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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade Exclusive to PS5 for at Least 6 Months

It looks like that Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade exclusive deal with Sony is guaranteed for another six months.

StoneyYoshi1121d ago

This practically makes the exclusive deal almost a 2 year exclusive for PS. I wasn't expecting this. I figured this release would be the one to reach Xbox by the end of the year.

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH1121d ago

Yeah true but imo it's a bad business move on SE's part. The game did not sale well on PS4 especially when you consider the install base so having it go multiplat would have been a better choice. Guess Sony pockets ran deep with this one...

Nyxus1121d ago (Edited 1121d ago )

FF7R did not sell well?

"Final Fantasy VII Remake sold 3.5 million copies in its first three days of release, publisher Square Enix told TheWrap Tuesday.

The hotly-anticipated remake of the 1997 original title is now the top-selling PS4 exclusive title in the last two years — it eclipsed Insomniac Games’ “Marvel’s Spider Man” game which Sony said totaled 3.3 million downloads in its first three days after its September 2018 release."

https://www.thewrap.com/fin...

LOGICWINS1121d ago

It makes perfect sense actually. Traditionally, one of the biggest advantages Playstation had over Xbox are JRPGs.

In the past few years, Xbox closed this gap with DQ, Yakuza, Judgement, Octopath, and the Tales games. It's also rumored that Persona 5 for Xbox will be announced at E3. Final Fantasy is the last major franchise Xbox needs to be on par with Sony in terms of JRPGs.

Therefore, Sony is holding onto FF for dear life. Either way, this is good news as this is essentially an unofficial confirmation that FF7R is coming to Xbox at some point....otherwise Sony wouldn't have to mention anything about "other formats".

gamer78041121d ago (Edited 1121d ago )

Kinda, this release is really the complete version so really only a 6 month exclusive. but I’m also glad I didn’t buy the original version. Could make a good Christmas gift to get a complete polished game at the end of this year for Xbox owners. Course it’s still not complete until part 2 is released.

jukins1121d ago

Imagine having a name "speakthetruth" but you say nothing but falsehoods. I mean if you thought final fantasy sold bad on an install base double of xbox and a on a console cloesly associated with final fantasy, whats the point of making the game for xbox?

Paleblood1121d ago

@SPEAKxTHExTRUTH

You speak lies!! How about a simple Google search before posting lies?

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Chevalier1120d ago

@Speak and Logic

You guys seem to think it makes no sense for this game to be timed exclusive why?! Xbox fans don't even buy these games in any way shape or form. The vast majority of sales will be Playstation and it won't even come close. Just look at Nier Replicant in the UK which is one of the bigger Xbox markets and what 80-90% of the sales were on Playstation. FF VII broke sales records on Playstation. Guys are absolutely delusional if you think anything has changed. In fact Square would sell significantly more units putting their games on the Switch over Xbox.

antikbaka1121d ago

SE hates their fans. That's it

Eonjay1121d ago

Of course because that makes sense.

antikbaka1121d ago

there is no reason that it can't be played on ps4 now

they didn't patch Nier Automata for YEARS on PC.

They released Replicant without optimization... again

StoneyYoshi1121d ago

I didn't realize all of their FF7 fans were on Xbox. 🤔

JEECE1121d ago

Lol when FF XIII launched, the PS3 version outsold the 360 version 2:1 in the United States. ( https://www.psu.com/news/fi... That was when Xbox was at its most popular, in the region where it had the greatest install base advantage, when there were a significant number of formerly PlayStation-centric people playing on 360 due to Sony's early PS3 mistakes. Now Xbox is far less popular, it has no sales advantage in any region, and those people have presumably switched back to PlayStation.

franwex1121d ago

Due to an exclusive deal? That’s a reach.

LOGICWINS1121d ago

Did Square also hate their fans when DQ11S was a Switch exclusive for a year and change?

I'm starting to think that the people who leave comments like this don't actually game. Gamers play games...not consoles. If you want to play a game, then you need to buy the console that it's on. Period. Otherwise, you care more about brand loyalty than gaming.

antikbaka1121d ago

if company cares about gamers it releases everywhere, all SE does is "gives pleasure" to any company which pays more

gamer78041121d ago

SE is just terrible about releasing finished stuff nowadays. Already they got that right with the final fantasy 13 series

oakshin1121d ago

Can't call yourself a square fan and not have a PlayStation this isn't 1994

antikbaka1121d ago

good luck getting ps5 when sony stopped shipping it to your country and cancelled all preorders.

Lexreborn21121d ago

If you are a fan and haven’t bought this yet, you are a terrible fan.

Paleblood1121d ago

80% of their fans are on Playstation.

Chevalier1120d ago

Just looking at Nier Replicant sales and yeah that's true. Xbox fans always say we want this blah blah blah, but, when it comes to buying and supporting these releases? Absolutely trash sales.

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waverider1121d ago

Its where they have more profit. Not really a big surprise.

PapaBop1121d ago

On PS5? On PS for sure but how many FF fans are there who own FF7R but haven't been lucky enough to get hold of a PS5 yet?

waverider1121d ago

I think this should also be in the PS4, because its not a next gen game. But it business....

JonnyBeoulve1121d ago

Me. I have a Series X for GamePass and don't want a PS5. I own FF7 on PS4 though.

masterfox1121d ago

So glad I skip and waited for the PS5 version, it was so much time, but definitely worth the wait, I haven't even opened the case , dowloaded the Plus version and havent played yet!, yes it was a punishment lol.

JEECE1121d ago

Honestly if Sony is going to pay Japanese devs any kind of money for exclusivity, it pretty much makes sense to take it. If you are a Japanese studio making a game aimed at higher end consoles (obviously Japanese games can sell on Switch so that's another story), even if you release on PS/Xbox/PC simultaneously you are going to sell disproportionately on Playstation (this was true even when the install bases were pretty even in the PS3/360 gen). So if Sony is going to give you money to keep the game exclusive on the console where you are going to make your money anyway, why not do it?

Although I'm generally of the mind that if a game series establishes an association with a particular console, it should stay there (i.e. Final Fantasy should be on Playstation and Nintendo hardware, MGS should have stayed PlayStation exclusive, and things like Titanfall and Dead Rising should have stuck with Xbox).

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Final Fantasy VII Remake Trilogy vs Final Fantasy VII Original Story Comparison: Which Is Better?

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The creation of a real-life Final Fantasy VII Buster Sword

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Final Fantasy VII Remake Cutscenes Changed With New Patch, Comparison Inside

A new patch for Square Enix's action role-playing game, Final Fantasy VII Remake, has brought changes to certain cutscenes.

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Sgt_Slaughter94d ago

If you can't go without breasts in a cutscene, you need help

Rebel_Scum94d ago

Should’ve ended that sentence with either “you maggot” or “you puke” Sarge

Barlos94d ago

Well bloody hell, I guess I need committing then. Stick me in a padded cell

Eonjay94d ago

People need serious help if you 'need' to stare at a minors breasts. And some of you admitted that so at least we have acknowledgement. Can we not sexualize children? It shouldn't be considered progressive. I think the mass majority of people regardless of political view aren't into to kiddie boobs.

CrimsonWing6994d ago

look, man... why support censorship in any way? Forget the cleavage, it's the principle. Do you like owning the cable television edited version of a movie or do you want the original R-rated version?

I'd be just as irked by this if WB Games put out a patch that censored all the swearing and gore in an MK game. So, regardless of how you feel about boobs being covered up in the game, it's the principle of censorship that gets most people. I couldn't care less if she wore a sports bra from the beginning, what I hate is people covering my eyes and ears like I'm a 5-year old telling me, "This is too inappropriate for you."

So, yea, censorship is dumb as f*ck regardless of the content. Changing something that's already established that nobody made a big deal about, and nobody is getting their rocks off to (let's be real here), all because people get uncomfortable with boobs is dumb, plain and simple.

Like, give me a f*cking break here...

AdonisIsBeast94d ago (Edited 94d ago )

Yea, apparently you’re incapable of comprehending the point of the complaint. As another user mentioned, it’s principal. These are fictional characters in fictional worlds, it gives most people no pleasure see “the cleavage” as used in this example. The entire point is that we are all getting sick and tired of these fake and unnecessary DEI and ethics departments censoring media simply for the sake of it. Unless theres nudity, they should leave it alone.

Babadook794d ago (Edited 94d ago )

I prefer the before, but I won’t make a mountain out of a molehill. (No pun intended)

CobraKai93d ago

It’s about the needless censorship.

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andy8594d ago

I mean she is portrayed as being 15 in the scene. I don't really consider it woke to cover up a child (begs questions why they did it in the first place though).

Rocketisleague94d ago

In the original nomura was going nuts with child panty references and such. Look it up

k2d94d ago

Devil's advocate here.. who's doing the objectification here though? How would progressives react if teenagers where asked to not show skin and cover up their feminine traits? No bare shoulders. No hair. No make-up etc.. 20-30 years ago the main stream tune was the complete opposite, and games where under attack from conservatives and we had to defend games from them. Now publishers are pre-emptively chastising and censoring to please left AND right, depending on which region of the world their trying to up ease.

dmonee93d ago

Alot of Japanese animation, cartoons, video games, are SuS, when it comes to sexual exploitation lol.

Gamingsince198193d ago

She's not anything , she's not a real person, she was never born, they could make her nude and no harm would be done to anything but the minds of people that can't tell real life from video games.

OMGitzThatGuy94d ago

Black rock is against sexualizing minors? Those demons!

AdonisIsBeast94d ago

Actually they’re FOR exploiting children and promoting puberty blockers and life altering hormone treatment for minors. Do your research

qalpha93d ago (Edited 93d ago )

BlackRock is apparently FOR sexualizing minors. They (along with Disney) were vehemently against the Florida parental rights bill (better known as the 'don't sexualize young elementary kids' bill).

banger8894d ago

"It’s unclear why Square Enix opted to make this change around 4 years after the game’s release."

Because some progressive, blue-haired freak started quivering uncontrollably and frothing at the mouth?

CrimsonWing6994d ago (Edited 94d ago )

What’s weird about it? Females wear low cut shirts all the time, do you bust a nut over it? No… well, I’d hope not.

This is a person who has breasts that wore a low cut shirt, the end. It’s not child porn and nobody in hear was fapping to it.

When you go to a mall and some 15 year old has cleavage showing do you run up and throw a bed sheet over her? I mean Geezus you see more with swimsuits…

Our culture is so weird. We have people championing women for doing OnlyFans as such a brave and empowering decision. I see celebrities barely wearing anything on the red carpet exposing their nipples and butt cheeks and everyone is gawking at how amazing the outfit is.

A freaking game has a fake character that in no way looks 15 and in no way is oversexualized, but had a shirt with cleavage in what, a 30 second scene, and suddenly that’s where we draw the line… like what world am I living in?

andy8593d ago

Just personally find it weird. But what is actually weird is the people who are complaining about it. If she was 12 is that suddenly not OK. 10? There's a reason stuff like that isn't shown in media on children. You'll obviously see it in real life but doesn't mean it's right.

gold_drake94d ago

yes and to make it more in line with Rebirth. shes wearing a black undershirt in that game. consistency.

the japanese definetly didnt care if she has one on or not ha.

Barlos94d ago

Sweet Baby Inc is probably the reason

I_am_Batman94d ago (Edited 94d ago )

Seems much more likely that the team simply wanted to prevent perverts from zooming in on the cleavage of a 15-year-old in photo mode. I'm pretty sure the Nibelheim flashbacks in Remake were only a couple seconds with a fixed cutscene camera, so that wasn't much of an issue until Rebirth where this character model is obviously used a lot more.

Maybe you guys should hold your horses until you've played the game and stop jumping to conclusions. I've already got spoiled about a scene that happens later on in the game and it certainly didn't fit your hypothesis of Square bending the knee to oversensitive "progressives" with an allergiy to attractive females.

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franwex94d ago

They wanted to have consistency with the new character model. That basically it.

Why not make the new character model resemble the design of 4 years ago though?

gold_drake94d ago

while i want my games, especially the ff games with alot of lore, to be as accurate in their translation as possible, the english localisation took huge liberties in the first place.

the japanese and german for example are in line with one another. english is not. but yea. its a silly change, the steel sky was a great thing when she said it, but apperantly the original english lip movement was more in line with "i dont like it" than with "the steel sky, i miss it"

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