It's been 23 years since Final Fantasy 7 first launched on the PlayStation 1, and fans have wanted Final Fantasy 7 Remake for at least half of that time. The game finally released today, and in celebration, Square Enix published a video thanking fans for their mettle and patience.
The video itself is simple enough: It's a minute long and sees Producer Yoshinori Kitase thanking players to the tune and visuals of Final Fantasy 7 Remake music and gameplay. It's this gameplay that makes this video interesting, however. Fans have no doubt seen the footage a million times by now through Remake trailers and promotions, but the Thank You video shows them alongside a revealing caption.
Between the videos 4-second and 8-second marks, viewers will see a caption that says, "Gameplay Captured on PC." This is interesting because Final Fantasy 7 Remake only released for the PlayStation 4 today. It's a bit strange that Square Enix would deliberately use PC footage in a video meant for a PlayStation release. Regardless, though, the company just confirmed that it has a PC version of Final Fantasy 7 Remake in development.
Once upon a time, Square did mention that FF7 Remake's PlayStation exclusivity was limited. However, Square Enix didn't say what other consoles the game would appear on. With today's announcement, though, fans now know one of the systems will be PC. When exactly the release will happen remains a mystery, but Square claims the game will be exclusive to PlayStation for one year. So it at least won't be until after April 10, 2021.
By that time, the next generation consoles of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X will be available, which begs the question of whether Square will decide to release this first episode of Remake on them as well. The publisher already has plans to bring other Final Fantasy titles to the Xbox, so it would be a waste not to introduce the updated version of arguably the best one to its next console. As for the PlayStation 5, Final Fantasy 7 Remake Episode 2 is more than likely in development for it, so porting part one makes sense — unless, of course, Final Fantasy 7 Remake becomes one of the few backward-compatible PS4 games for the system.
The oddball, in this case, would be the Nintendo Switch. The original Final Fantasy 7 received a port for it some time ago, so the game does have a history with the console. But Final Fantasy 7 Remake might be too much for it.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake is out now for the PlayStation 4.