As we draw closer to the official unveiling of the Nintendo Switch 2, many people are rightfully speculating about what will be on the system in its first year or so from both a 1st and 3rd party perspective. After all, with the success of the OG Switch and the potential for the Switch 2 to be as successful, or at least close to it, you’d imagine that many companies would be racing to make titles for the console right out of the gate. That brings us to Square Enix, and specifically, their title, Final Fantasy XIV. It’s been around for ten years and is getting ready for a new expansion. But could it also be getting ready for a new platform?
And no, I’m not referring to the Xbox, as it’s already on that platform now. Instead, I’m talking about the Switch 2, as director Naoki Yoshida was asked about that in a chat with Easy Allies, and he admitted that he would be open to it because he wants the game on as many platforms as possible:
“My dream, or goal, for more than ten years at this points is for players to be able to play Final Fantasy XIV regardless of device, and be able to access the servers to go in and access the same world. … we’ve been talking for years to bring the game on the Xbox platform, and so of course we would love to have our title available on the Nintendo platform, and we do want to continue our efforts. But it did take a lot of time – with Xbox, we literally have talked for years, and it is now finally coming to fruition. We will try our best and continue to work hard at it and continue our efforts. Eventually, it would be cool – something that we would love to sort of explore and make a reality one day.”
A key thing to note here is that Square Enix has made a promise to go more multi-platform with its titles in the future, and they’ve already made good on that promise in key ways. So, the Switch might not just get their MMO, but other titles should things pan out. Stay tuned!
