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“Nobody said a word about a PC version,” says Final Fantasy 16 producerMy “also available on PC” trailer is raising a lot of questions…
My “also available on PC” trailer is raising a lot of questions…
During a recentFinal Fantasy14 developer livestream, the subject ofFinal Fantasy 16’s PC port came up. “Nobody said a word about a PC version release,” said Yoshi P, the producer on both FFXIV and FFXVI. “Why is it like a PC version is releasing 6 months later? Don’t worry about that, buy a PS5!” he said, laughing.
We’ve beenworking under the assumption that Final Fantasy 16 would come to PCafter a period of PlayStation 5 exclusivity, but in fairness, that’s because that’s what the Final Fantasy 16 trailers have said would happen.
Final Fantasy 16 - Reveal Trailer | PS5 ShowcaseWatch on YouTube
Final Fantasy 16 - Reveal Trailer | PS5 Showcase
The FF16reveal trailersays that it is “PlayStation console exclusive”, with an asterisk that says it is “also available on PC”. That seems pretty clear.
The same trailer when uploaded on other channels, includingon Square Enix’s, says that it is “PlayStation 5 console exclusive” and is “not available on other platforms for a limited time after release on PS5.” Morerecent trailersconfirming Final Fantasy 16’s June 22nd 2023 release date have more explicitly said that it is “not available on other platforms until 12.31.2023”, or roughly six months after its PlayStation 5 release.
This all seems to explicitly or implicitly point at a PC release being on the way, even if there’s no guarantee of exactly when.
Square Enix have a good track record of bringing their games to PC.Final Fantasy VII Remake’s PlayStation exclusivity expired in April 2021, for example,and arrived on PC in December that year. Hopefully FF16 does something similar just so Katharine isn’t sad.
