Naoki “Yoshi-P” Yoshida has shared that Sq. Enix does nonetheless plan to launch its video games on a number of platforms concurrently “increasingly.”
Sq. Enix is not fairly the highest canine it was once within the recreation trade, with Closing Fantasy 16 and Closing Fantasy 7 Rebirth each failing to satisfy expectations. There’s plenty of causes that could be the case, however one in every of them is nearly positively the truth that going multiplatform is the best way to go for many builders nowadays, however Sq. has largely stored to PlayStation and the Nintendo Change lately. However due to these latest struggles, it has shifted plans to ensure its video games launch on Xbox and PC too, and it looks like these plans are in full impact, based mostly on some latest feedback from Yoshi-P.
Talking with 4Gamer (translated by VGC) concerning the upcoming launch of Fantasian Neo Dimension, Yoshi-P mentioned that Sq. Enix needs you to play this new model of the beforehand iOS-exclusive “rather a lot on different platforms as properly,” persevering with on to say, “This time, we can even launch the Xbox Sequence X|S model on the identical time. Sooner or later, Sq. Enix titles will likely be launched concurrently on every platform increasingly, however since that is near the primary launch, we want Xbox customers to play it as properly.”
That is clearly excellent news for Xbox followers specifically, who’ve been fairly shafted on the subject of taking part in Sq. Enix’s greater titles lately – heavy PS4 hitters like Closing Fantasy 15 and Kingdom Hearts 3 each got here out on Xbox One on the time, however leap ahead to Closing Fantasy 7 Remake/ Rebirth and 16, you are out of luck until you personal a PlayStation (although Remake and 16 did later come to PC).
Whether or not going full multiplatform will assist Sq. Enix obtain its lofty gross sales objectives or not is one other query, however with two components of a trilogy solely being obtainable on one platform would not spell success for the third half, even whether it is multiplatform – although it in all probability will not be. I am certain Closing Fantasy 17 would be the one which’s a contemporary hit!