As we all know by now, Final Fantasy 16 is a PS5 exclusive. However, it seems that this wasn’t always the case, as, at some point in development, the team was thinking of releasing a Final Fantasy 16 PS4 version.
This was revealed by the game’s producer, Naoki Yoshida, during a recent interview with Final Fantasy Union.
Final Fantasy Union: You’ve spoken a lot about the relationship you have with Sony, and how they’ve provided not just development support, but also support
in other areas, such as marketing. But I’m curious, when did Sony get involved? Was it when the game was still in development for the PlayStation 4, or did it happen when development started shifting to the PS5?Yoshida: I mean, that’s something that’s kind of between us and Sony, and it’s kind of really difficult to talk about here. What I can say is that while developing, we originally had a plan to possibly release the game on the PlayStation 4. During development, we realized that to get it to a level that we were gonna be proud of, we needed at least one or two more years of development to do that.
And so I had to make a decision at that time. It’s like, okay, we don’t want to extend it that long. Let’s go PS5 only.
Do note that he doesn’t specify when during development this decision was made, but it’s likely to have happened very early on. He also said they originally had a plan to release on the PS4 “POSSIBLY.” So it doesn’t sound like they canceled a last-gen version that was already in development but rather scrapped the initial plans that would have started its development.
We do have to agree here with the team, as adding extra years would only drive up costs and spread the team even more thin. That, and it does seem that Final Fantasy 16 is using the full power of the PS5 if recent trailers and gameplay are anything to go by.
Final Fantasy 16 releases on June 22 on the PS5.
It would have been nice if Final Fantasy could have released on PS4, as PS5 isn’t exactly easy finding at local retailers. Maybe eventually it’ll be available on PS4.
Feels like you’re willfully ignoring the facts
lol going a little liberal with your definition of facts… If Yoshi-P says it, then it’s likely exaggerated or a lie, i.e., as far away from fact as it can get.
It won’t, once Yoshi-P says a lie he stands by his lie, that’s how he rolls. So no, as long as Yoshi-P is employed at Square-Enix, there will never be a PS4 FF16 and there will never be a FFXIV 1.0 server, he could never risk people finding out that FFXIV1.0 was better than his FFXIVARR. Right now people just repeat the illogical FFXIV1.0 hate that they read from others (which was also posted by people who just repeat what they heard, instead of from experience playing the game.) There were a bunch of casual gamers that played FFXIV1.0 and quit because the game was too hard for them, but ragequitters aren’t exactly a source of accurate information. Those casuals prefer FFXIVARR because it’s an incredibly easy game, so they ignore all of FFXIVARR obvious flaws. As for me, I loved that FFXIV1.0 was not made for casuals, it’s what makes it far better than FFXIVARR (which is 100% made for casuals.)
sounds more like Yoshi-P wasn’t up to the task, too difficult for him, because there is no way it would take years to downport an already made game, that’s a giant lie. But then again, Yoshi-P isn’t exactly known for his honesty (like claiming there is no demand for a FFXIV1.0 server, a quick google search proves his comment to be extremely dishonest. He just doesn’t want gamers experiencing Tanaka’s 1.0 because it handled main scenario, class quests, animations much better than Yoshi-Ps FFXIVARR did, also the same exact gear and weapons that both games shared looked MUCH better in 1.0. Yet YoshiP’s entire career is based on bashing how terrible FFXIV1.0 was, which is another lie, I played FFXIV1.0 from launch til Yoshi-P took FFXIV1.23b offline forever and I’ve been playing FFXIVARR since alpha then beta then launch without no pause since then, I’ve played both FFXIV’s for hours a day, everyday, i’m not some casual gamer,) so I’m too informed about his dishonesty to believe a word that comes out of Yoshi-P’s mouth.