{"id":47267,"date":"2026-04-25T10:01:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T02:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=47267"},"modified":"2026-04-25T10:01:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T02:01:45","slug":"square-enix-confirms-ffxiv-switch-2-release-date-and-extra-subscription","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=47267","title":{"rendered":"Square Enix confirms FFXIV Switch 2 release date and extra subscription"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<aside class=\"w-heading-options\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<p>\n    <span>Link copied to clipboard<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"article-header-data\">\n<div class=\"w-article-header-author-img\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div class=\"article-header-author-img\">\n<p>                                            <img src=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress%2Fwp-content%2Fauthors%2F623373d4b6ac7-me%20profile.jpg?fit=crop&amp;w=90&amp;h=90\" alt=\"4\" style=\"display:block;height:auto;max-width:100%;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<p>\n                                                                        <time datetime=\"2026-04-24T20:13:59Z\"><span class=\"is-mobile-hidden\">Published<\/span> Apr 24, 2026, 4:13\u202fPM EDT<\/time>\n                                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Existing subscribers get a discount, though<\/p>\n<div class=\"heading_image responsive-img img-size-heading-image-full-width   expandable \" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ffxiv_fanfestival_2026_in_anaheim_03.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;Image: Square Enix&quot;\" data-is-feature-img=\"true\">\n<figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ffxiv_fanfestival_2026_in_anaheim_03.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=600&amp;h=338&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ffxiv_fanfestival_2026_in_anaheim_03.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=600&amp;h=338&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ffxiv_fanfestival_2026_in_anaheim_03.jpg?q=70&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1600&amp;h=900&amp;dpr=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ffxiv_fanfestival_2026_in_anaheim_03.jpg?q=70&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1600&amp;h=900&amp;dpr=1\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" alt=\"Final Fantasy 14 screenshot\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ffxiv_fanfestival_2026_in_anaheim_03.jpg?&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1600&amp;h=900\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ffxiv_fanfestival_2026_in_anaheim_03.jpg?&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1600&amp;h=900\"\/>\n        <\/picture><small class=\"item-img-caption\">Image: Square Enix<\/small><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"content-block-regular\">\n<p>Square Enix is bringing <em>Final Fantasy XIV<\/em> to Nintendo Switch 2 in August, but there&#8217;s a slight catch to how it&#8217;ll work. Square Enix CEO Takashi Kiryu made the announcement during the April 2026 <em>FFXIV<\/em> Fan Fest keynote and said that after many months of discussion with Nintendo, the platform holder required Square Enix to change its subscription model for the Switch 2 version.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<p>Normally, if you own <em>FFXIV<\/em> on multiple platforms, you can play it on any of them using the same subscription. <em>FFXIV <\/em>on Switch 2 will require a second subscription after users purchase the game, however. Kiryu said Square Enix managed to push a few concessions to mitigate the cost, though. Playing <em>FFXIV<\/em> on Switch 2 will not require a Nintendo Switch Online subscription, and if you already pay a <em>FFXIV<\/em> subscription for other platforms, you&#8217;ll get 50% off the Switch 2 sub price.<\/p>\n<p><em>FFXIV<\/em> producer Naoki Yoshida brought a Switch 2 unit on stage during Fan Fest to show the game in action, though only by zooming the camera in to see it played in handheld mode. Yoshida had his character run around one of the hub cities for a few minutes, which was hardly an in-depth look at how <em>FFXIV<\/em> will perform on Nintendo&#8217;s console, but there were no obvious issues at least.<\/p>\n<p>Square Enix will host an early access period prior to launch to identify and resolve any bugs, and the game will be free to play during that period. The Switch 2 version will include all existing expansions up to <em>Dawntrail <\/em>7.5 and <em>FFXIV <\/em>8.0 (<em>Evercold<\/em>) will presumably launch for it as well. <em>FFXIV<\/em>&#8216;s free trial is being expanded to include the <em>Shadowbringers<\/em> expansion and its post-game patches on other platforms. However, Yoshida didn&#8217;t say whether the game&#8217;s oft-memed trial will be available on Switch 2 as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/ffxiv-switch-2-release-date-extra-subscription\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Link copied to clipboard Published Apr 24, 2026, 4:13\u202fPM EDT Existing subscribers get a discount, though Image: Square Enix Square Enix is bringing Final Fantasy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[1792,752,15266,5402,18035,563,1895,5086,255],"class_list":["post-47267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-confirms","tag-date","tag-enix","tag-extra","tag-ffxiv","tag-release","tag-square","tag-subscription","tag-switch","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}