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Final Fantasy XVI Pre-Orders to go Live in December

Insider Gaming has learned that Final Fantasy XVI pre-orders are to go live on either December 7 or December 8.

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Insider Gaming has learned that Final Fantasy XVI pre-orders are to go live on either December 7 or December 8.

Sources were unable to give an exact release time of the pre-orders going live, but it’s likely to happen during The Game Awards which takes place on December 8, unless Square Enix or Sony is planning a showcase themselves one day prior.

It’s expected that the game will be announced alongside a new game trailer.

The game was first announced on February 5, 2021, during a special Final Fantasy showcase, but it wasn’t until a short advertisement video on the official PlayStation Twitter account revealed that the game will receive six months of exclusivity on PlayStation 5 before releasing on other platforms.

 

[Umbasaborne]

The game will be announced for june, then get delayed to september, then get one final delay to november

 

[Markio128]

Demo please!

 

[Punished Miku]

I wonder how ridiculous the Collector's Editions will be on the SQEX store.

 

[Synless]

The game will be announced for june, then get delayed to september, then get one final delay to november

I think it gets bumped up to March/April.

 

[AlexxKidd]

 

[saintjules]

Demo please!

Right? See to me, that's what I would be what I'd be announcing at TGA, not when pre-orders go live. Especially when the game is 9+ months out.

 

[Celcius]

I know this is final fantasy but here’s your friendly reminder to never preorder a game, especially digitally.

 

[CunningPlan]

I’m really hoping this is early summer. Been hinted that it may be earlier than expected.

 

[Markio128]

Right? See to me, that's what I would be what I'd be announcing at TGA, not when pre-orders go live. Especially when the game is 9+ months out.

 

[Chukhopops]

I know this is final fantasy but here’s your friendly reminder to never preorder a game, especially digitally.

I remember pre-ordering the Special edition steelbook of FFXV… didn’t go as I expected to say the least.

 

[OsirisBlack]

I know this is final fantasy but here’s your friendly reminder to never preorder a game, especially digitally.

Pre-ordering the collectors edition the second I am able to.

 

[EDMIX]

sweet, I'm trying to get a steel book version.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

April would be amazing.
May/June would be great.
July/August, why must you make me suffer?

 

[Thabass]

I think it gets bumped up to March/April.

Nah, Yoshi-P said summer, it will be summer. He usually doesn't budge on release dates. Definitely feeling June.

 

[Northeastmonk]

So they can reboot the series later on and retell the story of the crystals. day 1 for me regardless

 

[Fbh]

I don't preorder but getting a more specific date would be nice.
I hope we get a more gameplay focused trailer, so far most of them have focused on the world and story with a few short clips of combat, but the next time we see the game I hope we get a better understanding of what playing it will actually be like.

 

[Elios83]

Looking forward to see the different editions, let's see if the collector's is worth it.
The game seems almost done according to Yoshi-P so I guess the release date will be in June.

 

[Hobbygaming]

 

[Pasta la Vista]

This is gonna be so fucking good.

 

[remember_spinal]

I think it gets bumped up to March/April.

Yeah, its sounding like a spring 2023 release

 

[remember_spinal]

Nah, Yoshi-P said summer, it will be summer. He usually doesn't budge on release dates. Definitely feeling June.

He also said it will surprise people to hear the release date is much earlier than we expect, if we already expect summer what would be surprising about June?

 

[Thabass]

He also said it will surprise people to hear the release date is much earlier than we expect, if we already expect summer what would be surprising about June?

Depends. June 20th (or 21st) is the first day of Summer. I can see it being the week of June 1st.