Phil Spencer, Xbox head, revealed that Xbox is still working on bringing Final Fantasy 14 to the console. Spencer made this revelation while speaking to a Japanese publication, Game Watch, after Xbox's Tokyo Game Show 2022.
Spencer originally announced a Final Fantasy 14 Xbox One port in 2019 during the X019 in London event where Microsoft also announced it was bringing multiple Final Fantasy titles to Xbox Game Pass.
However, the company has not provided any update on the situation since then and this has led fans to speculate that the planned port was shelved. Now, Spencer has cleared all doubts with his comment; although, he did not provide further detail.
When he was asked about the game, he replied, "Of course, we haven't given up yet. This is Microsoft and Square Enix's commitment to game fans, and we will continue to coordinate.
Back in 2021, Final Fantasy 14's director, Naoki Yoshida, claimed that the Xbox platform had two regulations preventing the port of the game, saying: To play an MMORPG [on Xbox], there are 2 regulations for Microsoft which stand in the way of making crossplay feasible. Unless these regulations are rejected, there is no meaning. One of the regulations is that players with different platforms cannot chat with each other in-game. Then how do you play an MMO?