Current years have seen Sq. Enix taking a somewhat haphazard method by way of deciding which platforms to launch its video games for, with the choice to launch main video games reminiscent of Closing Fantasy 16, Closing Fantasy 7 Remake, and Closing Fantasy 7 Rebirth as PlayStation exclusives having stood out to many. It appears, nonetheless, that these choices haven’t paid off in a monetary sense, with the corporate now set to alter course.
In just lately printed briefing for a monetary assembly that was initially held in Could, along with reiterating that Closing Fantasy 16 and Closing Fantasy 7 Rebirth each failed to satisfy industrial expectations, Sq. Enix has confirmed that it’s now pivoting to a multiplatform mannequin, together with for its legacy titles.
“We’ll shift to a multiplatform technique,” the corporate says. “Within the case of HD video games, we’ll create a worldwide surroundings that enables extra clients to get pleasure from our main franchises and AAA titles, together with from our again catalog.”
Which means it’s possible the corporate will launch its main video games on extra than simply PlayStation proper out the gate, along with bringing present exclusives to different platforms. Closing Fantasy 16, for example, just lately launched for PC, and based mostly on leaks and feedback from its personal builders, is more likely to ultimately come to Xbox Sequence X/S as properly. In the meantime, Xbox gamers will likely even be eager to get their palms on Closing Fantasy 7 Remake and its sequel.
