Comments from the Devs

[Sigmakan]

Scholar officially announced early because we kept talking about the artwork and wouldn't let it go?
Go us?

Was all the NAs fault, they just couldnt let it go . . .

[bluefan]

Test 1 dedicated to PS3 test. No (very few) PS3 test codes released. Makes sense.

Was there a confirmation on this?

[Sephiroth]

Was there a confirmation on this?

The reason we don't have our characters until test 2 is because they want the game running stable on PS3 first. If not many PS3 players get in for T1 it wouldn't surprise me if it gets extended another weekend.

[Iremire]

There was talk of codes being sent out by the end of today. Not sure if that was directed to ps3 beta or 1.0 codes.

[Iremire]

The reason we don't have our characters until test 2 is because they want the game running stable on PS3 first. If not many PS3 players get in for T1 it wouldn't surprise me if it gets extended another weekend.

yeah im expecting 1st and 2nd weekends for ps3 3rd weekend port over 1.0 4th weekend testing end of beta

[Oreth]

Maybe they want to wait until the end of the live letter as they might have something to say / state?

[bluefan]

What time is todays live letter anyhow?

[Oreth]

*As a disclaimer, all times below are written in 12/12 (nonmilitary) time using PST/PDT (West Coast USA) as the timezone, since that is where the event is taking place.
Tuesday Schedule

12:00 (Noon) ~ Grand Opening
12:30PM ~ Square Enix Members-Booth Walkthrough: Thief Theater
1:00PM ~ Deep Silver Presents-Saints Row IV
1:30PM ~ Square Enix Presents-Community Contest
2:00PM ~ Square Enix Members-Exclusive Interview: Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD ReMix
3:00PM ~ Square Enix Presents-E3 Trailer Lineup
4:00PM ~ Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn – Producer Live Letter 1
5:00PM ~ Square Enix Channel! in E3 Part 1
6:00PM ~ Day 1 Closing
Wednesday Schedule

9:45AM ~ Day 2 Opening
10:00AM ~ Square Enix Channel! in E3 Part 2
11:00AM ~ Focus On~Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD ReMix
11:30AM ~ Murdered: Soul Suspect Theater Walkthrough
12:00 (Noon) ~ Eidos Montreal Studio Walkthrough and Dev Roundtable
1:00PM ~ Focus On~Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
1:30PM ~ Square Enix Presents-E3 Trailer Lineup
2:30PM ~ Square Enix Presents-Community Contest
3:00PM ~ Square Enix Members Exclusive Interview-Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII & Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster
4:00PM ~ Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn-Battle Event Recap & Community
5:00PM ~ Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII & Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster Twitter Session
6:00PM ~ Day 2 Closing
Thursday Schedule

9:45AM ~ Day 3 Opening
10:00AM ~ Square Enix Members Exclusive Interview-Deus Ex Human Revolution: Director’s Cut
10:30AM ~ Perfecting the Art of Play-Behind Square Enix Products
11:00AM ~ Jam Dat Turbo @ Square Enix
11:30PM ~ Murdered: Soul Suspect Theater Walkthrough
12:00 (Noon) ~ Future of Final Fantasy Press Conference Recap
12:30PM ~ Square Enix Members Exclusive Interview-Deus Ex Human Revolution: The Fall
1:00PM ~ Square Enix Presents-E3 Trailer Lineup
2:00PM ~ Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn – Producer Live Letter 2
3:00PM ~ Square Enix Members Exclusive Interview-New iPhone/iPad title
3:30PM ~ Crystal Dynamics Uncut
4:00PM ~ Square Enix Presents-Community Contest
4:30PM ~ Grand Finale

Says 2pm PST i think the times are based on as it states at the start?

[Deuce]

Says 2pm PST i think the times are based on as it states at the start?

Correct.

[Sephiroth]

"12:00 (Noon) ~ Future of Final Fantasy Press Conference Recap"

This looks interesting too.

[Spider-Dan]

I thought this part was interesting:

G: So, for example if you switch the PS3’s HDD to SSD would the PS3 version’s speed increase?

Y: It will (laugh) But, that’s not supported by SCE, and we can’t use that as optimal, but if you’re going to be peculiar with the speed, then it will be your own responsibility but if you change it will be much faster.

G: It will change that much?

Y: Yes. he seek error is pretty big, HDD is a physical disk so when it looks for the data it seeks for it and if seek error occurs it starts over from beginning again. For that reason, if the physical seek speed is slow, it delays in calculation. Other than that, compared to FFXI we have sprint so characters movement is faster, it tries to read the NPC but if you pass through them it ends up in a situation where it doesn’t need to load any more, then it tries to read the characters next, when it does that the input/output collides and reaches the capacity. We tried our best for the processing, and we'll continue making optimization for the final release but this HDD processing speed is very important.

Basically, Yoshida to PS3 owners: "SSD or GTFO, but you didn't hear that from me."

[donnie]

throwing it out here, an amateur recording the booth:

[Iremire]

Says 2pm PST i think the times are based on as it states at the start?

I'm assuming there will be a playback of it? or just a written sum up? They are talking / showing us sch and smn today right?

Edit: Also so do we get to fight ifrit in p3? or was that just for E3 wasn't sure if i saw that anywhere

[Takiwaki]

Ifrit is in P3

[shidobu]

throwing it out here, an amateur recording the booth:

@ 5:30 did that lancer legsweep stun ifrit's radiant plume? "nice stun" @ yoshi p?

[donnie]

@ 5:30 did that lancer legsweep stun ifrit's radiant plume? "nice stun" @ yoshi p?

thats what I think so too, he definitely did stun it

[supercoco]

they just added a new video about fate . no emails so far

[ArchDizzle]

they just added a new video about fate . no emails so far

Link?

[Takiwaki]

new vid

[Kelenae]

beat me to the video =p

Nice there is a timer now on the map