Still no word on a european release but since they haven't even started the x360 version and the ps3 version will be held back in europe and america till that is done 2010 would seem to be the earliest we are likely to see the thing. I do wonder what microsoft offered square to hold back their completed ps3 version till the xbox version is ready since it seems a clear way the beleaguered ps3 could have gained some ground
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Sony won't be particularly miffed, I mean if you consider a two month window of sales generated by the "Big Games" they will still make it through 2009 without a FF game:
1) Killzone 2
2) MAG
3) Infamous
4) Gran Turismo 5
5) Heavy Rain
6) God of War 3
7) Possible Team ICO release 2009
Also the current rumour is that FF14 for PS3 is under production already, so a possibly short gap between 13 and 14.
Yeah theres stuff coming out but still it must be a bit annoying to know the game is there ready to go a year to six months before the xbox version and they can't use it.
Out of those lot God of War and a possible ico team game is the ones that stands out for me most of the rest are either interesting or also rans but I'm looking forward god of war 3 those games were amazing. I just hope the new team doesn't fuck it up. ICO team rock hard if they can pull out another ico or shadow of the colossus and make use of the notoriously labyrinthine ps3 hardware then that would be amazing.
Killzone is a cheap halo knock off and halo was never that great lets be honest it amazes me how people can still think halo is really amazing when its just a run of the mill fps with no stand out features at all.
Heavy rain looks interesting but quantic dreams previous stuff has been highly variable high concept but not really great as a game fahrenheit and nomad soul both examples of that. Worth keeping an eye on but I'm not going to get tricked again by these wily frenchmen.
Infamous looks interesting a bit crackdown but that's no bad thing that game was awesome fun if a little shallow.
GT5 are they ever going to release that game it's been in dev for what 10 years now or at least it feels like it. The rumor is micropayment hell as well but we will see. The format was looking pretty dated even back at gt4 just scrubbing up the car graphics wouldn't really do the trick this time.
MAG heard nothing to get me excited about it.
FF14 sure but then whose to say they won't pull the same wait for the xbox version at the end of that again.
Square need to man up and start doing dual cycle development sure the machine isn't japanese (well the ps3 isn't really either most of its main components are designed in the US but nevermind) but hell in this day and age cross platform multi release is a must if you are going to make any serious money.