Square Enix won’t make Xbox Series X or PS5 exclusives for a while, favors cross-gen for now
It’ll be some time before the current hardware is cut off from Square Enix games.
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If you intend to stick to your current consoles for the time being, you’ll still be able to play new Square Enix titles for a while.According to a Q&Aheld during the company’s recent financial results briefing, Square Enix is not interested in making games exclusive to theXbox Series Xand thePlayStation 5for the time being and will instead develop cross-generation games.
When asked about the company’s plan for next-generation consoles, Square Enix stated “The next-generation consoles will have backward compatibility, so we plan for the time being to make our new titles available for both current and next-generation consoles. It will therefore be somewhat farther down the road that we release titles exclusively for the next-generation consoles.”
It will be interesting to see what other publishers follow suit in offering cross-generation games for a time and which ones ditch the current hardware as quickly as possible. Square Enix has some major games in its pipeline, such as the impending PlayStation 4 timed exclusive,Final Fantasy 7 Remake, as well as publishingOutriders, a game coming from People Can Fly.
Outriders embraces the looter shooter formula in a three-player cooperative setting, exploring classed-based role-playing to augment its unrestrained combat. While headed to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC this holiday, it’s also among Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 launch libraries.
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Samuel Tolbert is a freelance writer covering gaming news, previews, reviews, interviews and different aspects of the gaming industry, specifically focusing on Xbox and PC gaming on Windows Central. You can find him on Twitter@SamuelTolbert.
