Series producer, Yoshinori Kitase, speaking to Eurogamer noted:
Let's not forget, when we developed the FINAL FANTASY XIII series, all three titles, at the early stages of development were working on PC. Then we had to port it to the consoles. As far as the technology is concerned, it would have been possible for us to make a PC version, but we decided against it for two reasons: we looked at the market situation and we didn't think it would be a good idea, and also it would have involved lots of complex issues like security. So we decided not to do at that time
We see potential in it and there are lots of regions and countries where PC gaming is very strong. So in terms of our hope of being able to deliver our games to every single country in the world, and to as many gamers as possible, yes we would definitely be interest in pursuing that route in the future.
It's also worth reminding ourselves that both FINAL FANTASY XIV and KINGDOM HEARTS III are using DirectX 11 development kits. Both games are currently being developed at a quality level higher than what the PlayStation 4 and XBOX One are currently capable of, and will be ported down to those systems requirements. Both next-gen consoles use very similar architecture to PCS, which should facilitate easy porting and multi-platform development.
Speaking at E3 2013, Tetsuya Nomura, director of both FFXV and KH3, stated that Square Enix would considering bringing FFXV and KH3 to hardware capable of running DirectX 11. This could mean that PC gamers will be able to enjoy those two hotly anticipated titles.
It is early days though, Kitase notes:
FINAL FANTASY VII and FINAL FANTASY VIII have been re-released on PC and they've been proving quite popular. It's an early stage for us. We haven't got an awful lot of experience in this field. So when we have more know-how and experience in this market we would be very interested.
[Source: Square Enix "definitely interested" in bringing future Final Fantasy games to PC • News • PC • Eurogamer.net ]
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