Due to various ESRB rating barriers, Final Fantasy XVI was not allowed to be released in Saudi Arabia.
According to Kotaku, when it is officially released on June 22, Final Fantasy XVI (FFXVI) will not be available to PlayStation 5 owners living in Saudi Arabia.
In December last year, FFXVI was rated at ‘ESRB’ – Brazil’s adult game rating. This suggests that the upcoming game will feature scenes of sex, drug use, and violence
Square Enix’s highly anticipated action role-playing game has been banned for some unknown reason. According to an official statement by Saudi Arabia’s Public Communications Authority, FFXVI will not be released in the country citing “the publisher’s unwillingness to make the necessary modifications” to the game. play.
While the post didn’t specifically mention what modifications Square Enix refused to make, most of the community speculated that it could involve a same-sex couple in the game.
Kotaku has reached out to Square Enix for comment on the Saudi Arabia ban. And the community still needs to wait a bit longer to know exactly what caused the Saudi release of FFXVI to crash