Will the Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 version of Final Fantasy XIII be better?

[Raebus]

*snip*

On topic:

The PS3 version might be better in the end but I won't think about that, I'll just enjoy playing it whenever I get it.

[Hyperion4444]

I'm just a Fan of Final Fantasy.

The PS3 can allow lots of content to be downloaded and store.

[Formalhaut]

I'm just a Fan of Final Fantasy

Obviously, and I don't think thats on topic.

*On Topic*

I think the Graphics are going to be the same In my opinion. I wonder if they will include extras in either or both systems?

[Raebus]

Well, the 360 version might have downloadable content or whatever.

[Roto13]

This is something I didn't know. Apparently Microsoft charges extra royalty fees for extra discs. Apparently they're big enough for John Carmack to say that making Rage more than two discs on Xbox 360 wouldn't be financially viable. Rage is going to be compressed to two discs, which means it'll look worse than it's PS3 counterpart. I wonder what this means for Final Fantasy XIII? Will it really be printed on an assload of DVDs? Will it be compressed to hell to fit on fewer DVDs? Will the whole project be scaled down?

[Yar]

This is something I didn't know. Apparently Microsoft charges extra royalty fees for extra discs. Apparently they're big enough for John Carmack to say that making Rage more than two discs on Xbox 360 wouldn't be financially viable. Rage is going to be compressed to two discs, which means it'll look worse than it's PS3 counterpart. I wonder what this means for Final Fantasy XIII? Will it really be printed on an assload of DVDs? Will it be compressed to hell to fit on fewer DVDs? Will the whole project be scaled down?

I'm willing to bet that whatever decision there is about this was already made back when Square and Microsoft agreed that XIII would be on the 360.

[Hyperion4444]

They said it will fit on 1 full Blu-Ray Disc.
A Full BD would mean something like 10 DVDs (Or 5 dual-layer).

[Yar]

They said it will fit on 1 full Blu-Ray Disc.
A Full BD would mean something like 10 DVDs (Or 5 dual-layer).

That is if they used the entirety of a 50 GB Blu-Ray disc.

For as "massive" of a game XII was, it only used 3.8 GB of a DVD's 4.7.

[Hyperion4444]

They said it will fit on 1 full Blu-Ray Disc.
A Full BD would mean something like 10 DVDs (Or 5 dual-layer).

That is if they used the entirety of a 50 GB Blu-Ray disc.

For as "massive" of a game XII was, it only used 3.8 GB of a DVD's 4.7.

yeah but this game implements HD, and much more database than it's precesors.
If a small shooting game like R2 needs the full dual-layer disc, then Square-Enix's Final Fantasy XIII will surely take alot of space.
Square-Enix always pushed the system to it's limits.

And there will be many disc of dvds for FFXIII, it's one of the first things they've said when announcing it.
"We're not sure how many disc would be required nor if the 360 system could support the game"
Don't forget, FFXII used CG graphics in order to make it fit on a DVD because they couldn't get all that level of realism and make it work.

[Yar]

yeah but this game implements HD, and much more database than it's precesors.
If a small shooting game like R2 needs the full dual-layer disc, then Square-Enix's Final Fantasy XIII will surely take alot of space.
Square-Enix always pushed the system to it's limits.

And there will be many disc of dvds for FFXIII, it's one of the first things they've said when announcing it.
"We're not sure how many disc would be required nor if the 360 system could support the game"
Don't forget, FFXII used CG graphics in order to make it fit on a DVD because they couldn't get all that level of realism and make it work.

I wasn't disputing that it would take multiple discs, and I don't think that's much of a bad thing either. It's worked in the past, and I'm willing to bet it'd work again.

The comparison of the 360 and the PS3 isn't like comparing a GameBoy Pocket to PS2. They're both of the newest generation, and there really isn't much difference in them, until we start to really analyze the two. I doubt that casual gamer is sitting there playing a PS3 saying "Wow, look at that framerate! "

[Dragonsoul]

My choice is decided! ...

In March 2009 Japan will get with the Blu-Ray release of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete, a demo of Final Fantasy XIII, and you will need a Playstation 3 to play it. Unless some other Xbox 360 demo is announced, that confirms it, I'll be getting a Playstation 3! I hope the demo doesn't take too long after that to come out in the Usa though.

I have time before that though to upgrade my pc and car.

Ur reaction? ?!
...ps FF Agito XIII and The 3rd Birthday are coming to PSP, they announced it today!

[Croyles]

Seriously, no point in discussing this at the moment as the game is still miles off.
Its probably just gonna start flame wars...

[Hyperion4444]

Versus is PS3 bound.
can't wait for Life with Playstation coming august.

[Mirage]

This is very simple. It will turn out like every other multiplatform release in the world. The console which the game was initially programmed for will get the best performance and quality. The consoles which get a port of the game will get slightly less performance and quality. Even a PS2 game that's ported to the Xbox can end up looking and performing better on the PS2, regardless of the fact that the Xbox is probably twice as powerful as the PS2. This is more often the rule than the exception.

As far as I (and everyone else) knows, FF13 is first being developed for the PS3.

Now, the 360 is not twice as powerful as the PS3, so work out the rest for yourselves.

Both consoles have an equal amount of RAM, by the way. The only difference is how the RAM is organized.

[Dragonsoul]

This is very simple. It will turn out like every other multiplatform release in the world. The console which the game was initially programmed for will get the best performance and quality. The consoles which get a port of the game will get slightly less performance and quality. Even a PS2 game that's ported to the Xbox can end up looking and performing better on the PS2, regardless of the fact that the Xbox is probably twice as powerful as the PS2. This is more often the rule than the exception.

As far as I (and everyone else) knows, FF13 is first being developed for the PS3.

Now, the 360 is not twice as powerful as the PS3, so work out the rest for yourselves.

Both consoles have an equal amount of RAM, by the way. The only difference is how the RAM is organized.

This is the best answer so far. So far we know of a PS 3 demo but no Xbox 360 demo is announced. I'll get the PS 3 version!