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Why Final Fantasy is now targeting PC as its "lead platform"

Ars Technica - All content·@KyleOrland·2 months ago
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For a long time now, PC gamers have been used to the Final Fantasy series treating their platform as somewhat secondary to the game's core console versions. There are some signs that may be starting to change, though, as director Naoki Hamaguchi has confirmed that the PC is now the "lead platform" for development of the *Final Fantasy VII Remake* trilogy. In a recent interview with Automaton, Hamaguchi clarified that the team takes the relatively common practice of creating visual assets for its multiplatform games by targeting "high-end environments first," then performing a "reduction" for less powerful platforms. These days, that means "our 3D assets are created at the highest quality level based on PC as the foundation," he said.…

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