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[asdasdasdbb]

After Rebirth failed to meet Square's financial expectations by releasing it as a PlayStation exclusive, this is the right decision. I have no doubt that the final installment will sell at least twice as much as Rebirth at launch.

Very unlikely. Main reason is that because it's a continuation of the story... you're probably only looking at people who have played & completed the first two that would be interested in the third.

From a development standpoint... if they stuck with the existing engine, the dev time shouldn't be that bad. A large portion of the remaining story takes place in areas already covered in the first two games. They could potentially reuse a lot.

I am intrigued if they will actually try selling a Triple Pack bundle.

 

[PSFore]

NateTheHate said the remaining 2 parts would come to the Switch by the end of 2026.

 

[PSFore]

NateTheHate said the remaining 2 parts would come to the Switch by the end of 2026.

Sorry scratch that, he said Rebirth would come to the Switch 2 and Xbox in 2026.

 

[DeafTourette]

This (Remake Intergrade) will be my first final fantasy game

 

[ShirAhava]

Bad games for everybody! Hooray!

 

[blacktout]

Weird they didn't announce this in the Direct. Would have helped soften the blow of FFVIIRI getting a (small) delay.

If and when we start seeing pubs like SEGA/Atlus, Capcom or especially Western pubs like EA and Take 2 increasing their Switch 2 output, I think that's when we can say 3P support is well & truly building steam (and ahead of what the Switch got).

Capcom's next major release (RE9) is arriving day one on the Switch 2. I think that's just about as strong a signal as they could have given about their future plans for the system. Agree that the other devs you listed are more ambiguous and are currently still in late port mode.

 

[adamsapple]

Square just shot themselves in the foot.

 

[Caffeine]

Trilogy my ass. They aren't going to release the finale for years.

ye part 3 has expanded wutai to do, The northern crater, the return to Junon, the lifestream, Rocket Town, the return to Midgar, and then the Northern cave for the finale. it's a lot.

 

[tkscz]

TBF, Square-Enix were very consistent with the original Switch, so this isn't surprising.

If and when we start seeing pubs like SEGA/Atlus, Capcom or especially Western pubs like EA and Take 2 increasing their Switch 2 output, I think that's when we can say 3P support is well & truly building steam (and ahead of what the Switch got).

Capcom is making Monster Hunter Stories 3 and porting RE9 same day so I would say we are good with Capcom. Sega has been supporting Switch 2 this entire time, with Yakuza 0, Sonic x Shadow generations, working on a Switch 2 edition for Sonic All-star racing and we just saw they are bringing over Virtual Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. I'd say we're good on Sega. Besides Ubisoft and CDPR, can't say I'm seeing a lot from western publishers yet.

 

[playbignbox]

Very unlikely. Main reason is that because it's a continuation of the story... you're probably only looking at people who have played & completed the first two that would be interested in the third.

From a development standpoint... if they stuck with the existing engine, the dev time shouldn't be that bad. A large portion of the remaining story takes place in areas already covered in the first two games. They could potentially reuse a lot.

I am intrigued if they will actually try selling a Triple Pack bundle.

I believe this follows a phenomenon similar to what we see with TV shows, where later episodes often get higher ratings than the middle ones, or with movie sequels, where box office grosses tend to surpass their predecessors (for example, Star Wars Episode III earning more than Episode II).

This game will benefit from the installed base of PC, Switch 2, Xbox, and PlayStation 5 (which will be larger than it was when Rebirth launched).

I believe this because it represents the climax of the trilogy and will release into a bigger installed base.

It would also be a nice morale boost for Square. Otherwise, they might reconsider splitting a remake into three parts again.

 

[adamsapple]

ye part 3 has expanded wutai to do, The northern crater, the return to Junon, the lifestream, Rocket Town, the return to Midgar, and then the Northern cave for the finale. it's a lot.

I think they're gonna fast track some of it. After spending the entire first game in Midgar, Rebirth did cover a lot of ground and took the game up to the ending of disc 1.

The third game will be reusing a lot of the art assets from Rebirth and other than Wutai, Icicle Inn and Rocket Town, I don't really remember any other new big key location that is left.

I don't think we're revisiting anything more than a tiny, enclosed, segment of Midgar for Part 3.

 

[asdasdasdbb]

It would also be a nice morale boost for Square. Otherwise, they might reconsider splitting a remake into three parts again.

Oh this is def a one time thing. I have no doubt Square will remaster 8-15 (again) but I have to think it'll be low budget remasters only and not anything near what they did with FF7.

 

[Stafford]

Multiplat day 1 nice

Is that certain? I hope it is but I don't see that specifically mentioned. For all we know Sony does have a deal in place for timed exclusivity.