Final Fantasy XVI will be released on June 22 for the PlayStation 5, but will not immediately appear for the PC six months later. The Japanese manufacturer says that this uncertainty has to do with the optimization process. The title is a PlayStation 5 exclusive for six months.
On the Japanese PlayStation Blog confirms Square Enix’s Naoki Yoshida that Final Fantasy XVI a time exclusive is for the PlayStation 5 for the duration of six months. However, according to him, that does not mean that the PC version of the game will automatically be released for the PC six months after the PS5 release. According to Yoshida, that’s a “completely different story.” When the PC version will appear, he does not say.
He says that this does not work, partly because a lot of money and time has been spent optimizing for the PS5. “Of course I would like to release a PC version at some point so that everyone can play as many games as possible. But even if we start optimizing the PC version after the PS5 version is released, we won’t be able to do it in a optimizing for half a year, so it won’t be out in half a year. I’d like to release the game eventually, and I think I will, but I’m not at the stage yet where I can say when.”
The action RPG revolves around Clive Rosfield, who is tasked with protecting his younger brother Joshua. In the game, Rosfield wants revenge on Ifrit, ‘a mysterious creature’. He can transform into an Eikon in the process; those are great mythical creatures. Other Eikons can also be found in the game, so you sometimes have to fight against other Eikons as an Eikon. The game will have a story mode for players who mainly want to follow the story and are less interested in the action elements of the game.
