Sony, Square Enix Formally Announce Final Fantasy XIII Hardware Bundle
First look at a PS3 covered in Lightning.
Posted Sep 24, 2009 at 23:29, By Anoop Gantayat
A particularly vague announcement from Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII Premiere Party event got a lot more specific today as Sony Computer Entertainment Japan and Square Enix shared final details on FFXIII's PlayStation 3 hardware bundle. The announcement was made by FFXIII producer Yoshinori Kitase during a Sony press briefing at the Tokyo Game Show.
The limited edition bundle is formally known as PlayStation 3 Final Fantasy XIII Lightning Edition. Included in the package is a standard retail copy of Final Fantasy XIII, a special Ceramic White PS3, a Ceramic White Dual Shock 3, and power, AV and USB cables.
The PS3 is special for three reasons. In addition to having a pink drawing of main character Lightning on top of its white shell (the system is currently available in black only), internally it houses a 250 gigabyte hard disk. The current standard PS3 includes a 120 gigabyte hard disk.
The special FFXIII PS3 unit.
The bundle, which is officially being sold by Sony Computer Entertainment, carries an MSRP of ¥41,600. This is a ¥2,560 premium over buying FFXIII and a standard black PS3 separately.
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Reader Comments (showing 4 of 4)
jonnyram @ 2009.09.25, 11:16
Wow, that is an ugly looking piece of hardware.
Ironically it would be incredibly sexy if it didn't have that ridiculous print all over it.
Eve @ 2009.09.25, 12:45
Nice!
ToxinVictus @ 2009.09.25, 13:13
"Wow, that is an ugly looking piece of hardware."
This pretty much goes for all hardware with characters on them, especially those of Square's.
On a side note, the art for Lightning itself, which looks to be drawn by Amano, would look great by itself. For example, as a character portrait in XIII, instead of the garbage CG portraits (like XII's). A shame if they don't do it.
anoop @ 2009.09.26, 2:22
It looks quite nice in person if you ask me.
(you can see it at the Square Enix booth if you make it out, jonnyram.)