It’s been fairly a busy interval for PS5 video games making their method to PC, and it’s about to get even higher for these awaiting the arrival of Ultimate Fantasy XVI. In a current interview, FF16 producer Naoki Yoshida hinted that the sport could possibly be playable throughout the subsequent 12 months, however warned that the system necessities are presently “fairly excessive”.
We’re curious to see the place XVI ranks on the listing of finest Ultimate Fantasy video games on PC, and its optimization will play an enormous function on this. Early feedback counsel you might want among the finest graphics playing cards to push for one of the best efficiency, however have loads of different PS5 ports to assist us perceive what elements would possibly be wanted.
The feedback on Ultimate Fantasy 16’s system necessities come from a Naoki Yoshida interview with Sport Informer. He states: “By way of the place we’re in improvement presently, we’re attempting to determine the ultimate levels of optimization proper now. Once we can launch the PC model is likely to be depending on that – the system necessities and specs for PC that gamers will want, so we’re attempting to determine that out. Naturally, [the PC specifications] need to be considerably excessive.”
It’s commonplace for system necessities to look just a little intimidating earlier than optimizations have been made to a PC port. A terrific current instance of that is Alan Wake 2, which just lately dropped its system necessities following such optimizations.
If we take a look at different ports from the PS5 library, together with Horizon Forbidden West, we will see that the entry-level necessities are very accessible for older gaming methods. It’s solely if you wish to take pleasure in steady 4K gameplay that the calls for develop into just a little tough to fulfill.
Whereas FF16 is prone to be ported in-house at Sq. Enix reasonably than utilizing PS5 port specialist Nixxes, it might be pulled in to assist out as soon as work on Horizon Forbidden West is full.
The Ultimate Fantasy XVI launch date window was additionally hinted at on this interview and we’ve addressed the potential for it launching this 12 months in one other article.
Whereas we doubt you’ll want a completely new rig to play Ultimate Fantasy XVI, we will present you the way to construct a gaming PC in 2024 must you be due an improve.