You get the sarcastic (and long) headline simply because this story has very little factual basis and yet is still ranking high on the Internet at the moment.
According to an unnamed gamer (I did warn you), and an unnamed games journalist the PS3 version of Final Fantasy XIII looks markedly better compared to the Xbox 360 version.
To back up these statements the story reminds us that the developer once said
“It was easy to port to the Xbox. Porting to the PS3 is harder. The PS3 has more processing power but you have to do it properly.â€
Which isn’t anything we haven’t heard before. Final Fantasy XIII being better on the PS3 isn’t news though, it was originally going to be exclusive to the PS3 and the PlayStation family is it’s original home. So it should look better on the PS3.
However if it gets released and is crisper on the Xbox 360 then that’s news but I really don’t expect that to happen.
In other Final Fantasy XIII news check out the below screenshots from FFXIII’s early development on the PS2… don’t let the cartoony look fool you though it was simply early placeholders not a new art style.
And in the final FFXIII news for the day, the developers have revealed the reason for their being no towns in Final Fantasy XIII…
Apparently it was just too much work… Here is a direct quote from the official FFXIII magazine.
“The game’s linearity was just because depicting towns and so on like we did before was impossible to do on an “HD†console – it was too much work.â€
Last Updated: February 1, 2010
WitWolfyZA
February 1, 2010 at 09:41
Too much work?!?!?!?! WTF you guys have been making this game since forever!!! then i Guess its TOO much of a let down not to get. Sqaure Enix’s qaulity has hit an old time low… the fudgers
Connor
February 24, 2010 at 04:53
wtf is everybodys problem with no towns?!?!?!?! I for one hated towns because it was just basically long commercials that rarely had anything to do with the story and basically was the game designers saying “yeah..we wanted it to be a long game, but that’s a little hard so we’re just gonna put this town here to pass the time” I am so happy that there isn’t any towns. And i know that everyone wants a classic, but have you played a classic recently? boring, huh?
Joe
February 1, 2010 at 10:38
““It was easy to port to the Xbox. Porting to the PS3 is harder. The PS3 has more processing power but you have to do it properly.â€
The 360 is definitely easier to port & develop for, mainly because coding concepts and hardware haven’t changed much.
In fact, I wonder if there is anything actually next gen about the 360 anyway?
That is why dev’s should try align themselves with the true pioneers of this generation (and not the likes of M$). But sadly familiarity breeds contempt for anything new, so its not suprising to find the devs trying to stick with what is familiar.
Fish Tacos
March 12, 2010 at 02:25
In the near future.
20XX (Final Fantasy X???)
please insert disk 10 to continue.