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Otter on 16 March 2025
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JRPGfan said:

the thing is like 80-90% of the market share for final fantasy is probably on Playstation.... 
Also exclusives usually get a small boost, from more awareness about the game, marketing and such.

A potential trade off, by going multiplat could be some loss on Playstation side,
that and the "money hat" gift from sony, might mean going multiplat day and date, isn't worth it for them.
ontop of the extra costs with porting the games.

"is it worth it" ? 

probably...I doubt xbox user, would make much of a difference here (like a drop in a bucket).
A bad game just does poorly everywhere.

It might be worth a small bit to go day and date on pc though. Potentially enough to not go exclusive with playstation. 
Then theres the risk of it getting cracked early, and people playing it that way (and the loss of sales potential from such).
However xbox is a non factor in this (imo).

Only SE know, end of the day.

There's no harm in going multiplatform with a big publisher like SE & Final Fantasy. Exclusivity means most when you need help financing a game or want to establish an initial core audience on a popular platform. 

Playstation audiences are not going to play a cracked PC version of the a game that leaks a few week early so there is no real concern there. PC audiences will be way more invested if it's day and date versus 1 year later. Xbox audience is not significant but doesn't hurt (500k+), especially when new entries are loosing the core playstation audience, it's not impossible they somehow connect a bit more with Xbox's who are less turn base friendly. Add all platforms together and there is higher chance of vitality and word of mouth. 

Probably the biggest negative impact multiplatform has, is on the team, as they would much rather focus on 1 platform and get the game out sooner and with less stress. I think this is the reason why Japanese Devs have often been stubborn with ports (like Atlus ignoring Switch) and why SE went Playstation exclusivity with XVI. Less work for more or less a similar amount of anticipated money. Now their focus is on finding new players and securing a future for the franchise, they need as many potential users as possible.

Switch 2 has the biggest potential because it could add an extra 1m from Japan alone if the game resonates with it's audience. PC in the long run could be huge too.

Last edited by Otter - on 16 March 2025