Square Enix will set its sights on PC port of Final Fantasy 16 post PS5 debut

final fantasy 16 Producer Naoki Yoshida has said that Square Enix will start working “carefully” on a PC version of the game after it debuts on PS5.

Talking to a Japanese medium ASCII weeklyYoshida pretty much confirmed that work would begin once the console version was released.

This isn’t the first time a PC version has been said to eventually roll out to customers, but it will be a while before it arrives. In February, Yoshida said that he would not expect the game within six months of the PS5 version.

This is because the team has invested a lot of time and money in optimizing the launch of PS5; Additionally, Final Fantasy 16 is a six-month limited-time exclusive on the platform.

“Even if we start optimizing the PC version after the PS5 version comes out, we won’t be able to optimize it in half a year, so it won’t be out in the short span of half a year. I’d like to release it eventually, and I think I will, but I’m not at the stage where I can tell when.”

In the meantime, Yoshida hopes that Final Fantasy fans and all PS5 users will give the console version a shot and not wait for the PC release.

Final Fantasy 16 was announced in September 2020 as a PlayStation console exclusive, but it was also revealed to be coming to PC. After its reveal, Square Enix seemed to be saying that the title would only come to PlayStation 5.

This is despite the game’s reveal trailer showing an asterisk next to the words “PlayStation Console Exclusive”, with a note that “it’s also available on PC”.

Final Fantasy 16 will be released on June 22. If you want to get an idea of ​​what to expect, read our hands-on demo.