Square-Enix: FF13 Will Revive Japan's Game Industry

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Square-Enix: FF13 Will Revive Japan's Game Industry

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Final Fantasy XIII may not be out in North America and Europe yet, but the development team is in full "victory lap" mode in Japan. At least, that's how it seemed when noted industry figure Jem Alexander interviewed producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Motomu Toriyama for the European PlayStation Blog. Asked about the state of the Japanese game industry, the two (no individual attribution was given to the speakers) said that FFXIII was going to fix it.

"Some people have been saying that the Japanese game industry is dead, and all that... I dunno," the creative lead said. "I will say that Final Fantasy XIII is one really epic title for high definition consoles. With this game, we are going to resurrect the whole thing." And then they immediately moved from boastful to confusing: "As for Western games that have influenced us - FPSs mostly. The Call of Duty series, for example." Influenced their desire to sell a lot of copies, maybe?

Well, it's fun to dream.

 

[Zjuggernaut]

Re: Square-Enix: FF13 Will Revive Japan's Game Industry

Oh, f**k off Square Enix. No one likes you. The trailer for this game hurt my head and I don't get it... At all.

Final Fantasy stopped being good after 9.