Final Fantasy 16 crashing – how to fix

It’s been hard to pull Final Fantasy 16 out of the spotlight since the release of the demo and the full game coming out this week. Unfortunately, the reasons for this have not been fully fantastical so far. Many players have been left frustrated by experiencing their game crashing.

If this is you, then here’s is our insight into how to fix Final Fantasy 16 if it’s been crashing.

How to stop Final Fantasy 16 from crashing on PS5

Here’s some ways that you might be able to fix your problems with Final Fantasy 16 crashing.

• Put your game into “frame rate” mode rather than “graphics” mode
• Make sure you have the latest updates of the game downloaded
• Unplug your PS5 for at least 5 minutes

Put your game into “frame rate” mode

While graphics mode may be visually stunning, the high rate of frames per second can take an intense toll on your console. Although the graphics may look great, this mode can make the game overall less stable and more prone to crashing.

Changing the game into “frame rate” mode through the game settings in ‘Game Performance mode’ may stop any stuttering or crashing while playing Final Fantasy 16, and allow you to enjoy playing uninterrupted.

However, if you are the kind of player that is looking to really get the most out of FF 16’s hyper-realism and visuals, you can read a bit more about the Final Fantasy 16 best settings to amp up your experience.

Make sure you have all the latest updates of FF XVI

As you might well know, after reports of the demo crashing and stuttering gameplay, the developers at Square Enix announced that there would be a Final Fantasy day one patch, which should sort any early framerate, progression, and crash issues you may be having.

Making sure that you have downloaded all the most recent updates will ensure that your game data is optimized.

Restart and unplug your PS5

Restarting your PS5 console might help eliminate any temporary glitches happening in your game that are caused by old or corrupted cache files. However, it’s also always a good idea to let your console breathe for a while and cool down if it’s massively overheating.

In a worst-case scenario, your game data might have become corrupted and you will have to delete the game file itself and redownload it.

If you need to do this, go to Saved Data in Console Storage and select PS5 games. From here, find FF XVI and choose to delete its data. This might take a while, as the game is a whopping 9GB. Hopefully it will be the only time you will have to do it as the developers continue to eliminate crashing issues and glitching with further updates.

Final thoughts

Hopefully, these quick approaches will have tackled any issues you might have been having with experiencing crashing on Final Fantasy 16.

As the game has only been out for a hot minute, you can expect that any issues players might be having with their games crashing will get patched quickly. We’ve already focused on covering how to fix Final Fantasy 16 performance issues such as low FPS and stuttering.

If you need to, you can contact Final Fantasy 16 for support if you have further questions or just really can’t seem to get your game to stop crashing.