TheGamer's Meg Pelliccio says: "There’s a lot to get to grips with for Final Fantasy 16’s combat, but even while learning the ropes, you can’t shake the sense of joy that comes from the fast-paced, action-packed battles. Switching between Eikons mid-battle became an instinctive reaction, and it was fun to roll different abilities together to unleash incredible damage to those around you, while being able to pair together the right accessories to suit my gameplay style and weaknesses was a godsend.
Though we were only given a small slice of the story and characters, it was enough to whet my appetite, and I’m craving more of this darker, grittier world that Square Enix has to offer. I won’t spoil any details for you, but the preview teased an intricate narrative with misdirection, turmoil, and heartache. I think we’re set for an emotional rollercoaster in June."
Xbox ports of Final Fantasy XVI and I-IV Pixel Remasters may be set to be announced at the upcoming TGS 2024, based on the latest rumor.
Hopefully if it does get announced I really hope people actually buy it rather than hope it's on gamepass or comes to gamepass in future.
I hope they support it. It will be a shame if they don’t and Square goes back to leaving Xbox out, unless MS pays some really big bucks to put it on game pass to give square more incentive to release future titles on game pass.
Either way I don’t use game pass to olay my favorite studios games, unless it’s Bethesda or other MS own studios that I like since well MS owns them and they benefit anyways I think lol
They don’t deserve to be supported. Releasing games waaay too late and treating Xbox players secondly.
They never learn yet they blame Xbox players for not buying their products. I wonder why. The only game that releases the same day as ff13 which is the worst of the series.
You build a fan base by treating your customers right. Not by giving them scraps and leaving them to wonder if the games are coming.
Xbox so much in need of games that they pay the price everytime..
On the other hand squats didn’t sell enough so they’ll be the winners
We already know they won’t. They don’t buy MS’s games at a high mark or any other game so why would these be different?
Since both Sony and Nintendo will be present, It´s gonna be interesting to see how many japanese devs and publishers will actually be skipping Xbox, after Tango´s closure.
I really hope they don’t. Companies need to understand that they can’t expect any level of success on a platform just because they release a game years later with absolutely no improvements, often at full price. Developers and publishers seem to forget that they aren’t entitled to sales just because they release a game; they either need to put in the work to build a fanbase or just forget about it.
Also lets be honest there's not going to be a big enough fanbase on Xbox to make a massive difference sales wise, enough to meet Square Enix's massive expectations.
You can release them sure but considering the fact where Xbox is in the overall market, the lower userbase compared to Sony / Nintendo and how the audience aren't really known for buying Japanese games or even JRPG's in general I just don't really see the point in making an Xbox version.
Like you said this is also years later once the games have already been released so that's going to go against them aswell.
"Hopefully if it does get announced I really hope people actually buy it rather than hope it's on gamepass or comes to gamepass in future."
Why do you care about what may or may not make it to GamePass?
There´s nothing preventing people from buying games on Xbox or PC regardless those being available on Gamepass or not.
Sony´s MLB 24 is available on Gamepass, and yet, it´s one of best selling and most played games on Xbox. The *RETAIL* version!
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is Top 10, among Fortnite, COD, GTA V, Roblox, Minecraft and more. And that game is not available on Gamepass.
Now we know that MS is investing 1 freaking Billion in third party content for Gamepass. So chances are that more third party games will be announced for Gamepass at TGS, like you or not.
That been said, I doubt that SE which has been making public statements on how their latest games "underperformed" and failed to meet expectations, would refuse money paid up front. Money that potentially could cover all of their development costs with said games.
You guys are funny. First you said that FF games won´t sell on Xbox and that´s the reason why SE couldn´t even bother and port their games for Xbox consoles. And now that there´s a *chance* those games might be coming to Gamepass, all of sudden you´re "hoping" that people actually buy it rather than hope it's on gamepass or comes to gamepass in future.
You can´t make sh!t up.
"Sony´s MLB 24 is available on Gamepass, and yet, it´s one of best selling and most played games on Xbox. The *RETAIL* version!
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is Top 10, among Fortnite, COD, GTA V, Roblox, Minecraft and more. And that game is not available on Gamepass."
Dude, you need to put things in perspective. 6/10 is a higher percent than 500/1000 but 500 is still more than 6.
@Einhander1972
"Dude, you need to put things in perspective."
Sure... I´ll put it this way to make things a little easier for you to understand.
Right now, San Diego Studio is the *only* GaaS focused Playstation first party studio making games for both Xbox and PS5. It´s been 3 years now. Day One on Gamepass AND retail version on Xbox. No PC version is available.
Now, based on information I´d provided you above, I can safely say that San Diego is also the *only* *GaaS* Playstation first party studio which is not shacking their boots over the possibility of getting their studio shut down or it´s developers fired. (FYI, as of now, not a single person from that studio got fired)
That been said, you can always reach San Diego´s developers themselves and ask them whenever they´re happy for their game reaching more players on Xbox or not.
You know, just in case you need further "context" on the matter.
I read the username. Noticed the wall of text and I really can't be bothered to waste a few minutes of my life read what ever you have to type I'm annoyed with my self I'm taking seconds to type this.
But I'm polite enough to responded.
Congratulations
Or
I'm sorry for what you are going through.
I want physical copies for both. Though I already got FF16 on PS5 while it was on sale for $30
Microsoft made it clear that their own first party titles' sales suffer due to Game Pass.
If the very titles that give one their reason to buy an Xbox have people using Game Pass to play it, I don't see much (i.e., *any) hope of this game performing well sales wise on Xbox.
And mind you, I think we all expected it to perform better than it did on PlayStation.
I think it either launches on Game Pass or comes to the service within 6 months.
I can definitely see that happening. Great game. I hope people support it since I’m a big Square fan.
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According to these new benchmark reports, Final Fantasy 16 can’t deliver 60 FPS while running native 4K resolution.
That's honestly a good explanation, Square-Enix is notoriously bad for PC ports, even amongst Japanese developers. I don't think they ever fixed the Nier Automata, or World of Final Fantasy. I think they eventually did fix Chrono Trigger, but that was 2 or 3 years after release.
Bad optimized on ps5 as well that and Rebirth... Square Enix will never bother though since those games are below their EXPECTATIONS they say
Guys, you gotta explain the downvotes when I've stated nothing but facts, Square-Enix has consistently done a bad job when they port their games to PC, often, it's the players or fix their games with mods, if the game ever gets fixed.
It was like this with Alan wake 2 DLSS is a life saver, I can imagine the 5090 without DLSS will give you the same performance of a 4090 with DLSS
So now it's SE that is bad because the most powerful GPU out there is also struggling with the game. I remember people were blaming the PS5 as "outdated" and "weak" and some other things when the game came out. Double standard much?
One, I don't speak for everybody; nor they me. Two, Square Enix can do a poor job optimizing for both console AND PC as well. They're just known for bad PC ports in general.
Bingo
I said it all along that the game is badly optimized but oh no it's Ps5 fault the game is pushing it to max lol
When i look at games like Horizon Forbidden West and Spiderman 2 and Ratchet and clank etc and see how beautiful they look and run ... Anyone saying anything close to that lose their credibility at once
Ps5 while on paper weaker than X it was running games better than it and still is
Square Enix REALLY needs to just find a solid company to outsource these PC ports... They are just butchering their own releases on PC and it's very sad to see.
Yeah i strugged on a 3090ti (i have a stupid 49in ultrawide). But what was interesting, changing the settings and resolution made little difference. Just a poor port.
But tbh I found the 75% of the demo being cutscenes harder to get through than the performance (but im not a FF guy).
there's UW mod out there, it fixes a bunch of other performance issues too.
Google FFXVIFix by Lyall.
i had the same issue as did my daughter on her 3070 rig, but if you install the mod dlssg-to-fsr3-0.100 (Universal) Which tricks games and your nvidia driver to run in unsigned mode and so it thinks its a 40 series card and so you can use frame gen and fsr3 it makes the game perform much better. Granted we should not need to do this but this mod works on near enough any game and can duble your frame rate. I can run the game at 144fps and my daughters its 120fps witjh the mod.
You can also get a mod which unlocks the cutscenes so they run at 60 vs the official game setting of 30fps..
Square need to fix up! i want to double dip as loved the game on my PS5 but sadly it killed my launch ps5.
Too scared to play it on my current ps5. So pc would be perfect..google the name of the mod
But it also drops below 60 from time to time, particularly in the most demanding sections, its not locked.
Which is literally what the article says
no, it fluctuated from 50-70. Which, at native 4K isn't all that bad. Compared to what we get with consoles.
Final Fantasy XVI Complete Edition, thankfully, sticks the landing with all the elegance of an Imperial Dragoon.
Oh boy I guess we are allowed to play this game? Thanks for letting us know. So brave of you children to not spoil this game like Hogwarts.