Final Fantasy XVI on PS4? JRPG combat would be to blame for being PS5 exclusive

why won’t he come Final Fantasy XVI A PlayStation 4? This is one of the most repeated questions by users of Sony’s latest generation console. While it’s true that Square Enix might start working on a PC version after launch, the Japanese company’s veteran platform has for some reason left itself without the expected JRPG.

Naoki Yoshida and Ryoto Suzuki, Head of Final Fantasy XVIthey explained in an interview for IGN and comments collected by the media Game store, the decision not to bring the game to PS4. As work product Yoshida points out, next-gen combat would be the primary “culprit.”

“This is only possible on PlayStation 5. While you are fighting Ifrit and Garuda and have th is great battle, in the background The PS5 loads the next scene

… is preparing to pass without problem”; underlined the producer on the advantages that the Sony console offers for the fight.

For his part, JRPG director Ryoto Suzuki also points out that thanks to the PlayStation 5 hardware, these combat transitions are smooth, added to the SSD capacity there RAM memory of PlayStation 5 allowing the inexistence of loading time. Final Fantasy XVI will land on PS5 next June.