Closing Fantasy 7 Remake and Rebirth have been promoting “a number of occasions higher” than anticipated within the wake of Revelation’s Summer time Sport Fest 2026 reveal.
That is in response to trilogy director Naoki Hamaguchi, who instructed Automaton that each video games are “performing even higher than most individuals most likely think about”.
“Again when Rebirth was introduced, each time it grew to become a sizzling matter, gross sales of Remake would rise,” Hamaguchi mentioned.
“Equally, I am positive each time Revelation attracts consideration, extra folks will change into serious about Rebirth.”
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He wasn’t capable of share particular figures, citing Sq. Enix’s investor relations coverage, however mentioned: “I can say they’re performing even higher than most individuals most likely think about”.
Hamaguchi additionally pointed to PC as a rising issue behind the trilogy’s efficiency.
“The English-speaking market stays very sturdy on PC, however the Simplified Chinese language PC market has additionally grown to a comparable degree,” he mentioned.
In the identical interview, the director credited participant suggestions with shaping a few of Revelation’s design modifications, saying minigames are being made skippable and rewards adjusted primarily based on group responses to Rebirth.
“With regards to gameplay and sport design, particularly playability, I consider we completely must maintain listening to gamers and reduce factors of frustration wherever we will,” he mentioned. He additionally addressed the video games’ famously vocal fanbase: “When folks talk about and get heated concerning the minigames, the story, or the relationships between characters in FFVII, I feel that solely occurs as a result of they see worth in these components.”
Maybe most notably, Hamaguchi mentioned greater than 90 p.c of the workers who labored on Remake have stayed with the venture by to Revelation – one thing he mentioned shocked folks abroad.
“I feel the truth that so many individuals are engaged on this venture with a agency dedication to seeing it by to the very finish is actually due partly to the power of the FFVII IP, but in addition as a result of we have been capable of create this venture surrounded by followers who’ve tremendously excessive expectations for it,” he mentioned.
The third and last a part of the Closing Fantasy 7 remake trilogy, Closing Fantasy 7 Revelation, is ready to reach in spring 2027 on Nintendo Swap 2, PC, PS5, and Xbox Sequence X/S.
Although a full 12 months earlier than Sony phases out bodily discs, writer Sq. Enix has apparently not decided whether or not to ship the sport on disc or not.
