Yesterday they were finally released first glimpses of Final Fantasy XVIone of the most anticipated video games of the whole year 2023. The specialized press had the enormous pleasure of play a demo special of this installment of the Square Enix saga, and as many expected, they believe that we could be facing one of the GOTY candidates and one of the best action titles of recent years.

In addition to the new gameplay videos that have been appearing since yesterday, the developers of Final Fantasy XVI They gave a lot of media interviews in which they revealed very interesting details about the game. And of course, one of the questions they received was why this game is not intergenerationalIt is why it won’t see the light on ps4.

The reason FFXVI won’t come to PS4

  • In an article published by IGNpointed out Naoki Yoshida (producer) the importance of the power of the PS5 with a clear example: “While you’re fighting Ifrit and Garuda in the demo, in the background the PS5 is loading the next cutscene. It’s getting ready so we can skip through without cutting”
  • For his part, Ryoto Suzuki (fight director) commented that if it weren’t for the PS5’s memory and SSD speed, the game would still be in full development instead of meeting near its end
  • “You’re graphically drawing fists and claws and wings (of Eikon’s abilities) and everything in real time and everything with these beautiful graphics and having all these different options available to you. Doing all of this perfectly is only possible thanks to the power of the PlayStation 5.“added Suzuki
  • It is therefore clear that The PS4 does not have the necessary features for Final Fantasy XVI to present a technical section like the one seen in the gameplays from PS5

And for when the PC version?

The theme of the PC version of Final Fantasy XVI has always been shrouded in mystery, partly due to miscommunication between PlayStation and Square Enix. Fortunately yesterday the good Yoshi-P shed a little more light on the subject by refute the false belief that the PC port it will be released right at the end of the temporary exclusivity with Sony, early 2024.

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