What you might want to know
- Closing Fantasy XVI’s builders, Naoki Yoshida and Takeo Kujiraoka, had been not too long ago interviewed by Noisy Pixel at this yr’s Pax East gaming conference.
- Through the interview, Naoki Yoshida talked about the potential for bringing Closing Fantasy XVI to different gaming platforms as soon as the PC model has been accomplished and launched.
- Closing Fantasy XVI is the most recent, action-oriented mainline entry in Sq. Enix’s world-renowned Closing Fantasy sequence, launched in 2023 for the PlayStation 5 with an upcoming PC port in improvement.
At PAX East 2024, recreation website Noisy Pixel interviewed two key builders of the most recent entry within the Closing Fantasy sequence, Closing Fantasy XVI (by way of @HazzadorGamin). These builders are Closing Fantasy XVI’s producer Naoki Yoshida (a.okay.a. Yoshi-P), and its DLC director, Takeo Kujiraoka.
While the builders had been reflecting on the event of Closing Fantasy XVI throughout the interview, Yoshi-P talked about that his staff was serious about “porting the sport to different platforms” as soon as Closing Fantasy XVI’s PC port was accomplished.
Yoshi-P teases placing Closing Fantasy XVI on different platforms #SquareEnix “It’s not over within the sense that we’ve got the PC model. As soon as the PC model is launched, we’re serious about hopefully shifting to different platforms as effectively.”https://t.co/M6EN6fKVpT pic.twitter.com/NHtiFZx3WEMarch 25, 2024
Judging from the wording of this quote, it is vitally straightforward to imagine that Yoshi-P could possibly be discussing the potential for bringing Closing Fantasy XVI to Xbox Sequence X and Xbox Sequence S. It is unlikely he’d be speaking concerning the Nintendo Swap given the ability delta, however the Nintendo Swap 2 is probably going simply across the nook, and will carry the type of energy wanted to run a photorealistic recreation like FFXVI. Both method, in Noisy Pixel’s interview, Yoshi-P did not increase on this concept additional and, seemingly, this plan hasn’t been finalized so Xbox followers ought to take this quote with a grain of salt.
Is there nonetheless hope for Closing Fantasy XVI on Xbox?
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Even because it first got here out on June 22, 2023, for the PlayStation 5, Xbox followers have been dying for the prospect to get their fingers on Closing Fantasy XVI to expertise its over-the-top motion gameplay, dramatic and darkish story, and wealthy fantasy world.
Their hopes had been ignited when final yr, Sq. Enix introduced that they’d be bringing extra of their video games to Xbox methods however nothing concrete of a Closing Fantasy XVI Xbox port has been introduced since. It could actually be attainable at this level as Sq. Enix’s well-liked MMORPG, Closing Fantasy XIV ultimately got here to Xbox after a few years of requests.
Nonetheless, whether or not or not Yoshi-P and his staff will comply with up on this rumination to make an Xbox port of Closing Fantasy XVI a actuality and stand alongside the Finest Xbox JRPGs is a query that solely time will reply.