Final Fantasy XV Buckles Up Until 29th November on PS4

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Bad news, now FF XV is fighting both a damaged reputation, as well as Pokemon Sun and Moon in a post-GO world.

@Heavyman99 pretty much nailed it (twice)

The sky is blue. Again I don't get why they announced what would have been the 4th game in the FF13 name 3 years before the first even landed.

And let's be honest the game did look....questionable and from interviews I got a huge sense of feature creep. Namely from them suddenly wanting the just cause engine for full scale airships.

I for one am glad they're moving to Unreal 4 for KH 3, and just stick with the pre-made stuff. Making a new engine for every single game must be eating away at their man hours.

@get2sammyb maybe it's delayed because Neo was delayed and they are planning to launch with a bundle

Neo isn't until 2017, or at least it should be. My hope is that this is fake, and that they're going to update the game to Neo without futzing with the normal street date. More than likely, the VR demo would be the cause of any delay. Then, when Neo is out, there's a bundle for new owners with FF XV included.

Remember this is on Xbox as well, i seriously doubt that they would delay it just because of PS4 Neo. Its probably a quality issue. Trying to get the frame rate at a steady 30fps. Still Sucks. I actually remember E3 2006......

@get2sammyb yeah I bet this is the main reason it got delayed.

_{No we are not, and please watch the language -Tasuki-}

@BLPs They're delaying it to release on NX. The AMD model.

@get2sammyb Where's Shogun, you saving him for the official Squenix announcement?

Needs more Rok.

"...maybe the extra couple of months will enable the developer to apply one last layer of polish."
My first thought after that line? They should just change the name to Polished Turd: Final Fantasy XV.

@Heavyman99 That's what I was thinking. At first I thought, nah, the two don't really have identical fanbases. Then I thought: I'm definitely getting the new Pokemon, and I probably won't have the time over holiday break for two massive RPGs. So I'm at least one sale lost because of that timing (at launch anyway).

It's still too soon to tag this as an actual news story.

I do think it will be delayed, but that has yet to be confirmed, I think you guys are jumping the gun by not treating this as a rumor.

Well couldn't get the ffxv uce in time so i guess the ffxv ps4 will do. Yes im a sucka..take my money!! Lol Y'all hatin mutha effas are too sensitive! Talk crap to sound G on the intraweb! Everyone knows you're going to pay the $ to play it either way! I kno I am!

They have to very this game right and ive been worried for a long time that this will end up a confused mess, which is awful for a series i love dearly. If a couple of months more means they can make necessary improvements then im all for it.

Hmm, I am on long holidays in December so am now thinking of not actually playing it until I'm back in January. That way patches will have been deployed and I will make the most of the delay. Don't really want to start it, get into it and then have a long break!

@3Above i reckon that they delayed it to make the xbox one version better because it played very badly on the XB1 at MS E3 conference (although apparently the PS4 version played fine)

and to honest i'm fine with that, i would rather they delay a game and make it the best they can then just throw it out in a buggy broken mess just to patch later (you know like EA and Ubisoft tend to do)

I honestly have zero interest in this game now. I'm a huge fan of Final Fantasy, but with all these delays, and the fact that the entire game has changed multiple times, with a development time rivalling Duke Nukem Forever, it's almost ridiculous to even think of letting yourself get interested in it. You're just setting yourself up for disappointment.

I'd rather just have Kingdom Hearts 3, and for Final Fantasy XV to just join Star Fox 2.

@get2sammyb Hell yeah! I hope ff xv will be 60 fps game on ps4k, I can't wait!

@3Above @FullbringIchigo Remember, ff type 0 only sold about 20% on xbox1 compared to ps4, there's no way they delay it for xbox. To square enix releasing ff xv on xbox1 is just extra money, the main money maker will be its sales on ps4. They delay it for ps4k, plain and simple.

Oh no not another delay.

Too scared of Persona 5.
No but seriously, this is embarrassing. I was actually getting reasonably hyped as well. Useless.

@ShogunRok @Bliquid

So if the ulterior motive is Persona 5 why the hell do they move it next to a wider audience heavy hitter called POKEMON?

@BLPs Maybe because the target audience is different, people that buy ff xv usually plan to buy persona 5 too, where's most people that buy pokemon games is kid.

Hhahahahah I don't know even what to say anymore, but let's put this way FFXV is running from Persona 5!
I don't know I really enjoyed episode duscae, and I'll buy, but Mafia III, Berserk Musou and Persona 5 are my top priorities right now, so it's better stay away FFXV. And november has pokemon too! Which is more important than FF to me!

@wiiware Mostly kids? I don't know any kids doing it. Hell all the folks I've heard wanting it are adults, teens or as a gift for kids.

Let's put it this way. Why move the worldwide release of XV just because of the Japanese release of Persona? Especially since its in the worldwide release window of Pokemon now. It might not have done as well in japan against Persona but now it's against pokemon everywhere

This looks quite good actually, judging mostly on visuals. Would you recommend this to me as i've never played a Final Fantasy game before?

@wiiware just because it doesn't sell as well on xbox doesn't mean they will release a sub standard product

Square are banking a lot on FFXV so they are going to throw the boat out on this one i reckon no matter what system it's on

also as someone else mentioned the extra VR mode may also have something to do with the delay

@Bliquid I honestly think it would do better against Persona than Pokémon though. Mainly because Persona is, outside of Japan, rather niche to my knowledge, and its only in Japan until 2017. FFXV is everywhere at once while Pokémon has more universal appeal. Id rather they ran the risk of disappointing sales in Japan and strong elsewhere, rather than meh across the board because Pokémon.

@Grawlog apparently Square had some problems running the build of the game on XB1 at E3 (keep in mind Platinum Demo was just that a demo and apparently it has changed a little since then) but the PS4 build was running fine (and at a more stable framerate than the demo was)

i would say right now if you want it on console then you should stick with the PS4 version, not to mention if you cancel now you might not get some of the pre-order content ESPECIALLY if you ordered on amazon, they have a issue with the pre-order system where you become ineligible for the content if you cancel and then reorder the same product, even for a different system (that happened to me with Naruto Storm 4, had to spend hours proving i pre-ordered it in order to get the DLC)

@Grawlog
That's kind of always been my stance. There's enough games even if you just owned a PS4. Add in the other consoles and handhelds, and there's just so much coming that it really doesn't matter.

One exception to this is when it's a game that I personally am really excited to play above all else. Like Horizon Zero Dawn, or Zelda, or anything wih the name Monster Hunter in the title.

@BLPs Persona 5 and final fantasy xv all on ps4, pokemon only on 3ds, so I think it's safer for final fantasy xv to release on the same month as pokemon rather than persona 5. Although I think they delay it because of ps4k, not persona 5.

@FullbringIchigo Since ps4 and xbox one is nearly the same I don't think they have problem on xbox one, if they have, they can lower the resolution and received frame rate boost instead.

Meh. If true, I'm not too bothered by it. It's only two months - better than the bloody 18 month delay Zelda wound up with!

@FullbringIchigo Actually, the Xbox One version runs very well: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2016-final-fantasy-15-frame-rates-improved-for-xbox-one-e3-demo

@SPGFan34 If you have a Vita, all the FF games are available to download. If not, the PS4 has HD versions of FFVII and FFX/FFX-2 to try. Just be aware that the gameplay is different to FFXV's real-time action. Still, even if you're inexperienced with turn-based combat, FFVII HD actually lets you use cheats to make things easier, and you still earn the Trophies!

@Kage_88 Okay, thank you very much. I will try some of the demos first.

I'm on the Persona 5 train this time. I'm a huge final fantasy fan, but given the choice P5 can have my cash.

So The Last Guardian might actually release before this game?

By then I'll have the ps4k from the ps4 so I'm not mad

Also RIP Gravity Rush 2.

I don't think any amount of time is going to make it a better game, or get it running at a constant 30fps on consoles. I won't hold my breath for a superior pc version down the road, but i won't waste my money on this version either.

This is gone be interesting to see if it's gone to meet the 15 million sales target to break even as i recall they shelved a new legacy of kain game 'cause it would'nt meet sales target.

Interesting, gotta wonder if maybe they're even a little bit wary of launching in Japan at the same time as Persona 5? Either way I'm not too disappointed, gives me a bit more time to clear out the ol' backlog and I can spend more time with it over Christmas!

IMPORTANT NEWS:

apparently it was delayed so they could improve the quality but because not everyone can download a day one patch they decided to delay it so they could include it on the disc so EVERYONE can have access to it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wepgwx_9kto

(video is from Tabata on the official FFXV youtube page

@Grawlog same hear , to many games weeks apart from release, means bf1 and world of final fantasy is up for grabs, may be able to grab titan fall now, if it dosent look like to much of a stinker.