Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth are PlayStation Console Exclusives [Update]

Replace: The Washington Put up has since altered its article to make clear that Sony by no means mentioned the total trilogy was console-exclusive to PlayStation. Nevertheless, Remake and Rebirth will stay console-exclusive for now. We’ve up to date our article to mirror this.

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The primary two video games within the Ultimate Fantasy VII trilogy are unlikely to make their solution to Xbox consoles.

It has emerged that Sony made a cope with Sq. Enix for Ultimate Fantasy VII Remake and Ultimate Fantasy VII Rebirth to be PlayStation console exclusives. The explanation for this settlement was that the Ultimate Fantasy franchise — and the unique Ultimate Fantasy VII recreation itself — was one of many main pillars on PlayStation consoles.

Sq. Enix additionally wished Ultimate Fantasy VII to be unique to PlayStation

Sony Interactive Leisure’s vice chairman of second- and third-party content material ventures and strategic initiatives, Christian Svensson, mentioned that console exclusivity was mutually desired by Sony and Sq. Enix when the Ultimate Fantasy VII trilogy started growth.

Nevertheless, the 2 firms had totally different causes for the settlement. Svensson instructed The Washington Put up that Sony wished to relive the sport’s significance on modern-day consoles.

Throughout the authentic PlayStation days, Sony had few franchises of its personal, so it “sought to win the hearts and minds of key third-party builders like Sq..” This perspective to third-party partnerships is “ingrained in our DNA to this present day […] and connects on to how we’ve labored collectively on Ultimate Fantasy VII Rebirth.”

Taking into consideration Sony has already mentioned it received’t be releasing any new main present franchise titles earlier than April 2025, Rebirth can be one of many foremost video games aiming to fill that void.

In the meantime, Sq. Enix felt that Rebirth’s fantasy world wouldn’t have been doable had the sport been developed for a number of platforms. Ultimate Fantasy franchise producer Yoshinori Kitase mentioned that “had it not been on a single platform, the world map wouldn’t be seamless, and recreation design could have needed to regress considerably.”

A single platform allowed the crew to concentrate on the sport’s design fairly than on porting it to totally different consoles. This meant that Rebirth’s world is crammed with totally different actions, numerous landscapes, and a complete host of various characters.

Now growth is transferring on to the third a part of the trilogy and the crew has already made progress on the script. Optimistically, the sport can be out by 2028, however whether or not that’s on PS5 and/or a brand new era on PlayStation consoles stays to be seen.