- director of the Final Fantasy 7 The remake trilogy, Naoki Hamaguchi, has spoken about the multiplatform of the series.
- He emphasizes that moving to multiplatform “will in no way lower the quality of the third installment”
- Part 3 is highly speculated to be released in 2027 or 2028.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Director Naoki Hamaguchi has spoken about the upcoming finale of the remake trilogy, as well as the impact of a possible cross-platform release on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X and S, and Switch 2.
Speaking to Automaton, Hamaguchi noted concerns about the remake series moving to a multi-platform release. “However,” he said, highlighting the strong reception to both the Xbox Series and Switch 2 versions of the games, “our decision to go multiplatform with the Final Fantasy 7 Remake The series will not diminish the quality of the third installment in any way. Our development structure simply doesn’t work that way to begin with.”
Hamaguchi goes on to talk about various optimizations for each platform, highlighting the use of Game-Key Cards on Switch 2 to download the full game to the console without compromise. It also references the Switch 2’s “ample memory,” which makes the platform even more viable for the trilogy.
Hamaguchi then confirms that the PC serves as the development team’s primary platform, while going on to explain that: “when adapting the game for each platform, simply reducing the quality across the board is not necessarily the solution, because this can compromise the desired visual expression. That is why we make sure to review everything by eye and adjust it so that each port matches the original vision.”
The full interview is really worth reading; Hamaguchi does a great job of explaining the benefits and processes of cross-platform development in a very easily understandable way.
Until now, the Final Fantasy 7 Remake series, including Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, has been praised for the quality of its ports for PC, Xbox and Switch 2. I don’t expect that to change with the third entry, even if Square Enix plans to release the game on all major platforms on day one, thus abandoning the PlayStation’s timed exclusivity of Redo and Renaissance.
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