Square Enix intends to release “more and more” of its games simultaneously on Xbox. In a recent interview, Final Fantasy producer and industry legend Naoki Yoshida said that the Japanese studio will follow a multi-platform release strategy for more of its upcoming games. Square Enix has continued to release its latest games exclusively on the PS5, but its biggest titles have fallen short of expectations.

More Square Enix games on Xbox

Yoshida, fondly known as Yoshi-P, made the comments in an interview with 4Gamer after the Tokyo Game Show, ahead of the release of Square Enix’s Fantasian Neo Dimension. The RPG first launched as Fantasian on Apple devices through Apple Arcade in 2021. Developed by Mistwalker and published by Square, the game is now coming to PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and PlayStation platforms on December 5th.

“Of course, we want you to play the game on other platforms as well,” Yoshida said of the game’s release on PC and consoles. “This time the Xbox Series X|S version will be released at the same time. In the future, Square Enix will release more and more games simultaneously on each platform, and this is close to the first release, so I hope Xbox users will also play it,” he added (translated from Japanese).

Yoshida’s comments come just over a month after he said he would like to see Final Fantasy XVI released on Xbox consoles. An action-RPG released exclusively on PS5 in 2023 before coming to PC in September 2024. Square Enix has yet to confirm an Xbox port of the game.

“Obviously, we announced the PC version of the game, so looking at the Xbox version, we want to release it on Xbox,” Yoshida said in an interview in September. “But when it comes to details, like when the game will be available, etc., we are not in a position to share anything.”

Earlier this year, Square Enix suffered its biggest quarterly decline in 13 years after its recent big-budget games underperformed commercially. Sales of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Final Fantasy XVI, and Foamstars — all PlayStation exclusive launches — fell short of the company’s expectations for both revenue and profit.

As a result, the publisher said it would abandon its PlayStation exclusive strategy and instead launch its biggest games simultaneously on all platforms, including PC, Xbox and Nintendo Switch.