Final Fantasy XIII To Utilize Nearly 100 Percent of PS3 Power, Says Producer
Posted by x3sphere at March 31, 2009, 11:15 am
We often read from developers that the full potential of PS3 has not yet been reached, that there still is room for considerable improvement in regards to SPU usage and the like. Not so for Square Enix, they are masters of the trade. Speaking in an recent interview with Japanese mag Dengeki, Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase reckons his team is pushing the console to nearly 100 percent. Says Kitase:
The game’s development is currently going well. We are finishing up the tail end of the development. Doesn’t the demo use about 50 percent of its power? Of course, I think the retail version will make use of nearly 100 percent.
Sure it’ll make use of nearly 100 percent – until, you know, Square’s next major title is released. Then that will be said to push the console even further, to vertiginous heights. Always works this way.
Kitase further stated that the PS3 version will be completely void of disc-swapping thanks to the PS3’s Blu-ray drive. Additionally, data will be cached to the internal hard drive to minimize load times, which is a plus.
Obviously, the Xbox 360 version will ship out on multiple DVDs, though it is not yet known in regards to how many.
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Times like these i wished i lived in japan, and i had a ps3 :mellow: