For the first time in franchise history, Square Enix will be releasing a Final Fantasy game simultaneously around the globe. "Up until now in previous Final Fantasies, we've never attempted a complete global worldwide release with them," Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata told IGN. "It's always been the export model, where it comes out in Japan first and is then exported to other territories. We're not doing that this time; we want to go full global release." In order to accomplish this, adjustments had to be made at the studio.