It seems Square-Enix is sitting on FFX-X2 HD PC version
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Vital Tundra
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I just hope when XII comes around we aren't waiting a huge amount of time. And I wonder how long we will have to wait for XV. It would make sense just to release it around consoles but this is SE. Releasing a new FF on PC around the time of consoles? That makes to much sense.
I can appreciate the skepticism, and I'll fully agree that personally I think Steam/PC is a really healthy platform for additional RoI but consider the situation here:
- The game is releasing in 2016 no matter what
- Luminous is an in-house engine*, significantly being built alongside FFXV
- Optimizing performance on consoles to hit their render target of 1080/30 is already going to be a long, tedious, iterative process on its own
- PC as a consumer platform, with its multitude of configurations and unforseen issues is very, very different from PC as a base development platform, which is a far more controlled situation. Tabata said as much
When they say "there's no current plans for a PC release, focusing on console versions", I think I can take that at face value, at least until the console version is out and is as good as it can be.
Additionally, (and I'm speaking in general, not specifically w.r.t. Square Enix) there's a whole dynamic of skepticism regarding PC cannibalizing sales, both in direct legit platform-vs-platform competition and the perceived ease of piracy, that's still front and center in a lot of business decisions as far as Japanese game development goes. Some companies are beginning to break the mold like Bamco with Zestiria, but it's still a significant factor in these things.
*before anyone says "lol should have just used UE, painless porting", see: Arkham Knight
fluffydelusions
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Didn't they say the same thing about Type-0 when it got leaked?
'No current plans,' is the publisher answer to everything these days.
Mr. Nice_Guy
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Oh I hadn't heard about that, will need to check it out. Still, I probably always prefer the OG or GBA art over anything else. Pending a full remake that is.
Early screenshot showing what they were able to do by just removing the filter, still some work to be done apparently.
The sprites look significantly better when they are correctly upscaled. I believe the ultimate plan is to include an option for the original SNES sprites as well.
Huh, did they figure a way to change tileset pixel size?
Because a non-integer rescale is going to look pretty wonky.
KiTA
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Well, to be fair, once it turned out that XV and 7R were Action RPGs, the kindest thing was to have them put down. They were only suffering.
But back to the topic at hand -- I actually just had a hankering for some FFX/X2, kinda surprised it's not on Steam already. I wonder -- since they were on Vita / Playstation, perhaps Sony worked some sort of timed exclusivity deal?
Early screenshot showing what they were able to do by just removing the filter, still some work to be done apparently.
The sprites look significantly better when they are correctly upscaled. I believe the ultimate plan is to include an option for the original SNES sprites as well.
Oh wow, those latter two look... surprisingly nice.
... Is that all that's wrong with FF6's spritework? A weird filter they included? Wonder if something similar could be done for FF5...
Yeah I know, but I can still hope that they would make a decent job.
Assuming that FFXV is September/October on consoles, I'm guessing it'll be January/February 2017 on PC
If they're sitting on this, one can only imagine it's being incentivised for something else.
- There may be a Sony exclusivity deal for the project, much like there was for the GTA games during the PS2 days. Wait till March, because if there is a deal, it's probably until a year after the PS4 release.
- It's being incentivised for something else, and we all know FFXV will be coming to PC one day. I don't know how soon this one will be, but it could be used to raise hype.
The game is absolutely coming because Steam has been a huge resurgence for Japanese games, and Square-Enix has perhaps tasted this already with their smaller efforts.
- There may be a Sony exclusivity deal for the project, much like there was for the GTA games during the PS2 days. Wait till March, because if there is a deal, it's probably until a year after the PS4 release.
- It's being incentivised for something else, and we all know FFXV will be coming to PC one day. I don't know how soon this one will be, but it could be used to raise hype.
The game is absolutely coming because Steam has been a huge resurgence for Japanese games, and Square-Enix has perhaps tasted this already with their smaller efforts.
funkystudent
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Couldnt SE just have some kind of exclusivity deal with Sony they are waiting out for the remaster?
I forget exactly but I think X HD was a March release. Maybe this will be out by then.
Heck maybe a PC announcement for XV will happen along with the console release date announcement and FFX HD will factor into that somehow.
I forget exactly but I think X HD was a March release. Maybe this will be out by then.
Heck maybe a PC announcement for XV will happen along with the console release date announcement and FFX HD will factor into that somehow.
thegirlleastlikelyto
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You know the easy money from outsourced, low overhead ports keeps money in the coffers and employees paid to develop (over multiple years) games like FFXV, right?