ItotheCtotheE  |  March 24th, 2008 at 9:12 pm

I respect you Jeff. And for that I don’t blame you for posting those pics. What I don’t have respect for is the rain forest…

For that one guy asking the squeenix store is located at:

http://www.square-enix-shop.com/

Knight613  |  March 24th, 2008 at 9:54 pm

Hey Jeff, just a quick question and I’m not sure how weird this would sound, but would we have to buy the game at the Playstation Store of the Metreon to attend the event? I think I’d really prefer to buy it at BestBuy for the metallic case that supposedly comes with it and I was just wondering if I wouldn’t be allowed to attend the event if I had no plans of buying the game at the store there.

sim replied on March 25, 2008 at 12:30 pm

No need to buy the game. We just want you to come out and have a great time!

Momento Mori  |  March 24th, 2008 at 10:15 pm

Jeff,

Off topic:
Is there anywhere that we can ask you questions and not have to go off-topic in the middle of something else? Maybe a Q&A feature somewhere on the blog where people can ask about what is on their mind, and get a public response (sort of like you do here) if you or others are allowed to divulge information on their particular interest? Perhaps you could set it up in a FAQ format so older questions are purged periodically and added to the FAQ doc to keep it tidy? For example, I really would like to see a topic about the PhyrEngine as an independent developer – I don’t own a 360, but I find myself writing XNA for a system I don’t own since you have not thrown us a bone on the independent dev side of things for the PS3.

On topic:
I already pre-ordered crisis core on amazon.com and can’t wait till it gets here.

C-h-a-o-s  |  March 24th, 2008 at 10:20 pm

I think all future PSP launch parties should be held within 1 block of my house. Not on the other side of the country.

Why doesn’t the PSP ever get things like Japan or Europe, or like the PS3. Did anyone ever think I want a metal box to come with my game!?! I wish the PSP games had special editions and what not :-( . Sorry just frustrates me that Europe and Japan got a bunch of decent stuff with the Game/Bundle and all we get is a plastic UMD holder (at GameStop) and a Metalic Sleeve (at BestBuy) to come with the game.

bobtheduck  |  March 24th, 2008 at 10:46 pm

When the FF7 PS3 remake hits, Japan will enter the high def age in full force.

If I had 100,000,000,000 dollars, I’d pay for the remake of 6, myself.

Crisis Core seems to be getting good reviews, and it sold 77,777 overpriced PSPs in Japan, so… It must be doing something.

spike021  |  March 24th, 2008 at 11:15 pm

Dam, once again I fail. I can get down there via the Muni, but I highly doubt that I would be able to get there before the crowds :(

Hey Jeff, I know our earlier communications about GDC failed, but could you possibly hook me up with something from there?

My work kills :|

Hope you have fun there guys, I hear its gonna rock. :(

sim replied on March 25, 2008 at 12:36 pm

Hi Spike,
Try calling the store to get a gauge of how many people are already there: (415) 369-6040. Hopefully you can join us : )
-Sonia

jazzagers  |  March 24th, 2008 at 11:28 pm

Everytime there is an event at the Metreon I have to leave the city. My schedule needs work.

gawl126  |  March 25th, 2008 at 12:06 am

I plan on going, though I hope I don’t arrive too late. I was hoping to be one of the first 100.

Delriach  |  March 25th, 2008 at 1:34 am

Haha. This posting was great. I’ll get getting the game. Can’t wait.

deadxbabiesxinc  |  March 25th, 2008 at 4:00 am

Its always on the west coast or somewhere incredibly far away from where I live :( Never ever fair ::sigh:: Maybe something like this will happen to a reasonably drivable distance say…MD up to NY

deadxbabiesxinc  |  March 25th, 2008 at 4:28 am

btw PS3 update this morning XD

Gunwing  |  March 25th, 2008 at 6:13 am

I an’t wait for this game! This will own the DS big time! BTW Any chance the forums will be back up soon?

Fersis  |  March 25th, 2008 at 7:10 am

We’re going to have a *lot* more on MGS4 in the coming weeks/months.

Good news for me my friend.
Im gonna be waiting ….

reson8er  |  March 25th, 2008 at 7:52 am

Such is my fortune:

BIG MONEY, BIG PRIZES, I LOVE IT!

Unfortunatley, living in NYC, we are host to Nintendo World events, yet most all Playstation related events, are in California.

Woe is me ; ;

I hope all that are able to attend have a great time and win lots of goodies.

Move to the East Coast Square Enix >_<;

vandam  |  March 25th, 2008 at 7:59 am

Hey there was alot of BAD WORDS (ones that don’t make it into games any more!!!) in FFVII. Will Crisis Core have any? And I remember Barett (machinegun arm) Geting pretty HOT!!!!!! Suck’s about all the cool gift’s we over there on the other side of state’s won’t see that here (NO LOVE for the EAST side!!!)

zookey  |  March 25th, 2008 at 10:21 am

LMAO Jeff I don’t know who is the bigger dork….you for making those correct comments about the Shinra building or me for KNOWING they are correct!

I agree with 50.

Jeff–while you are at the party, if anyone like Tetsuya Nomura, Yoshinori Kitase or Kazuhige Nojima are there please PLEASE go up to them and ask if they will remake 7! We all want it, like get your friends at Sony HQ up on paying Sqeenix a boat load of money and then I know it will happen hehe!

ToastyEwok  |  March 25th, 2008 at 10:21 am

I just got my copy of Crisis Core from Gamestop and can’t wait to play it.

Sadly I live in the Midwest and can’t make the event, which sucks because I would love to be able to get a prize or two.

gardea  |  March 25th, 2008 at 10:52 am

Why is it always the big cities that get all the love?

wolverine81  |  March 25th, 2008 at 10:54 am

@ItotheCtotheE

Thanks for the link!

dooditsmiguel  |  March 25th, 2008 at 12:12 pm

i’m gonna buy this :))

blahblahbloo  |  March 25th, 2008 at 12:34 pm

Jeff Rubenstein,

Are there any events planned at the Metreon Playstation Store around the GT5 Prologue launch?

Jeff Rubenstein replied on March 25, 2008 at 1:53 pm

none that i know of, but if so, we’ll have something on it.

BYU-I  |  March 25th, 2008 at 1:49 pm

@50 Don’t we all…

tearsofash  |  March 25th, 2008 at 5:42 pm

I’m really angry. I preordered this game, but our store only got 2 Shrina UMD cases when we had more than that preorder this game. It’s unjust, I tell you.

Gunwing  |  March 25th, 2008 at 6:29 pm

Any chance we will see another FFXI MMORPG like we had on the PS2 but this time free to play for as many hours as we like, and of course with killer UT3 style graphics, and last but not least take place in the Final Fantasy VII world? I would love to run around midgar with a sword on my back, as well as some cool Uzi style amako SMGs, and last but not least for my get around vehicle a nice motor bike ala Advent Children, with two dual mounted 7.62mm MGs on each side.

I think you can see where I’m going with this right?

spike021  |  March 25th, 2008 at 8:52 pm

Ahhh dam, I got there, and got the #172nd ticket. But I had to go because of work : (

I never even got in because the lines weren’t working either. I even went to the store itself to ask if I could just get one of the IDs and leave, but they said that I had to wait with everyone else.(I think that they thought I was lying to get in early :( )

I may have seen you though Jeff, were you the one who was asking questions and giving away free stuff? Or was that someone else?

Maybe next time, Sony should set it up to be earlier, and/or on the weekend, because I don’t work at my job at those times too much.

Dam, was really looking forward to it :|

Jeff Rubenstein replied on March 26, 2008 at 9:55 am

Hmm, I was wearing a blue PS Controller/MLB-style shirt. Oh and really tall. A couple of readers actually introduced themselves, which was nice. It’s funny to have to ask for their username – that’s how I know all of you!

Fabi  |  March 25th, 2008 at 9:07 pm

I got Crisis Core first thing this morning. I started playing it on ‘hard’. But it was way too hard, I really wasn’t enjoying it, I was too focused on not dying. Anyway, now I’m playing on ‘normal’ and it’s awesome. Great opening FMV.

Xeron  |  March 25th, 2008 at 9:18 pm

I LOVE THIS GAME!!! I am on the Final Boss already & completed about 26% missions. I beat the final boss, but my PSP froze after I won battle :(.

I can’t wait to play it again!! Maybe I’ll do another time through on New Game+, afterwards I’ll switch to Hard.

THANK YOU SQUARE ENIX, NOW PUT A FFVII REMAKE ON MY PS3!!!!

Eric2929  |  March 25th, 2008 at 9:24 pm

@77

That’s what I call dedication…

40cal  |  March 25th, 2008 at 10:21 pm

Picked FFVII CC up today and this is really making me want to be able to down load FFVII off of the PSN so that I can put it on my PSP. I still have my PSone copy yet having FFVII on the PSP on the go when I get done playing CC would be great.

40cal  |  March 25th, 2008 at 10:30 pm

And that FFVII remake for PS3 would also be great. Any time now, any time.

wolverine81  |  March 25th, 2008 at 10:59 pm

@Jeff
So how did the event go? Can we get some pics?

@sim
Thanks for the reply!

Jeff Rubenstein replied on March 26, 2008 at 9:58 am

Event really went well – people were excited about the game, but really respectful of each other, took their time looking through the concept art and figurines that were displayed. Quite a few people came over from Square Enix Japan to set things up *just right*, and they did a great job.

Pics upcoming on our flickr site today – I’m just sorting through them now.

wolverine81  |  March 26th, 2008 at 12:01 pm

Cool! Thanks! I went and picked up Crisis Core today. Wish I could have been there.

kentomaiku  |  March 26th, 2008 at 4:59 pm

i wish i could have gone, it seems like this event was big, something like metal gear solid 4 or GT 5 prologue would draw good lines, I hope an FF13 event like this would happen when it launch here in the states ^_^

rivithed  |  March 26th, 2008 at 6:38 pm

Just started playing Crisis Core and loving it! Brings that warm FFVII feeling back. Nice full color manual too!

getbonus  |  March 26th, 2008 at 9:02 pm

jeff rubenstein et al –

many thanks for the awesome launch event yesterday in san francisco! it’s clear that some real effort was put into this and i’d say it paid off well. looking forward to more metreon events of this quality in the future!

i also happened to be one of the lucky winners of the lithograph, which is gorgeous. event staff snapped my picture when i received it — would it be possible to get a copy of the photo? thanks again for everything!

sim replied on April 1, 2008 at 4:15 pm

i’ll take a look and see if we have it here. since we gave a few away can you let me know what you were wearing? don’t want to send you the wrong one : )
-sonia

zookey  |  March 27th, 2008 at 8:40 am

Jeff PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me you talked with the Square-Enix Japan people and begged for a FF7 remake! PLEASE!!!

Crisis Core rules—I thought I might not like its’ play style but I am oh so glad to have been wrong hehe!

kennyboy5150  |  April 2nd, 2008 at 9:22 pm

I was there at the Metreon release. Spike, I was there with you, I was 175 in line. It was awesome of Fabian to give you his UMD case. Dood, you should have stayed, forget work!! You’re still young, you’ll have other jobs after this one. And you should have at least sold your ticket. One guy who won a lithograph said he paid $40 for his ticket after someone bailed. I also happened to win one of the lithographs!! But I sold it. I know, I suck….