Trois choses a noter
1) La version 360 n'est meme pas encore en developement, ou vient a peine de commencer.
Ce qui s'est perdu dans la traduction apparemment, c'est que Kitase repondait a une question concernant la version PS3, a savoir si elle allait souffrir de la presence d'une Version 360, qui entrainerait une diminution en qualite -de la version PS3-. Il confirmait donc que la version PS3 etant la premiere (et originellement unique) version en dev, ils vont tirer partie des forces de la PS3 a fond -supposement.
2) La version PS3 etait la seule prevue a l'origine, et tout a donc ete fait pour maximiser l'usage de ses capacites, tant en terme de multi cores que d'espace disponible sur Blu Ray
3) ils disent bien qu'ils vont adapter le titre aux consoles respectives et obtenir des titres "equivalents". Ce qui ne veut pas dire identiques
Maintenant sachant qu le GPU de la 360 est meilleur que celui de la PS3, cela va-t-il jouer en faveur de la version 360, ou bien le CPU moins costaud limitera-t-il le nombre d'objets presents simultanements? Vont ils poursuivre dans l'optimization des textures et cutscenes en HD pour PS3 avec le BR, voire peut etre de Son HD, et donc necessiter de multiples DVD pour 360 (The Last Remnant en prend deja 2), ou bien reduire la qualite de la version 360 en disant que c'est "equivalent mais different, adapte a la console" ?
Ces questions ont conduit a l'article suivant:
http://gamer.blorge.com/2008/11/29/fina ... -360-port/
Final Fantasy devs will have issues with Xbox 360 port
During the last E3, Square Enix revealed that Final Fantasy XIII will be coming out on the Xbox 360. This created quite a commotion with PS3 fans. Recently the studio devs for Square Enix reassured PS3 fans that the company is in no way favoring one console over another and also that the PS3 version will not suffer due to the Xbox 360 port.
Final Fantasy XIII may be the most highly anticipated game of this generation. The franchise has sold quite a bit during the past 21 years. With that being said, the franchise has remained Playstation exclusive for the most part of the last 14 years.
Understandably, PS3 fans were quite disappointed when Square Enix announced plans to release the latest entry in the franchise on the Xbox 360 during E3. Many fans were worried that the quality of the game would suffer from the developers catering to the lowest denominator.
Other developers such as Id Software have already indicated that there will be a difference in quality between Rage on the Xbox 360 and PS3 due to the Blu-ray format.
According to Kilzo, in an interview with Square Enix Corporate Director Shinji Hashimoto and series Producer Yoshinori Kitase, they reassure fans that there is no reason for such concern.
Kitase said:
I’d like to add… I think that maybe because it’s going multiplatform that some fans are worried about the game’s scope being reduced to fit onto both consoles. The fact is, the PS3 version is what’s in development right now, and the team is working to specialise that version to the very best of the PS3’s abilities. After that, we’ll do the 360 port and optimize it to that particular hardware. There will be no decrease in quality as a result of the game appearing across two platforms.
So, it appears that the studio has been diligently working on the PS3 version blindly without really thinking about the Xbox 360 version until later. With recent titles like Last Remnant being on two discs, it really makes one wonder how many discs Final Fantasy XIII will be on.
Honestly, I believe Square Enix will have some difficulty when it is time to port the game over to the Xbox 360. This is in no way knocking on one console versus another, but developers need to take an overall approach when developing games, similarly to EA.
From what the Square Enix heads said during the press conference at E3, the decision to create an Xbox 360 port of Final Fantasy XIII, was made near the end of production of the PS3 version. This is the type of maverick development practice that blatantly spells trouble.
Developers should take the time to ensure that their work is equally satisfactory on all platforms, instead of hot-dogging it. I predict that the game will get delayed even further than anticipated. We will just have to find out later this year if my prediction comes to pass.
On verra ce qu'il en est en 2010 avec un peu de chance.