FFXIII Year And A Half Late Due To PS3 Arrival

31 Jan 2010 at 18:35:08 by James Chalmers

Square Enix has revealed it lost a year and a half in development time due to the changeover from PS2 to PS3 format.

FF-XIII.net reports that while speaking to the Dutch Official PlayStation Magazine, Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase revealed the arrival of the PS3 console meant Square Enix had to seize development of the PS2 version of FFXIII and start producing the game for the PS3.

"Final Fantasy XIII was originally meant to be a PS2 title, but we had to switch systems due to the arrival of the PS3," said Kitase.

He added this changeover "cost us about one and a half years and was constantly a case of trial and error.

"However, because we worked so hard at the beginning, we got to a cruising speed much faster then anticipated and therefore could start on the translation and international voice recording process at an early stage of the development."

Final Fantasy XIII will launch simultaneously on Xbox 360 and PS3 for the first time in the series' history on 9 March 2010. A collectors edition of the game will also be available to order from participating retailers.

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