Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 Expected to Release Around 2027, Says Square Enix

It's fairly common knowledge that Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth enjoyed a relatively smooth development cycle, owing to the fact that Final Fantasy 7 Remake's team was largely kept intact, and the first game had obviously laid the foundations in terms of visuals and gameplay systems. It took Square Enix around three years to craft Rebirth, and it expects the same kind of timeline when it comes to the third (and final) title in the trilogy.

[lucian229]

Soooo long. Sigh lmao gonna be a long long wait.

[Cacabunga]

Yes but better they take their time with such game. A good argument to get PS5 Pro

[Sonic1881]

The PS6 might be out by then

[Cacabunga]

In 2,5 years? No way .. Pro will be around for at least 2 years..

[RaidenBlack]

Might be an unpopular opinion here, but I wish the remake was a 2-parter not a 3-parter.
Die-hard fans will disagree and I get it but ... I think they're stretching the project abit too much imho.

[lucian229]

considering how much story is in the original, i think it's fine. Everything is very well elaborated and the connection to those characters are much greater thanks to it. Like, i like seeing tifa and aerith as best friends for example. the fact the first 2 games in this trilogy basically only covered the first disc of the original is kinda crazy tho lol

[Becuzisaid]

@lucian That first disc was a whopper though. I don't remember the second being as long, and the third is basically just the final dungeon.

I'm glad they did 3 games. The first 2 have been absolutely phenomenal. Looking forward to the Weapons (the real ones) waking up and attacking, the underwater exploration (they set that up pretty good with the lore of Under Junon), and finally Cloud's big reveal. It'll be real interesting to see how they handle the repercussions of Cloud's behavior from Rebirth and what he's going to do in Part 3. Like the party should realistically just abandon him for being such an a-hole, and after what he did to a Tifa. They really played up the whole Sephiroth mind control thing in Rebirth. They really need to nail the emotional payoff to that. Hope it's not just swept under the rug by the party and just move on post Lifestream.

[-Foxtrot]

Also 3 games and then a Crisis core remaster

Then god knows what else

It’s overkill

I’d under the trilogy if they lived up to their excuse about it being about expanding the lore. Like they said the first game would heavily expand the lore of Midgar through side missions but the side missions didn’t do that at all, they were all pretty generic. Felt like a bad excuse to justify 3 games.

[-Foxtrot]

Least we have a potential date

Although now I’m just thinking

“Damn 3-4 years to see if we’ll ever get a FFVIII remake next”

[VersusDMC]

Apparently there is a IX remake getting made. You need that to come out and be successful before a VIII remake is even possibly green lit.

But if you're thinking the FF7REMAKE team is making a FFVIII remake after part 3...that is not happening. They are definitely making a new FF after.

[-Foxtrot]

Well apparently IX is coming first because the VIII team are working on the VII remakes

So if they get finished then hopefully they will work on VIII next

You say it won’t but I’m hoping they will…just something less ambitious

[TheEroica]

Yikes.... Sales are already lower than expected for the sequel. Third game is gonna be lower....

[GoodGuy09]

I really think it should've been just one game or two at most, kept to the simple turn based combat, and no crazy changes to the story. But it's whatever. I liked rebirth but man was it bloated with so much unnecessary and repetitive stuff. Square is really betting their money on the remakes. I do admit the remakes have been the only mainline ff games Ive actually quite liked since probably 10 lol.

[Lexreborn2]

I don’t feel like it’s bloated, it’s more or less all the same content that was in the original for mini games but they expanded everyone’s narrative better.

I am glad they expanded even on the characters that came in later games that wasn’t in the original. It’s a weird position we keep putting devs in when one moment we say give us a complete game with tons of content. They deliver said content and then we treat it like it’s overwhelming or to much.

Crazy part is you could just focus on the story and do none of the “bloat”. Gamers really seem to never be happy when you look online forums

[rambot89]

Wouldn’t make sense financially. 1 game would involve a mammoth amount of development time and a gamble to say the least. Making one part of the game and seeing if it makes $$$ gives reason to justify making a part 2 and 3 and make more money too.

[OtterX]

That's pretty crazy if you think about the 2005 PS3 tech demo that started this all! I'm not sure if they ever intended to remake the game at that time, but the fan outcry for it was so incredible that it eventually became a reality! Now imagine all of the fans who have died waiting for this. :\

[GamerRN]

That's how you turn an 80$ game into a $240 game

[jambola]

Which game is 240?
You must've bought from a bad scalper because I got both games for normal price each

[GamerRN]

How much did each part cost?

[jambola]

each game cost 70€

[Lionsguard]

I mean not too surprised, they already have most of all the assets already made. I just hope it's UE5 and they crank it to 11 and finish strong. I also hope they go back and upgrade Remake and Rebirth to UE5 too. BUY THE DAMN GAME PEOPLE!!

[franwex]

For all the complaints about GAAS and same thing getting released every year. It’s almost dumb that gamers here don’t support a game like Rebirth.

[MrNinosan]

Rebirth is selling great and is supported. Don't worry.

[MrNinosan]

It won't be UE5.
If that wad the case, we wouldn't play it in 3 years.

[Becuzisaid]

And it would likely play like trash compared to the first 2, at least on PS5.

[gold_drake]

cant wait quite honestly

[gleepot]

Well you need to. 3 years.

[gold_drake]

noooo wuuuut

[CrimsonWing69]

I’m worried if the sales of Rebirth will impact 3. I can see Square not wanting to put that much money and time after getting poor sales. Which sucks… these 2 games have become some of my most favorite.

[MrNinosan]

It hasn't sold poorly so no need to worry.

[CrimsonWing69]

Right, so I guess ignore things like this then…

https://www.eurogamer.net/f...

“ Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has reportedly sold "about half" the sales of its predecessor Remake in the same timeframe.”

“ That's according to industry analyst Daniel Ahmad, who confirmed earlier today that the highly-anticipated RPG is "underperforming sales-wise.”

Not to mention its launch day sales put it as the third worst selling FF title at release.

Then you have this:

https://www.pushsquare.com/...

“ Kiryu highlighted the PS5's "slow adoption" as a cause of Final Fantasy 16's struggles.”

So, you got him blaming exclusivity as a reason for FF16 underperforming and if you apply that to FF7 Rebirth’s sales being even less than FF16 there’s some cause for concern.

You see things like Helldivers 2 selling way more than FF7 Rebirth and it’s no wonder these devs/publishers turn to GaaS or games that will be less expensive to produce. We’re seeing a dramatic shift here and the way the wind’s blowing isn’t exactly reassuring.

[Ironmike]

It has though its sold less than remake by quite a bit I hope they do make 3 otherwise I wasted 100 hrs if my life playing both games

[VersusDMC]

Sony recently secured Rebirth and Remake permanent console exclusivity.

https://www.gamedeveloper.c...

Pretty sure the money Sony is giving them covers more than half the development costs. Especially since all versions of FF7Remake ended up on PS+ and Square got a big money increase for that. And they probably get a reduction on the 30% cut of sales.

Part 3 is guaranteed and you will be getting Sony paid PS5 pro updates to Remake and Rebirth shown when they announce the PS5 pro.

[Ironmike]

Good

[CrimsonWing69]

Is it enough? Like that’s the big question. I just hope Part 3 they don’t hold back on due to poor sales. I don’t want some AA GaaS game for this series because something like Helldivers 2 is at 8 mill and this is struggling to punch through 2 mill.

[VersusDMC]

As more evidence to not be worried about Part 3 is that it will be Kitase's retirement game so i doubt he will allow it to be held back.

https://www.gamesradar.com/...

And i doubt they will go the gaas service for this series as that is pretty much what the MMO entries are. Maybe there will be a mobile or spin off AA games but not a main entry.

And while helldivers 2 sells 7 million, games like hogwarts, elden ring and zelda sell 20 million so i doubt they see Helldivers 2 as the route to go especially as their own gaas game, foamstars is currently dying.

[spambot0815]

Release it as movie because if the gameplay is like part 2 I pass and just watch cutscenes

[MrNinosan]

You didn't play Rebirth I assume.

[spambot0815]

Until Costa del sol, then I quit

[andy85]

Gameplay was outstanding imo. I don't see how they could have made it any better? There's so many options.

[jwillj2k4]

Expect even lower sales in 3 years.

[andy85]

Doubt it. There will be twice as many PS5 owners and its the conclusion to the story.

[jwillj2k4]

It’s inevitable. You can use lightning returns sales compared to part 2, where lightning returns was considered a far better game.

I believe they need to do something special for the 3rd (ex: make a movie of the first 2 as a bundle) just to come relatively close to the seconds sales, whereever those end up.

[ironmonkey]

Well they are definitely a collector's package. My favorite trilogy

[Viryu]

Back in the days when we were still waiting for part 1, I called it that each part would be spread around each generation of PS. I'm still waiting since then for them to release the whole thing so I can enjoy the entire game in one go.

[Zenzuu]

That's quite a wait. The PS6 will be out by then or at least close to released.

[Brazz]

I feel like many, like myself, want the complete package in one go. FFVII part1-3 in one bundle, that's my goal.

[MrNinosan]

Like the complete FFVII package?
Advent Children, Before Crisis, Crisis Core, Dirge of Cerberus, Ever Crisis, First Soldier and Final Fantasy VII OG?

[Brazz]

Nah, just the 3 remakes games.

[Tankbusta40]

Please don't make Chadley stuff so extensive. I don't mind him as a character but damn doing everything in every stage is a slog(I know its technically optional but it really isn't)

[jambola]

It's absolutely optional

[Tzuno]

Tired of this episodic greed, by the time they release part 3 you forget where you left off in part 2. I bet they will release a complete edition selling the game for the 4th time, what a disgrace, i refuse to play in the actual state.

[Sgt_Slaughter]

I don't exactly trust Square on their timelines and release windows, so not holding my breath on that one. Could easily see it getting pushed into the 2029-2030 range.

[MrNinosan]

Rebirth was a smooth ride and never got pushed. Almost exactly the same team who worked on Remake and Rebirth is still there for the last game in the trilogy, most assets will be reused, combat is close to perfection.

I am certain we'll see this game in 3 years.