Final Fantasy XVI is still a week away from its release (at the time of writing this article), but some physical copies of the game appear to have gone public ahead of launch. Reports started spreading across social media earlier today (as covered by VGC), and we can confirm that the leaked images seem legitimate.
Unfortunately, we've also seen written spoilers out there, so if you're looking forward to playing through Final Fantasy XVI, it may be time for a bit of a blackout. Assuming these copies have only recently wormed their way into people's hands, the spoilers could only get worse from this point on.
Square Enix has been pushing the game's story since day one, so it's clearly a core part of the experience — as you'd expect of the series. Again, we'd strongly recommend caution on sites such as Twitter, and you might want to avoid scrolling through comments under YouTube videos and the like — you know how it goes!
Hopefully things don't get too out of control over the next week.
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[source videogameschronicle.com]
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Sweet another race to ruin it for everyone else. Internet culture absolutely sucks.
You already know the YouTube thumbnails for this game are going to be out of control.
I'll not watch anything related to it until reviews day.
It feels like it's more likely to see a game NOT leak a week prior to launch these days than it is to see a spoiler-free run up to release.
As someone who's been done exceptionally dirty in the past when it comes to leaks/spoilers for yet-to-be released games (Splatoon and Pokemon are instant examples for me), I know the pain stuff like this can cause all too well so allow me to share a tip I've used for avoiding stuff like this: search up every single other one of your interests except the thing you're trying to avoid spoilers for. It'll tune your recommendations to a point so that you'll hopefully not see any thumbnails showcasing spoilers (e.g. I've been avoiding spoilers for a certain upcoming game by searching exclusively Kirby and Devil May Cry videos as of late).
Again? Guess I'm walking through the online minefield for a week. 😫
Removed - trolling/baiting
If you don’t buy games at launch it’s kind of business as usual as far as spoilers go. Well, it’s much worse after it’s actually released, actually! I don’t plan on getting FF16 for a little while so it is what it is.
@Colour definitely, spoilers suck for. Sure. Yet I wouldn't call this internet culture. It's just straight good Ole fashion capitalism.
These people just want views, so they get paid.
My twitter tl is very healthy and i don't watch vg videos on youtube so I'm safe.
Avoid YOUTUBE, you will be spoiled
Shame to have a game like this spoiled, especially with how crazy the demo was. Avoid those spoilers everyone!
I love spoilers. I might not buy the game now and use the money for games that haven't been spoiled
They won't be able to spoil anything. They'll still be fighting that malboro come next week.
I was wondering if this would happen. My copy shipped from Square Enix over a week ago. I'm expecting it to arrive any day now.
I'll never understand why people feel the need to put spoilers everywhere.
Validation? Attention?
Whatever.
Thanks i will keep away from any videos.
But, this is kind of predictable. It's a huge worldwide launch. Of course some retailer will ship things early. Oh well...
Square-Einx couldn't catch a break.
Bravo to the brave souls in the comments rolling the chambers.
This SUCKS! I've extended my muted word list on Twitter but I'm still worried. Why do people have to be this way? 🙄
Glad I'm not on twitter.
I will be there no matter what.
@ShogunRok We had a few people here that ruined the story for the Last of Us 2 because of Ellie sexual orientation and they didn't like the story. People that ruin someone else his fun just to get some views or to get a few seconds of fame are really sad.
I dropped Twitter for a few months now and it has been glorious. No more hate, conspiracy theories and spoilers. 🤣
@Triumph741 That has to be most stupid remark I read in ages.
Removed - off-topic; user is banned
Ffs,all for the sake of clicks ,the worse thing is,the spoilers get everywhere, i saw spoilers for hogwarts in a sky news article.
Yeah if you didn't know this was going to happen welcome to reality. where have you been?
Idiots on youtube are also leaking something about a final fantasy ten remake. That would just solidify the fact square has no ideas others than milk the best sellers.
@KundaliniRising333 This is not just a result of capitalism. When I was a kid and the internet didn't exist, kids on the playground got sadistic joy out of spoiling movies & video games (for people who didn't want them spoiled). It's a problem with the evil inside of us. But yeah, now they can get paid for it.
The worst is when you avoid places that actively discuss a game and then some random reccomended youtube video spoils it with a thumbnail lol
But what did the police say?!
I can't believe Clive is killed by Voldemort. And Cid was a ghost all along!
@sketchturner I don't deny that some spoilers are doing it out of just being a holes. Yet those are primarily the morons that come and post it in forums, comment sections, Twitter, and reddit.
Yet I also think a great many do so for clicks. If that weren't the case the videos wouldn't be made
Furthermore if there wasn't a "market" for it (people consuming the content), it wouldn't exist. Much like the majority of disgusting things existing in human society today.
So it's like a combination of both, equally as evil in their foundations.
I miss the days when you couldngeta game early. Before they cracked down on it in the uk. Still remember getting halo 3, 2 weeks early thanks to argos had all the skulls and stuff way before release. Good Times
Ok, good to know. Blackout mode enabled.
Leaking is one thing but revealing years of efforts of a development team publicly is much worse. I am sorry for those who allow their pathetic ego to ruin others' efforts so easily. These and those scalpers deserve punishment imo
@ShogunRok I've managed to be lucky and avoid said YouTube videos, but it's sadly only a matter of time.
Especially since I've recently decided to wait until Black Friday, game should be $50 New or cheaper by then.
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