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[Draugoth]

Square Enix‘s Naoki Hamaguchi has dropped a hint about the release date window for Final Fantasy 7 remake’s part 3. The third installment, which has yet to be titled, might be out by early 2028 as it seems to be following the same trajectory as FF7: Rebirth.

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[Badlucktroll]

 

[Mister Wolf]

Will this be the final one?

 

[Danjin44]

Will this be the final one?

Yes.

 

[Dazraell]

It would be fascinating if this would launch on PS6. Three games with initial releases on three different platforms

 

[tmlDan]

Honestly, not bad, im okay with that.

But thats like PS6 range, guess it'll be cross platform

 

[j0hnnix]

Is there a way to get this digital in the after life? i doubt ill be around by the time they finish this series lol.

 

[NuclearDiarrhea]

Wouldn't be surprised if its sooner since they're gonna re-use the open world that has already been created in Rebirth.

 

[Danjin44]

After Remake, it took them 4 years to make Rebirth and 4 more year for next one, I think thats reasonable.

 

[Bkdk]

Hopefully ff6 remake next, then 9 and 10 probably. Seems like SE should just halt ff mainline sequels indefinitely since they would be so busy for remakes and players want remakes a lot more than mainline sequels anyway.

 

[Maitre_Piccolo]

There is nothing in that interview that suggests it will release in 2028. All they are saying is that right now, part 3 is in the same stage as part 2 (rebirth) was one month before the release of part1 (remake).

But as going from part1 to part 2 introduced a lot of changes (open world), we cannot assume that this comment suggests anything about the time it will take to finish the development part 3.

 

[Krieger]

Cool, I'm gonna play the remastered remake trilogy on the PS6 then.

 

[RayHell]

Started it on PS4, about to continue on PS5 and will finish on PS6

 

[Punished Miku]

Possibly the biggest waste of talent and resources in the history of the entire industry. 12 years for remakes. If I didn't see it myself I would have never believed it was ever greenlit.

 

[rickybooby87]

Final Fantasy VII: Retirement

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

using Unreal 4?

 

[Wishmaster92]

Probably will still run on ue4 with shit barf ps3 textures

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

And the original only took SquareSoft 3 years to make, with 100x more content and 100x more fun and love put into it

 

[Dr. Suchong]

Possibly the biggest waste of talent and resources in the history of the entire industry. 12 years for remakes. If I didn't see it myself I would have never believed it was ever greenlit.

Came here (with trepidation) to say this.

 

[Dr. Suchong]

And the original only took SquareSoft 3 years to make, with 100x more content and 100x more fun and love put into it

I'd rather replay the original any day.

 

[Estocolmo]

Honestly what did you expect considering the pace of previous releases?

 

[Danjin44]

Possibly the biggest waste of talent and resources in the history of the entire industry. 12 years for remakes. If I didn't see it myself I would have never believed it was ever greenlit.

They are great games, I would say it’s not waste.

 

[hinch7]

Hopefully ff6 remake next, then 9 and 10 probably. Seems like SE should just halt ff mainline sequels indefinitely since they would be so busy for remakes and players want remakes a lot more than mainline sequels anyway.

No chance. They openly said it would take decades to tackle FFVI as a full-on remake.

If Geforce leak is still correct, FFIX is the next game to get the remake treatment.

 

[AREYOUOKAY?]

They better not skip a PS5 version of it. I’d rather have them all in one place besides PC.

 

[The Shepard]

No chance. They openly said it would take decades to tackle FFVI as a full-on remake.

If Geforce leak is still correct, FFIX is the next game to get the remake treatment.

They should remake 6 in 2DHD (like octopath and star ocean 2)

9 remake will hopefully be more traditional, just a 3d version of how it was so won't take as long and be done in one game.

 

[Synless]

I have to believe 4 years includes the year or so they already been working on it. So it’s early 2027.

 

[lh032]

nice, double dip for Sony, ps5 and ps6

 

[simpatico]

lol. Many of the people reading this thread won't even be alive to play it.

 

[Buggy Loop]

3 FF7 remake parts for 3 gens

What a fucking joke

 

[Badlucktroll]

They should do a one shot FF8 remake in the style of FF16

 

[Crayon]

Sure, why not.

 

[Kumomeme]

umm based on educated guess, it is obvious.

soonest they can develop the game is 3 years. obviously they gonna start full production after Rebirth release in next few days. before Hamauguchi said preparation is on the way just in similliar progress like Rebirth started so thats mean preproduction process wont take long.

so another 3 years is 2027-2028 soonest.

same goes for next AAA from CBU3. assuming 3-4 years in development, then either 2026-2027. if it took 5 years then 2028. if another 7 then 2030. but i doubt it gonna take that long again.

 

[bitbydeath]

Gonna guess it will be called - FFVII: Revenge

 

[Jesb]

Why didn’t they just make one game. Why do you need 3 games for one remake…

 

[Celcius]

That means we get the PC version in 2029-2030

 

[asdasdasdbb]

Why didn’t they just make one game. Why do you need 3 games for one remake…

Sony's money was for one game. One game they made. By ending it at Midgar, it avoided the question of what to do about the overworld. With some padding they turned Part 1 into a 30 hour game plus another 4-5 hours for the DLC.

Part 1 sold well enough to get Part 2 greenlit obvs. 2028 doesn't surprise me given that I wonder if they are waiting to see how well Part 2 sells before fully committing to it.

 

[bender]

Just in time to remake Final Fantasy VII Remake which will get split into three parts with the first part is just Cloud and company on the train.

 

[Gamerguy84]

Yea game dev is too long for whatever reasons. B3 nice to play FF7 re on same gen ( all three parts)

I'm sure they are adding more stuff but in the PS1 days I thkugh the third CD was basically the fight between cloud and sephiroth.

I remember being like

Spoiler

The most epic battle in a videogame ever.

 

[Perrott]

End of the PS5 generation then, just like FFVIIR on the PS4.

 

[Humdinger]

Dang. Well no hurry to get to Rebirth, then.

 

[jimmypython]

Would we get another FF major release during the four years, say, FF17 directed by that famous janitor??

 

[hyperbertha]

And the original only took SquareSoft 3 years to make, with 100x more content and 100x more fun and love put into it

Yea. Wtf is taking so long? Clowns

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

It would be fascinating if this would launch on PS6. Three games with initial releases on three different platforms

Considering Sony is probably expecting the ps6 to come out in 2028 i dont think so. They are probably already on FFVII part 3 at this point

 

[paolo11]

I pray it’s 2 to 3 years. Earliest 2026.

 

[NinjaMouse]

lol, this is crazy…I honestly had no idea this was planned for 3 games. I thought Rebirth was just “the second half”. Jeez.