Kitase confirms simultaneous PS3 and Xbox 360 launch for Final Fantasy XIII, both versions “pretty much the same”

Final Fantasy XIII still has a relatively ambiguous “Spring 2010” overseas release, but producer Yoshinori Kitase did have some good news for gamers in Europe. At GamesCom, Kitase confirmed that both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game will be getting a simultaneous launch there.

Final Fantasy XIII still has a relatively ambiguous “Spring 2010” overseas release, but producer Yoshinori Kitase did have some good news for gamers in Europe. At GamesCom, Kitase confirmed that both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game will be getting a simultaneous launch in Europe. The North American launch will also be simultaneous.

Kitase also reiterated that the European launch won’t be too far behind the one for North America. “For previous titles it took usually about a year to localise each version and bring it over to Europe, but for this title there should be a considerably shorter gap and [we’ll] bring it to European territories as close to the North American release as possible,” he said.

It was also confirmed at GamesCom that Square Enix is aiming for three discs for the Xbox 360 version. Kitase said that three isn’t a final number yet, however, as they’re still working on it. He also noted that while hardware differences will probably result in some subtle differences, both versions will be “pretty much equal, both in terms of content and the visuals as well.”

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Via VG247