Final Fantasy XIII Release Could be Affected by Dragon Quest IX Delay

RC Cola · Feb 12, 2009

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/953/953753p1.html

By now, you've probably heard that Square Enix has announced a delay for the Japanese release of Dragon Quest IX, pushing the RPG back from March 28 to July 11.

Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy share little in common, but one definite similarity is that both are sure-fire multi million sellers. So would Square Enix stand to have two massive hits within the same fiscal year? Or would DQIX's Japanese delay into fiscal 2009 push FFXIII's Japanese release to 2010?

Japan's ITmedia reports that, speaking at a financial briefing today, Square Enix president Yoichi Wada hinted at the latter. "It may be affected by DQIX's delay," said Wada of FFXIII. "We'd like to work to try and (release it) within fiscal 2009."

"I can't say that there won't be an influence," he later added, but also noted that the company's plans for the coming fiscal year aren't finalized, preventing him from making a clear statement.

For Final Fantasy fanatics outside of Japan, it's not necessarily the case that a Japanese delay for FFXIII would lead to a similar delay elsewhere. For now, we'll just hope that Wada was referring directly to the Japanese market and that FFXIII is still on track for us at... well, whenever it was due in the first place.
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This better not affect the US release...

Franchise3 · Feb 12, 2009

That would suck hardcore. It's crazy how late into PS3's development cycle these FF games are coming out...I hope they are epic. RC, how long do you think it will be until the PS4 comes out?

Tom Bombadillo · Feb 12, 2009

Final Fantasy? Ugh...

Cannonball · Feb 12, 2009

By the time this game comes out, we'll be playing on Playstation 4's and XBox 720's.

RC Cola · Feb 12, 2009

Franchise3 said:

That would suck hardcore. It's crazy how late into PS3's development cycle these FF games are coming out...I hope they are epic.
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If they want to stick to this business plan (don't release DQ and FF in the same year), DQX or Versus won't be out until 2012...in Japan. And that doesn't take into account any other big releases they may factor into these plans (FF Agito, Kingdom Hearts, etc.). That seems crazy to me. Versus would be released 6+ years after they announced and released screens for it. Great way to kill interest and hype for their games...of course, I'll be purchasing these games on day one and (hopefully) enjoying every hour of it.

Don't really understand their business decisions sometimes. They're also trying to buy Eidos for ~$120M, which I guess makes sense given their desire to appeal to Western gamers, but I would think they could get something better for that kind of money. Granted, Eidos has a lot of nice IPs, but...it's Eidos.

Franchise3 said:

RC, how long do you think it will be until the PS4 comes out?
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Too early to tell. To make things more difficult, with the global economy, the troubles at Sony, and the success of a system like the Wii, it would be more difficult than usual to predict when they'd want to start prepping the PS4 for release. I'm guessing they won't be the first to start the transition though. I'd start checking things out around 2011 or so. Might start hearing rumors in 2010 though.

Sony might be in the early-to-middle stages for a PSP2 though. That could give us some idea into what they're planning with the PS4.

Dei · Feb 12, 2009

You guys seen the new playable character, already?

rocks_fan · Feb 13, 2009

I can't WAIT to hear his English voice. I'm imagining a Wayans brother.

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