Final Fantasy 16 Is Probably Getting a PC Version, But Not for a Long Time
Despite a lot of back and forth messages, it looks like Final Fantasy 16 is finally getting a presumably PC version.
speak above Japanese PlayStation Blog (And translated by industry insider Wario64 on Twitter below), Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida said, “We want to release a PC version at some point.”
Yoshida said, “It’s true that Final Fantasy 16 is limited to six months on the PS5 platform. But it’s a completely different story that the PC version will be released in half a year. I clarify: The PC version won’t come out in half a year.
Naoki Yoshida says Final Fantasy XVI PC version won’t be ready 6 months after PS5 release (PS5 version has a 6-month timed exclusive)
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— Wario 64 (@Wario64) February 28, 2023
“This is because we have spent a lot of time and money optimizing the PS5 platform to give you the best gaming experience.Of course, we would like to release a PC version someday so that everyone can play as many games as possible. I think
“However, even if we start optimizing the PC version after the PS5 version comes out, we won’t be able to optimize it in half a year, so it won’t come out in a short span of half a year. Ultimately, I want to release it, and I think it will. But we are not at the stage where we can say when.”
Publisher Square Enix has yet to confirm which other platforms will receive Final Fantasy 16 after the six-month exclusivity ends (Xbox, Nintendo Switch, or something else).
Final Fantasy 16’s platform availability has been a highly convoluted topic ever since the game was announced. Notably, it quickly dropped this claim, but the PS5’s exclusivity was again questioned in November 2022.
An ad for the PS5’s DualSense controller suggests that Final Fantasy 16 will be “a PS5 exclusive for six months” and will arrive on a different platform in December 2023, six months after its June 22 launch. I’m here.
After that, Yoshida denied the existence of the PC version. “No one said a word about a PC release,” he said incorrectly. I did my best, so please look forward to it.”
In addition to discussing this PC version, we learned a ton of new information about the highly anticipated RPG, including its massive maps, approach to diversity, accessibility items, and why it’s only in the PS5 generation.
He also got a chance to play the game and said in a full preview: [our] Walked through dozens of regulars and left [us] I have high hopes for Final Fantasy 16. ”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer and UK news editor. He talks about witchers all day long.
