Ukulandela isimemezelo esimangalisayo ukuthi I-Final Fantasy XVI okwenzekayo, abalandeli basheshe bacabanga ukuthi umdlalo uzosala iminyaka ukuthi ukhululwe, njengalowo owandulelayo.
I-Final Fantasy XVI Umdidiyeli uNaoki Yoshida ukhulume ngokudalulwa komdlalo e-Tokyo Game Show yalo nyaka (nge Imidlalo Jouhou), ephawula ukuthi iqembu lifuna ukugwema nje ukuphonsa i-trailer ye-CG eseyenziwe ngaphambili, eshiya abalandeli ukuba bacabange ukuthi ukukhululwa kukude.
“Sisebenze kanzima. Bengingafuni ukuvele ngikhiphe imuvi noma amavidiyo ahunyushwe ngaphambilini kanye ne-bam, ilogo!”, kusho u-Yoshida. “Bengifuna ngempela ukukhombisa ividiyo yesikhathi sangempela, engaphakathi komdlalo kodwa umdlalo awulungiswanga futhi ucushwe kahle. Ukukhiqiza inqola bekukhathaza ngalesi sikhathi sokuthuthuka komdlalo.”
Wanezela, “Kodwa uma sikhipha i-trailer eseyenziwe ngaphambili, abalandeli bazothi 'Sizokubonana ngo-2035!' noma okuthize. Ngiwabonile lawo mazwi avela eMelika nakwezinye izindawo. Besifuna ngempela ukukhombisa okuthile emdlalweni.”
Ngesikhathi sokusakaza u-Yoshida waphawula ukuthi okwamanje ugxile ekuthuthukisweni kwe I-Final Fantasy XVI, nokuthi ukuveza kwayo okulandelayo okuhlelelwe u-2021. Uphinde waphawula ukuthi bahlelelwe ukwethula iwebhusayithi yamahlaya yale geyimu, esikhathini esithile kamuva ngenyanga ezayo.
I-Final Fantasy XVI okwamanje yakhelwe i-PlayStation 5.
