• rtxn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    442·
    6 months ago

    Square Enix is slowly starting to realize that locking out a significant part of its potential customers with platform exclusivity will lead to most of those potential customers not buying their shit. It’s like the first vestiges of conscious thought are starting to appear within their leadership.

    • Stovetop@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      6 months ago

      I am happy it’s on Steam, but admittedly Kingdom Hearts 3 is not the main offender here when they still have games trapped on single consoles. KH3 was already on PC, it’s just more accessible now. Can’t say the same about Final Fantasy 16 or Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Hopefully that is what they fix next.

      • rtxn@lemmy.worldEnglish
        16·
        6 months ago

        They’re both timed exclusives, and Square have said that they’d stop platform-exclusive releases after those two games failed to meet shareholders’ expectations. Whether they’ll actually go through with it, or get saturday morning cartoon villain yen sign pupils when Sony makes their next offer, I have no idea.

  • Bassman27@lemmy.worldEnglish
    271·
    6 months ago

    I can’t see myself paying £60 for games that came out on ps2 which were then remastered and rereleased in 2014. Too little too late in this case :’(

      • Zahille7@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        6 months ago

        I know it’s not the same, but it gives off similar energy as Sony RE releasing all the previous Spider-Man movies to theaters because Madame Web flopped so hard.

    • Veraxus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      6 months ago

      Ditto. If these were FFVII-style remakes, sure… but for a two-decade old franchise whose last release was half a decade ago… I’d consider $20.

    • InquisitiveApathy@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      I agree full price is steep, but to be fair 1.5/2.5 is like 4 or 5 different games (plus a few cinematic movies for lore from the obscure handheld games) in one and the remasters are actually really well done and add a bunch of content. I don’t know how they perform on PC though since it’s a Square port.

    • khlinxchaos@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      Probably not fully, unless they actually do work on the games. The cutscenes on some of the games play with a proprietary protocol that even Proton-GE can’t run. So, while the game works, the cutscenes don’t.

      It’s feasible that they will fix it, but I consider it highly unlikely.

    • BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      I’d hope so and square enix has been… improving, but their track record of ports even working properly on an average windows PC is not super great. I’m still hoping I’m wrong, but betting against it launching in verified status and kinda 50/50 on it working at all on my steam deck.

  • aciDC14@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    6 months ago

    Finally!!! Thank god i don’t have to shill 60(+) dollars to Epic just to get it on PC!