Final Fantasy XV new changes were implemented a lot earlier

Back in 2006 Final Fantasy Versus XIII was shown it was at E3 that we saw actual gameplay of the title now renamed Final Fantasy XV. Tetsuya Nomura told Famitsu magazine that renaming the project came a lot earlier.

"Around one or two years after we announced FF Versus 13. It was suggested to us to shift to FF15 as part of the company's direction. By that time, a fair amount of time had already passed since the announcement and Versus was a well-known title, so it wasn't a given that this would be 15; it could have still been Versus. Personally, I came to accept the idea once FF Agito 13's name was changed to Final Fantasy Type-0."

Nomura went on to say that the final decision to switch to FF15 was made around 2 years ago. "As for the timing of the announcement, given that we were changing platforms as well, wasn't something we could decide on our own discretion. We worked together with assorted other divisions to get it announced at this E3."

The shift from Xbox One and PS4 encouraged the decision to make the change. "With current-gen systems, we couldn't fully express what we wanted to do in this project. There were more and more things that we would've had to change the form of. However, the assumption was that we'd go ahead with a current-gen release, so went through a trial-and-error process to do as much as we could. So we built an alpha version about a year ago, and the company response was 'If you remained bound to the current generation, will it will be the product you envisioned?' They suggested shifting fully to next-gen, and that was the spark that led to the move."

A PC port was also discussed but Nomura stated that will depend on the demand.

Source: Polygon

Adam Siddiqui, NoobFeed 
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