Looks like Final Fantasy 16 will have a minor day-one patch after all

Square Enix has announced that it will release a day one update for final fantasy 16despite stating earlier this year that the game wouldn’t need one.

News of the minor update was announced in a recent pre-launch stream, which you can watch below.

He the update will be around 300 MB and will fix progression issues, crashes, minor text issues, and optimize performance in various places.

A future update It will address issues reported by players from the demo, including motion blur and the ability to turn it off, camera movement speed, an option to turn off auto-tracking, and hotkeys.

According to Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida, the update will be available to owners of the physical version, and digital owners can expect the update to either be included with the pre-loaded files, or be ready before the game launches.

Yoshida apologized for having to release the update, but went on to say that if players don’t apply the update, they’ll still be able to play, which means those without internet can still participate.

In May, game director Hiroshi Takai was reported to have stated that the game had been in development for so long that the team was confident that FF16 would not need a day one update.

Still, albeit a minor one, it’s a day one update, which is so commonplace these days that Square Enix honestly shouldn’t be too embarrassed.