Producers say Final Fantasy XIII will resurrect Japanese game industry

Producers say Final Fantasy XIII will resurrect Japanese game industry

The creators of the newest Final Fantasy itteration are making some bold statements about the game;

"Some people have been saying that the Japanese game industry is dead, and all that... I dunno," the creative lead said. "I will say that Final Fantasy XIII is one really epic title for high definition consoles. With this game, we are going to resurrect the whole thing." And then they moved from boastful to confusing: "As for Western games that have influenced us - FPS's mostly. The Call of Duty series, for example." Influenced their desire to sell a lot of copies, maybe?

The team also suggested elsewhere in the interview that God of War Collection-style remakes of previous Final Fantasy titles are unlikely. And, while they didn't outright deny DLC (which is looking more and more likely), they said that material or ideas originally left out won't be put back in as DLC.