Square Enix Needs to Launch Final Fantasy 16 on Xbox After PC Port

Final Fantasy XVI launched completely on the PS5 in 2023, and the sport lastly made it to PC final month. The action-RPG continues to be not out there on Xbox, with no confirmed launch plans on Microsoft’s console. Now, writer Square Enix has supplied an replace over Final Fantasy 16’s potential launch on Xbox Series S/X.

Final Fantasy XVI on Xbox

According to Final Fantasy 16 producer and trade legend Naoki Yoshida, popularly knowns as Yoshi-P, Square Enix desires to launch an Xbox port for FFXVI, however the firm cannot but verify a timeline for a similar.

“Of course we did announce the PC version of the game, so looking towards the Xbox version, we do want to release it on Xbox,” Yoshida stated in a Video Games interview revealed final week. “But when it comes to the specifics such as when the game would be available and such, we are not in a position to be able to share anything,” he added.

The producer, nonetheless, requested Xbox gamers to not quit hope, saying that Square Enix very a lot wished the sport to be ported to Xbox. “But of course, I want to say that it’s not as if there’s zero hope, and we very much do want to achieve that. So players should not give up in terms of their hopes.”

Neither Square Enix not Microsoft have but confirmed an Xbox port of Final Fantasy 16.

Final Fantasy 16 first launched on the PS5 on June 22, 2023. The recreation not too long ago made the bounce to PC, launching on Steam and Epic Games Store on September 17. A Complete Edition, that bundles Echoes of the Fallen and The Rising Tide expansions with the principle recreation, was additionally not too long ago launched on the PS5.

Square Enix has launched its latest Final Fantasy video games completely on the PS5, a technique that has ended up hurting gross sales. Earlier this 12 months, the writer stated in an earnings report that gross sales of latest big-budget video games had been disappointing. According to firm CEO Takashi Kiryu, gross sales of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Final Fantasy XVI and Foamstars — all PlayStation exclusives — fell wanting expectations by way of each income and revenue.

As a end result, Square Enix has since undergone appreciable restructuring and is transferring away from its apply of releasing its main titles first on PlayStation. According to Kiryu, going ahead, large releases shall be multi-platform launches, out there throughout PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, Xbox and PC.