Toriyama: No Difference in FFXIII Xbox 360 vs PS3 Play
Guess what, he wants to do FFVII
Motomu Toriyama the Director of Final Fantasy XIII, has stated that in terms of game play there is no difference between PS3 and Xbox 360 versions. It's the data compression that might suggest differences.
"There is only really a difference in terms of media encoding. In-game, when you’re controlling your character there is absolutely no difference", says the director, "Because Blu-ray is able to hold more data than DVDs the compression rate is different. You have to change discs, but it’s only twice. There isn’t anything that affects the storyline or a user’s gameplay experience."
Elsewhere in the interview he points out that you shouldn't hold your breath for DLC or 3D (that's next gen) and that current gen consoles are slow to develop for.
"The most important lesson that I learned was creating the technology for the current generation high definition consoles took a much longer time than previous games to get the project rolling. Before the next generation consoles come out I want to be prepared with the fundamental technology in place to get the game moving."
Oh, and of course, Final Fantasy VII is beloved, "If we had the manpower and the time to work on a project, if we were to remake Final Fantasy VII with the quality of Final Fantasy XIII it would become a tremendous project. If we can get the number of people we need by all means that would be the one I would really want to remake."
Source: Siliconera
"There is only really a difference in terms of media encoding. In-game, when you’re controlling your character there is absolutely no difference", says the director, "Because Blu-ray is able to hold more data than DVDs the compression rate is different. You have to change discs, but it’s only twice. There isn’t anything that affects the storyline or a user’s gameplay experience."
Elsewhere in the interview he points out that you shouldn't hold your breath for DLC or 3D (that's next gen) and that current gen consoles are slow to develop for.
"The most important lesson that I learned was creating the technology for the current generation high definition consoles took a much longer time than previous games to get the project rolling. Before the next generation consoles come out I want to be prepared with the fundamental technology in place to get the game moving."
Oh, and of course, Final Fantasy VII is beloved, "If we had the manpower and the time to work on a project, if we were to remake Final Fantasy VII with the quality of Final Fantasy XIII it would become a tremendous project. If we can get the number of people we need by all means that would be the one I would really want to remake."
Source: Siliconera
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