Final Fantasy XIV Is Coming to Nintendo Switch 2 in August With a Separate Subscription

Square Enix has announced plans to bring Final Fantasy XIV to Nintendo Switch 2 this August – but determination is simply a catch.

FFXIV manager and shaper Naoki Yoshida (a.k.a. Yoshi-P) and Square Enix president and CEO Takashi Kiryu revealed plans to bring the massively fashionable MMORPG to the Nintendo level arsenic portion of Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest 2026 today. It’s quality that marked an extremity to a agelong wait, but it besides came with the uncover that players connected the hybrid gaming level volition request to rethink their subscription plans.

The presumption continued pursuing the announcement with a graphic confirming that subscriptions for FFXIV connected Switch 2 volition run otherwise than different platforms. While players antecedently lone needed to acquisition the crippled itself and the monthly subscription interest to play connected immoderate platform, the Switch 2 mentation volition necessitate players to acquisition an additional, abstracted subscription.

"After discussions with Nintendo, it was decided that the Switch 2 mentation of Final Fantasy XIV would necessitate a abstracted subscription," Yoshi-P said via translator. "Again, this was decided aft galore months of discussions with Nintendo, and I recognize that this is antithetic to however we’ve done things before."

Thankfully, Yoshi-P said that determination were capable to marque immoderate concessions. A Nintendo Switch Online membership, for example, volition not beryllium required to play FFXIV connected Switch 2. Additionally, those with progressive subscriptions connected different platforms volition person a 50% discount for a subscription connected Switch 2.

Final Fantasy XIV presently has nary circumstantial merchandise day for the Switch 2 mentation extracurricular of the committedness to spot its motorboat get successful August. It volition beryllium playable via aboriginal entree to effort for escaped for 1 period earlier its release. The Nintendo information of the presumption past came to an extremity with a unrecorded demo of the crippled moving connected Switch 2.

"A week ago, I had this large thought to play the Switch 2 connected signifier here, and Nintendo benignant of freaked retired a little,” Yoshi-P added. "They were like, 'What?!' But they cooperated and helped america truthful overmuch to marque this happen, truthful convey you, Nintendo, precise overmuch to assistance america marque this hap on-stage today."

The basal crippled Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn primitively launched successful 2013 and, aft lone a fewer teases successful the years since, it is yet coming to a Nintendo platform. Also revealed astatine the 2026 Fan Fest keynote, the upcoming expansion, Evercold, is coming successful January 2027. and got an announcement trailer which you tin spot above. A crossover with Neon Genesis Evangelion is besides successful the works, which volition beryllium a 24-player raid bid coming aft Evercold.

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