Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth Sales Boosted Beyond Expectations Following Revelation Announcement - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted 5 days ago / 3,198 Views
Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy director Naoki Hamaguchi in an interview with Automaton revealed sales for the first two entries in the remakes have improved beyond expectations following the announcement of Final Fantasy VII Revelation at Summer Game Fest 2026.
"They are doing extremely well," said Hamaguchi. "Even before Summer Game Fest 2026, both Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth had been selling steadily. Back when Rebirth was announced, every time it became a hot topic, sales of Remake would rise. Similarly, I’m sure every time Revelation attracts attention, more people will become interested in Rebirth.
"Following Summer Game Fest 2026, we saw an enormous response in terms of sales. I can’t share specific figures, but sales are several times better than we had expected.
"I think fans and dedicated fan communities are very interested in how many copies the games have sold, but I can say they’re performing even better than most people probably imagine. That means more and more people are playing the previous entries, which gives me great confidence as we prepare to release Revelation to the world.
"I know there are requests for us to disclose the numbers, but that’s something that falls under our investor relations policies, so I hope people understand. "
Final Fantasy VII Revelation will launch for the Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and Microsoft Store in Spring 2027.
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The problem with the entire concept of splitting ff7 into multiple games is that only people who finished the previous entry would be interested in the next one so there was inherently a shrinking audience. And naturally there was going to be a notable amount of people who would wait until all of them were out before starting at all.
Serialization/multiple parts isn’t a problem at all, and neither is people wanting to play the earlier games first. That’s generally how it’s supposed to go. This a common feature in media ranging from books, comics/Manga, to TV shows, film, and even concept music albums.
Direct sequels and expansions that continue the story are not exactly a new concept to gaming and has existed since the days of text adventures and visual novels. Plus, this is far from the first time Squaresoft has done direct sequels as well, even a Final Fantasy game where they have done both direct sequels (FFX-2, numerous FF11 expansions, FF12 Revenant Wings, FF13 -2, Lightning Returns, and so on….) and serialization (FF4: The after years).
…Maybe if Namco was handling the publishing, and doing something silly like replacing the head writers and character artist to go a different direction with the sequels, and start the series with part 2 in PAL regions, it would be a problem :D
(Xenosaga… In case it’s not clear what I’m alluding to)
most sequels function as standalone products and people are aware that they don't need to have experienced previous entries or iterations to enjoy it. problem with ff7 is it is what was once one story for one game has been broken up and even the msot caasual audience members are aware of that fact. jumping into rebirth without playing remake makes less sense than jumping into the average sequel does. it's more like jumping into a tv show in the middle of a story arc without seeing the prior episodes.
There's alot a few who is waiting for the final game to come out.
A trilogy collection would do numbers.
so from 2 to 3 copies. Congrats
Makes sense. There should be a group of people who were waiting for the final piece of the trilogy in order to jump into it.
I'm still waiting. I want to see if there's eventually a collection that has all the parts - or better (or worse?), something that integrates all three in a seamless way.
The biggest problem is not that they turned 1 game into three games. It's that they added a lot more filler content especially in part 2.
We want numbers Square.
Crazy things happen when you release on multiple platforms
Really good news. Hope Revelations does good numbers.
yes, Im a huge FF fan. i would like to see FF17 turn based
FF7R got a decent boost from the Switch 2 earlier this year, IIRC.
