Closing Fantasy XVI, the upcoming installment within the long-running JRPG collection, drops on June 22 as a PlayStation 5 unique. That exclusivity is a little bit of a bummer as different Closing Fantasy video games, comparable to Closing Fantasy VII Remake, had been additionally obtainable on PC. And the final mainline entry, Closing Fantasy XV, was multiplatform. Sadly, no less than for now, the brand new Closing Fantasy sport will stay on PlayStation 5 solely, in response to the sport’s producer.
Producer Naoki Yoshida, colloquially referred to as Yoshi-P, was interviewed at a Mahjong event over the weekend, the place he was requested whether or not Closing Fantasy XVI would come to PC, one thing Sq. Enix confirmed when it revealed the sport nearly two years in the past. Nonetheless, regardless of that element discovered within the footnote textual content on the backside of the trailer, Yoshi-P stated the discharge data is fallacious, in response to a “tough translation” by the Japanese gaming information Twitter account Genki_JPN. In actual fact, there is probably not a PC model coming in any respect, as Yoshi-P is outwardly suggesting of us exit and purchase a PS5 as a substitute.
“No person stated a phrase a few PC model releasing,” Yoshi-P stated. “Why is it like a PC model is releasing six months later? Don’t fear about that, purchase a PS5! Sorry, I went overboard. We did our greatest so please sit up for it.”
It’s fascinating Yoshi-P is purporting {that a} PC model isn’t deliberate. Scrubbing by some previous Closing Fantasy XVI trailers, such because the “Awakening” one from September 2020, it was undoubtedly acknowledged that the sport is “not obtainable on different platforms for a restricted time after launch on PS5,” suggesting it may presumably hit different consoles sooner or later on the very least. Such was the case with the Closing Fantasy VII Remake, the place the “restricted time” window was a few yr. Nonetheless, all current advertising for the sport, from newer trailers to its official web site, now makes no point out of it coming to PC. That is unlucky contemplating different Closing Fantasy video games are on extra platforms than simply PlayStation and the truth that Sony’s latest console can nonetheless be tough to search out. However within the grand scheme of issues, realizing how deep Sq. Enix’s relationship with PlayStation is, it’s not stunning. Not less than the exclusivity deal ought to take advantage of the PlayStation 5’s hardware in order that there’s no loading.
Kotaku reached out to Sq. Enix for clarification however didn’t obtain a reply earlier than publication.
Alongside sticking firmly to PlayStation consoles, Closing Fantasy XVI has been rated mature for sure varieties of content material featured within the sport. Particularly, in response to a translation on the Brazilian Ministério da Justiça web site, for hate crimes (yikes) and intercourse scenes (good).