm gonna go to sleep until 2008 now ok.

Goodnight.

admeister

4 years ago

Damn, that's bad news.

I was really looking forward to playing a demo this year, sounds like the game is progressing too slowly for them to release one.

Crestfallen

4 years ago

admeister wrote

Damn, that's bad news.

I was really looking forward to playing a demo this year, sounds like the game is progressing too slowly for them to release one.

admeister

4 years ago

Yes, but I was just referencing this with the other 13% thread, since I would say they are certainly linked. 13% of the actual game completed doesn't exactly bode well for a demo being released, so in this situation their slowness is annoying. We'll just have to take comfort in the fact that they will be showing a new trailer at TGS (and it better be good!

)

Luke

4 years ago

say what?

donovan515

4 years ago

Well I thought this was quite obvious when it was announced. Well at least it gives them time to make it good which they should.

Marka

4 years ago

Not suprised at all realy.

ittekimasu

4 years ago

eh i don't mind at all. i'd rather have it done well and ready to impress, rush them and we'll get a half assed game >.>

Nick

4 years ago

So, they'll be releasing it on the PS3 posthumous?

But really, that news sucks. Its one of only very few titles that I'm (and im sure others) are looking forward to on the PS3. If it won't be playable until 2008, that means it probably won't be available until 2009

SMASHED

4 years ago

Sony fans=impatience. I swear man wasn't it only last year FFXII came out?
Or is FF trying to make some record amount of games?

jecht_raiden

4 years ago

^ uh no

Whoever expected a playable demo this year.......seriously.......seriously

Mark

4 years ago

jecht_raiden wrote

^ uh no

Whoever expected a playable demo this year.......seriously.......seriously

Well, Square Enix actually promised one earlier in the year, which obviously won't be happening.

Probably the one thing that's apparent through this piece of news is that the game will definitely be delayed until 2009, or 2010 at the latest, since Square Enix aren't prepared to have playable demos available until next year.

ittekimasu

4 years ago

and if we stay hopeful, they could be yanking our chain until TGS but i'm not willing to hope and let myself down >.>

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