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By now, you've probably heard that Square Enix has announced a delay for the Japanese release of Dragon Quest IX, pushing the RPG back from March 28 to July 11.
Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy share little in common, but one definite similarity is that both are sure-fire multi million sellers. So would Square Enix stand to have two massive hits within the same fiscal year? Or would DQIX's Japanese delay into fiscal 2009 push FFXIII's Japanese release to 2010?
Japan's ITmedia reports that, speaking at a financial briefing today, Square Enix president Yoichi Wada hinted at the latter. "It may be affected by DQIX's delay," said Wada of FFXIII. "We'd like to work to try and (release it) within fiscal 2009."
"I can't say that there won't be an influence," he later added, but also noted that the company's plans for the coming fiscal year aren't finalized, preventing him from making a clear statement.
For Final Fantasy fanatics outside of Japan, it's not necessarily the case that a Japanese delay for FFXIII would lead to a similar delay elsewhere. For now, we'll just hope that Wada was referring directly to the Japanese market and that FFXIII is still on track for us at... well, whenever it was due in the first place.
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Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy share little in common, but one definite similarity is that both are sure-fire multi million sellers. So would Square Enix stand to have two massive hits within the same fiscal year? Or would DQIX's Japanese delay into fiscal 2009 push FFXIII's Japanese release to 2010?
Japan's ITmedia reports that, speaking at a financial briefing today, Square Enix president Yoichi Wada hinted at the latter. "It may be affected by DQIX's delay," said Wada of FFXIII. "We'd like to work to try and (release it) within fiscal 2009."
"I can't say that there won't be an influence," he later added, but also noted that the company's plans for the coming fiscal year aren't finalized, preventing him from making a clear statement.
For Final Fantasy fanatics outside of Japan, it's not necessarily the case that a Japanese delay for FFXIII would lead to a similar delay elsewhere. For now, we'll just hope that Wada was referring directly to the Japanese market and that FFXIII is still on track for us at... well, whenever it was due in the first place.
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