Square Enix plans to release “more and more” games simultaneously on Xbox in the future. In a recent interview, Final Fantasy producer and industry legend Naoki Yoshida said that the Japanese studio will follow a multi-platform publishing strategy for more games in the future. Square Enix has insisted on keeping recent games exclusive on PS5, but its biggest game hasn’t lived up to expectations.
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Yoshida, affectionately known as Yoshi-P, made the remarks in an interview with 4Gamer after the Tokyo Game Show and ahead of the release of Square Enix’s Fantasian Neo Dimension. The role-playing game first launched on Apple devices through Apple Arcade in 2021 as Fantasian. The game, developed by Mistwalker and published by Square, is now available on PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox and PlayStation on December 5th.
“Of course, we hope you can play the game on other platforms as well,” Yoshida said of the game releasing on PC and consoles. “This time, the Xbox Series
Yoshida’s comments come just over a month after he said he would like to see Final Fantasy XVI released on Xbox consoles. The action RPG will launch exclusively on PS5 in 2023 and on PC in September 2024. Square Enix has yet to confirm an Xbox port of the game.
“Of course, we did announce a PC version of the game, so looking ahead to the Xbox version, we do want to release it on Xbox,” Yoshida said in a September interview. “But when it comes to specific details like when the game will be available, we can’t share anything.”
Earlier this year, Square Enix suffered its biggest quarterly decline in 13 years as its recent big-budget games underperformed commercially. Sales of Final Fantasy VII Reborn, Final Fantasy XVI, and Foamstars (all available exclusively on PlayStation) fell short of the company’s expectations in terms of revenue and profit.
As a result, the publisher said it will abandon its PlayStation-exclusive strategy and instead launch its biggest games simultaneously on all platforms, including PC, Xbox and Nintendo Switch.