Square Enix will launch ‘more and more’ games simultaneously on Xbox in the future
Square Enix plans to release “more and more” of its games simultaneously on Xbox in the future. In a recent interview, Final Fantasy producer and industry legend Naoki Yoshida said that the Japanese studio would be pursuing a multi-platform release strategy for more of its future titles. Square Enix continues to stick to launching its recent games exclusively on the PS5, but its biggest titles are falling short of expectations.
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Yoshida, better known as Yoshi-P, made the comments in a interview with 4Gamer after the Tokyo Game Show, ahead of the release of Square Enix’s Fantasian Neo Dimension. The role-playing title first launched as Fantasian on Apple devices via Apple Arcade in 2021. Developed by Mistwalker and published by Square, the game is now coming to PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox and PlayStation platforms on December 5.
“Of course, we want you to play the game on other platforms as well,” Yoshida said of the game’s release on PC and consoles. “This time, the Xbox Series X|S version will be released at the same time. In the future, Square Enix will release more and more titles simultaneously on each platform, and this is almost the first part, so I hope Xbox users will play it too,” he added (translated from Japanese).
Yoshida’s comments come just over a month after he said he would like to see Final Fantasy XVI released on Xbox consoles. The action RPG was released exclusively for the PS5 in 2023, before making its way to PC in September 2024. An Xbox port of the game has yet to be confirmed by Square Enix.
“Of course, we announced the PC version of the game, so if we look at the Xbox version, we want to release it on Xbox as well,” Yoshida had said in an interview in September. “But when it comes to the details, like when the game would be available and such, we’re not in a position to share anything.”
Earlier this year, Square Enix suffered its biggest quarterly decline in thirteen years after its recent big-budget games underperformed commercially. Sales of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Final Fantasy
As a result, the publisher said it would abandon its PlayStation exclusive strategy and instead launch its biggest games simultaneously on all platforms, including PC, Xbox and Nintendo Switch.
