FINAL FANTASY XIII SERIES
ANNOUNCED FOR WINDOWS PC
LONDON (18th September, 2014) – Square Enix Ltd., publishers of SQUARE ENIX® interactive entertainment products in Europe and PAL territories, today announces the FINAL FANTASY® XIII trilogy of games is headed to Windows PC, with the first in the series, FINAL FANTASY XIII, due for release on 9th October 2014.
The game will be available to download via the Square Enix online store and the Steam PC digital service (amongst others), priced at £10.99/€12.99. The game is available to pre-order now via the Square Enix Store and Steam, with those pre-ordering receiving 10% off. It is also confirmed that the FINAL FANTASY XIII trilogy will offer a set of Steam Trading Cards for players to collect and exchange.
On its original console release in 2010, FINAL FANTASY XIII marked the dawning of a new era for the celebrated series, bringing the game to multiple hi-definition consoles simultaneously for the first time in its history. The original game and subsequent adventures in the FINAL FANTASY XIII trilogy will soon be available for PC gamers to play for the very first time, with all games in the series due for release by Spring 2015.
Jealous of the people who play 13-2 for the first time on PC at glorious 1080/60fps.
Don't say that just yet, the port might be terrible.
Will get XIII and LR. Will skip XIII-2 because it's garbage.
Don't really care about this constant PC vs console debate on the bore. I enjoy consoles more and whenever I update my pc I like to go back and see what it can do with older games. Beyond that I stick to consoles.
Will get XIII and LR. Will skip XIII-2 because it's garbage.
Don't really care about this constant PC vs console debate on the bore. I enjoy consoles more and whenever I update my pc I like to go back and see what it can do with older games. Beyond that I stick to consoles.
We're right, it's not a debate. It's just a few people constantly posting how they are happy consoles are dead and how the PC is awesome and then covering that up with "oh were just happy to have options". Because saying you're happy to have options has to have an aside where they talk about how shitty and dead the other option is.Will get XIII and LR. Will skip XIII-2 because it's garbage.
Don't really care about this constant PC vs console debate on the bore. I enjoy consoles more and whenever I update my pc I like to go back and see what it can do with older games. Beyond that I stick to consoles.
There is no pc vs console debate. This is just a thread with people who want another option finally fucking getting it. I've been wanting s-e to put these games on steam for the longest, at least five years. More japanese games on steam is a great thing. I have no idea why you are so offended that people who are happy that they can play games on more platforms is a bad thing or why it is a debate. There is no debate in this thread, and no one said you can't play these on console. I've bought FFXIII twice (on PS3 and 360) and I'll do it here.
What would I be mad about? I wanted a PC version of these games.
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I bet you will buy a ps4 though
Buying stuff to make a point doesn't always work, hell I bought Agarest even though I knew it was shite hoping it would lead to more JRPG's and what did that lead to?spoiler (click to show/hide)More Agarest :heh[close]spoiler (click to show/hide)Welp they made up for it with porting Elminage and Way of the Samurai and Mind Zero looks interesting. :rejoice[close]
I might play through regular XIII for a segment on the Cruncheons.
Dumping X/X2 HD version onto Steam has got to be a no brainer, though.
...this is squenix we're talking about, though.
:hitler
Honestly, I use my consoles more as a media server than anything else (with the exception of the Wii U).I find myself in the same boat. MS/Sony exclusives don't really anything for me.
And really if FFXV comes out on PC and other publishers continue the trend then I'll even replace my current consoles as a media server with an actual media server.
Sony and Microsoft's exclusives aren't enough to justify a purchase. I'll still play Nintendo's stuff but really I don't know if it's fair to call them "consoles" in anything but the most technical of senses.
WOO HOO!!!! More jrpg love on steam means my only, final reason to play consoles is gone. :lawd and with the latest single player FF and its seauels coming to the platform, expect a slew of other developers and publishers to jump ship!
on behalf of console gamers id like to apologize in advance to anyone excited about thisWOO HOO!!!! More jrpg love on steam means my only, final reason to play consoles is gone. :lawd and with the latest single player FF and its seauels coming to the platform, expect a slew of other developers and publishers to jump ship!
man i remember when Konami & Square started dumping stuff on steam years ago and people really thought this
i wish it were so, holla at me when Atlus & the few still making sold JRPGs are on board, i love Ys but there's only so much of it i can do
*edit now WOTS4 is awesome news, i want more of my j-jank (EDF, etc) on that platform as well, both for fan stability patches & modding
People wanted to play XIII over Last Remnant L O LYeah I know, it's amazing how better much XIII is over TLR. Truly a revelation.
Square-Enix was one of the major early supporters of Steamworks, but mainly through the Eidos side of the business. At the time people hoped that The Last Remnant would lead to XIII/Versus XIII coming to the PC, but that turned out to be a one-off.
People wanted to play XIII over Last Remnant L O LYeah I know, it's amazing how better much XIII is over TLR. Truly a revelation.
I wouldn't say it's silly at all given that now mgsv is coming to steam and SE are more open to more platforms for FF.Namco is actually a bit more interesting then Sqaure and Konami. Not only did they go back and port an older console game(Ace Combat AH), but they are also now having a Japanese team make a PC/steam exclusive.
Also, lots of those games are coming. KOF98 and Metal Slug X drop in a few days. WOTS4 was just announced. We just got TITS on steam. Dynasty Warriors is even on steam. ??? Your argument seems completely incorrect, in that most of this started once SE put VII and VIII and Namco Bandai put Dark Souls on steam and were incredibly successful, thus leading way for more japanese game pubs to put their stuff on the platform. If MGSV turns out to be successful on steam, expect even more. You are wrong about this, this has been coming for a long time.
The hyperbole that FF13 is a bad game makes no sense. It has a lot of good, notably the battle system. It isn't terrible. Just terribly average if you need more than battles in your rpgs.
It's well implemented from chapter 8 and up.
It's well implemented from chapter 8 and up.
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I think Atlus usa will push for steam releases if FF13 does well. I think the niche companies are currently probing the market and now that big companies like SE seem to pushing harder for their catalog to be on steam, things will change.
yeah but you suckWell gee thanks for that.
No, that's the last thing you should respond with. You're the one who goes all pouty over people NOT liking FF13. I know one or two things about that.Oh please, I was never pouty and I never attacked people on GAF over the game. I don't know who you were on GAF, but that was not at all how I saw it. I merely defended a game I liked with my own reasons for which people would call me an idiot or just reply with my tag. I got annoyed very quickly. Besides, I don't even do that anymore. I don't waste my time defending this game because no one cares and you'll just get the same kind of replies regardless. So I just do drivebuy posts to be annoying. There's no point in actually arguing about this game. In general I've been a pretty annoying poster, but it's clear I don't like the bore. Nor am I liked here so there's really no point in me posting in general.
No, that's the last thing you should respond with. You're the one who goes all pouty over people NOT liking FF13. I know one or two things about that.Oh please, I was never pouty and I never attacked people on GAF over the game. I don't know who you were on GAF, but that was not at all how I saw it. I merely defended a game I liked with my own reasons for which people would call me an idiot or just reply with my tag.
I wouldn't say it's silly at all given that now mgsv is coming to steam and SE are more open to more platforms for FF.
Also, lots of those games are coming. KOF98 and Metal Slug X drop in a few days. WOTS4 was just announced. We just got TITS on steam. Dynasty Warriors is even on steam. ??? Your argument seems completely incorrect, in that most of this started once SE put VII and VIII and Namco Bandai put Dark Souls on steam and were incredibly successful, thus leading way for more japanese game pubs to put their stuff on the platform. If MGSV turns out to be successful on steam, expect even more. You are wrong about this, this has been coming for a long time.
Also, XIII isn't a booty game. A butt game is something like Lord of Shadow.
And most of those games you listed that were dumped were mostly western games. Not japanese gsmes. ???
Whats also interesting is that I believe WOTS4 PC was pushed by it's western handlers, not Japanese. I also want to say that the PC version of Killer is Dead was pushed by Deep Silver. I wonder if we'll see more of that. The small publishers taking the small Japanese games and putting them on PC, because I doubt these small niche developers are going to make a PC version if the western market is'nt their concern. The western market is obviously noteworthy to companies like NB, Konami, Square, and even Sega. Yet in Sega and NB's case only games they've deemed "western" focused get PC versions. We don't see pc versions of Tales or niche Sega stuff. Ace Combat and say Binary Domain though, those were western focused titles.
Which is why I doubt will see things like Persona on PC anytime soon.
Why would Sega tell them no and why have ganers not gotten than it is Sammy - not Sega - who owns Atlus?
Battles are the only good thing about 13. I actually welcomed all the farming for the best weapons.
I don't know. Probably because I can't post on GAF.No, that's the last thing you should respond with. You're the one who goes all pouty over people NOT liking FF13. I know one or two things about that.Oh please, I was never pouty and I never attacked people on GAF over the game. I don't know who you were on GAF, but that was not at all how I saw it. I merely defended a game I liked with my own reasons for which people would call me an idiot or just reply with my tag. I got annoyed very quickly. Besides, I don't even do that anymore. I don't waste my time defending this game because no one cares and you'll just get the same kind of replies regardless. So I just do drivebuy posts to be annoying. There's no point in actually arguing about this game. In general I've been a pretty annoying poster, but it's clear I don't like the bore. Nor am I liked here so there's really no point in me posting in general.
I like having you here, Rahx, but it has been noticeable from the start that you don't like the feel of the bore. If this place isn't doing it for you, why have you stuck around so long?
thanks a lot weeaboos who wanted japanese voice acting
It's 60 gigs. Not 50.It says 60gigs, but the actual download is 49.4.
lol 720p resolution and shittier than ps3 cutscenes. and hitting esc quits the game with no confirmation. :lolSounds like a dump of the 360 code to me...
lol 720p resolution and shittier than ps3 cutscenes. and hitting esc quits the game with no confirmation. :lolCalled it.
"Please understand." :japancry
I thought at least the CG would be uncompressed since it's 60GB, but there are separate movie files for English and Japanese movies because of lip syncing, so even though there's like 50GB of movies, it's really only 25GB worth. GAF peeps said that the movies files took up about 40GB on the PS3.
How is the cg so low quality if the file size is so huge?!
How is the cg so low quality if the file size is so huge?!
Yeah, some of the screens shared by those folks look really good. I'd almost wish for a PS4 version just so it would require Sqaure to do more then dump the game on steam.
At least on the Japanese side, they've done better with thier console ports. So a FFXIII PS4 port would probably have more effort behind it then whatever this steam thing was.Yeah, some of the screens shared by those folks look really good. I'd almost wish for a PS4 version just so it would require Sqaure to do more then dump the game on steam.
I wouldn't doubt that Square will eventually dump the FFXIII triology onto the Xbone and PS4. They already did it with Tomb Raider and Sleeping Dogs. Something to keep the fans at bay when they hear that FFXV has been postponed to 2017.
13-2 ain't a classic or anything but it's still a good game. I assume this comes with all the dlc too.