Final Fantasy 16 Was Planned for PS5 and PS4, But the Last-Gen Version Would Have Taken Too Long | Push Square
A PS4 version of the upcoming Final Fantasy XVI was in development at some stage, although getting it up to snuff would have added years of dev time, producer Naoki Yoshida has revealed.
In an interview with Final Fantasy Union, Yoshida said on the matter: «What I can say is that while developing, we originally had a plan to release the game on PlayStation 4 possibly. During development, we realized that to get it to a level that we were gonna be proud of we would have needed at least one or two more years of development.»
While never announced for PS4, Yoshida previously revealed that Final Fantasy XVI began development on PS4, before the decision was made to proceed with PS5 development only. Would you have wanted a PS4 version of the game, or been willing to wait? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Smart move. They can’t hold on to PS4 forever.
tbh, if I still didn't have a PS5 until now, I would have been salty about this news lol. Well, I'm glad that it's full PS5 now so there's nothing holding this game back.
This is good. We don't want another XV fiasco here. I loved XV, but the development of that game certainly took a massive toll on the developers and Square Enix; not helped by Square Enix being obsessed with recapturing the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII's success in building an expanded universe. First, it was Fabula Nova Crystallis, which required reading a creation myth that tied XIII and two different scenarios for XIII
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