The lengthy saga of attempting to determine when PC gamers will be capable of play Closing Fantasy 16 continues. Though there’s nonetheless no launch date for it, producer Naoki “Yoshi-P” Yoshida says the PC model remains to be in improvement and that you will hear extra about it when it will get nearer to the end line.
Talking on a current stream, Yoshida mentioned the PC model nonetheless wants work so as to mirror the PlayStation 5 model of the sport, particularly citing its lack of loading screens when touring between places and transitioning from cutscenes to gameplay. Yoshida says the workforce hasn’t “had the time to optimize the PC model of the sport” as a result of they have been busy with the PS5 model.
“We can be sharing extra concerning the PC model when the time is correct, please sit up for it,” he mentioned, echoing a sentiment he typically shares when speaking about upcoming options for the opposite Closing Fantasy he is in control of, Closing Fantasy 14.
Closing Fantasy 16’s PC model has been in flux from the second the sport was introduced in 2020 with a trailer that clearly said a PC model could be accessible. Sq. Enix would not say a phrase about it afterward after which Yoshida briefly denied that it existed earlier this 12 months. Only a month later, he was on the Japanese PlayStation weblog speaking about releasing a PC model someday after its six-month PS5 exclusivity deal expires. The producer mentioned, “Even when we begin optimizing the PC model after the PS5 model comes out, we can’t be capable of optimize it in half a 12 months, so it will not come out in a brief span of half a 12 months.”
Keep robust, PC gamers. We should proceed ready for what reviewers have mentioned is a superb, action-heavy entry within the long-running RPG collection. Good factor there aren’t every other Closing Fantasy video games not coming to PC at launch that may proceed to put on down our resolve.
Japanese translations for this story have been offered by Kazuma Hashimoto.
