Only a few short months remain until Final Fantasy 16 launches for PS5, though many still wonder if a PC port isn’t far behind. According to producer Naoki Yoshida – don’t expect it anytime soon.
During a mahjong tournament broadcast for Final Fantasy 14, Yoshida didn’t mince words about the possibility of Final Fantasy 16 coming to PC (thanks, PC Gamer).
“Nobody said a word about a PC version releasing,” Yoshida said. “Why is it like a PC version is releasing six months later? Don’t worry about that. Buy a PS5!”
It’s a puzzling response for multiple reasons. For one, the initial announcement trailer for Final Fantasy 16 ends with a notice saying “also available on PC” – check it out here. Secondly, the Game Awards trailer from last month ends with “not available on other platforms until [Dec. 31, 2023]” – which you can see right here.
Yoshi-P on rumors of a Final Fantasy XVI PC version!
"Nobody said a word about a PC version releasing. Why is it like a PC version is releasing 6 months later? Don't worry about that, buy a PS5! (laughs) Sorry, I went overboard. We did our best so please look forward to it" lol pic.twitter.com/o5i1JsNnbc
— Genki✨ (@Genki_JPN) January 9, 2023
In fairness, timed-exclusivity stuff can be messy. So Yoshida and Square Enix likely can’t talk about Final Fantasy 16 coming to platforms aside from PS5 for a bunch of reasons. Regardless, it’ll release for PS5 on June 22, 2023.
We actually had the opportunity to ask Yoshida about Final Fantasy 14‘s Island Sanctuary content recently.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
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