Final Fantasy XIII Demo to Hit E3 and PS Store at the same time this year?

[FriskyTanuki]

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/18/final-fantasy-xiii-demo-expected-at-e3/

That would be cool if it's actually true.

[panasonic]

It better be true for Sonys sake

[DarkNessBear]

That could sell some PS3's if the game is really amazing. To have a Demo of a game that is that grand would be a good selling point.

[CounterSeal]

I agree. In the case of FF13, even a demo alone would move a considerable amount of PS3 units.

[RAMSTORIA]

thatd be cool... but i wouldnt buy a ps3 for it

[NamPaehc]

The downloadable demo is a bit of wishful thinking. They never mentioned anything about that.

[Sarang01]

Here's hoping the game has NO jaggies.

[Michaellvortega]

Im betting no demo on the playstation store, With the CGI can you imagine how big the demo DL would be? And on top of that they never said anything about a DL'able demo.

[ryanbph]

Im betting no demo on the playstation store, With the CGI can you imagine how big the demo DL would be? And on top of that they never said anything about a DL'able demo.

qft

if they do release a DL demo for the ps3, that would be great for sony...maybe square owes them for snubbing them in favor of the ds for the next dragons quest

[imascrub]

hey that's what the playstation store is for right? Downloadable content including demos. Sony be damned if they don't use/take advantage of it.

[DarkNessBear]

Here's hoping the game has NO jaggies.

Seriously.

FFXII was horrid. so many Jaggies that I even threw up...

And get this... my throw up was jaggie.

[The Mana Knight]

I'd be downloading that demo in an instant. I somewhat doubt it will happen, but I'd definitely download it.

I don't really want to give Square Enix an idea, but if they charged a little for the demo, I'd still get it (like $1-$5).
Seriously.

FFXII was horrid. so many Jaggies that I even threw up...

And get this... my throw up was jaggie.For one, they are developed by completely different teams (FFXIII is being handeld by the FFX, FFX-2 creators). Playing FFXII on PS3 has very few jaggies and it greatly exaggerated. FFXIII is designed for PS3, so I guarantee it will run great and look better than every 360 game.

[FriskyTanuki]

Might as well add to this thread while I'm at it:

Along with the recent news of a playable demo (http://www.psu.com/node/7068) potentially appearing at E3, here are the magazine’s other exciting tid-bits.

(http://www.psu.com/node/765)Final Fantasy XIII

http://www.psu.com/files/Image/shiva_summon.JPG
1. Motome Toriyama, Final Fantasy XIII's director said, "The intensity of the opening scene -- it's probably the most in the Final Fantasy series so far."

2. The story of Final Fantasy XIII starts with an invasion of the Cocoon World from the World Below.

3. The people of the Cocoon World are frightened of their world falling from the sky and anyone that is believed to be able to make the Cocoon world fall is exiled. Residents of Cocoon are fearful of the outside world, and regard "influence" from the outside world as something like a virus.

4. The blond haired male character seen in the latest FFXIII trailer is very big – large enough to run around while carrying two people. His shoe size will be 33cm.

5. Nomura is still designing characters that Lightning will meet throughout the game which likely includes those who will become part of your party.

Final Fantasy Versus XIII

http://www.psu.com/files/Image/versus-XIII.jpg
1. Nomura stated due to the processing power of the PlayStation 3, players in Final Fantasy Versus XIII should be able to battle in areas with great differences in height just as in the trailer.

2. Players will be able to fight along side party members who have their own specific abilities and weapons.

3. Battles will make use of the full environment, including what is above and below the characters.

4. Nomura and his dev team said they are still testing the games battle mechanics. Although you will not be able to freely warp to any point on the battle field, Nomura discussed how you will be able to warp to the location where you place or throw your sword.

5. According to Nomura, we can expect something similar to Kingdom Hearts.

And finally, Toriyama has suggested a playable version of FFXIII is on the cards in the not-so-distant-future and Nomura has stated that he's already come up with ideas for the next Versus XIII trailer (http://www.psu.com/node/5835), which he promises will be extremely cool.

[Kendro]

I agree. In the case of FF13, even a demo alone would move a considerable amount of PS3 units.

QFT. I wouldn't go that far, but I'd be jealous of all the PS3 gamers who got their hands on this.