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Monday 28th June 2004
FINAL FANTASY: ADVENT CHILDREN EXCLUSIVE TO PSP?
Yes, no, maybe... Square Enix responds to talk focussing on much awaited film sequel to FF VII
13:17 Reports on the \'Net of recent suggest that Final Fantasy: Advent Children - the much awaited film sequel to seminal RPG Final Fantasy VII - will release on PSP for an exclusive period before hitting DVD format in Japan this year.
As it stands, we were told today by a senior Square Enix official that the company did indeed have a date pencilled in for a Japanese Summer 2004 PSP period-exclusive release for Advent Children.
But seeing as this would would not match with the PSP unit\'s tentative launch date - later this year in Japan - the official commented: \"Although production on the title is as good as complete, release details cannot yet be confirmed\".
He went on to add: \"As far as I know, it\'ll be out in Japan this year and any lack of release detail is probably down to contract issues tied to the [PSP and DVD] launch\".
All that could be confirmed is that the feature film will find its way to DVD and PSP.
So to clarify, exclusivity issues are unknown at the moment and we\'d wager they will hinge on the timing of the machine\'s release.
It\'s likely that since the losses suffered from Square\'s Final Fantasy: Spirits Within cinema feature of 2001, Square-Enix will shy from any possibility of losing money - i.e., dragging the release out further than they need to.
If PSP is a long way off, then we\'d guess that the title will hit DVD first, with a possible exclusive content deal for the UMD format at a later date, with perhaps some game-related bonuses of sorts.
It\'s no secret that the Final Fantasy franchise is a huge draw in the East, and whereas Sony has been using it wisely to keep the Xbox at bay in Japan, it\'s clearly looking at the franchise to give it a running start when the format hits later this year.
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