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Should I buy Final Fantasy XIII on Playstation 3 or Xbox 360?

Please, no fanboy ranting. No opinions, I just want to know which to buy. As I see it, Xbox has Achievements, better controller (but worse d-pad), and cross-game chat. PS3 has better graphics (are they even noticeable?), and it's on a single disc (this doesn't matter all that much to me).

I had a pre-order on the 360 collector's edition, but cancelled it for the PS3 collector's edition, and I'm not sure if I made the right choice.

Asked about 1 year ago in Consoles & Platforms Tags: final fantasy xiii, playstation 3, xbox 360, which console, multiplatform
Transience8985 Transience8985
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I have it preordered on PS3 (and I own both consoles). Achievements are nice and probably the reason I'd buy it on 360, but I decided to go with what is probably the better game experience. Cross-game chat is kind of moot, I don't see the need to chat while playing a single player game, especially since it'd be distracting from cutscenes. Besides the graphical differences though, I hear the cutscenes on the 360 version look and sound more compressed, which makes the video granier and the audio less clear. The way I see it is this, the game was developed and released in Japan for PS3 only, and is getting a 360 port for the NA and EU release, so the most care and attention probably went to the PS3 release. I think it's great that it's coming to 360 so more people can play it, but PS3 was its original "intended" platform.

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  1. The graphical differences are supposedly significant, with a fair amount of aliasing issues on the Xbox 360. There are some screenshot comparisons floating around where you can really tell a difference.

    Other than that, (and the use of multiple discs on the 360), there's really not supposed to be much difference.

    JeffMattasJeffMattas
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  2. I would go with the PS3 version, just because the game will all be on one disc (the xbox 360 version has three discs).

    oneofthesedaysoneofthesedays
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  3. Well im not going to lie with you, practically every game is the same on Xbox or PS3. I have Modern Warfare 2 on both consoles and its the same thing. PS3 has Trophies, Xbox has achievements. Whats the difference? Just buy it on the console you use most.

    SergeantPopeSergeantPope
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