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Today at DKΣ3713 Private Party that Square Enix hosted; Square Enix announced the release date for Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete.

Advent Children Complete; the Blu-Ray re-release of Advent Children will be released on Blu-Ray for a release date of March 2009. Along with this release, a Final Fantasy XIII demo will be packaged along with the Blu-Ray movie. Surely - this gives Sony a boost - making a worthwhile reason to buy a Blu-Ray player - specifically the PS3.

Over the past week or so, there has been a lot of controversy over Square Enix’s recent announcement that Final Fantasy XIII would be heading to the Xbox 360 in Europe and North America. A lot of PlayStation 3 owners feel betrayed by Square Enix’s decision to port the title to the Xbox 360, especially because for many people; Final Fantasy XIII was their sole reason for buying a PlayStation 3.

Now you can understand why a lot of PlayStation 3 owners are annoyed, because they could’ve saved themselves a couple of hundred dollars by buying an Xbox 360 rather than a PlayStation 3; of course that’s only if they wanted a console solely for the next generation Final Fantasy title. On the other hand though, there are a lot of reasons why Final Fantasy XIII coming to the Xbox 360 is a good thing; and I’m writing this article to explain a few of those points.

One of the major advantages of Final Fantasy XIII coming to the Xbox 360 is the fact that Final Fantasy XIII’s development process will be sped up. You’re probably wondering “How does that work? Square Enix have already said that they will be finishing the game on PlayStation 3 first then port it to the Xbox 360!” In saying this you’d probably be right, though what you also have to take into consideration is that since announcing Final Fantasy XIII on Xbox 360; Square Enix have moved the development process from the PlayStation 3 console to the PC.

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If you’re a regular reader of the website, then you might of heard about the rumours regarding Final Fatnasy XIII’s release on the Xbox 360 - in an interview with videogaming247, a Square Enix representative confirmed that Final Fantasy XIII will not, by any means be released on PC.

“We have no current plans to release Final Fantasy XIII for PCs,” said a company rep.

According to videogaming247, Kitase was merely saying that they are developing Final Fantasy XIII on the PC as it’s a pretty much straight transition from the PC to the Xbox 360; though they actually have no plans to release Final Fantasy XIII on PC.

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Apparently Yoshinori Kitase, Final Fantasy XIII’s producer made an announcement at a recent Square Enix press conference regarding the platform availability of Final Fantasy XIII. According to Portalit News Kitase said that there will be three version of the game, a PlayStation 3 version, a Xbox 360 version and last but not least; a PC version. This is definitely a possibility, especially considering that Square Enix’s Crystal Tools engine is a multi-platform engine.

The content will be the same on all platforms, said Kitase.

Despite Sony’s bid for exclusive content, it seems as if Kitase is adamant that Final Fantasy XIII will be the same across the board. Bad news for Sony fans, but at least they still have Final Fantasy Versus XIII as an exclusive title.

However, we have yet to determine how many discs will be required for the 360 version. We’ll have to consider the differences between formats. Currently the game is being built on PC, where it’s actually functional. We’re still focusing on making it work on PS3, so it’s difficult to know how long the process of taking it to 360 will take.

Kitase also commented on the amount of disks that the 360 version will need, saying that he was unsure. Though if the game is anywhere near the size of Metal Gear Solid 4, then we could be looking at anything from up to 6 to 7 dual layered DVD’s.

Now that we’re developing on a PC base, the pace is going a bit faster,” Kitase said. “We haven’t introduced new footage of the game, but we should be able to show something new in the near future.

Furthermore, Kitase continued to say that Final Fantasy XIII’s main development has been shifted to PC; which has apparently speeded up the development process. This is good news for Xbox 360 owners, because considering what the 360 is; porting the game from the PC to Xbox 360 won’t take much effort at all. I’m not entirely sure how credible our source is, considering Final Fantasy hasn’t been on PC since Final Fantasy VIII - either way, if it speeds up the development process then I’m all for it.

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We’ve managed to get our hands on a high quality Japanese Final Fantasy XIII trailer, the trailer is the same trailer that was shown for the Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII; except it’s in Japanese. The most noteworthy thing is the fact that at the end of the trailer it says, “For PlayStation 3 Only In Japan” - I don’t know if it’s just me, but that suggests that Final Fantasy XIII will remain a PlayStation 3 exclusive in Japan.

Furthermore, Yoshinori Kitase, Final Fantasy XIII’s Producer commented on the fact that Final Fantasy XIII would be finish development on the PlayStation 3 in Japan; then work on an English, Xbox 360 translation would begin. He didn’t comment on whether or not Japanese Xbox 360 owners would be seeing the game, but the chances are they won’t.