Final
Fantasy
XVI
released
exclusively
on
the
PS5
in
2023,
and
the
game
finally
made
it
to
PC
last
month.
The
action-RPG
is
still
not
available
on
Xbox,
with
no
confirmed
launch
plans
on
Microsoft’s
console.
Now,
publisher
Square
Enix
has
provided
an
update
over
Final
Fantasy
16’s
potential
release
on
Xbox
Series
S/X.
Final
Fantasy
XVI
on
Xbox
According
to
Final
Fantasy
16
producer
and
industry
legend
Naoki
Yoshida,
popularly
knowns
as
Yoshi-P,
Square
Enix
wants
to
release
an
Xbox
port
for
FFXVI,
but
the
company
can’t
yet
confirm
a
timeline
for
the
same.
“Of
course
we
did
announce
the
PC
version
of
the
game,
so
looking
towards
the
Xbox
version,
we
do
want
to
release
it
on
Xbox,”
Yoshida
said
in
a
Video
Games
interview
published
last
week.
“But
when
it
comes
to
the
specifics
such
as
when
the
game
would
be
available
and
such,
we
are
not
in
a
position
to
be
able
to
share
anything,”
he
added.
The
producer,
however,
asked
Xbox
players
to
not
give
up
hope,
saying
that
Square
Enix
very
much
wanted
the
game
to
be
ported
to
Xbox.
“But
of
course,
I
want
to
say
that
it’s
not
as
if
there’s
zero
hope,
and
we
very
much
do
want
to
achieve
that.
So
players
should
not
give
up
in
terms
of
their
hopes.”
Neither
Square
Enix
not
Microsoft
have
yet
confirmed
an
Xbox
port
of
Final
Fantasy
16.
Final
Fantasy
16
first
launched
on
the
PS5
on
June
22,
2023.
The
game
recently
made
the
jump
to
PC,
launching
on
Steam
and
Epic
Games
Store
on
September
17.
A
Complete
Edition,
that
bundles
Echoes
of
the
Fallen
and
The
Rising
Tide
expansions
with
the
main
game,
was
also
recently
launched
on
the
PS5.
Square
Enix
has
launched
its
recent
Final
Fantasy
games
exclusively
on
the
PS5,
a
strategy
that
has
ended
up
hurting
sales.
Earlier
this
year,
the
publisher
said
in
an
earnings
report
that
sales
of
recent
big-budget
games
were
disappointing.
According
to
company
CEO
Takashi
Kiryu,
sales
of
Final
Fantasy
VII
Rebirth,
Final
Fantasy
XVI
and
Foamstars
—
all
PlayStation
exclusives
—
fell
short
of
expectations
in
terms
of
both
revenue
and
profit.
As
a
result,
Square
Enix
has
since
undergone
considerable
restructuring
and
is
moving
away
from
its
practice
of
releasing
its
major
titles
first
on
PlayStation.
According
to
Kiryu,
going
forward,
big
releases
will
be
multi-platform
launches,
available
across
PlayStation,
Nintendo
Switch,
Xbox
and
PC.