Rumour: Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 Skips PS5 Exclusivity, Will Be Multi-Platform Straight Away

Watch it sell less due to less PS marketing push.

Honesty I hope Sony stops spending money on FF. I don't see it as a big system sellers as it was in the past. Doesn't really do a great job of bringing in new fans either.

This is great because now they will learn the decline in there Final Fantasy sales has nothing to do with console exclusivity.

So long as it runs as good as Part 2 did on my PS5, I've got absolutely no issue with that!

Happy to see that i'd rather play the eventual pc/switch 2 ports of most of their games tbh.

I think people are missing just how poorly legacy Japanese IP seem to be doing in Japan if they aren't on the Switch.

There's a reason Squeenix and Capcom are pushing so much onto the Switch 2, and I wouldn't be at all surprised to see the likes of FF and Pragmata selling better in Japan on the Switch rather than PlayStation (not so much Resi).

As for the rest of the world, PlayStation will be king for 3rd-parties. But Japan wants Switch, and so any company that wants to capture a decent chunk of all markets will probably go PS5/Switch 2 when the technology and budget allows. Xbox just seems like a 'whatever' platform; might as well put in on there, maybe there'll be an eventual GamePass push. And PC will likely become the best place to publish any game in the near future, if it isn't already.

Not really a rumor at this point.

I’ll be getting Part 3 on PC. Not going to deal with the performance bluriness on PS5 again. Gimmie that DLSS.

@Stragen8 @JoeNobody I like the weird spitefulness.

@LazyDaisy I'll just be happy to be able to play their games on a portable. I tend to like rpgs more on a portable system. Depending on how the port of resident evil 9 is I'll probably pick up the switch 2 version or the steam for my rog ally

This is old news. They already revealed that months ago.

Xbox cant save Square Enix, they can’t even save themselves.

PS5 for me. First game blew me away, second game was great but the open world also burned me out rather than keeping it exciting so I’m not tempted to replay it again so it remains to be seen how the third game will be. If it’s more like the second part with open world then I don’t think I’d be rushing to buy at launch but we’ll see.

Switch 2 sales will definitely help them

Thats good except for the Series S which probably delays most games for Xbox players.

Sequel was complete rubbish so have no plans to play the last one.

@Naughtyottsel92 I'm always surprised at the number of people that didn't dig Part 2! Having never played the original (and Part 1 was the first FF game I ever played), I absolutely loved it. I definitely agree that parts of it were bloated, but it's one of the few games that I enjoyed the bloat Haha

@somnambulance I think there's a 0% chance they announce Part 3 in the Direct before they reveal the Rebirth port. Unless they do a Rebirth port reveal, followed by a reveal of Part 3, which just seems like too much to expect for me!

Oh well, kiss goodbye to top tier marketing then.

Sony has some deal with them still think it a third month or 6 month exclusive

@Damage99 Series S is more capable than the Switch 2 so going forward the Series S won't be alone in holding some games back and giving some devs headaches. The Switch 2 becoming popular with third party devs will mean the PS5 will be supported for the majority of the PS6 life cycle, which I suppose would benefit Sony's plans for an handheld.

@JoeNobody @Stragen8 I agree with you both. I really don't think this thing will sell as much as Square Greed Enix wants. Hell, i know i won't be buying this game until it's on deep sale. I haven't bought anything from this company for almost 2 years and i plan to continue that way for a long time. Square is an out of touch company

And they will still be disappointed in the sales lol

@JoeNobody Didn’t Intergrade literally sell good on Switch 2?

@Damage99 They can delay the Xbox version for a while and then release it on Switch 2, PC and PS5 where it’s bound to sell more

@thechetearly I thought the first one was fine but the sequel was just agony for me.

I'm someone who plays their games on Hard because I find it rewarding and fun but the amount of bloat in REBIRTH had me drop it down to Easy just to get it over with.

@anoyonmus Yah that is a possiblility.

I'm sure you guys are writing your "Square has said FF7 Remake Part 3 has not met expectations" article.

the problem with Square is that they put all their eggs on the big budget basket and they barely talk about everything else. Their problem isn't "we're not on Xbox" is that people dont know your game's even out or why they should care.

I will most probably go to the PC version day one and may get a disk version for PS5 down the line provided that it is an actual physical with all or most of the game.

I know that FF is not that strong but FF16 and Rebirth are the reason I have a PS5. Those games were advertised as exclusives back in the day and I am a huge fan of the series.

It will sell well on Switch 2 and an extra 100K on Xbox.

Didn't some FF head honcho already confirm this about a month ago when talking about a simultaneous release of part 3 on Switch 2? I'll go find a link BRB...

Edit: So while I couldn't find a definitive confirmation of a simultaneous release I did find this quote from way back in October of last year, which I read as implying it.

"But obviously, before then, people who haven't played Final Fantasy VII Remake yet, this is such a good opportunity to do so now that it's coming out on the Switch 2. The whole series is coming to the Switch 2, so if you want to play it, have a go with the first one, you won't regret it, and then we can all play the third game together and it enjoy it together in real time."

https://www.nintendolife.com/features/ive-been-brought-up-by-final-fantasy-naoki-hamaguchi-on-bringing-the-ffvii-remake-trilogy-to-switch-2

Also this from last month:

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/01/final-fantasy-vii-remakes-sequels-will-have-exactly-the-same-gameplay-as-other-consoles

I think this is the right move. I understand selling systems and all that, but Playstation has an excellent library they can call on. I like to see Final Fantasy succeed, so if this helps make more of these games then I am all for it.

I feel like this is not a big reveal at all. We all expected this pretty much since the release of Rebirth and the statements from SE just after that period.