![]() ![]() Final Fantasy VII Remake was years in the making, yet still only really covers the events of the first disc of the original three-disc PS1 game. This possibility ties into the previous one rather well, so it feels likely the natural topic to cover next. Given the lack of clear communication, this situation seems fairly likely to me, although even the changing gaming landscape doesn't write off a release down the line, of course.įinal Fantasy VII Remake Part 2 has become the priority ![]() All involved parties have been playing their Triple Triad cards so close to their chests with this one that they're practically in their lungs, so it's impossible to know for sure what the score is, though a timed exclusivity window long enough to outlast the buzz surrounding a game will effectively turn it into a de facto exclusive if either platform holder or publisher can't see much value in a late arrival. Or it could be the other way around - perhaps the exclusivity window has come and gone, but either Square Enix itself isn't too fussed about bringing the game to Xbox late, or MS has had its hands full with those massive deals and hasn't had time to properly court Square and get FFVIIR on Xbox. It could be, for instance, that Sony initially only intended to pay for a relatively short exclusivity window, but felt its hand was forced to extend the deal in light of Microsoft's acquisition of Bethesda and later Activision Blizzard. Not only that, but there have been numerous developments closer to home for the industry's major players, with huge sums of money changing hands in a number of massive deals that would naturally have knock-on effects on any other arrangements that were already in place. We've seen countless delays and revised plans, so there's a pretty good chance that FFVIIR would already be on Xbox in an alternate timeline not wracked by a pandemic, component shortages, and conflict. It's been a tumultuous few years and with so many moving parts on the production line, gaming has been hit especially hard by the ongoing global situation. Let's break down some of the possible situations here, and see just how likely we think they might be.įinal Fantasy VII Remake was never planned for Xbox so what is going on here? Well, there are several possibilities, but before we dive into them, we thought it'd be interesting to take to Twitter with a poll, and the results so far have shown a surprisingly even spread across dreamers, believers, naysayers, and more. ![]() Since then, we've heard nothing at all about further ports, with multiple exclusivity windows both assumed and known having come and gone. Following Final Fantasy VII Remake's PS4 release on April 10th, 2020, the lack of any official confirmation of the exclusivity time frame - unlike other similar deals that have sprung up since, such as Deathloop (12 months) and Forspoken (24 months) - left fans hoping to see the remake on other systems nothing to do but speculate over when, or indeed if, when the exclusivity period might end.Ī little over a year later, we came as close as we have gotten to having a proper time frame laid out, with the enhanced PS5 version of FFVIIR, subtitled Intergrade and bringing both performance upgrades and new content for PS5, arriving on June 10th, 2021 alongside news that Intergrade wouldn't appear on any other systems for "at least six months." Sure enough, just over six months passed before the game launched on PC on December 16th - as an Epic Games Store exclusive, just in case this whole situation wasn't already enough of a mess - but between the Epic exclusivity and the port being, by all accounts, rather poorly optimised, Remake seemed to launch on PC with a Fire rather than a Firaga. What is somewhat surprising, though, is that communication from Square Enix has been so lacking regarding FFVIIR's 'timed exclusive' nature, despite several prime opportunities to set the record straight. Given that the original announcement of Final Fantasy VII Remake came on Sony's stage way back at E3 2015, the fact that the game has ties to PlayStation platforms (just like the original) should come as little surprise. ![]()
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