Closing Fantasy 7 Remake and Rebirth have been promoting “a number of occasions higher” than anticipated within the wake of Revelation’s Summer time Recreation 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 in all probability think about”.
“Again when Rebirth was introduced, each time it turned a sizzling subject, gross sales of Remake would rise,” Hamaguchi stated.
“Equally, I am positive each time Revelation attracts consideration, extra folks will develop into keen on Rebirth.”
He wasn’t capable of share particular figures, citing Sq. Enix‘s investor relations coverage, however stated: “I can say they’re performing even higher than most individuals in all probability think about”.
Hamaguchi additionally pointed to PC as a rising issue behind the trilogy’s efficiency.
“The English-speaking market stays very robust on PC, however the Simplified Chinese language PC market has additionally grown to a comparable stage,” he stated.
In the identical interview, the director credited participant suggestions with shaping a few of Revelation’s design adjustments, saying minigames are being made skippable and rewards adjusted based mostly on neighborhood responses to Rebirth.
“In relation to gameplay and recreation design, particularly playability, I imagine we completely need to preserve listening to gamers and decrease factors of frustration wherever we are able to,” he stated. He additionally addressed the video games’ famously vocal fanbase: “When folks focus on 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 parts.”
Maybe most notably, Hamaguchi stated greater than 90 p.c of the workers who labored on Remake have stayed with the challenge by means of to Revelation – one thing he stated shocked folks abroad.
“I feel the truth that so many individuals are engaged on this challenge with a agency dedication to seeing it by means of to the very finish is definitely due partly to the energy of the FFVII IP, but in addition as a result of we have been capable of create this challenge surrounded by followers who’ve tremendously excessive expectations for it,” he stated.
The third and ultimate a part of the Closing Fantasy 7 remake trilogy, Closing Fantasy 7 Revelation, is about to reach in spring 2027 on Nintendo Swap 2, PC, PS5, and Xbox Sequence X/S.
Although a full yr 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.
