Maybe... just maybe... did you consider that Sony might have been the ones to push Square into doing these remasters to begin with?
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Kitase Interview: He wants FFXII on Vita, FFX/X-2 HD tricky to port, Jp vs West games
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Maybe... just maybe... did you consider that Sony might have been the ones to push Square into doing these remasters to begin with?
It won't be Vita only of course. Vita might even be totally dead by the time they decide what to do ahaha
Kitase said Vita because he's probably most excited in the idea of being able to play the game on portable platform with better graphics compared to a home console.
It won't be Vita only of course. Vita might even be totally dead by the time they decide what to do ahaha
Kitase said Vita because he's probably most excited in the idea of being able to play the game on portable platform with better graphics compared to a home console.
There will be a painful wait till XV is released.We NEED dat XII remaster.I can't imagine how great XII on PS4 will be.A remaster ala wind waker is a must. I need it in my veins :v not much of a portable person tbh
LiquidSolid
Member
No-one was talking about the disc version, as you'd either already have a copy or have to hunt one down for that to happen.
Nope.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
It's nice to want things Kitase. I'd like you to make games again too but I don't think that'll happen anytime soon.
I am also wondering about this. Development for PS4/Vita seems to be somewhat related, so perhaps it is a possibility. Even more so if you consider the PS3 will be an ancient console by the time FFXII HD (if it happens) comes out.
Perhaps Vita development took more than expected? For me though, the biggest mistake SE made with these ports was (as usual) to announce them way too early.
I'm not sure if I would forgive them.
If on top of FFXII HD they also bring, Type-0 and FFV and VI to the Vita or consoles though...
Me too! I was planning on getting the PS3 physical copy and Vita physical and digital versions of the US sku of the game. And they have to come up with that gorgeous Vita Twin Pack. If we don't get the same one here, I'll also get that from Japan!
Not in Japan is hardware sales are any indication. And I'm not too sure WiiU is more popular than Vita here or in Europe since we don't have solid sales numbers.
They seems to be abandoning exclusivity for their latest releases, like FFXIII and FFV. They even hinted that they might bring FFV to PCs.
As for the rest, besides FFVII and FFVIII on PCs, SE has kept their entries from VII through FFXII exclusively to PlayStation systems. Not sure if there is some kind of deal or if porting to other hardware is a pain, but the situation doesn't seem like changing.
Besides, SE knows FF fans are on PS consoles, so perhaps even if porting to other consoles is not that complicated, it might not be worth it for SE to port these games to other consoles with significantly less dedicated fan base.
Just my guess.
Zoe
Member
Well as I pointed out, J-PSN does have the Archives version available.
jimmypython
Member
Well, SE does Dragon Quest ONLY for Nintendo systems on the console market. Same logic goes to DQX. If they do a version for WiiU, why wouldn't they do one for PS3, which is way more popular than WiiU for now.
At least FF has gone multi-platforms with FF13/15.
Actually europe is devided into two camps now with own personality.
Western europe standard
And eastern europe janky but ambicious
H_Prestige
Banned
DQ is not exclusive to Nintendo hardware. I wouldn't be surprised if DQX ended up on ps3 or ps4 eventually.
Converting ps2 games to ps3 is probably simpler than porting to Wii U. They would also have to find ways to use the second screen, which takes time and money. And SE doesn't like spending money these days. And there isn't much of a market on the Wii U to begin with...
No. 2020 at the earliest after it gets renamed to Final Fantasy XVI and gets moved to the Vita successor.
Oh they love spending it alright, just on dumb shit.
"Recently I get a lot of questions that treat the term “J-RPG” in both positive and negative lights. Whether the term is used for better or worse, I feel that the fact that it recognises these games as being distinctly “Japanese” can only be a good thing. I often hear the term “Western style” being used as a comparison or counterpoint to “Japanese style” but am fascinated by this comparison and would really like to ask if there is a distinct “British style” or “European style” or not?"
Well said Kitase, i hope you'll remember that in years to come. And for god's sake, please hurry up with FFXII IZJS HD.
Well said Kitase, i hope you'll remember that in years to come. And for god's sake, please hurry up with FFXII IZJS HD.
LiquidSolid
Member
Yeah I read your post but I have no idea which versions are available on the JPSN, so can't really comment. Maybe you could edit my edited list with the JPN releases added?
According to Nintendo's own sales information the Vita is doing much better in Europe than the Wii U.
As for the US, the Wii U is obviously selling slightly better than the Vita but I don't think it has caught up yet.
Where is the PS4 version running at 4K Kagari? Can you tell him we need it in our veins?
MikeE21286
Member
FFXII HD Remake on PS3/PS4/Vita
Do it.
Do it.
DO IT IT KITASE! The best FF will surely make me buy a Vita. It will, you hear me Sony?
I rather have an international version of FF XII than XV to be honest..
I rather have an international version of FF XII than XV to be honest..
Senor Kami
Banned
Nice ending to a pretty bland interview.
PS4 will only run video at 4K iirc. Games will stay at "just" 1080p for this console generation.
You might as well get one now. FFX HD is coming, and if the new Vita 2000 makes its way here, you might want to have a OG model one with the superior OLED screen.
Slappers Only
Junior Member
I unabashedly adore XII. Would be a huge time sink for me if released on Vita.
Gives me warms just thinking about it.
Gives me warms just thinking about it.
I really don't mind the LCD screen. Its about games, and I am nearly there, it just need that one game that will tip me over to buy one guaranteed (now that I am closer to find some work)
FF XII could be the one (and by the time it gets announced, the prie might be even cheaper.. I hope)
Japanmanx3
Member
Man if XIIHD Remaster doesn't come out for ps3/4 I'm going to elevate from -ga's to -ja's and magic the crap outta SE smh...
Bro this is NeoGAF, BELIEVE!
HolyBaikal
Banned
I did. And it seems likely.
funkystudent
Member
XII HD is the only HD remake I really wanted since the HD rerelease thing became big.
Would buy it on ps4 or vita.. whatever. Hopefully the work on X HD will somehow help them make XII quicker but I dont think it works that way.
Would buy it on ps4 or vita.. whatever. Hopefully the work on X HD will somehow help them make XII quicker but I dont think it works that way.
SirNinja
Member
Hard to believe FFXII is a PS2 game at times; it looks absolutely stunning in 1080p. Case in point:
Here's the game running at the PS2's native resolution...
...and in 1920x1080.
Other shots:
I would buy XII HD in a heartbeat. Vita, PS3, PS4...doesn't matter. Make it happen, Square.
Here's the game running at the PS2's native resolution...
...and in 1920x1080.
Other shots:
I would buy XII HD in a heartbeat. Vita, PS3, PS4...doesn't matter. Make it happen, Square.
That's a whole different argument. First of all, that still doesn't refute my point that you're usually complaining about them announcing stuff early. No matter what has happened with FFX | X-2 HD, by your own logic that shouldn't be a good reason to announce stuff before they've started to work on it and they shouldn't go ahead announcing stuff before they have something to show and the release is (preferably) no more than ~12 months away. FFXII HD is pretty much guaranteed at this point, I think (what's with them talking so much & so often about wanting to do it), but they are just still busy with FFX | X-2 HD so they aren't really announcing it officially (and shouldn't, before they actually have something to show for it).
About the development of the HD remaster... Apart from SQEX announcing FFX HD during FFX's 10th anniversary (as in, too early when the release is only happening in December 2013 (JP)/Q1 2014 (rest)), it really hasn't taken THAT long for them to do X | X-2 HD, relatively speaking. You have to consider the fact that usually HD remasters have been some sub-10 hour action/adventure games, whereas X & X-2 are both big JRPGs. SQEX has been fixing FFXIV, moving FFXV to next-gen, preparing & beginning KHIII's development, remastering KH1.5 and 2.5 and developing Lightning Returns at the same time, so they couldn't have just put a huge team to crunch FFX | X-2 HD out in a short timespan. I mean, Konami announced Zone of the Enders HD Collection in mid-2011, took almost 1,5 years for those (even though both are very short games), and another extra year to fix Zone of the Enders 2.
Just because these aren't new games doesn't mean getting them to work on new platforms, upgrading assets a abit & remastering/re-arranging music etc. (and doing as admirable a job with it as SQEX is doing with their HD remasters like X | X-2 and KH1.5) doesn't take a considerable amount of time, especially since no publisher is going to put some new-game-development-team size teams working on these HD remasters, but they are likely kind of being worked on the side of new stuff by small-ish teams.
Besides, you're talking as if they've only worked on FFX, when X-2 is a huge endeavour itself, not to even mention they've been doing these ports to two considerably different platforms, one of which isn't nearly as powerful as PS3, complicating matters even more.
KH1.5 not being on Vita really isn't "doubly-worrying" considering the MAIN PURPOSE of KH1.5 is to bring the franchise back to consoles. They don't want to put any more effort into handheld KHs at the moment because that's not where they want their KH audience to be. At all. They want KH to become a big-time home console franchise again and Vita simply doesn't fit that plan. Though, I guess if FFX | X-2 does incredibly well on Vita, maybe they'll change their minds and do KH 1.5 Vita at a later date.
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
British style: Quirky sense of humour with unique design/art.
European style: The most ambitious games in the world counterbalanced by being buggy jank.
But it's the same with any "style" that comes out of Asia. K-Pop, K-Pop, etc. Hell, even their soccer leagues are called the J-League and K-League.
My eyes.
iirc, there are some licesing issues with Disney. So their games can't come out digitally. And since all Vita games are required to have a digital version, that might have been the reason why Vita didn't got KH1.5. It is also the reason why the PSP KH games are not available for download.
LiquidSolid
Member
If that were the real reason then KH3 would be a Wii U exclusive. Both the PS4 and Xbone have the same policy as the Vita with releases, every retail game has to be available digitally.
Logo only boxart please with the FF logo smaller and to the side. Like FFX.BELIEVE...
Don't remind me how poor(graphically speaking) are the efforts on the vita jrpgs' side(or should i say in general?)...
KH3 hasn't been released yet, so the deal for that game (and perhaps all future games) could be different. KH1.5 (and eventually 2.5 I guess) are all based on releases from a long time ago, which are sometimes are subject to licenses that span many years.
There's a reason why KH 1.5 HD is not available digitally. I hope they negotiate some sort of new deal though, because I'd love to play these games on my Vita.
Just for kicks...
