Summary
The yet-untitled third installment in theFinal Fantasy Remakeseries will remain exclusive to PlayStation consoles. After years of rumors, speculation, and hope from legions of fans, Square Enix finally released the first chapter of its modern reimagining ofFinal Fantasy 7in 2020.Final Fantasy 7 Remakeonly told a fraction of the original’s plot, with the recently-releasedFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirthcontinuing from when Cloud and the party leave Midgar until the fateful trip to the Forgotten Capital at the end of the oldFF7’s second disk.
A third game in theFinal Fantasy 7 Remakeseries has already been confirmed, with the development team behind this month’sFF7 Rebirthhinting that itcould be about four yearsbefore it is ready to be released. It is widely assumed that this third entry will be the final chapter in theFF7 Remakeseries, but little else is known as of this writing. A few weeks beforeFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirthhit stores, creative director Tetsuya Nomura noted that the nextFinal Fantasy 7 Remakecould introduce airship travel via Cid’s trusty vessel, the Highwind.
Any fans hoping to take to the skies onany console other than PlayStationwill have to temper their expectations, as Christian Svensson, the vice president of second and third-party content ventures and strategic initiatives, recently revealed that the thirdFinal Fantasy 7 Remakegame will remain a PlayStation exclusive. He recently spoke toThe Washington Postabout how securing theFF7 Remakeseries as a console exclusive “is a feather in the PlayStation cap,” and stated that doing so was part of recognizing the originalFinal Fantasy 7’s roots as an exclusive title for the original PS1 back in 1997.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 Won’t Come To Xbox Or Switch
This isn’t to say that theFinal Fantasy 7 Remakesaga has always been bound to PlayStation hardware, as a PC port of the first entry was released in December 2021 - a few months after the enhancedFinal Fantasy 7 Remake Intergradearrived on the PS5. However, there have been rumors of Square Enix eventuallyreleasingFF7 Remakeand its sequels on Xboxor Nintendo consoles, with the latest being that Microsoft was supposedly in talks to bringFF7 Remaketo Xbox back in January.
Square Enix has confirmed thatFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirthwill remain exclusive to PlayStation consoles until at least July 30, 2025. Judging from Christian Svensson’s latest comments, it appears that a similar deal will be in place for the eventual third installment in theFinal Fantasy 7 Remakeseries, and while it’s very likely that the last twoFF7 Remakechapters will eventually come to PClike the first game did, fans hoping for an Xbox Series X or Nintendo Switch port will likely be disappointed by this latest development.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
WHERE TO PLAY
Discover a vibrant and vast world in this standalone entry in the Final Fantasy VII remake project. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is the second entry in the Final Fantasy VII remake project, which retells the story of the genre-redefining RPG across three distinct games. Iconic heroes Cloud, Barret, Tifa, Aerith and Red XIII have escaped from the dystopian city Midgar and are now in pursuit of Sephiroth, the vengeful swordsman from Cloud’s past who was thought to be dead. This new adventure can be enjoyed by all players, even those who have yet to play Final Fantasy VII Remake or the PlayStation original. Expect a new standard of cinematic storytelling, fast-paced combat and rich exploration across a vast world.
