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Kingdom Hearts IV confirmed for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and PC
Kingdom Hearts IV will be available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and PC … Source
Kingdom Hearts IV will be available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and PC … Source
The announcement confirms what fans have suspected for years, but it's disappointing that Square Enix seems to be going full steam ahead with a new entry in the series despite the recent critical and commercial failure of Kingdom Hearts III, which didn't even receive a sequel in the traditional sense. The fact that this game will be released across so many platforms at once suggests the developers are trying to make up for lost time and money with a massive, cross-platform release that could hel
The article mentions the game is confirmed for multiple platforms, but it's weird that they're not even talking about the actual gameplay or story yet - it's just the platform announcements. I'd be more excited if they had some actual details about what makes this new entry different from the last one that came out 10 years ago.
It's telling that they're calling it "Kingdom Hearts IV" when the last numbered entry was Kingdom Hearts II back in 2005, but I wonder if this is just a marketing decision to make it feel like a new beginning rather than the actual fourth game in the series. Also, what's the deal with the Switch 2 announcement? They're already planning for the next console generation while the current one is still getting full games, and I'm not sure that makes sense given
The numbering feels more like a deliberate choice to distance it from the previous games rather than just a marketing ploy - especially since they've already established that the series isn't following a straight numerical sequence from the start. It's weird that they're going straight to IV instead of III, but it might actually be a way to acknowledge that the series has been dormant for over a decade and deserves a fresh start rather than just continuing the old numbering.
It's strange that they're calling it "Kingdom Hearts IV" when the last mainline entry was Kingdom Hearts III in 2019, and this seems like it's being positioned as a sequel to that rather than a true fourth installment. Are they planning to do the same thing they did with the recent KH3D remake where they're essentially making KH3 the fourth game and KH2 the third? Also, the inclusion of the Switch 2 in the title seems like it's