Square Enix: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is a PS5 Exclusive Due to SSD Speed and Graphical Quality - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 11 July 2022 / 8,299 Views
Final Fantasy VII series executive producer Yoshinori Kitase in an interview with Gamer and translated by Gematsu explained the reason Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is a PlayStation exclusive is due to the speed of the SSD.
"It's exclusive to PlayStation 5 because of the graphical quality, of course, as well as SSD access speed," said Kitase.
"Since the adventure unfolds in a vast world after the escape from Midgar, loading stress is an extreme bottleneck. We felt we needed the specifications of PlayStation 5 to overcome that and travel the world comfortably."
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is the second entry in the Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy. It will launch next Winter for the PlayStation 5.
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Good one
You win
And yes I know it’s about PS4
Pretty sure he's answering in context of why its not on PS4
By the time rebirth releases, ps4 would be over 10 year old. It's about time developers stop making games for the ps4
Time to get a PS5 I guess
its been time, just cant find one.
Graphical quality?. Isn't most comparison are the same with slightly resolution difference and with ssd times comparison it's at most 1 to 2 second faster or slower depending on who optimises better.
He could have just said Sony paid us alot of money that's why it's exclusive
It's about the ps4 version but to your point, no one would say that. I seriously never heard It's exclusive because nintendo, Microsoft or sony paid us alot. Sometimes they would say Nintendo or sony help fund the game. All the exclusive square Enix games on switch could easily run on ps5 and xbox series but did they ever say Nintendo paid us a lot?
I mean technically you're right because back in 2001 Sony saved Square which resulted in a promise of mainline Final Fantasy being a Sony exclusive. You're right, basically Sony "bought" the rights to FF. They invested in them, just like Nintendo saving Bayonetta or Microsoft buying Bethesda.
Look, everyone knows I'm a Sony guy (And I'm glad this is PS exclusive becuase it's a wonderful win for 'the team') but, like, this excuse is BS. The Xbox Series X's hardware is stronger and the SSD is nearly as good. No reason it couldn't work on XSX.
but then again, what do I know? I'm a writer, not a programmer.
Another win for Sony I guess?
Edit seems they were referring to Ps4....well duh. like, we don't release games on Ps3 anymore, eventually it's time to move on. I guess maybe it's because of the Series S though?
I thought it was gonna be PS3 exclusive because of the Cell.
I'm still waiting for Final Fantasy Versus 13 for PS3 :P
No Xbox? Poor box!
Pc will surely have a port
Saltiness in this site is very high
Especially since the article refers of why the game is only on PS5 and not PS4’
The article didn't mention the PS4 at all but it's clearly about that. There is obviously a deal to keep it Playstation exclusive. So this is just about why it's not on PS4.
I am more of a ps5 fan but this is wrong, completely wrong, the only reason is most xbox gamers do not care for japanese RPGs. Final fantasy remake released on the ps4 which had way slower disc drive than the xbox series.
I don't even know why xbox gamers are surprised, final fantasy was always more associated with playstation.
The speed of the disc drive is irrelevant on the PS4 and X1 you can't play games off discs on either system's the games need to be installed on an HDD in order to play them. Also, there a plenty of XBox gamers that enjoy JRPG's.
What? We are talking hard drive/ssd disk drives. Are you even following the comments or just confused? The ps5 has a disk which is probably 50x faster than the ps4 and xbox one.
For comparison the HDD on the ps4 is 100MBs, the one in the ps5 is around 7000MB, that's a huge huge difference, that's why in games optimized for ps5 you wont even see any loadings.
Sure there's plenty xbox gamers that like RPG's but sales are a sign that there aren't enough.
As an example, maybe the best jRPG I can remember on xbox, Lost Odyssey, released on the 360, a console that sold around 80-90 million consoles, the game sold 900 000 lifetime, that is very poor, lets compare that to final fantasy 7 remake that sold over 3.5 million in 3 days and very quickly passed 5 million copies, most likely passed 10 million copies by now. So yeah, playstation and nintendo are the platforms to invest in jRPGs especially at the moment where new gen console sales are still below 25 million. They can always release on ps4 and make up for lost sales, but xbox one is a lost cause now, no one is buying them anymore and even last gen thy didnt sell that much.
Lost Odyssey easily sold over 1 million copies especially if you include the digital sales. Also I wasn't talking about the PS5 or Series S or X, so again the the speed of the disc drive is irrelevant on the PS4 and X1 since you have to install the game to a HDD to play them same thing also holds true for the PS5 Series S or X. Heck the last PS system where you could play all the games of a disc was the PS2 since most PS3 games required partial installs in order to play them of a disc.
I'm just here for the "aktually" comments. Not disappointed.
We have gotten to the point that people are so lazy or stupid that they don't even read the articles they comment on anymore.
Guess this means this isn’t coming to Xbox either then. Sad times ?
Is anybody actually upset? Look at game sales. The ps4 games actually stopped to a crawl. Gamers rather wait until they upgrade and then buy the game.
Everyone seems to be begging for crossgen to end.
PS4 games "stopped to a crawl"? For a lot of games the PS4 version more or less matches the PS5 in sales atm or sometimes outdoes it, just look at the charts that count the versions seperately (France, Italy, Famitsu) or in the UK where we get a breakdown of which versions sell how much. Of course the story will be different in a year or two, but right now PS4 game sales are very much alive and well.
