Square Is Trying Everything to Bring Full Version of Final Fantasy XV to Switch
11/09/2017 05:06 pm EST
Could Square Enix Port This All to Unreal Engine?!
Tabata revealed that Square Enix is willing to go the extra mile, potentially porting the entire game to a new engine to make scale more readily to the new hardware spec.
"Honestly, when we did the technical test to see if we could use the same native engine we used on other console versions on the Switch, we tried to run it there, the results weren't satisfactory," said Tabata. "It wasn't what you'd want from a final game. It doesn't mean that's the end of that - we're looking at the options, like the customisation of the engine.
"To give you an example how open those discussions are - we're talking to Epic at the moment, about maybe what we could possibly do there, and if we did a Switch version maybe we'd be able to partner and do something there. Their Unreal environment is just amazing, and will be very useful. You have to have all those options on the table - without that it'd be impossible to make a decision about what we can do on that platform."
It's unprecedented, really, and it goes to show just how successful the Switch is in Japan. If Square Enix can pull this off, it will send a signal to other big third-party developers and publishers in Japan. No doubt Tabata's transparency in this effort is already sending out a message loudly and clearly.
Would you play FFXV on the Switch?
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