1st Production Department Premiere Lottery

Kitmitsu · Jan 12 2011, 02:00 PM

Might as well start talking about FNC a little bit now. Has anyone signed up to the 1st Production Department Premiere lottery?

Details here: http://www.novacrystallis.com/?p=515

It took me ages to get my old Members account working again but I finally entered it. Of course you'll need a NicoNico account too.

BUTTCHEEKIES, OOH · Jan 12 2011, 02:40 PM

So are people outside of Japan eligible to this?

Agent Dunham · Jan 12 2011, 02:54 PM

I thought about it briefly, then I realised how little I cared and how it would be wasted on me.

Falsate · Jan 12 2011, 02:55 PM

I entered the lottery yesterday with some old SQEX JP account I had registered.

Agent Dunham · Jan 12 2011, 03:06 PM

That reminds me, I haven't been to the Members site for The 3rd Birthday today.

OH FUCKING HELL I RUINED MY CONSECUTIVE DAYS. ffffffffff

Glacies · Jan 12 2011, 03:21 PM

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Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Nomura does note though, that this footage is older, and was cut before the game was given a visual quality boost.

I call bullshit. Why the hell would they do that.

Whiplash · Jan 12 2011, 03:24 PM

Because it was the last thing they made before they cancelled the series.

VI WAS RIGHT.

Thula · Jan 12 2011, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Glacies

I call bullshit. Why the hell would they do that.

I don't know why they would do that, but that's what they always did.
Every trailer publicly released was several months/one year older.
Like the one with Noctis meeting Stella and the last one with Noctis waiting for the car to pick him.

Ethan · Jan 12 2011, 03:43 PM

But if it streams it will end up leaked so quickly, nevermind the news, people will be live blogging that shit. Of course hey if someone from here gets to see it then huzzah

Kurai Warrior · Jan 13 2011, 02:07 AM

They did the same thing with Final Fantasy XIII. The first graphics we saw for that were not what the finished product looked like. And they continued to change for a while.

Aurelia · Jan 13 2011, 03:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Whiplash

Because it was the last thing they made before they cancelled the series.

VI WAS RIGHT.

STICKY MY MODEST PROPOSAL PLEASE.

Glacies · Jan 13 2011, 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Thula

I don't know why they would do that, but that's what they always did.
Every trailer publicly released was several months/one year older.
Like the one with Noctis meeting Stella and the last one with Noctis waiting for the car to pick him.

Still seems like a rather stupid move to me... Though I now (completely arbitrarily) suspect it's one of the trailers that was shown in the closed theatres earlier, because they're too lazy to make a new one.

That or Whip is right, and they're not sure how to break the news, so they're stalling like some nervous twat who never dumped anyone before.

Whiplash · Jan 13 2011, 04:28 AM

Fools, the way to go about that is to make them dump you.

Hang on... ignoring us completely, giving characters stupid names/clothes.... oh my god...

Aurelia · Jan 13 2011, 05:00 AM

....WE'VE BEEN DUMPED.

Glacies · Jan 13 2011, 05:25 AM

Dammit Whip, why didn't you notice this earlier? This is all your fault!

Whiplash · Jan 13 2011, 05:41 AM

Hey, I'm here for my looks, not my brains.

mokaloka · Jan 14 2011, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Glacies

Still seems like a rather stupid move to me... Though I now (completely arbitrarily) suspect it's one of the trailers that was shown in the closed theatres earlier, because they're too lazy to make a new one.

That or Whip is right, and they're not sure how to break the news, so they're stalling like some nervous twat who never dumped anyone before.

This is nothing new Bioware does something similar for there trailers and demo presentation showing audience month old models of the game. Probably for the time to show the final product they can dazzle the fans by how "far" the graphics have improved from the previous trailers.

Oracle · Jan 14 2011, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by mokaloka

This is nothing new Bioware does something similar for there trailers and demo presentation showing audience month old models of the game. Probably for the time to show the final product they can dazzle the fans by how "far" the graphics have improved from the previous trailers.

You're comparing apples and oranges here. BioWare gives fans a lot more details for their games than Square has for Versus.

I've seen tons of videos for Dragon Age II that showcase it's new battle system, improved graphics, storyine, etc. Square has given no new information on Versus for years now. And to be honest, I'm more excited for Dragon Age II now because of it.

Edit: I can understand the strategy, but it doesn't work if you're teasing people for four, five years.

Whiplash · Jan 14 2011, 04:59 AM

Personally I prefer the approach of other developers, e.g. Naughty Dog: announce U3 11 months before it'll be released.

SE's approach does make it easier to build fansites though.

Thula · Jan 14 2011, 01:15 PM

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SE's approach does make it easier to build fansites though.

I'm starting to think they're doing it on purpose...?