Recently, Square Enix expressed their desires to move away from console exclusives, instead wanting to focus on multiplatform development. As part of this, it appears the publisher’s underrated HD-2D JRPG series Octopath Traveller is getting a wider release.

Octopath Traveller as a series has had a weird release strategy, with the first game launching exclusively on the Nintendo Switch back in 2018, before seeing a PC port the following year – eventually making its way to Xbox One in 2021, but not PlayStation.

Octopath Traveller II on the other hand arrived on Switch, PS4, PS5 and PC last year – with no Xbox version.

Now, it seems as though the holes in this release are set to be filled in, as the Taiwan Digital Game Rating Committee has now rated the first Octopath Traveller for PS4/5, and the second for Xbox.

The odd release cadence for the Octopath Traveller series may have put some potential fans off. Hopefully the upcoming launch serves as somewhat of a second opportunity for the duology.

KitGuru says: What do you think of the Octopath Traveller series? What platform did you play it on? Did the release strategy harm the series’ success? Let us know down below.

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