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Yoshida: Square Enix Games to Release Simultaneously on More Platforms in the Future

Yoshida: Square Enix Games to Release Simultaneously on More Platforms in the Future - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 January 2025 / 3,067 Views

Final Fantasy producer Naoki Yoshida in an interview with 4Gamer about FANTASIAN Neo Dimension said Square Enix plans to launch its games "simultaneously" on more platforms.

"We want you to play the game on other platforms as well," said Yoshida. "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 close to the first installment, so I hope Xbox users will play it as well."

Square Enix in September released all six games in the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series on the Xbox Series X|S. 

Yoshida recently stated he wants to release Final Fantasy XVI on Xbox consoles. Final Fantasy XVI released for the PlayStation 5 in June 2023 and for PC via Steam and Epic Games Store in September.

FANTASIAN Neo Dimension will launch for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam on December 5.


A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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30 Comments
curl-6 (on 03 November 2024)

With how much AAA games cost these days, releasing on just one platform just isn't worth it unless you're a first party studio.

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zero129 curl-6 (on 04 November 2024)

"unless you're a first party studio." . Even then it doesnt seem worth it, when even first party's are releasing their games multi platform now except for Nintendo.

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2zosteven zero129 (on 04 November 2024)

i wonder what kind of sales nintendo would get releasing their games on other platforms a couple years after release?

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2zosteven zero129 (on 05 November 2024)

Correct, nintendo is safe!
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 64.27 million
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 46.45 million
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 35.14 million
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 32.29 million
Super Mario Odyssey – 28.50 million
Pokemon Sword / Pokemon Shield – 26.44 million
Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet – 25.69 million
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – 21.04 million
Super Mario Party – 20.98 million
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 17.77 millionl

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Koragg (on 04 November 2024)

Good, 3rd party exclusvies are silly

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Tico (on 04 November 2024)

Final Fantasy 9 Remake to release simultaneously on Switch 2, Xbox, Playstation and PC.

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LudicrousSpeed (on 06 November 2024)

JRPGs suck unless you’re a teenager 👍

They haven’t cultivated any kind of audience on Xbox for their games, so good luck. They should see better PC sales though if they launch day one instead of a year or so later.

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The Fury (on 04 November 2024)

I'm sure they've said this before, making games on other systems is probably best for them but then if they did take Sony money for 16 and even 7Rs, then well surely they would have known about the potential loss of revenue and the money taken would have compensated them substantially. Alas, not like it was 20 years ago where developers are probably best prioritising a single system to maximise profits.

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HopeMillsHorror (on 04 November 2024)

Happy to see more people will have access to these games... especially while they're relevant

Too many people missed out on Rebirth imo. It was so good! <3

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JRPGfan (on 04 November 2024)

Old school, top down 3D isometric view, turn based, random encounters, it has a world map akin to old final fantasy games. I'm sure it'll do well on xbox. That said, this is my kinda game, I've even said before I hope somebody makes use of these old almost forgotten techniques to make a game ( to save costs).

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Chazore (on 03 November 2024)

At this point in the game, it's in your best interests to reach as many platforms as you possibly can. Leaving ones on the table just means you're leaving money on the table, and letting your competitors grab that bag.

Also rising costs means you cannot really afford to ignore other platforms over periods of time. It's just not worth the risk to ignore.

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JRPGfan Chazore (on 04 November 2024)

FANTASIAN Neo Dimension, looks like it had a budget below 50 million. It went old school, and used a lot of the techniques that cut development time. This one isn't a thing that should struggle to recoup costs.

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Chazore JRPGfan (on 04 November 2024)

It definitely looks that way. Didn't even know it was coming to other platforms either (Tbh you're the one person that brought the IP to my attention).

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Otter (on 04 November 2024)

Hoping they focus on PC/XBox/Playstation day one, and then address Switch 2 later down the line (9-12months), like how they currently treat their PC ports.

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KrspaceT Otter (on 04 November 2024)

Hey. Ask for better treatment for all not worse fjr more

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Azzanation (on 03 November 2024)

It literally makes zero sense for 3rd party games to be single platform. It only hurts the industry and developers. Nintendo hurt Sega for doing it and Sony hurt Nintendo for doing it. 1st and 2nd party games should be the only exceptions. Glad Square has finally seen the light.

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Giggity_goo (on 04 November 2024)

probably have XVI running at 480p on the S, i got half way through it on PS5 and got bored of it, its very repetitive way to much go fetch me this go and kill that and its all forced in-between the main story aswell.. ended up selling it on eBay

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xgamerx (on 03 November 2024)

too late.. you failed to cultivate an audience on xbox, unlike sega/atlus or any other major jap publisher..

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Qwark xgamerx (on 03 November 2024)

Yeah I sincerely doubt Xbox is the deciding factor in making any JRPG successful. They missed their chance at Switch and PC, which are both far bigger than PS5.

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DekutheEvilClown Qwark (on 04 November 2024)

For Story Driven single player games Playstation is still the absolute most important market for third party publishers. A game like FFXVI sold 3M in its first week on PS5, it’s sold around 220k on Steam in 2 months.

How many third party games have sold 5M+ on the Switch. Monster hunter Rise(which still sold much worse than World WW) and what else? How did a game like Shin Megami Tensi V do on Switch? Much worse than the games that have Playstation as the lead format. Square also launched a ton of games on the Switch the skipped other systems. None were earth shattering in sales.

If Square are going to suddenly pivot to making multiplayer games, western style RPG’s(FFXVI is not remotely western btw, it’s basically just an anime in game form using realistic graphics) and survival craft games then maybe PC will become their main format.

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KrspaceT DekutheEvilClown (on 04 November 2024)

3rd parties also suck at revealing sales figures. Honestly Nintendo is the best of them all about it. And when Nintendo is more transparent than you...

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DekutheEvilClown KrspaceT (on 04 November 2024)

Nintendo also reveal which percentage of software sales are first party and it’s generally around 80% each quarter. That would put the Switch’s lifetime third party software sales at around 250m units. PlayStation sold 246.7M units of third party software just in the last Financial Year.

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KrspaceT DekutheEvilClown (on 04 November 2024)

So that's a what problem exactly? 3rd parties don't push their software hard on Switch so it sells less or comes later and thius sells less. Nintendo gives them the bulk of directs so it does its job

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DekutheEvilClown KrspaceT (on 04 November 2024)

The problem is that putting Final Fantasy on the Switch isn’t going to suddenly solve any problems that Square have. The core audience for the game is still the PS, it just isn’t selling enough to its core audience.

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firebush03 xgamerx (on 03 November 2024)

I kinda agree…but also kinda disagree. Final Fantasy is already a very recognizable series in Japan. Bringing these games over the NSW2 and PC could breath new life into the series, bringing it to highs not seen prior. Immediate examples are BotW, SMOdyssey, MK8D, ACNH, SSBU, KirbyFL, etc.

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JRPGfan firebush03 (on 04 November 2024)

Switch has FF2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,10-2,12, 15pocket edition. Basically it has every FF game it can run. So what "breath new life into the series" are you talking about? The switch has all the FF games. The same is true for PC, its all there.

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firebush03 JRPGfan (on 04 November 2024)

I guess I should’ve been more careful in clarifying I’m specifically talking about the latest mainline entries: In this regard, SqEnix hasn’t cultivated much of a base on NSW since SNES.

“breath new life” referring to the Nintendo and PC base of FF consumers specifically for the latest mainline entries. Def smth I should’ve been more careful in explicitly stating…my bad.

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JRPGfan firebush03 (on 04 November 2024)

The only games missing are 14 (the mmo) and 15 (non pocket ed) and 16. If the Switch 2 can run them, I'm sure square enix will consider doing it.

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The Fury JRPGfan (on 04 November 2024)

13 and it's sequels too, which makes me wonder, why haven't SquEnix does remasters of them yet? They would easily be able to be added to all modern systems.

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JRPGfan xgamerx (on 04 November 2024)

Honestly its been the shooter box for so long, that the audience there, just arn't super JRPG focused.
Its like that "what came first? the chicken or the egg"? Maybe the audience seemingly not being there, could result in the games thus not being there.

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