Final Fantasy VII Remake has never been locked down as a full PlayStation exclusive. The official wording from both Sony and Square Enix has been that it's "coming first" to PlayStation 4, so it's always been assumed that it'll make its way to other platforms eventually. In other words, it's a timed exclusive.
Anyway, there's been a bit of a development. Based on PS4 box art that publisher Square Enix has added to its press site, Final Fantasy VII Remake will be a 'PlayStation Exclusive' until the 3rd March, 2021. That's exactly one year after the game launches on Sony's current-gen system.
As you can see, a newly designed label at the bottom right of the cover explains all. We wonder whether this will be a label that Sony applies to other timed exclusive titles going forward, or whether it's part of the deal that it has with Square Enix.
In any case, it's quite an interesting detail, although there's no word on which non-PlayStation platforms Final Fantasy VII Remake will come to in 2021. We assume that it'll be PC and Xbox One. Microsoft's next-gen Xbox isn't out of the question either, especially when you consider that Square Enix has said the remake is in development for PS5 as well as PS4.
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I hope the original Playstation 4 version does have some exclusive bonus, items, or even skins for us who were from the start...(I'm looking at you, PsOne)
I like this rather more than the vague exclusivity that death stranding has.
Well the original came to PC way back in 1998 so I feel a port of the remake is justified. I’ll still get it on PS4, no way I’m waiting that long to get my hands on this tbh. Hopefully PS5 enhancements will be available as a patch given the backwards compatibility rather than a full price release.
Damm, technically another exclusive lost for PS in one day. Iets hope for the State of Play for tomorrow to be amazing in compensation. And let's hope for tons of (not timed) exclusives announced for PS5 next year, otherwise I think I'm switching to PC only.
@Shepard93n7 No you're not.
@Enuo
That's fine. The original FF7 is on a bunch of platforms nowadays.
Man people are really starting to turn on exclusives, huh?
their will always be exclusives in some form. Its cool most xbox guys dont play these anyway.
That 1 year exclusive could be a really big deal if part 2 is out a year from now as we know there will be at least 1 more part, probably 2.
That means waiting an extra year for all the parts, which is a big ask. Might as well wait for the finished bundle at that point.
@Alphapatriot1 yep on stage at the announcement even adam boyes said first to ps4 plus an extra announcement on the end of the the first trailer
All these trolls.
Salty.
@SaikoWaifu2003 waifu salty much.
This (and death stranding) never was a full exclusive.
God of war
Infamous
Horizon zero dawn
Gran turismo sport
Ghosts of sushi(yo-ma)ma
Shadow of the colossus
Ratchet and clank.
It spent more time in development hell than it will as a PS exclusive.
@PcTV Where can I find the full size of your avatar/profile pic? it's cute >_<.
Not shocking. Said 'play it first on PS4' when the game was originally announced. Back then I don't know if I'd have predicted one year of exclusivity but makes sense. It'll be one of PS4's last big 'exclusives' for its final year as Sony's primary console and then it can move into next-gen on PS5, Xbox, etc.
I don’t see the problem here?
Square Enix is not owned by Sony. FF7 is already out on all other platforms. All recent Final Fantasies have been released multi-platform.
When they remade Secret of Mana they didn’t make it a Nintendo exclusive.
Maybe people are feeling like their PlayStation childhood is being ruined in some way because Crash, CTR, Spyro and now this are no longer exclusive to PlayStation?
PlayStation still has a lot of great exclusives. We can share some of these games.
The way I am with big PS4 titles and my back log part 2 will be out and I'll just be picking up a PS5 lol
@EpicCloud Chill out my man, ain't no need for that.
I like that sticker. Everyone should just say what they mean when they say exclusive. Like do they mean exclusive or do they mean wink wink exclusive.
Whatever will I do when an Xbox owner finally buys FFVII a year after I've finished playing it? I'll greet it with a shrug because it makes no difference to me
I will be enjoying this on my PS4 Pro on day 1 - I might even take a day off work to do so.
It's cool to have a date as to when it will expand to other consoles, though! I just hope the ports to other consoles don't hinder the released date of the next part of this series.
Realistically did we really think this was a PS Exclusive ? Not a chance.
@Shepard93n7 It was never an exclusive, they always stated "Play it first on PS", we knew it was coming to other systems eventually.
I don’t know why people thought that Square Enix would ever agree to indefinite exclusivity to one platform. They’re not a part of Sony, or in need of financial assistance from them.
@Kienda Final Fantasy adds a lot of value to Playstation consoles (as it has in the PS1/PS2 days). Any game that appears on Xbox (a competing platform where JRPGs are not as popular on) devalues the Playstation versions of those games. It's understandable why many are unhappy with the likelihood of FFVIIR coming to Xbox.
Small print says PS4 release date is 28 Feb 2021. Seriously though it feels like we’ve been waiting forever for this, it’s day one purchase for me.
@KidBoruto Thank you! I think the artist is called Starbirb.
Did a reverse search and found this one.
https://i.redd.it/k3erjraszyg21.jpg
@oatmealwarrior92 Better put that money in firstparty titles. 🤓👍
Or even better a Legend of Dragoon remake or part 2 🤓
That's actually a pretty long exclusive period for such a beloved game as FFVII. It was never going to be full exclusive as it was always announced as "coming first to PS4", but I didn't think it would be a full year; more like 3-6 months. This will definitely move PS4 consoles when it releases.
@The_ghostmen Ignore that sorry sad a$$ fangirl LOP. She is mental.
@SaikoWaifu2003 Port begging PC fam people are disgusting LOL.
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