Phil Spencer confirms Microsoft \u201chasn\u2019t given up\u201d on FFXIV coming to Xbox Square Enix \/ XboxFollowing Microsoft\u2019s Tokyo Game Show conference, Phil Spencer confirmed the company is still trying to get FFXIV on Xbox. After more than a decade, Final Fantasy XIV Online has continued on and become one of the most popular MMOs available today. However, despite availability and crossplay on platforms like PlayStation and PC, there is still one big hole in FFXIV\u2019s coverage: Xbox consoles. Now, CEO of Microsoft Gaming Phil Spencer has confirmed the company still plans on bringing the MMO to Xbox consoles in the future. Phil Spencer speaks about FFXIV coming to Xbox Following Xbox\u2019s Tokyo Game Show 2022, Spencer spoke to the Japanese gaming publication Game Watch about the company\u2019s relationship with Japan. During the interview, Game Watch\u2019s Seiji Nakamura asked Spencer about the last time they spoke during Xbox\u2019s \u2018X019\u2019 event in 2019, in which Spencer discussed bringing FFXIV to Xbox. Back in 2019, Spencer visited Japan and confirmed that he\u2019d spoken with Naoki Yoshida, FFXIV\u2019s director, saying the company was \u201clooking for a way to develop it on Xbox with Mr. Yoshida.\u201d Spencer acknowledged those comments and confirmed \u201cOf course, we haven\u2019t given up yet. This is Microsoft and Square Enix\u2019s commitment to the game fans of both companies, and we will continue to coordinate in the future.\u201d Unfortunately, Spencer didn\u2019t give any updated progress reports on when Xbox fans could expect the MMO to make its way to the Xbox Series X and S. However, Yoshida himself did shed a bit of light on what exactly was holding up progress on FFXIV coming to Xbox consoles. In a 2019 interview with the publication Wccftech, Yoshida said, \u201cTo play an MMORPG, there are 2 regulations for Microsoft which stand in the way of making crossplay feasible.\u201d Yoshida goes on to explain that one of those regulations was that players with different platforms \u201ccannot chat with each other in-game,\u201d while the other was \u201cyou cannot make a community with [players] on a different platform.\u201d Obviously, this created a big hurdle for the development team when trying to bring the game to Xbox platforms. While there\u2019s no official word just yet on when FFXIV will come to Xbox, it\u2019s clear that Phil Spencer still has his eye on the gigantic MMO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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