Final Fantasy XIII to use 100% of PS3's power

Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase has let slip that the hotly anticipated RPG will utilize 'around 100 percent' of the PlayStation 3’s technical prowess when the game finally touches down in Japan later this year.

Speaking to Japanese publication Dengeki PS3, Kitase-san observed that the same case applied to Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy X, which pushed the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 to its limits, respectively.

“I think around 50% for the demo version. For the final product (just before it's released), I think it will use around 100% of its powers. It is the same situation with FFVII and FFX where we fully utilized the powers of the PS1 and PS2,” he said.

Regarding the presence of Blu-ray as a storage medium for the PS3 version, Kitase added: “If you are talking about using a single or dual layer disc, there isn't really a problem with storage space. However, the PS3 also has a hard drive. Depends on which one you are talking about, but there's still some work to be done on the memory side of things.”

Final Fantasy XIII will be released in western territories in 2010 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.