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submitted 1 year ago by mike591@kbin.social to c/gaming@kbin.social

Sales of Final Fantasy 16 did not meet Square Enix's high expectations, said president Takashi Kiryu. Last week the com…

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[-] RandallFlagg@lemm.ee 31 points 1 year ago

I'm interested in playing this but I don't own a PS5 and I'm not buying a whole console for one game. They would have gotten a day 1 sale out of me if they released it on PC.

[-] CIWS-30@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Knowing them, they'll probably do it. It'll just take a year or so.

Edit: that said, they should've done it to start with, and not kept it off of X-box. They're killing their brand and mindshare here.

[-] Gordon_Freeman@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

they'll ~~probably~~ do it

FTFY. The PC version was confirmed a long time ago

[-] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Originally, they did plan to release it on PS5 and PC. My guess is Sony made a timed exclusivity deal with them, which Sony had done with companies before. SE shout themselves in the foot by taking it.

[-] QuantumField@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Ditto for me. I have all Final Fantasy games released on PC, but I can't justify buying a PS5 for a single game. I've chosen to watch a let's play of the game. Glad I did because it's definitely not a Final Fantasy I'd play a second time.

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