Square Enix Wants to Bring More of Its Games to PC
It seems that Square Enix is intent on bringing more of its titles to PC, as it recognizes the platform performs well outside of Japan. Square Enix has long maintained exclusivity deals with PlayStation consoles, but has been increasingly more active in porting games to PC, an initiative also being carried out at scale by Sony.
To say that Square Enix has been struggling recently would be an understatement. The ill-fated live services of Babylon's Fall and Marvel's Avengers, and the commercial letdown of triple-A action title Forspoken are far from an ideal start to 2023. These pressures likely contributed to the change in leadership at Square Enix, with CEO Yosuke Matsuda due to be replaced following a shareholder meeting in June. Matsuda's pursuit of NFTs and blockchain technology in the industry made it difficult to ingratiate himself with gamers, but it seems that Square Enix may not solely be placing its future in the hands of Web 3.0.
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A page for PC platform technical support has been published by Square Enix on a Japanese recruitment system and seeks a candidate able to support the development and deployment of titles to places such as Steam and Epic Games Store. The posting seeks experience in PC technical support, knowledge about game engines, and familiarity with modes of distribution. Most notable is that the introduction clearly affirms Square Enix's intent to expand overseas and that the investment into PC is to better serve that demographic.
A willingness to explore more PC development will be welcome news for Final Fantasy fans, who have often waited years for PC versions to arrive. Final Fantasy 15 and Final Fantasy 7 Remake both arrived on
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