Famitsu clarifies: PS3 Last Remnant not out this November

by Majed Athab { Aug 18th 2008 at 10:30PM }

Some of you may have read (and even tipped us off) about reports stating that The Last Remnant for PS3 would be released alongside the 360 version this November. However, and unfortunately, this statement is false. Famitsu, the origin of the mistaken release date has issued a correction (via IGN). The info came from the publication's latest magazine, "Famitsu PS3 Vol.XIII DKΣ3713 EX.Report." The right release date for the PS3 version is still a TBA worldwide release.

[Via Joystiq]

Tags: last-remnant, square-enix

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

MacKinnon @ Aug 18th 2008 10:33PM

I still don't understand why FFXIII is being held back for the 360, and LR isn't being held back for PS3....

Well, I do understand... I'm just not happy about it :P

DrunkRaba @ Aug 18th 2008 10:44PM

agreed and seconded, a very lame one-way street there.

Ian @ Aug 19th 2008 11:03AM

Yeah, honestly look at what Sony has done for Square Enix over the years and this is how they repay them? Real nice.

NightHawk @ Aug 19th 2008 9:27AM

elementary my dear watson(s) money has been used to persuade square, the idiot wada loves selling his soul i guess

^FourthDimensionGod^ @ Aug 18th 2008 11:44PM

i dont think its being held back at all.

Square(Japanese dev) + Unreal Engine 3(western developed game engine notoriously a pain to develop for on the PS3) = ....

Andrew Yoon @ Aug 19th 2008 12:48AM

You guys weren't Nintendo fans in the 16-bit era, were you? =D

phinnvr6 @ Aug 19th 2008 3:42AM

Yea it sounds like Square and Sony are dropping the ball big time on PS3 with FF-XIII first, and now this not coming out? You gotta be kidding. I know Sega's RPG is coming out in November so I could see them saying Last Remnant in Dec but no later. Sadly that won't be the case.

j.howlett @ Aug 19th 2008 7:55AM

i was and still am a nintendo fan. square didn't want to squeeze their game on a cartridge so they went with sony and the new playstation. one main reason sony even entered the game market was because nintendo had partnered with them to make a CD based game console or add on. at the same time nintendo had another partner who they went with in the end leaving sony hanging. now we have the playstation brand and nintendo still gets plenty of SE games

koehler83 @ Aug 19th 2008 8:34AM

Anyone who thinks the situation between Square and Nintendo is the same as Sony and Nintendo obviously knows a lot less than they think.

NSquaresoft begged Nintendo to use disc based media on the N64. They were pivotal in persuading Nintendo to partner with Sony to create a Nintendo Disc based console. When Nintendo decided they didnt want to share, they pulled out and sparked the creation of the Playstation Brand.

Nintendo pushed Squaresoft away. Sony took them in and made their company explode globally. They built Squaresoft up to a point where they could acquire the once largest RPG developer in the world, Enix.

For years Nintendo and Squaresoft wouldnt play nice but it wasnt as simple as there being more money to be made with Sony. FFVII was a huge gamble.

Square Enix arent willing to gamble anymore.

And apparently no one is willing to remember how well Squaresoft gambles can pay off.. Now its all about sure things.

Reggie @ Aug 19th 2008 1:36PM

lol i was one of tipsters...i fail

Majed Athab @ Aug 19th 2008 12:12AM

Nah, you don't fail.

Khaled @ Aug 19th 2008 12:02AM

M$ showed some $$$. So it's a timed exclusive.

NwrksBigBoss @ Aug 19th 2008 12:12AM

They should hold off on the 360 release and wait until they can be released together, what if the game is garbage, look at Alone in the Dark for example after the shiteous reviews i doubt thats going to sell well.

michael000 @ Aug 19th 2008 2:47AM

Man this game just screams bad PS3 port.

It's on the UE3 engine.

It's being delayed for the PS3.

We've been down this road tons of time before.

MetalGearsOfSolidWar @ Aug 19th 2008 4:07AM

So what

Square-Enix aren't those 360 fanboys at Valve. They won half ass a PS3 port because they aren't fanboys strict to one system. Square Enix has always given out good ports, remakes, and awesome games. I doubt they'll screw it up now because some guy who doesn't like the fact that a good game is coming to the PS3 that was once on the 360 says it'll be bad.

Also thats fricken Square-Enix and Sony, they're like brother and sister. I'm 100% sure it'll be just as good, a delay could mean extra for stuff for PS3/PC versions.

If we're gonna use the logic about ports and engines. Lets talk about FFXIII

Ported from PS3 version and causing a delay in North America. 360 development won't start until PS3's is done.

The White Engine developed SPECIFICALLY for the PS3 will try to run on the 360. I wonder how that will turn out.

The only reason XIII is on 360 is because Square couldn't refuses MS's money.

FFXIII was never meant for 360, now Square has to find a way to make it work for the 360. Which will probably turn out bad.

LJ @ Aug 19th 2008 10:26AM

You are right! I wont pre-order it.. Hopefully after all the bad reviews it gets on the 360 (ALONE IN THE DARK), i dont really know if that is going to be the case, we'll get the game for 30 bucks.

Popfrogs @ Aug 19th 2008 2:21PM

Well at least we can rest easy knowing that FFXIII is on their own engine and not the craptacular UE3.

MonkeyStyle5389 @ Aug 19th 2008 3:19AM

So what, 360 Version is using UE3 also I believe.

If Square-Enix doesn't half ass it, which they never do =) unlike Valve >=(

I know developing a PS3 game with UE3 is hard work but SE always delivers. I'm sure they'll take the time to get it right.

Whats being delayed got to do with anything? Final Fantasy XIII is getting delayed in North America and its getting ported to 360, so I guess that'll suck also. NOT

Your reasoning and logic is weak and inferior.

You're just a troll who wants to start something.

bambino @ Aug 19th 2008 3:44AM

Thankfully I don't like RPGs, otherwise I'd be pissed.

RavenWolfx @ Aug 19th 2008 4:21AM

Seriously, are some of you guys still crying about FFXIII going to Xbox? Square Enix is not a Sony exclusive company, nor is Final Fantasy an exclusive title for Sony. FFXI is already on the 360 and Nintendo has had the Final Fantasy Chronicle games.

Remember you noobs (or look it up if you are 16 or something), Final Fantasy was a Nintendo title for years, up to Final Fantasy VI until they went to Sony's better system graphically. As for the current gen systems, Sony is just trying to get more money and the best way to do that is to go on the largest selling console out there, the 360 (Wii doesn't count, it is a Gamecube 1.5).

Before you start accusing me of being a Xbox fanboy, I want to point out I would have no problem whatsoever of Halo or Gears of War going multi-platform. With Halo, everyone should suffer the over-hype. With GoW... well, GoW is just badass.

Lastly, the PS3, while having the best format (Blu-Ray), is just too time consuming and expensive to expect companies to remain exclusive.

Lonewolf @ Aug 19th 2008 5:12AM

In my opinion FFXIII is not being held back for the 360 version as they already have it running on PC. Now the 360 architecture is closer/matches PC architecture where as the PS3's is a strange one compared to the PC. So going on that premise I'm sure the 360 version would be easier to complete. Are people still believing the myth that MSoft paid for FFXIII?

Metal_Gear @ Aug 19th 2008 5:30AM

Its hard not to believe that they payed out considering they willingly paid $50million just for 2 DLC episodes on GTA4.

Lonewolf @ Aug 19th 2008 5:33AM

@ nwrksbigboss

Alone in the dark is indeed a broken piece of cack with god awful controls in my opinion. There was talk of them fixing this for the PS3 version and god they should. Also there is a rumour that it will be released with a budget price tag (so how fixed it will be). Shame I was looking forward to the PS3 version if they fixed the damn thing.

Jeff Perez @ Aug 19th 2008 5:45AM

I don't know where you get your info but the game is not being developed on PC 1st, it's being designed especially for the PS3 1st which is why the Japanese version won't be delayed by the 360. After they finish the Japanese 360 version they will localize it and start the 360 port, they have been open with saying that they are holding the PS3 version in EU and NA for a simultaneous release with the 360 version. Technically its not a delay because they never released a release date.

As far as Microsoft throwing money at Square, if you believe that Square a Japanese company that cares first and foremost about their Japanese audience hasn't taken money from Microsoft just look at the exclusive and timed exclusive they are providing for Microsoft (Star Ocean, Last Remnant, Infinite Undiscovery) and now add the exclusivity that was taken away from Sony w/ FFXIII. Plus Microsoft has a huge history for buying exclusives and throwing money at developers for exclusive features and DLC, so if you really want to believe that suddenly the idea of Microsoft giving a developer a hat full of money is not so likely, all I'll say is that they have paid a lot of money for games far less important than FFXIII.

Arnon @ Aug 19th 2008 5:52AM

Uhh.. Well I know Infinite Undiscovery is a 360 exclusive(being funded by MS), and Star Ocean 4 probably will be as well(maybe not, idk).

SolidOtacon @ Aug 19th 2008 6:17AM

Microsoft just stick to software
You're not cut out to make hardware

Arnon @ Aug 19th 2008 6:22AM

Oh god, please don't do that.. The hardware is fine, they were just idiots and wanted it to be rushed through manufacturing.

reson8er @ Aug 19th 2008 9:42AM

"The hardware is fine, they were just idiots and wanted it to be rushed through manufacturing."

lol. So paying more than a billion dollars for repairs constitutes "fine" in your view?

That's an interesting fantasy of your own you have going on there.

reson8er @ Aug 19th 2008 9:49AM

Its pretty well known that they are the richest because of the shrewd business practices.

They were twice found GUILTY of monopolistic business practices as well as their own attempts to buy out markets to crush competition.

Even their own high priced lawyers could not buy them out of that. But in reality, they just bought their way out of that too, by just paying the fines levied by the courts.

Its pretty well documented, go have a read.

Popfrogs @ Aug 19th 2008 2:23PM

Arnon = future manager of GM.

Arnon @ Aug 19th 2008 5:57PM

Lol? You completely disregarded what I said..

The hardware IS fine, but manufacturing went horribly. Although, you didn't say I was wrong ;x

If you want a company that's lost money due to a recent product, then SONY wins that catagory of losing $3.3billion on the PS3, period.

Who cares if MS has been to court? Do you own half their stock or something?

reson8er @ Aug 19th 2008 8:39PM

The hardware IS NOT "fine".

Tell the millions of people who have not purchased a 360 in the last few months that their hardware is fine.

You can't, because its not.

Saying something that has the MAJORITY % of units prone to experience failure due to faulty mfg. is fine, only perpetuates your ignorance.

Arnon @ Aug 19th 2008 11:38PM

Luckily you don't know what manufacturing is.. but I know it's hard for some people.. The majority of hardware? Who told you that? SONY? The 360's failure rate started off @ about 33%(33/100 is not the majority :]), then it was reduced to about.. uhh.. 16%? (16/100 is not the majority :]). So I'm not entirely sure where you get your info, unless one of your friends constantly tells you stuff and you believe it XD.

People still continue to buy 360's even when they break.. SONY sold what? about 20k more (which is so minimal, it should be considered even) than the 360 last week? And the 360 has a higher failure rate than the PS3. This months sales in Aug. I have no doubt the 360 will be selling more.

Yes.. my ignorance shines. Especially when someone states that the majority of 360's fail.. Cause.. I mean.. 16% actually means 160%. :x

I think I kind of have the gist of your outlook on a console.. though, I feel horribly sorry for you that you've been lied to a lot.

Arnon @ Aug 19th 2008 11:41PM

God, I love stupid people.. they are the peanut butter to my jelly.

reson8er @ Aug 20th 2008 12:34AM

Your a joke kid, you live a really deluded world that you seem more than happy to occupy.

In your sad attempt to defend your purchase, you look for every possible angle to twist reality to your suit your own delusions. I strongly suggest you look up the words lie and Microsoft. You'll find more than enough evidence linking that they are synonymous.

People like you are so deluded its pathetic. When you produce machinery and have a 33 percent FAILURE rate hat is absurd, even your tiny mind can comprehend that.

That number, by the way is only a guess, Microsoft has never come out and said what the actual number is. Its been talked about that the actual number is over 50% which, would be a majority.

If you think your going to come here and wax poetic about how fucking grand microsoft is and not get your ass handed to you, your the one lying... to yourself.

HanzoTheRazor @ Aug 19th 2008 6:30AM

IU was initially being funded by M$ and they were going to be the publisher, but now SE is funding it and are doing the publishing. So, this leads me to believe that SqEx will put it on the PS3 eventually too, just makes too much sense. Also, these games on the 360 are just going to sell ok, just look at ToV in Japan so far. It would have definitely sold more on the PS3 and the Wii, but they go with M$. So, don't tell me they don't take money from M$!

McBonk @ Aug 19th 2008 7:32AM

No. MS has the initial rights. IU will never see a PS3 release.

Arnon @ Aug 19th 2008 8:11AM

It's not exactly like Microsoft is broke lol.. You know, they're like the richest company in the world.

JaseH @ Aug 20th 2008 2:59AM

Arnon, dude. Just go back to X360F.com seriously.

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Metal @ Aug 19th 2008 6:36AM

You guys do know that if out of nowhere, Sony decided to create Legend of The Dragoon on PS3 all your little rpg's are shit to Japan and the fans that paid attention to that overlooked piece of art by SCEA.

That game was HUGE in Japan.

All rpg games will bow if it should happen. I have yet to see another rpg top that game, Chrono Trigger comes 2nd.

MetalGearsOfSolidWar @ Aug 19th 2008 6:51AM

If Sony came to their senses and released their epic overlook RPG Legend of The Dragoon, every rpg on every console will be shitted on something terrible.

Do it SCEA make Legend of The Dragoon. Remake, sequel, or prequel I don't care it'll own all rpg's.

MetalGearsOfSolidWar @ Aug 19th 2008 6:53AM

All this rpg talk will mean nothing if SCEA made Legend of The Dragoon for PS3.

ultima_omega @ Aug 19th 2008 8:20AM

The reason this game is coming late on PS3 is because like many other developers Square are having trouble with the Unreal Engine, it works better on 360.

JayVe @ Aug 19th 2008 8:39AM

Ouch. Looks like I'll be getting this for my 360 and not my PS3. So strange that the 360 turned out to be the console to have for JRPG games. Who'da thunk it?!

Henry E. @ Aug 19th 2008 8:54AM

I find it a rather sad situation. I feel it's hurtful for the gaming market. After all, a lot of these jrpg are on the 360 because microsoft paid these companies. The result is, the games just don't do as well as they would if they were on the PS3. I'm sure a lot of PS3 owners bought the PS3 expecting JRPG. I did. It feels like microsoft is hindering the JRPG genre.

JayVe @ Aug 19th 2008 9:29AM

I think Sony has done more to themselves than Microsoft has. Sony's system came out later, was more expensive for consumers, had fewer games, and developers find it more difficult to make software for than the 360. As it stands, Sony didn't make the platform very appealing for JRPG developers.

It is strange to think of how the tables turned though. I got my PS3 expecting it to be home to countless RPGs the way my PS2 was, only to find out that my 360 turned out to be a better investment for gaming.

RasenganFury @ Aug 19th 2008 10:14AM

Everyone saying xbox is the console for rpgs needs so stop and think. How many do they have in total for the time it has been out? (including IU ToV LR, and FF13) Im not for sure but i think its around 12. That isnt alot compared to ps2. The ps3 has Folklore and soon Diseaga 3, Valkria Chronicles, WKC, FF13, LR, and FFV13. There could even be more im forgetting. They arent too far apart in numbers. Also see which has better rpgs as well.

marc m @ Aug 19th 2008 11:56AM

This is very sad indeed.

Mattchewie @ Aug 19th 2008 12:48PM

I agree with others. Why is FF13 being held back in NA and EU if LR doesn't have to get pushed back? What about Star Ocean. Square said it had to due to market share but Why make these titles exclusive or timed when the xbox has a craptastic market share number in japan? The answer is MONEY and if anyone else says other wise apparently lacks common sense.

Also, many other games have come out that uses the unreal engine that haven't seen many issues. Developers site that the PS3 is difficult to dev for well...?....DUH! Welcome to the land of dealing with a new technology. People crack me up when it comes to things like this. They say "well we will be hitting a brick wall due to architectural issues with the current PC model ..etc." So sony comes out with the Cell, thinks outside the box a bit and they cry "ITS TOO HARD"!! Well keep going the easy route and hit that wall, when you do let me know how the gaming version of Net Burst turns out :|

JMW @ Aug 20th 2008 2:35AM

"What about Star Ocean. Square said it had to due to market share but Why make these titles exclusive or timed when the xbox has a craptastic market share number in japan?"

Why would they make Star Ocean for 360? This is why:

Square: First off, the 360 is a very high performance platform and that allows us to have many characters on the same field, and this would not have happened with older platforms. So in this field, your allies and monsters will be moving around at the same time being controlled with AI, and to control them all at the same time requires a lot of CPI, so I believe this is something we could develop only with the 360.

http://gameinformer.com/News/Story/200807/N08.0723.1234.16906.htm?Page=3

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