Apparently, the words “launch timing” were “cut out” of Jack Tretton’s E3 announcement that was Final Fantasy XIV, producer Hiromichi Tanaka said to VG247 during GamesCom today.
“During the press conference, the ‘launch timing’ words were cut out of the comments, so the launch timing is going to be exclusive to PlayStation 3 as a console,” said the developer.
“Of course, we have a Windows version as well in that launch timing,” he said, adding: “PS3 and Windows are going to be at the same time.”
Square Enix also says there will most likely be an Xbox 360 version of the game as well, though. Just not right away.
“That doesn’t mean that we’re not going to have a 360 [version] in the future, but at the launch timing, yes, it’s going to be Windows and PS3 only,” said Tanaka.
Apparently, it’s Xbox LIVE that’s actually holding up an Xbox 360 version, VG247 was told.
“However, for FFXIV, because 360 has its own policy with Xbox Live that is different from [the] internet, that’s something we’re in discussions with Microsoft [about], to come to an agreement. That’s one of the reasons it’s not going to be launched at that point.”
Final Fantasy XIV launches worldwide on PlayStation 3 and PC in 2010.