Spencer originally announced a Final Fantasy 14 Xbox One port in 2019 during the X019 in London event where Microsoft also announced it was bringing multiple Final Fantasy titles to Xbox Game Pass. However, the company has not provided any update on the situation since then and this has led fans to speculate that the planned port was shelved. Now, Spencer has cleared all doubts with his comment; although, he did not provide further detail. When he was asked about the game, he replied, “Of course, we haven’t given up yet. This is Microsoft and Square Enix’s commitment to game fans, and we will continue to coordinate.” Back in 2021, Final Fantasy 14’s director, Naoki Yoshida, claimed that the Xbox platform had two regulations preventing the port of the game, saying: While these comments paint the picture that Microsoft and Square Enix reached an impasse and canceled the game, Spencer’s response to Game Watch will be welcome news to Xbox users who are still hoping that the game will arrive on the platform someday. The other regulation is you cannot make a community with plays on a different platform. You can’t form a guild, you can’t enter into a link shell, [and] no free company. So I would like to have Microsoft change their regulations. By the way, Square Enix pushed back the release date of Final Fantasy 16 to Summer 2023, which means that fans will have to wait a bit longer to get their hands on what looks like a promising game if the trailer is anything to go by. The good news is that the remake of FF7 Crisis Core is coming out later this year. This should give Final Fantasy fans something to play after multiple re-runs of Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade.
