Summary
- The third Final Fantasy 7 Remake will be exclusive to PlayStation consoles.
- The development team hinted at a potential four-year wait for the release of the third installment.
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth could eventually come to PC, however.
The yet-untitled third installment in the Final Fantasy Remake series 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 of Final Fantasy 7 in 2020. Final Fantasy 7 Remake only told a fraction of the original’s plot, with the recently-released Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth continuing from when Cloud and the party leave Midgar until the fateful trip to the Forgotten Capital at the end of the old FF7’s second disk.
A third game in the Final Fantasy 7 Remake series has already been confirmed, with the development team behind this month’s FF7 Rebirth hinting that it could be about four years before it is ready to be released. It is widely assumed that this third entry will be the final chapter in the FF7 Remake series, but little else is known as of this writing. A few weeks before Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth hit stores, creative director Tetsuya Nomura noted that the next Final Fantasy 7 Remake could introduce airship travel via Cid’s trusty vessel, the Highwind.
Any fans hoping to take to the skies on any console other than PlayStation will 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 third Final Fantasy 7 Remake game will remain a PlayStation exclusive. He recently spoke to The Washington Post about how securing the FF7 Remake series as a console exclusive “is a feather in the PlayStation cap,” and stated that doing so was part of recognizing the original Final 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 the Final Fantasy 7 Remake saga 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 enhanced Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade arrived on the PS5. However, there have been rumors of Square Enix eventually releasing FF7 Remake and its sequels on Xbox or Nintendo consoles, with the latest being that Microsoft was supposedly in talks to bring FF7 Remake to Xbox back in January.
Square Enix has confirmed that Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will remain exclusive to PlayStation consoles until at least May 29, 2024. Judging from Christian Svensson’s latest comments, it appears that a similar deal will be in place for the eventual third installment in the Final Fantasy 7 Remake series, and while it’s very likely that the last two FF7 Remake chapters will eventually come to PC like 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
- Released
- February 29, 2024
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.
- ESRB
- T For Teen Due To Blood, Language, Mild Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol and Tobacco, Violence
- Developer(s)
- Square Enix
- Publisher(s)
- Square Enix
- Franchise
- Final Fantasy
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PC
- Genre(s)
- RPG
