Final Fantasy Going to PC

Square Enix Admit it Wants to Bring Final Fantasy Game to PC

Final Fantasy Going to PC

"Final Fantasy releases have been few and far between in PC-land, leaving us to make do with just Final Fantasy VII and VIII, as well as the two forays into the online wilderness, Final Fantasy XI and XIV: A Realm Reborn. Kitase has revealed though that the early stages of development for the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy all began on PC, before porting the game over to consoles for release…

There was at one time an option for the team at Square Enix to release the games for PC, but that ultimately the team decided against it. Kitase said; “As far as the technology is concerned, it would

Still, going forward Kitase believes that there very much is a market for a PC gaming audience for Square Enix’s beloved and yet troubled franchise. “We see potential in it and there are lots of regions and countries where PC is very strong,” he continued. “So in terms of our hope of being able to deliver our games to every single country in the world and to as many gamers as possible, yes, we would definitely be interested in pursuing that route in the future."

The last single-player Final Fantasy game to release on PC was Final Fantasy VIII way back in 2000. Recent re-releases of Final Fantasy VII and VIII on Steam have proven extremely popular, making the likelihood of more titles appearing a possibility. "It's an early stage for us. We haven't got an awful lot of experience in this field. So when we have more know-how and experience in this market we would be very interested."

So far Final Fantasy XV has only been confirmed for a Playstation 4 and Xbox One release."
have been possible for us to make a PC version, but we decided against it for two reasons: we looked at the market situation and we didn't think it would be a good idea, and also it would have involved lots of complex issues like security. So we decided not to do it this time around.”

source - Game-Debate