Rumor: Final Fantasy XIII coming to Japan 2009,
overseas after April 2010

post from Joystiq on 15 January 2009 05:22:00 PM. © Joystiq

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, RPGs

Square Enix President Yoichi Wada (via Guardian) has reportedly told Reuters this week that the long-awaited Final Fantasy XIII will be hitting Japan in 2009, and overseas in the fiscal year beginning April 2010. Of course, that's still a pretty vague answer and we expect there's plenty of time for both release windows to be pushed back ad infinitum. After all, this whole situation feels like déjà vu ... from 2007.

Wada also addressed economic concerns, stating that operating profits for this fiscal year were likely going to fall 21 billion yen (US $236 million) compared to last year, or 2.4 percent. We wouldn't worry too much about the company, though, since the money-printing Dragon Quest IX is invading Japanese retail in March.

Note: It's worth mentioning that we can't seem to find this article -- sent out via RSS -- anywhere on Reuters' own page and have only seen one other source (Forexyard). Did it slip out too early? We've contacted Reuters to confirm the validity of the interview.

[Thanks, Emperium]

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