Square Enix Scolded For Misleading Final Fantasy XIII Advertising

[GestaltEsper]

I know I said these days people will attack Square for anything but this...

 

[QUINTIX]

Compression... well I have this [http://www.theprodukkt.com/kkrieger] and this [http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=52938] to say about compression. Also, this [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/experienced-points/6418-The-Future-is-Procedural].
I bet those "less compressed" terrain textures take a whole lot longer to load [http://www.maximumpc.com/article/columns/preview_five_reasons_rage_totally_fallout_and_five_reasons_its_totally_not]... especially on first gen bluray device like the PS3.
(Seriously, the PS1 was not a first generation CD device, the PS2 was not a first generation DVD device...)

 

[KEM10]

I just want to hop on here before it becomes a fanboy flame war citing this as a reason that PS3 is better than 360.

So I am not the only one who thought that. And it looks as if the ASA is more strict than the FCC. One point America?

Yea cause teh FCC allows companies to lie and mislead people into buying things they actualyl arnt, wait thats a bad thing, how is FCC better?

They wouldn't crack down on something so trivial as showing PS3 graphics on a 360 commercial. However, heaven save you if someone thinks they see a nipple in a public ad.

PS: It was a joke cause they are usually more strict.

 

[Saucycarpdog]

In many ways, Square falsely advertised this game. Like, when they advertised it being worth playing.

Not again. Can we have one, JUST ONE discussion relating to FFXIII without resorting to hate comments? Im getting really sick and tired of people being 7 year olds just because they didn't like a game.


OT: I have seen screens side by side of the 360 and the PS3 and I think its meaningless. The difference is very small unless you really examine it. And even if there is a difference, are you going to determine what games you buy based only on a small graphics difference?

 

[JEBWrench]

You know, if this were Ubisoft who were scolded for this, the response would be:

"About time! Fuck you Ubisoft!"

 

[Desert Tiger]

It was misleading the moment the words "Final Fantasy" were printed on the cover.

 

[Desert Tiger]

You know, if this were Ubisoft who were scolded for this, the response would be:

"About time! Fuck you Ubisoft!"

Fuck you SquareEnix!

Seriously though. They haven't made a decent game since FFX, when they were Squaresoft. Sure there's Just Cause, but the voice acting and story made that intolerable.

 

[Alfador_VII]

It comes down to UK advertising law and previous ads which have shown cut-scenes, or non-game pre-rendered footage. Now in EVERY computer game advert which does not use footage from the actual game being advertised they have to declare on-screen "not in-game footage"

As for the specific complaint against the Final Fantasy XIII advert, Square Enix for whatever reason advertised only the XBox 360 version of the game, clearly showing the 360 packaging etc, and not even mentioning it's availability on other platforms. Therefor the footage they used in the ad which they claimed as in-game footage, technically wasn't correct for the platform advertised. They could easily have got round it with "gameplay footage from PS3 version" on-screen, but they didn't.

As part of the adjudication, the ASA were shown the game on both consoles, and said the differences were small but discernible.

 

[faefrost]

Nothing you say will cancel this out. Sure, there is common sense but you people are ruining FF franchise every installement. You have been deceptive and lying in our face, no matter what reasoning you put behind this.

If this was the case to be excused, I could get away with alot of shit in my life with the same logic. Are they being fined for this?

They're not going to switch back and forth between versions on ADVERTISING, just because it's slightly different quality. It has been mentioned many times that the PS3 version looks shinier due to anti-aliasing and blu-ray, whereas the 360 version has a quicker framerate, etc. They've been directly compared before and there's been NO PROBLEM.

False. Thanks to the 'sister' chip in the 360, Anti-aliasing looks much better on the XBOX360. No fanboy rage, but actual fact regarding multi-platform games. I don't think you paid attention that most multi-platform games to this date, the 360 has most of the times -small/large- advantage regarding graphics and whatnot. Take for example racing genre. It has been mentioned that PS3 blurs out the egdes whilst it's all tidy and tight with the 360 version.

Though PS3 exclusives blow this out of the water regardless.

...Wait, what? The article clearly states that the PS3 was BETTER than the 360 version.
I OWN a 360. I DON'T own a PS3. Yet I am still allowing the 360's minor faults. So the fuck what, Jeeves..?

The key with the ever ongoing "which looks better" argument tends to be, 9 times out of 10, "which platform was the game developed natively for"? Most multiplatform games are either developed first for the XBox 360 or PC and then worked for the others. FFXIII was one of the rarer multiplatform games that was developed for the PS3 and then ported the other way. So yeah it looks better on PS3.