FFXIV coming to Switch 2

Square Enix said on April 24 that Final Fantasy XIV Online is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 in August 2026. (na.finalfantasyxiv.com) The announcement came during Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 2026 in Anaheim, California, the North American stop in a three-city event series running next through Berlin in July and Tokyo in October. (fanfest-na.finalfantasyxiv.com) (press.na.square-enix.com) The biggest change is not the platform itself but the billing. Players who already subscribe on another platform will still need to buy the Switch 2 version and pay a separate subscription for Nintendo’s system. (na.finalfantasyxiv.com) (ign.com) Square Enix said current players with remaining game time on other platforms will get the Switch 2 subscription at half price. It also said Nintendo Switch Online will not be required, either during a one-month early-access period or after full service begins. (na.finalfantasyxiv.com) That is a departure from how Final Fantasy XIV normally works. On PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, players typically use one Square Enix subscription across platforms after buying the client for each machine. (ign.com) (polygon.com) The Switch 2 version arrives as Square Enix is using Fan Festival to map out the game’s next cycle. At the same event, the company announced Evercold, Final Fantasy XIV’s next expansion, for January 2027. (gematsu.com) Square Enix’s 2025 Fan Festival announcement said the game had passed 30 million registered accounts, giving the Switch 2 port a large existing audience even before Nintendo players join. (na.finalfantasy.com) The August release gives Nintendo’s new console one of the biggest subscription-based online games in Japan and North America. For Final Fantasy XIV players, the long-requested handheld version is finally real, but it comes with an extra monthly bill. (na.finalfantasyxiv.com) (polygon.com)