Final Fantasy XIII Japanese Release Date and Bundle Confirmed

[Takavach]

It's official! Square Enix will release Final Fantasy XIII on December 17, 2009 in Japan, unless it decides not to between now and then.

To quote: "Square Enix president Yoichi Wada announced the release date and the price (8,800 yen, or $95!) today at its Final Fantasy XIII Party in the http://www.miraikan.jst.go.jp/en/ museum (via http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3175937).

Kaz Hirai then took the stage to announce that of course there will be a PS3 hardware bundle containing the game.

He didn't mention any details - no price nor release date, though it's sure to be day-and-date with the standalone software. When Square Enix does show it off, it'll be hard not to hear about it."


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[Virii2012]

Finally a set release date, lets hope they don't change it. So this would set a US release sometime in Q1 of 2010, but whats up with the price!? I hope that 95$ won't be the price we see over in the states that would make it the most expensive game ever and will surely deter lots of people except us hardcore FF fans.

[semitope]

I too hope thats not the US price, tho its strange if a game made by a japanese company sells for more in the country it is made in.

[justMaD]

that's about the standard price for any ps3 game in germany...

[ZBlacktt]

And people were making an issue out of CODMW2's possible price hike, lol...

[zangetsu1]

I always thought it would be a worldwide release.. but i'm happy enough with this anouncement..

Here in holland a new game costs around 65 Euro.

[ernvil]

Meh. Even with that price, I'd still gladly buy it

[ati93]

I always thought it would be a worldwide release.. but i'm happy enough with this anouncement..

Here in holland a new game costs around 65 Euro.

like in france . Look at uk sites , games are cheaper and they ship to many european states