Square Enix announces plans to bring more of its games to Xbox and PC, and revive old franchises

[Windows Central]

Square Enix has announced in their latest FY24 report that it plans to focus on releasing more games on multiple platforms, including Xbox, and revive old IP as part of their new business strategy.

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[fdruid]

Yeah, I'm gonna be the one to say it: Rats are abandoning the ship.

 

[John McIlhinney]

I would imagine that Sony releasing many of its own exclusives on PC is a sign that releasing exclusively on PlayStation is not the best option financially. Sony has paid developers to do so in order to make up that shortfall but it seems like everyone is working out that it's not enough. It just makes sense that any game developer would want their game in as many hands as possible. There may be or have been some legitimate reasons for certain games or developers to avoid a particular platform but they are either disappearing, e.g. Xbox doing more to properly understand the Japanese market, or are simply not enough to override the reasons to diversify.