Rumors related to the next mainline installment in theFinal Fantasyseries have been circling for some time now. While a new game in the franchise,Final Fantasy VII Remake, just released earlier this year, it has been nearly 4 years sinceFinal Fantasy XVlaunched, which makes it seem just about time for the next iteration in the series to be revealed. According to one potential insider, that reveal could be coming quite soon.
Divulged byResetera user Navtra(and originally reported byWccftech)Final Fantasy XVIis indeed real and it’s “closer than most people would think.” Navtra says that based on what they’re aware of, the 16th installment in the mainlineFinal Fantasyseries was originally set to be unveiled back at Sony’s PS5 reveal event in June. Instead, all that Square Enix ended up rolling up with was the announcement ofProject Athia.
Far and away the most interesting aspect of Navtra’s new comments though relate to howFinal Fantasy XVIwill have some sort of exclusivity to the PS5 platform. While details of this exclusivity still aren’t known for certain, Navtra goes as far to say that “it seems to be full timed exclusivity now.” ConsideringFF7Rwas a timed exclusive for PS4 as well, this wouldn’t be too shocking.
Again, keep in mind that none of this is confirmed just yet, so don’t take anything that Navtra is saying aboutFinal Fantasy XVIto be true by any means. That said, there have been somesupporting rumors in recent weeksthat Sony has opened its checkbook to score other exclusives from third-party companies. This has already been shown to be true with games likeDeathloopandGhostwire Tokyo, so it wouldn’t be shocking to potentially see the PS5 manufacturer scoring other deals with publishers like Square Enix.
Sony is said to be revealing more information about the PS5 later in August, so ifFinal Fantasy XVIis indeed real and is set to be shown off, maybe we’ll learn of its existence in the coming weeks.
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