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Famitsu reportedly lists Final Fantasy VII under its PS3 section in its next issue.

PS3center.net found a picture of the table of contents for Famitsu's next issue, which lists Final Fantasy VII under the PS3 section.

PS3center.net reports that Yoichi Wada, president of Square Enix, cites poor worldwide sales of its recent titles as a reason for Square Enix's decision to go forward with a FF VII remake for PS3. The alleged reason is that Square Enix felt it needed a sure fire project that would perform well in every region, and FF VII would be such a project with mass appeal.

PS3center.net claims to have contacted Square Enix for an official comment, but no comment has been reported thus far.

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TheHater5542d ago

As for the Final Fantasy VII on the PS3 section. Maybe it just Advent Children Complete Blu-ray

happyface5542d ago

april fools

square isn't going to blow money on a ps3 exclusive this entire gen

cayal5542d ago

Yeah...if they hate money they wouldn't.

Jager5542d ago

Happyface, the only thing square has wasted time with is the 360 this gen, time for them to focus back to their FANBASE.

happyface5542d ago

it just comes down to the simple fact that ps3 owners dont buy enough games, so its not worthwhile

killzone cost 60 mil and its selling about like crappy Rainbow Six Vegas 2

3rd party ps3 exclusives aren't financially viable

Wizeguy215542d ago

These April fools jokes are hitting to close to home!!

Ima start punching people soon!

heroicjanitor5542d ago

It seems to be written with n4g in mind, given the way he claims Square Enix reasoned it, and Square Enix wouldn't come out saying that because it sounds like they know where their fanbase is and were purposely ignoring it.

Sangria5542d ago

If it's an April Fool, it's at least more credible than the last FFVII April Fool today.

icup25542d ago

"3rd party ps3 exclusives aren't financially viable"

MGS 4 RETARD !!!!!!!!

s8anicslayer5542d ago

I saw in another post before that a FFVII remake was coming to the ps3! But no game co. is going to blow monew on any console excusive unless the Haedware manufacturer is willing to pay the price! so to happyface keep your fanboy comments to yourself!

lordgodalming5542d ago (Edited 5542d ago )

Of course this is April Fools. I want it to be true as much as the rest of you, but I've resigned myself to the fact that it ain't happening. That way, if it ever DOES happen for real, I can pee myself with joy.

Edit: after staring very hard at that picture, the listing for FFVII is there in Japanese (ファイナルファンタジVII), but that one item in the list is a lot fuzzier than the others. However, you have to give the fakers credit for choosing page 66, which seems to have nothing else around it. This is garbage and I desperately wish it were true.

Baka-akaB5542d ago

wth are you talking about happyface ? Jrpg got yet to sell well or that well on 360 ...
And they quite do on ps3 so far . Lately even a game we all expected to fail , Demon souls , exceeded any expectation in both quality of the title , and sales figures , and keeps selling .
S04 so far isnt really doing better than Level 5's new ip White knight chronicles .

Sure the limited japanese fanbase of the 360 is to blame , but the fault lies with square's choice that turned a usually million selling franchise into the current performance .

And now , though i know it's probably an april fool's thing , you expect us to believe FF7 , the messiah of the entire genre (to my dissmay since i find it very good , but not the ultimate thing ) wouldnt sell like hotcakes ?

The Lazy One5542d ago

You think nobody with a 360 is an FF fan?

TheTwelve5542d ago

Ach...the pain of such jokes...

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brycespitler5542d ago

give me a link that said killzone 2 cost 60 million to make

you my friend are a complete idiot.

a very dumb idiot

Danja5542d ago

Of Course there are 360 FF fans , but how many ppl bought there PS3 in mind to play FF13 .... ???

SullyDrake5542d ago (Edited 5542d ago )

Notice the line before the page number is shorter than the rest, there is a slight blur distortion on the page number and the VII, and the font spelling Final Fantasy in Japanese is distinctively different than the rest of the fonts.

The Lazy One5541d ago

Apparently a lot of dumb people. Why would you buy a console for a game that isn't even announced yet being made by a third party studio that has a history of switching platforms with the same series?

raztad5541d ago

This is clearly an april fool joke, but whoever is thinking FFVII wont be a PS3 exclusive, I have only one thing to say you are WRONG! Havent you notice that EVERYTHING FFVII is Sony related someway? SE has made remakes of all other FF titles on the DS, Wii, but FFVII is ONLY on the PS brand. Im not sure why. Maybe Sony indeed has some rights over FFVII IP? or it's just Nomura being such a Sony lover that doesnt want to see FFVII outside Sony consoles. Either way I find highly unlikely FFVII<attach string> to appear on the xbox360, I guess we need to wait till FFXII versus is complete.

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PirateThom5542d ago

2Ch more or less confirms it is a fraud. :P

Marceles5542d ago (Edited 5542d ago )

yeah it's fake, i can tell by the font. The characters used to spell FF7 are more crammed in and longer than the others.

No FanS Land5542d ago

sorry but japanese depending on the word can be more spaced. Just google translate "final Fantasy" and you'll get the same kanji as the scan. So if it's an april fool, then it's way more credible.

lordgodalming5542d ago (Edited 5542d ago )

@2.2

No need to be testy, and besides 2.1 is right. The font is different--blurrier--than the other entries. Besides, if you really want to get snotty about the Japanese, the FFVII text is written in Katakana, not Kanji.

For the record, I totally want this to be true, just like you do. Here's hoping.

cloud 2795542d ago

Most likely an April Fools Joke nothing else. SE will not announce or release FF VII until its losing a lot of sales until then SE will not FF VII remake.

solidjun55542d ago

AS much as I would love to see this happen. Today...is...April...1st. :'(

FunkyBunch5542d ago

While the PS3center.net article is fake, the actual part about Famitsu running a story on FF VII is not.

The front page of the next Famitsu has the title:

Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete on the front page.
フィナルファンタジ VII アドベントチルドレン

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Forget Elder Scrolls 6, Skyrim Can Easily Be Made Into A Next-Gen Game

ScreenRant's Stephen Tang writes, "The Elder Scrolls 6 won't be releasing for a while, and in the meantime, the modding community has been making Skyrim into a next-gen game."

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GhostScholar5h ago

That’s just laughable to me. I think they’ve squeezed all they can out of an 12 year old game

mastershredder1h ago

"Easily" because they see mods, says the gamer. To heck with licensing, terms agreements conditions, etc. all you need to do is belive in mods. Yeah, so real superficial BS yo.

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The Status of Every PlayStation Franchise

Sony owns a fair few iconic franchises - many dating right back to the original PlayStation. But while we’re pretty familiar with the likes of ongoing series such as God of War, Horizon, and Gran Turismo, there are plenty of PlayStation franchises that haven’t seen the light of day in a long time. So in this video, we’re going to be taking a look at the status of PlayStation’s many IPs, and checking in on when we last heard from them.

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Skuletor16h ago

A 20+ minute video? Just include the written list in the article.

DarXyde12h ago

Status in one word:

Underutilized.

The end.

anast12h ago

Which ones should they utilize more?

BehindTheRows11h ago

Indeed. We hear this “underutilized” talk as if every old franchise should have a comeback or reboot.

I_am_Batman9h ago(Edited 9h ago)

When new IPs start looking like Concord, you can't blame people for wanting another Resistance or Killzone instead.

anast9h ago(Edited 9h ago)

J&D and Resistance are good ones. As much as I love these, though, I'm not sure they would payoff without an enormous marketing push. Younger gamers today do not have taste and the older gamers that would appreciate these might not be enough. But yeah, I would day 1 Resistance.

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Hotpot8h ago

Well that’s just the consequence of consistently producing new IPs isn’t it. Not all studios can be or want to be like polyphony digital who made gran turismo all the time.

Abear2110h ago

Here lies The Infamous Series; once a shining beacon of free flying, lighting bolt sniping, and wire riding amazing gameplay, it has been laid to rest and be forgotten for what seems like forever despite being loved by millions. Plot next to Wipeout across from NBA Jam.

Lightning777h ago

Still baffling they cancelled Twisted Metal, Factions 2 and Spider-Man Multiverse LS game but thought Concord looked good enough.

Chocoburger6h ago

Ape Escape, Parappa / Lammy, Gravity Rush, good times. Always hoping for them to make a return, or at least similar type games, such as the newly-announced Astro Bot, but one game isn't enough. Bring back the joyfulness of the 90's era of gaming.

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All Call of Duty Black Ops Games Ranked

The Nerd Stash: "Developed by Treyarch Studios, Call of Duty: Black Ops games are some of the best in the series in terms of gameplay, story, and -- of course -- Zombies."

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Rynxie2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Black ops 4, because it was the last cod of duty I was able to dominate with a +2 k/d ratio. Before all the freaking cheating started to happen. It was nice catching people off guard and shooting at them first and getting the kill. Unlike now, where I shoot people first, but they gun me down with less hits, less time, literally feels like they can kill me in a split second. At times, they are able to run away after me shooting them way more than necessary, yet, the second I'm spotted, I'm dead, there's no me running away to cover. They can do cartwheels, summersaults, backflips and gun you down perfectly. They can shoot you across the map with perfect accuracy. They can jump around like morons and gun you down without even having to correct their aim. They have superman split second perfect reactions. That's the best way to describe it, everything they do is spot on perfect. They can spam and spray (no praying) their gun from far away, because they have no recoil or bullet spread. It always feels like I have to aim and also correct my aim when moving around, while these pricks don't have to do the same.

And yes, I know how to play fps games. I dominated many fps games like: Resistance 1&2, kz 2&3, Socom, MAG, Crysis, Gotham City Impostors, blitz brigade etc. all with 2-4 k/d ratio. Kz2 (lag input controls) and resistance (no aim assist in resistance) being the hardest and were the games I reached either close to a 3 k/d ratio or above.

I truly got to enjoy blacks ops 4 and got my money's worth out of it. Afterwords, I would either stop playing cod games after a while, because of the cheating, or would skip buying cod games for a year or two before buying another.