Microsoft Promotes PS3 Final Fantasy XIII Trailer
Last week, Final Fantasy XIII released in North America and Europe for the PS3 and Xbox 360. Some of you may have noticed that there was a huge marketing push for the Xbox version of Final Fantasy XIII. There were Microsoft branded commercials, an exclusive bundle, and plenty of magazine coverage. Microsoft’s newest piece of promotion has a very surprising twist.
Over the last week, Microsoft sent out newsletters to its users directing them to a FFXIII trailer on the official Xbox website. However, it turns out the video that was featured is actually composed of PS3 footage. This was obvious by the Japanese voice-over with English subtitles, as FFXIII was not released for the XBox 360 in Japan. The video is an expanded version of the trailer used to announce the Xbox 360 version of game at E3 in 2008. It is not known if Microsoft is aware of this mistake or not.
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16 Responses to “Microsoft Promotes PS3 Final Fantasy XIII Trailer”
LoL Good old Microshite & Eggbox180
Always making me laugh!! 
Made me lol. Smooth move M$.
If you can’t beat ‘em…
join ‘e…
I mean, steal their footage. :]
Mistake? More like carefully planned decision. Microsoft is something else. Sometimes I wonder why I even spend 300bucks on something I only use to watch Netflix. And yes I have the disc for the PS3 version, but the wireless connection seldomly gets HD reception. Because the 360 is right by the computer and wire connected the HD quality is more frequent.
Funny. Not as bad as that Wii commercial where they used either PS3 or xbox footage, later stating that footage from the Wii version wasn’t suitable for broadcast
Well, as someone mentions in the comments on the source site, it could be the PC version rather than the PS3 version.
But it doesn’t change the fact that Microsoft are clearly NOT using footage from their own system’s version of the game. At the very least, it’s false advertising, since it highlights features not available on the 360 version. At worst, it shows MS are either stupid, incompetent, or quite happy to ride on the coat-tails of superior versions of the game.
They’re using the PS3 version for their ads because they know the 360 version is of inferior quality. Sony should file a cease & desist order or something to forbid Microsquash from using Playstation 3 footage/screenshots to promote the XBOX 360 version of the game.
they probably want to show the PS3 footage to trick consumers into thinking the 360′s version is just as graphically stunning, which it definitely is not….would anyone really be surprised if I was right??
idiots…
this was intentional
….so use a wired connection for the ps3, nate. next?
I’m already shocked when I saw that the PS3 version of the game outsold the 360′s everywhere, MS made a HUGE ads for its version while Sony didn’t do any ad at all!
Better graphics & sound, no need to change discs while playing, XMB themes unlocked for achieving certain trophies, ability to play for several hours at a time without risking catastrophic console failure…. Is it really that big a surprise, Meghterb?
M$ – sucks!!! ha-ha!!! )))))))
This is actually a smart move by microsoft – it show better graphics. Any consumer thats reeled in by the ad is someone who doesn’t know any better, and would go buy it and probably never notice the difference.