Like Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Final Fantasy 16 would be released on two PS5 discs

Square Enix’s penchant for high-quality, pre-rendered 4K cinematics means its games can seriously bloat in size. Was recently confirmed than next year Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will ship on two PS5 Blu-ray discs, and the same was almost true of final fantasy 16 – in fact, the developer was only able to squeeze the release onto a single disc in the last six months or so.

Talking with Famitsu, as translated by Google, producer Naoki Yoshida said the publisher was preparing to ship the game on two discs, but eventually the team was able to reduce the file size to save manufacturing costs. Obviously, this last-minute compression will also be a positive for digital downloaders, as there will be less data to extract.

Remember, despite initial promises to the contrary, you now you need to download a small day one patch. However, that will only weigh around 300MB, so it shouldn’t cause too many complications for the vast majority of gamers.