{"id":2021,"date":"2010-02-18T06:52:11","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T11:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/02\/18\/final-fantasy-xiii-%e2%80%93-the-360-implodes\/"},"modified":"2010-02-22T20:37:04","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T01:37:04","slug":"final-fantasy-xiii-%e2%80%93-the-360-implodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/02\/18\/final-fantasy-xiii-%e2%80%93-the-360-implodes\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy XIII \u2013 The 360 Implodes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been a long time since I remember seeing this much fervor over a game, but I guess that is what happens when Final Fantasy goes multi-console.<\/p>\n<p>Why so much fervor?  I guess it is an emotional reaction from youngsters that grew up with the PlayStation.  Of course they probably do not realize or understand that once upon a time Nintendo was the home of all things Final Fantasy.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/examiner\/x-12218-Video-Game-Examiner~y2010m2d17-Final-Fantasy-XIII-comparison-screens\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/examiner\/x-12218-Video-Game-Examiner~y2010m2d17-Final-Fantasy-XIII-comparison-screens', 'PS3 vs. 360 debate');\" target=\"_blank\">PS3 vs. 360 debate<\/a>, Square Enix has not helped the situation by releasing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/189341\/final_fantasy_xiii_xbox_360_and_ps3_shots_doctored.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/189341\/final_fantasy_xiii_xbox_360_and_ps3_shots_doctored.html', 'doctored graphics');\" target=\"_blank\">doctored graphics<\/a>, which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uffsite.net\/news\/375\/new-360-ff13-screenshots-feature-nasty-jpeg-compression-mouse-pointer.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.uffsite.net\/news\/375\/new-360-ff13-screenshots-feature-nasty-jpeg-compression-mouse-pointer.html', 'PS3 conspiracy theorists');\" target=\"_blank\">PS3 conspiracy theorists<\/a> say indicates that all things <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neogaf.com\/forum\/showpost.php?p=19857881&postcount=12055\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.neogaf.com\/forum\/showpost.php?p=19857881&amp;postcount=12055', '360 must suck');\" target=\"_blank\">360 must suck<\/a>.  Never mind some of the piss poor ports on the PS3 that have gone in the other direction.<\/p>\n<p>Me?  I will continue to watch it unfold and chime in from time-to-time as I see fit.  Some of debate is actually interesting and does matter \u2013 Blu-ray capacity, disc swapping, HD graphics, and the removal of content.  I can appreciate that the developer made every attempt at platform parity, but from what I have read too many compromises were made.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been a long time since I remember seeing this much fervor over a game, but I guess that is what happens when Final Fantasy goes multi-console. Why so much fervor? I guess it is an emotional reaction from youngsters that grew up with the PlayStation. Of course they probably do not realize or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/02\/18\/final-fantasy-xiii-%e2%80%93-the-360-implodes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Final Fantasy XIII \u2013 The 360 Implodes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[14,22,11],"class_list":["post-2021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-14","tag-final-fantasy","tag-rpg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2021"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2079,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021\/revisions\/2079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}