Final Fantasy XIII to Strike Internationally Sooner Than Expected
When Final Fantasy XIII was announced in 2006, millions of fans around the globe began anticipating the title. This year, Square Enix stated that the title would hit North America and Europe sometime in 2010. On the other hand, the official release date for Final Fantasy XIII in Japan is December 17th of 2009. The discrepancy between the release dates has been a cause for commotion within the gaming community, and now fans in North America and Europe are anticipating the title more than ever before.
Although the release date outside of Japan is set for 2010, there is one positive bit of news. When asked about the international release date of Final Fantasy XIII, Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada stated that the there’s a chance that Final Fantasy XIII will release internationally before the end of the fiscal year. This means that the game might release in the states before July 2010. While that’s still a long time from now, many have believed that the international version might release in late 2010.
Final Fantasy XIII is one of the largest upcoming RPGs and will be receiving its very own PlayStation 3 bundle in Japan later this year.
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5 Responses to “Final Fantasy XIII to Strike Internationally Sooner Than Expected”
The estimated release date was June 10th a long time back. How is July faster than June?
It says in Wikipedia that after 1976 the fiscal Year starts October 1st and ends September 30th of the following year; that means that the game should be out before October 2010, not July.
So I don’t see this as “Sooner than expected” unless the expectation was Christmas 2010.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiscal_year
Try again, colonl179, SQEX is based in Japan.
“In Canada,[6] Hong Kong,[7] India,[8][9] and Japan,[10] the government’s financial year runs from April 1 to March 31.”
Although most fiscal year’s end on December 31st in Canada. The end of any month can be defined as the end of a fiscal year depending on when the article of incorporation or licensing is filed.
However quarterly times are standard no matter the company. January to March is Q1, April to June is Q2, July to September is Q3, and October to December is Q4.
regardless, we’re not getting this for a while…