Final Fantasy XVI will be exclusive to PS5 for six months
In a new promotional video, Sony let slip the exclusivity window for Final Fantasy XVI. The trailer shows brief gameplay from a variety of upcoming titles, with release information in small print at the bottom, one of which reads "Final Fantasy XVI anticipated Summer 2023. PS5 exclusive for six months." While the release window of Summer 2023 was already known, the exact nature of its exclusivity has been hard to pin down.
As reported by IGN after the game's announcement at a PS5 event in September 2020, a trailer for Final Fantasy XVI initially said it would be a PlayStation Console Exclusive, but also available on PC. This trailer was taken down and replaced with another that omitted that text, and IGN was reportedly asked by Square Enix to retract any mention of a PC release from its article. While other platforms haven't been confirmed by Square Enix yet, given this information, it's likely we'll see a PC release after at least six months of PS5 exclusivity.
Whether it will come to other consoles, namely Xbox, is murkier. At the time of that trailer's release and retraction, industry analyst Piers Harding-Rolls reported that Sony had confirmed to him that the game would be a completely exclusive to the PlayStation 5 for six months, and a console exclusive for twelve months. This was never independently confirmed, but it does appear to link up with this new information. If it is true, it would imply the game is also coming to Xbox Series X|S at some point as well.