This sort of flew under the radar over the weekend, but one of 2023's biggest PS5 titles has now been permanently lowered in price. Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy 16, the latest entry in the long-running series, has had its PS Store price tag cut. It's gone from $69.99/£69.99 to $49.99/£49.99.
This news comes alongside the arrival of Final Fantasy 16: Complete Edition, which bundles together the base game with the two DLC packs — The Rising Tide and Echoes of the Fallen. This version inherits the regular game's previous price point.
It's all welcome news as far as we're concerned; you can now play one of our top 10 games of 2023 for less. Plus, the excellent soundtrack was recently made available on streaming services at last, so you can keep the rousing boss battle music blasting. All this movement around FF16 may be the publisher trying to score more sales after the game failed to meet expectations, but again, it's a win-win situation for players.
Are you tempted by FF16's new, lower price point on PS5? Tell us in the comments section below.
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Have they fixed that awful framerate during exploration yet?
(I know the battles were ok)
I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner, I mean the game looked great, but overall it was way too easy and a large portion of it comprised of either fetch quests or long protracted boss battles that had no challenge,.
I think i spent about 20 minutes on the one where you turn into Ifrit but the battle just consisted of just bashing one button repeatedly.
How kind of them to reduce the price of a game you can purchase physically for around £30 brand new. Instead of paying £70 for a digital version we now have the honour of paying £50!
All digital is not the issue (would prefer if physical continued). It's the walled off nature of all consoles' digital distribution. Having them locked off to only buy from a single store allows them to jack up prices and prevents competition.
That‘s a fair move from SE (meanwhile H:ZD pricing…).
Interesting lunch strategy, I approve.
@Yousef- mmmm what is your strategy for lunch today? Anything tasty?
@PsBoxSwitchOwner usually the usual chicken and potatoes. Nothing fancy!
That’s all well and good, but I already have the base game. I wish they’d lower the price of the DLC, or at least put it on sale.
Hopefully they lower the DLC price then, so I can complete my edition at a better price point!
Hopefully a pro version will come along too.
I'll likely pick up a complete edition when the price has dropped off. Won't take all that long to hit £20 or so.
@Yousef- I approve of your lunch strategy!
Cool.final fantasy 16 complete edition is a excellent game with all the dlcs.word up son
@Medic_alert Physical copies can already be had for around £20
Amazing story and my second favorite game of 2023 after BG3.
@LunarFlame17 I mean it is $25. Kind of a steal if you ask me
Physical complete edition when
@themightyant not of the complete version- it isn't even out yet
As soon as they make a complete edition for the pro version, I'll gladly give them my money.
@Rich33 Most helpful demo ever! Nearly paid £60 for that rubbish as I had it preordered.
I'll just wait for it to come to ps plus
You can tell Yoshi P directed this game. A lot of the side content is very boring and basic "fetch 10 bear asses" kind of stuff.
Also I´m a bit peeved with the big kaiju fights. It´s all spectacle and no substance. I don´t know why exactly, but I´d take the MGS 4 Rex vs Ray fight every single time over one of the Ifrit sequences
@Bagwag82 Same, not worth a buy on disc or physical whatever the price imo, better suited to Plus.
They matched the price with the Steam version.
@jrt87
Almost the exact same here, except i didnt have it preordered so had nothing to cancel....
Maybe Pro can fix it - it didnt seem like the CPU was that strained... then again it didnt look like the GPU was strained much either.
You could say that it 'failed to meet expectations' lol
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