In an interview on the Japanese Playstation blog, final fantasy 16 Producer Naoki Yoshida has clarified his earlier comments regarding the game possibly releasing on PC. final fantasy 16 will be a timed PS5 exclusive for a period of six months after its release on June 22, 2023. During the interview, Yoshida said that the game will not be released on PC immediately after the exclusivity period, but that the team developer is interested in possibly making a PC port.
Here is a direct quote from Yoshida on FFXVIthe six-month exclusivity period and a possible PC version:
I want to clarify that the PC version will not be released for six months. (after the initial release date.) (…) We would like to release (a PC version) eventually, and I think we will, but at the moment we are not at a stage where we can say when.
Yoshida wanted to clarify his earlier statement from January 2023, when he told people to buy a PS5 if they wanted to play. In this new interview, the producer said that he didn’t mean that a PC version was out of the question, but that the hypothetical PC version would not be released immediately after the exclusivity period, because it would take more six months. Optimize the game for PC.
final fantasy 16 will be released worldwide on PlayStation 5 on June 22, 2023. It will be a timed exclusive for six months. The game might appear on PC sometime after the exclusivity period ends.