Is this an Xbox 360 exclusive?
Yoshinori Yamagishi: I believe your question translates into, would it be coming out on
PS3 as well. The answer to that is, there are no plans, nothing set in stone at the moment—we can’t say right now that it will come out or it won’t come out for sure, so it could go either way. The only thing that’s confirmed right now is that it’s coming out on Xbox 360.
Since Star Ocean 1 through 3 were on the PSP, why the Xbox 360 for Star Ocean 4? And why call this Star Ocean 4 when it’s actually a prequel in a sense to Star Ocean, the series. Why not Star Ocean Zero? Is there a new direction that you’re heading in with the Star Ocean series in general?
Yoshinori Yamagishi: In terms of why the name Star Ocean 4, the development code for the title was actually “Zero,” since it is the origin of the Star Ocean series, but calling it “Zero” in the actual title, that title has such a negative connotations. We wanted to bring an actual numbered title, and that’s how we arrived at Star Ocean 4.
In terms of why Xbox 360…the simple answer to this is just that, when we started development on it, the Xbox 360 hardware was the only one that was ready to begin. The PS3 was not fully available at the moment to start development. That’s the honest answer to that.
SO系列最新續作《星之海洋 最後希望》已於上周舉行微軟 RPG Premiere 2008正式確定了將登陸XB360.星海之父山岸宮典接受了TeamXbox 訪問解釋了《星之海洋4》登陸XB360原因,并表示暫時沒有PS3版計劃！
記者:
本作將是 Xbox 360 獨占嗎?
山岸:
我認為你的提問應該轉化成, 星海4是否也會登陸PS3. 答案是暫時沒有這樣的計劃, 我們目前不能肯定會推出或者不推出PS3版.現在可以肯定的是本作將會登陸Xbox 360.
記者:
星海系列一直都是PS系的作品,為什麽本作會登陸Xbox 360的?實際上星海4在系列里屬於前傳性質作品,為何不叫星海 0的?
山岸:
至於為何稱作星之海洋4,實際上本作的開發代號的確是“0” 的.因為本作將是講述SO系列起源的作品,但如果正式標題叫“0”的話,會給人有倒退的感覺.
而至於為何會登陸Xbox 360…答案很簡單, 當我們開始製作星海4時,Xbox 360是唯一已經準備好開始製作的主機.當時的 PS3 未能完全有效地開始開發製作,這是實話.
原文链接
Star Ocean: The Last Hope Preview & Producer Q&A
http://previews.teamxbox.com/xbo ... n-The-Last-Hope/p2/
