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Updated · Nintendo Everything · Aug 4

Square Enix Confirms Final Fantasy 14 Switch 2 Loading Bug, Tests Fix 1 Day After Launch

Updated

Updated · Nintendo Everything · Aug 4

Square Enix Confirms Final Fantasy 14 Switch 2 Loading Bug, Tests Fix 1 Day After Launch

Q: Why could linking your new Switch 2 copy of FF14 permanently lock you out of your veteran characters?

Linking the wrong account on Switch 2 can effectively shut a veteran player out of their existing FF14 characters on that platform because the Nintendo account-to-Square Enix account link is permanent. Square Enix says that on the very first launch, the Switch 2 user profile is bound to a specific Square Enix account and cannot later be unlinked or transferred. The bigger risk comes in the next step: if an existing player is prompted to register the Switch 2 license and accidentally selects the wrong service account, or chooses to create a new service account instead of attaching the license to the one that already holds their long-time characters, the Switch 2 version will not be able to access those veteran characters. That does not delete the characters from Square Enix’s servers, but it can lock the player out of using them on Switch 2 because the console copy is now tied to the wrong account setup with no self-service way to switch it over. In practice, that means the player may be stuck using a fresh account on Switch 2 while their established characters remain stranded on their original service account. The warning mainly matters for returning or multi-platform players. Newcomers do not face the same character-access problem, but they are still subject to the same irreversible account link.

3 articles · Updated · Nintendo Everything · Aug 4

Square Enix said the new Switch 2 version of Final Fantasy 14 can suffer unusually long loading times when screens fade to black inside content, and it is testing an update for release as soon as possible.
The slowdown occurs when players enter a content area while surrounded by many characters, with data reloading and cache-clearing for safe rendering sometimes taking too long.
The issue is most noticeable during dungeon battle phase transitions, revivals after defeat, and Warp or Aethernet teleports within dungeons.
The problem surfaced the same day the MMORPG launched on Switch 2, where Square Enix had emphasized stable performance and a 30 FPS target despite expected strain in crowded areas.