Games @lemmy.world simple @lemm.ee 2 wk. ago

Final Fantasy XVI is out now on Steam and Epic Games Store

Source: https://twitter.com/finalfantasyxvi/status/1836043707352760570

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Okay no exclusivity

This bodes well for ff7r2
- The exclusivity deals appear to have been good for no one involved: Epic, Square Enix, Sony, or customers, so I think we've seen the last of them outside of things Epic publishes themselves.
  
  Good! I refuse to participate in that shit, but it really sucks to have to wait an extra year so some other schmuck can make more money...
  
  How was it bad for epic? They would've made more from cuts on sales on steam than selling the full game at the lower rates on their own store? God I wonder how dismal their customer engagement rate is.
I want to open a Final Fantasy-themed Vietnamese restaurant in south central Arizona. I'm going to call it "Pho Enix".

Not sure where to open up shop, but I'm thinking Scottsdale.
- If you don't have Hrothgar themed servers I won't even consider it
  
  If the budget is there then I'll consider it, kupo!
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2515020/FINAL_FANTASY_XVI/

Epic: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/final-fantasy-xvi
There's already a fan-made fix to add things such as FoV and ultrawide and framegen support.
As per Squeenix boss: Play nice.
Could you edit the post and add the actual store links? Thanks!
- Someone just posted 'em in the comments.
According to a friend who had the displeasure of looking at the file size, he claims it's 170GB when all is said and done... Stupid ~~Sony~~ square refusing to let steam preload...
- What’s Sony got to do with this? It’s entirely developed and published by Square.
  
  Yeah true, I had Sony on the brain from a previous comment in this thread lol
- 170 GB is insane. Publishers should really get punished for making larger than average deliveries. Most of that size usage usually comes from poor optimization.
  
  They're typically optimizing for fidelity and performance ahead of install size. Multiple LODs can balloon an install size quite quickly, but they'll give you better bang for your buck in other areas, and storage space is a concern that dissipates more in time, as you upgrade to newer machines.
You can buy the game for $50, and then you can buy 2 DLCs for $20, $25, or $30 more depending on how you buy them.

The DLCs aren't cosmetic - they're "additional" storylines. For a brand new game.

Fuck Square Enix.

edit: who is voting this down? Why are you defending the practice of selling incomplete games with the option to pay to play the entire game ON DAY 1?

This isn't Elder Ring's DLC which released additional content and experiences after delivering an amazing, complete game. This is Square Enix trying to standardize a pay-per-quest system and you're eating it up because of nostalgia.
- Expansion packs are a very old concept. That brand new game came out over a year ago. Also, it's $25 for both DLCs.
  
  very old
  
  Agh, gawd.
- No, these are DLCs for a game that’s over a year old
- Square wasn't going to do DLC for this. The players demanded it.
- The DLCS aren't cosmetic - they're "additional" storylines.
  
  Why are you defending the practice of selling incomplete games with the option to pay to play the entire game ON DAY 1?
  
  What? Is it additional storylines or part of the main game? Who fucking cares, dont buy it if you dont want to. I only recently played the yuffy story on ff7r and it didnt add shit to my experience.

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