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Because it's just a faceplate and no designs. The closest I've seen to doing what the Japanese do with exclusive consoles this gen is the COD4 Xbox360. But that even pales in comparison to how detailed they get with console designs at times...]]>Feb 12th 2010 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/I as well often long to look like a japanese ps3]]>Feb 12th 2010 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/My friend got the Japanese PS3 bundle, and it isn't really that impressive. I like the white, but I think the pink print is pretty dull and cheesy. Like this 360 version, only one face of the machine is painted with special graphics, and the girl looks just as bored. But then again she looks bored throughout the whole game; the afro dude is the only interesting character with any depth in ff13 imo.]]>Feb 12th 2010 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/
FF, 99% cutscenes... 1% old fashioned boring gameplay... you can keep it! :P]]>Feb 13th 2010 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/Feb 12th 2010 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/Feb 12th 2010 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/Feb 12th 2010 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/Feb 12th 2010 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/
If you were planning on buying the game anyway, you are getting exactly what you want for $340. The limited edition XBoxes are actually pretty great deals. I snagged the MW2 one myself.]]>Feb 12th 2010 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/Feb 12th 2010 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/rather than 5 disks]]>Feb 12th 2010 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/It's three discs, and if you choose to install them on the HDD be my guest. That's what I'll be doing.]]>Feb 12th 2010 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/Feb 12th 2010 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/
No, you don't need to swap discs. Just like forza, you install disk 2 into the hdd then you just use disc 1. As long as it detects disc 1, you'll be able to play all 3. ]]>Feb 12th 2010 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3177789]]>Feb 12th 2010 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/Feb 12th 2010 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/Square Enix you disloyal whore.....]]>Feb 12th 2010 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/Feb 12th 2010 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/
Oh and I'd really like that faceplate if she was showing us a little more... I mean what are we suppose to be looking at? the hair?]]>Feb 12th 2010 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/
Get the 1080p 1BD PS3 version, and if you need to, a PS3. Job done.]]>Feb 12th 2010 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/
Sub 720p textures? When people say stuff like this are they just misinformed or repeating crap they heard somewhere?

Actually the GPU in the XBox 360 can support significantly larger textures than the GPU in the PS3 due to the hardware design. Go look this up people, and heck check out Lens on the Truth or other sites that show time and time again that the 360 games often have higher resolution textures because of this.

(Here is a hint, the XBox 360 GPU is a unified shader model with design features that offer newer OpenGL and DirectX 10 and 11 features, including unrestricted texture sizes and tensellation like introduced in DX10 and DX11. The PS3 is using a variation of a Geforce 7800 GPU, that is designed around older OpenGL and older DX9 specifications, thus the hardware has limited texture sizes and a standard feature set that is limited by the DX9.0 technology timeframe.)

I think both consoles have merit, but at least keep the facts straight.

PS As for the 'output' resolution 720p/1080p etc, both consoles support 720p and 1080p, with most games running at resolutions around the 720p range. Neither GPU in the XBox 360 or the PS3 can easily handle 1080p gaming content with high levels of details at a respectible FPS.

]]>Feb 12th 2010 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/Feb 12th 2010 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/Feb 12th 2010 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/
I bet my PC exclusives look better than your PS3 exclusives. ]]>Feb 12th 2010 8:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/Feb 12th 2010 8:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/
I didn't say that you couldn't I was stating that games look much better on my PC on my 1080p TV, eh? what? that can't be right.]]>Feb 13th 2010 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/Feb 19th 2010 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/Yeah let them have their consoles.. us pc gamers have more fun without the whining of a preteen yelling at us through the mic cause he was reloading when you killed him.]]>Mar 26th 2010 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/
Bytheway This Bundle Sucks.]]>Feb 12th 2010 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning_Japanese
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The PS3 version is at (#4) vs the 360 version (#35) on a certain website that sells videogames.]]>Feb 12th 2010 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/
You know youre trying too hard when you try to attack windows mobile in an xbox post]]>Feb 12th 2010 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/Feb 12th 2010 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/
If it had been exclusive it would have probably been a less linear experience...

I doubt it. Although I can't help but think that FFXII will be better than this game, its my definite favorite of the series.]]>Feb 12th 2010 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/Feb 12th 2010 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/Feb 12th 2010 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/
You could just use that $10 to buy an HDMI cable off of Amazon...]]>Feb 12th 2010 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/It does, no need betting. If you do have a 360 by now you do have the cables, so no big deal ]]>Feb 12th 2010 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/
@Ericloewe So they are marketing this $400 premium package to people who already have 360's? That doesn't seem like a smart business decision. Why fish in a puddle when the ocean is a short drive away?

Final Fantasy VII put Sony on the map. I'm not saying Square still has the same magic but I find it hard to believe that Microsoft would intentionally disregard the opportunity to market to a new audience. So I don't think that's what they're doing. There were some executive corners cut here I think with no real "plan" in mind.]]>Feb 18th 2010 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/Feb 12th 2010 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/Yeah I'm a little confused... is it two player? No other ff game was two player...]]>Feb 12th 2010 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/
Are your eyes clogged up with cheeto dust? You are commenting on engadget you sad bastard, just like the rest of us.]]>Feb 12th 2010 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/Feb 13th 2010 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/
+1 For Ultimate Troll Pwnage.. or Trownage.. as I'll now call it...]]>Feb 12th 2010 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/Feb 12th 2010 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/Feb 12th 2010 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/xbox-360-retailing-in-a-final-fantasy-xiii-bundle-for-the-rest-o/Feb 12th 2010 3:35PM