[Ynot]

Doubt its beta key it's probably the demo they wanted everyone to play.

[Zyuu]

We'll hopefully find out soon to be sure.

[R3V]

I'm not overly fussed as I was getting it anyway ;)

Even if the key is in it to me thats just a bonus.

[Cturner]

Well this is exciting ;).
Considering that US/UK gets FFXIII until a few months I'd think it would be safe to assume that we won't get the beta until later. (That is, if we get the beta at all)
As much as I will want to play it I'm probably just as excited that we will get tons of more info on FFXIV as a whole when the beta releases.
Then again you can just import FFXIII if you want the beta too badly.

This post has been edited by Cturner: 06 November 2009 - 06:29 PM

[Fina]

Sounds like a realistic possibility. Unfortunately I don't own a PS3...

Wondering if I should actually buy it just for a beta key?

And unfortunately I probably won't have any internet for March until the middle of April...which i'm suspecting to be prime closed beta testing season.

[Carthage]

I want to know more details, I was on the fence about ordering FFXIII from Japan. if it does indeed come with a beta key I'll take a chance and order it. when can we expect a full and accurate translation?

[Kojima]

Here is a human done translation by me.
The ad is in the bottom/
速報: Quick announcement
「ｆｆ13」初回封入特典で「ｆｆ１４」のキャンペーンコードがついてくるぞ:
FF13 first *batch is enclosed with a privileged FF14 campaign code to come with it!

the only vague part is 回封 which can be translated to several different interpretations, I figured batch seemed appropriate in this case, since I am assuming that they mean first time sales(which is not mentioned) but it points to the obvious.

If I made a mistake apologies in advance! But should be good :P

[Vivere]

Thanks for the translation Kojima, and I guess I should also say welcome. Also, that's a pretty ...interesting avatar you got there :P

[Cerulean Shaman]

Currently accepting members for my upcoming special forces group. We're going to take control of the SE dev building housing FFXIV development once we're done training.

The things I will do to play FFXIV..

[Yuken]

I like this...alot.

[Kojima]

I would also like to point out a interesting note, as they did not mention if its the PS3 bundle (Lightning Edition PS3) or the software, or both.

Also on another note, its extremely hard to get a PS3 Lightning Edition at a non inflated price at the moment for pre-orders. They have been selling out in 5-30minute. (This includes amazon and several big Japanese electronic/game stores) Add that with people owning PS3 in Japan and you have tons of people with "first" copies. So if the closed beta was supposed to be small, it raises questions.

Anyways on a personal note, I hope the beta is the case, because getting a PS3 Lightning Edition at the non-inflated price was *incredibly* annoying, and getting a beta code will make me seem like less of a fool for getting a white and pink PS3.

[Inuisonu]

Raises some questions for me. Will key would be available for the PS3 only or would the key available to the FFXIII games for both systems be for the PC beta? What is the time difference between the PC beta and the PS3 beta if the games' key will be for the PS3? If this is true, then I guess, it will be restricted to when the PS3 beta starts. Hopefully, this would mean that it would be very soon after beginning on the PC.

Kind of mix and matching platforms for access to the beta.

Kojima, on 07 November 2009 - 12:10 AM, said:

...getting a beta code will make me seem like less of a fool for getting a white and pink PS3...

What? We're fools if we didn't want a white and pink PS3! =p

This post has been edited by Inuisonu: 07 November 2009 - 01:33 AM

[Paws]

Does anything in the article actually mention "Beta Test"?

Kojima, on 06 November 2009 - 09:56 PM, said:

速報: Quick announcement
「ｆｆ13」初回封入特典で「ｆｆ１４」のキャンペーンコードがついてくるぞ:
FF13 first *batch is enclosed with a privileged FF14 campaign code to come with it!

Sounds like a code that will add some kind of little perk to the FFXIV gaming experience. Special emote, special quest, special anything...but not necessarily a beta key Oo.

Overall I think the fact that it will be a PC beta has been stated by the Devs, someone linked to it in the topic. It would be rather stupid to test it on a console first. We'll end up with another problem of a game that was made for one console and then ported to systems that could handle more. I believe that despite the fact that they say it will be PC only, I feel PS3 will probably get in on the fun as well. Lets face it, beta clients these days are hugantic. I think Aion's installer was 9 Gigs, and the client itself was like 14.

This whole "Beta test when you buy xyz" stuff bothers me. It's becomming a trend to get special stuff for buying other stuff. Betas are a bad thing to hand out, and I feel that the gaming industry is going in all sorts of odd angles with this. Hey if I buy this game from Target, I get a special TARGET BRANDED mountian to snowboard down! Or Gamestop provides an extra character! It's gotta stop, where you buy your game shouldn't effect your game in any way... That's a bit off topic but it's been eating at me and this "Beta Test included when..." has started to join the line.

If they want Beta testers, they should do it the hard way. Ask for applications, review specs, and Beta histories and let them in.

The last point is that if this is a beta key giveaway it would be better to just do this towards the end when the stress test is needed.

This post has been edited by Paws: 07 November 2009 - 07:55 AM

[Merovingian]

There is a silver lining to this potentially black cloud. Even if the Beta keys are only initially available for PC and only in Japan...
if the keys are released with the Japan release of FFXIII in December, this will mean tons of new info., data, stats and in-game pics and video will soon be hitting the web. I would still consider this good news.....

[Grimix]

Possibly the closed beta has been going on for longer then we ever suspected and now they are transitioning toward the open beta phase when they need to test for server stress levels?

Tho I hope they release a way to try the game without buying it, still not sure if I want it. x.x(this or FFXIII XD)

[Forseti]

FFXIII or FFXIV, i'll be buying them both either way. Getting a code for a game is always a good thing :P

[Jordan]

Grimix, on 07 November 2009 - 08:54 AM, said:

Possibly the closed beta has been going on for longer then we ever suspected and now they are transitioning toward the open beta phase when they need to test for server stress levels?

Tho I hope they release a way to try the game without buying it, still not sure if I want it. x.x(this or FFXIII XD)

I highly doubt this, someone would have broken their NDA by now (they almost always do with closed beta)

Even if I don't get to play in the closed beta it will not be the end of the world, a ton of new information would satisfy me.

[Maverik]

FFXIII wont be out for NA/EU till 6-21-2010 (official release date). So FFXIV probably be out late 2010 or worst 2011 :( And where the hell FFXIII Versus info! FFXIII Versus > FFXIII <3

[Xenetos]

im still in the process of buying a PS3 ive been doing online survey's for 7 months now and have gotten $160 so far. Ive been without a Job for 2 years now and ive been looking for one all year sent out over 20 resume's with no reply's yet, things aren't looking good at all financially with the global financial crises that was done by design from the International bankers to bring in a Global Tax and a one world currancy. But thats a hole other story, im gonna try to look through the classifieds to see if anyone is selling one for $200.

[Tyantreides]

I dont see a beta Key in FFXIII.

Why SE should do such a thing? its PS3 only and the beta will be done on PC only first.

we will see how we could jump in the beta. hopefully it launches soon cuz we are in a big information lag atm :D