If Final Fantasy VII Remake was released on PS4, however, the second chapter of the trilogy, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, will be a PS5 exclusive. A choice of Square Enix which is not surprising in the sense that Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade has already dodged the PS4, no doubt to better prepare for the generational transition. But in the case of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, it was mainly technical considerations that pushed the developers to make this decision, as evidenced by the interview given by Yoshinori Kitase to the Japanese media Gamer (and relayed by Gematsu).
"It is a PS5 exclusive because of the graphic quality, but also because there is the SSD, explains the executive producer. Given that the adventure takes place in a huge world after the heroes escaped from Midgar, the mass of data to be processed is such that it can create a phenomenon of congestion. Suddenly, we understood that we needed the capacities of the PS5 to overcome these obstacles and travel in the universe of the game comfortably."
If some already believe that this statement is proof that Final Fantasy VII Rebirth will be an open-world, Square Enix has not yet formalized anything on the subject. What is certain is that the world will be much more open than that of Final Fantasy VII Remake, which should not be very complicated to tell the truth. For the record, a team from Square Enix is already working on the last episode of this trilogy whose name has not filtered, which shows that at the moment everything is going for the best. The release of the game is scheduled for winter 2023.
