Final Fantasy XVI likely won't release before April 2022

While it was revealed last year during the PS5 showcase without a business firm release date, fans were undoubtedly hoping to encounter a Final Fantasy 16 2021 release then they could offset playing the latest Concluding Fantasy game sooner rather than later on. Nevertheless, now information technology's looking unlikely that we'll see Final Fantasy XVI release before April 2022, every bit the latest Square Enix financial study suggests the publisher will be focusing on original IP until so.

Why is a Final Fantasy xvi 2021 release date unlikely?

Final Fantasy XVI 2021 release

Foursquare Enix has released its latest financial reports for the past year, and during the report the publisher stated that it will be focusing on new IP for the time until the end of this financial year, which ends March 2022. This means Foursquare Enix intends to concentrate on original titles such as Outriders, Project Triangle Strategy, and Forspoken until at least April next yr, significant that titles such Final Fantasy 16 and Dragon Quest 12 won't release until later in 2022.

Square Enix surprised at results past saying titles coming in menses ending Mar 2022 will exist focused on new IP titles (Outriders, Forspoken etc), that major IPs will come in the post-obit years. So I recall that means FF16,DQ12 etc will be Apr 2022 or later. Surprised #SquareEnix

— David Gibson (@gibbogame) May thirteen, 2021

This may only refer to full entries in the studio's primary franchises, since Square Enix has already appear that boxing royale game Concluding Fantasy 7 The First Soldier will be out in 2021. This also gives promise to the possibility that Final Fantasy VII Remake Part ii may release before April 2022, although with Final Fantasy XVI so far along there is doubt about that releasing anytime soon.

Concluding Fantasy 16 certainly hasn't had annihilation more an proclamation trailer and so far, meaning that it was always unlikely to go a release in 2021, but it's disappointing to have the confirmed. Nevertheless, Forspoken — previously known as Projection Athia — has been rumored for an early 2022 release date so that will likely hit before April 2022.

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