Next Final Fantasy XVI trailer to be released next month, release date announced after

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When they share info, they tend to share some of the most random aspects of the game I swear. There's a charm to it with its long history however.
 
Gonna guess July 2023 release date. They released FFXIV: Shadowbringers in July and that game did really well.
 
Well if you look at how Sony are managing their State Of Plays you'll notice that they are running on a pretty regular schedule. "Normal" SOP's have been March, June, and September, with special "spotlight" shows somewhere inbetween, for instance they had a GT7 show in Feb, and a Hogwarts one in late March.

Its possible that they made do a similar special showcase for FFXVI.
 
YukiOnna said:
Yoshi-P the true PS Showcase insider?
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Jim won't like this :messenger_tears_of_joy:
A SoP is more likely at this stage, a showcase would require a significant amount of new Playstation Studios contents and it's unlikely they will feel confident about showing those in October when they weren't in September. I think a proper showcase is either in December or more likely next year.

Btw the new FFXVI will focus on the world and the story they stated a while ago, so it will be really interesting to watch.
 
Tiago Rodrigues said:
I wasn't counting on a PS showcase until this tbh.
If they didn't have a trailer for TGS but will have one next month, it has to be there...
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They could well release the trailer by themselves (like they did with FF7 Rebirth) or within a SoP.
Chances of a full showcase this year are imo low after the meaty TGS SoP announcements that also covered a new GoW trailer.
The next big round of first party games, if we don't count PSVR2 games at the beginning of next year, are probably scheduled for the end of 2023 with Spiderman 2 and TLOU Factions (excluding surprises and smaller titles like Helldivers 2 ), so they probably think it's too soon.
There will definitely be more announcements this year through SoPs, TGA and publishers announcing stuff by themselves.
 
Elios83 said:
They could well release the trailer by themselves (like they did with FF7 Rebirth) or within a SoP.
Chances of a full showcase this year are imo low after the meaty TGS SoP announcements that also covered a new GoW trailer.
The next big round of first party games, if we don't count PSVR2 games at the beginning of next year, are probably scheduled for the end of 2023 with Spiderman 2 and TLOU Factions (excluding surprises and smaller titles like Helldivers 2 ), so they probably think it's too soon.
There will definitely be more announcements this year through SoPs, TGA and publishers announcing stuff by themselves.
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Even if its true that spider-man 2 is pushed and they don't have games until early or mid 2024 (unlikely) they would still show and reveal them now. They typically don't wait until the year before or the year of to announce big AAA games outside of remake and the ps5 launch.

We know they have helldivers 2, psvr2 and those games, Spider-man 2. FFXVI, and possibly 2 other games ready to go (firewalks game, GG's shooter, Pixelopus) and they possibly have more 3rd party and indie game deals set.

Sony never does any big announcements for TGA. We know at this point sony doesnt do big first party showcases in the beginning of the year so if its not next month its next fall again and they will need to market their 2023 line up
 
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remember_spinal said:
Even if its true that spider-man 2 is pushed and they don't have games until early or mid 2024 (unlikely) they would still show and reveal them now. They typically don't wait until the year before or the year of to announce big AAA games outside of remake and the ps5 launch.

We know they have helldivers 2, psvr2 and those games, Spider-man 2. FFXVI, and possibly 2 other games ready to go (firewalks game, GG's shooter, Pixelopus) and they possibly have more 3rd party and indie game deals set.

Sony never does any big announcements for TGA. We know at this point sony doesnt do big first party showcases in the beginning of the year so if its not next month its next fall again and they will need to market their 2023 line up
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Sony at this point announces things when they want and feel ready.
I don't think Spiderman will be delayed and I don't think that it's either now of next fall for a showcase.
It can be early next year, it can be E3 time, it's really when they feel they're ready.
We already know that TLOU Factions (or whatever will be the name) will get a trailer next year and that is one of the games that is probably far in development at this point so it would have made perfect sense for a showcase this year.

If they planned a showcase this year or soon, the TGS SoP would have been much weaker and it wouldn't have spoiled big partnerships or the new GOW trailer since those announcements made perfect sense for a full showcase.
Now we know that FFXVI is getting a trailer next month and it's probably being released by SE themselves otherwise they wouldn't spoil the specific time frame for a Sony event.

So yeah imo it's really likely that we'll get more announcements this year but not a full showcase.
 
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Elios83 said:
Sony at this point announces things when they want and feel ready.
I don't think Spiderman will be delayed and I don't think that it's either now of next fall for a showcase.
It can be early next year, it can be E3 time, it's really when they feel they're ready.
We already know that TLOU Factions (or whatever will be the name) will get a trailer next year and that is one of the games that is probably far in development at this point so it would have made perfect sense for a showcase this year.

If they planned a showcase this year or soon, the TGS SoP would have been much weaker and it wouldn't have spoiled big partnerships or the new GOW trailer since those announcements made perfect sense for a full showcase.
Now we know that FFXVI is getting a trailer next month and it's probably being released by SE themselves otherwise they wouldn't spoil the specific time frame for a Sony event.

So yeah imo it's really likely that we'll get more announcements this year but not a full showcase.
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They could have always had a showcase ready for next month. Theres no way they can wait until october to start really going all out with God of War marketing, even September was pushing it. Odds are it will be just like it was last year, where if they do a showcase they probably wont do another big god of war thing for it like how they didn't include horizon in last years showcase. God of War will probably be getting constant marketing form this point out outside of it.

And yeah, i don't expect them to reveal gameplay for Spider-Man 2 in a state of play or anything thats not a showcase lol. That is their biggest game release so far this generation, its not being marketed on its own off the bat. They will use the tease of Spider-man 2 to market PSVR2 and other games along with it.

If sony release 3-4 AAA games next year and they're all shown in just state of plays i will eat my hat.
 
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remember_spinal said:
They could have always had a showcase ready for next month. Theres no way they can wait until october to start really going all out with God of War marketing, even September was pushing it. Odds are it will be just like it was last year, where if they do a showcase they probably wont do another big god of war thing for it like how they didn't include horizon in last years showcase. God of War will probably be getting constant marketing form this point out outside of it.

And yeah, i don't expect them to reveal gameplay for Spider-Man 2 in a state of play or anything thats not a showcase lol. That is their biggest game release so far this generation, its not being marketed on its own off the bat. They will use the tease of Spider-man 2 to market PSVR2 and other games along with it.

If sony release 3-4 AAA games next year and they're all shown in just state of plays i will eat my hat.
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Unfortunately I don't think so.
The TGS SoP was basically the third party showcase minus the FFXVI trailer that we'll get next month.
First party they're not ready and they put in just GOW that is releasing soon and needs promotion.
All their studios are deep in the cooking stage right now and they don't feel confident in a forced showcase this year. They won't force themselves to do a showcase with CGI teasers for the sake of it.
We'll still get more announcements independently and at TGA.
Obviously it's just my speculation, if they do a showcase this year I'll be positively surprised but after the strong TGS SoP I don't expect it anymore.
 
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Elios83 said:
First party they're not ready and they put in just GOW that is releasing soon and needs promotion.
All their studios are deep in the cooking stage right now and they don't feel confident in a forced showcase this year.
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I dont understand how you or I could possibly know this lol

They have had at least 3 games in production since 2019…even stuff like Ghost of Tsushima if its on the same dev cycle as horizon and god of war it would be out in 2024, which means they could certainly tease it this year like they did for Rise of Ronin.

If we are even using 5 year dev cycles at most sony should have a bunch of games ready to be announced. For late next year or 2024, they aren't gonna wait until fall 2023 to announce a big release for Feb/March of 2024
 
remember_spinal said:
I dont understand how you or I could possibly know this lol

They have had at least 3 games in production since 2019…even stuff like Ghost of Tsushima if its on the same dev cycle as horizon and god of war it would be out in 2024, which means they could certainly tease it this year like they did for Rise of Ronin.

If we are even using 5 year dev cycles at most sony should have a bunch of games ready to be announced. For late next year or 2024, they aren't gonna wait until fall 2023 to announce a big release for Feb/March of 2024
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It's all speculation, all we can do.
But your line of thinking is based on a clear false statement: "it's either now or next fall".
That is not true. They can do a showcase when they feel ready and nothing prevents them from waiting until next spring or E3 time.
A showcase this year doesn't match with what they have done at TGS, it doesn't match with third parties announcing stuff by themselves and it doesn't match with Naughty Dog having already announced that the next update from them will be next year.

We'll find out, I don't expect a showcase anymore this year, if it's happening I'll be positively surprised.
 
Elios83 said:
It's all speculation, all we can do.
But your line of thinking is based on a clear false statement: "it's either now or next fall".
That is not true. They can do a showcase when they feel ready and nothing prevents them from waiting until next spring or E3 time.
A showcase this year doesn't match with what they have done at TGS, it doesn't match with third parties announcing stuff by themselves and it doesn't match with Naughty Dog having already announced that the next update from them will be next year.

We'll find out, I don't expect a showcase anymore this year, if it's happening I'll be positively surprised.
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I'll put it like this, them having a showcase this year is far more likely to me than them having a first party showcase next spring
 
remember_spinal said:
I'll put it like this, them having a showcase this year is far more likely to me than them having a first party showcase next spring
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They can totally wait until E3 time (June) for the next full PlayStation Studios showcase.
The fact that you might not personally like this outcome doesn't make it impossible.
It's actually likely given that their next big round of games (excluding PSVR2 titles) will be holiday 2023 and 2024 titles and they probably don't feel ready atm. Even for GoW we waited a full year for a new trailer.
But we'll find out.
 
Elios83 said:
They can totally wait until E3 time (June) for the next full PlayStation Studios showcase.
The fact that you might not personally like this outcome doesn't make it impossible.
It's actually likely given that their next big round of games (excluding PSVR2 titles) will be holiday 2023 and 2024 titles and they probably don't feel ready atm. Even for GoW we waited a full year for a new trailer.
But we'll find out.
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Its not about me not liking it, its just not realistic. With the Helldivers 2 leak and FFXVI and PSVR2 due out early next year I just dont see all that stuff being put in a state of play or them waiting until june. Its especially unrealistic for them to announce and release major AAA games in the span of 6-8 months. Its never happened outside of the ps5 launch. If the SoP was it for the year they would have announced Helldivers during it

But yes, we will certainly see soon.
 
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HiFiVideogameMusic said:
Same here. I got a PS5 partly to run FFXIV better since I don't play on PC. But the main games I got PS5 for is FFXVI and the rest of the FF7 remake series

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FFVII Rebrith looks set to release like 6 months or so after XVI.

I wonder if they'll be prepared to give us a more meaty trailer for FFVII before XVI releases.
 
remember_spinal said:
ryan reynolds hd GIF
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If you want an actual answer: I was introduced to FF when I was 6. My brother was renting Final Fantasy X. I think when I saw the opening cinematic I received the biggest dopamine boost ever experienced in human history. Ever since then I've had an obsession with CG cutscenes.

I think XVI is beautiful, but I still want CG cutscene eye candy.

IIRC there was an interview with Famitsu that stated the previous trailer was 95% in-game, with the other 5% being pre-rendered footage with CG background elements. The same interview stated that the Square Enix CG team is still working on CG character models, so I'm hoping for some cinematics.

I'm not asking for dozens like prior FF's (though that would be very nice), but like 6ish memorable ones would be awesome.
 
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darkangel-212559 said:
Pour a drink for us poor Green Rats. Still no FF online on Xbox.

Thanks Sony. I hope you lose COD on your platform forever.
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I mean you can play it on PC, I've been playing on pc since day 1 even on PS5 you're better off playing it on pc. I wish it had come to Xbox not sure why it never did. The only time I ever play on PS5 is if I'm on site and just need to log in to my guild house.

pleaseinsertdisctwo pleaseinsertdisctwo I think CG cutscenes have all but been confirmed.
 
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