Psxextreme: You know, that Final Fantasy VII Legacy article got me thinking... Thing is, as some of you said in the Comments, it's impossible to post up a story with FFVII in the headline and not immediately think, "holy crap, they're talking about a remake!" Well, even if we were, you should probably resign yourselves to the fact that if it ever happened, it likely wouldn't be exclusive to the PlayStation 3.
Final Fantasy VII 1997 exceeds 15.5 million units sold worldwide as of February 2026, reinforcing its legacy as the series best selling title.
I’d love to know how many units have been sold of all the Final Fantasy VII franchise games, including the original, the remakes, spin offs such as Crisis Core, and mobile games Ever Crisis. I bet a fair few copies.
Modern day publisher be like: "Failed to meet sales expectations. Pivoting to live service."
It's an absolute legend of a game. And I honestly really love how the remake trilogy is shaping up so far.
Final Fantasy 7 is one of the most iconic video games of all time, with it helping to changed the RPG landscape when it was released in 1997.
If you already own it... There, I saved you the click on a deliberately misleading article.
I bought the game yesterday on steam for $4 because Square Enix is trying to replace it with a version that has no mod support.
Prior to yesterday, I had no idea the game had so many great mods until people started making a fuss out of it.
u get the switch 1 version of the og ff7 for free if you own 7 remake for the switch 2.
lol.
But BG2 didn't emerge in a vacuum, and in a recent chat with Slandered Gaming it emerged that—while we can thank BG2 for a lot of our favourite RPGs since—we have a whole other game to thank for BG2. That'd be Final Fantasy 7, which lit a fire under BG2 director James Ohlen to go all out with the game's structure and companions, per Trent Oster—who worked on the original Baldur's Gate and has since become CEO of Beamdog, the studio behind the BG1 and BG2 Enhanced Editions.
Baldurs Gate 1&2 were my games back in the day on PC. Icewindale and Neverwinter Nights as well
...they should come back home.
Because M$ would triple the amount on the check. What other possible explanation is there? They know FF7 is a outrageously popular game and they would do anything in their power to have it(even if gimped) on their turd of a console.
Might i say even paying Sony some sort of revenue. Why you may ask? well because the ip belongs to Sony and Sony has some % of shares in SE so yeah they still win lol. This article = EPIC FAIL.
Why would I buy a remake that doesn't utilize the PS3's full potential?
Just give me a damn remake. As long as it comes to the PS3, I don't care if it goes multiplatform.
Third Party Exclusives are really a thing of the past. Why is so hard to understand that? Companies want to make the most money they can.
It's a gen of multi platform games and that's why it does not vote well for the more expensive PS3. It's obvious how this console race is turning out and why PS3 is dropping it's ass all over the place. Their price is just killing them.
Both have approached it differently, Sony is focusing on building a strong first party army, while Microsoft is using any money they earn to payoff third party companies. Usually resulting in timed exclusivity, extra DLC, it just depends on how much money they put out.
In the case of Playstation 3 they're pumping out a lot of new IPs, like Uncharted, Infamous, Resistance and others. The bad thing is that they're unproven, the good thing is if the game becomes a hit, they have a new franchise that will be exclusive for life, sequels are what sells.
In the case of XBOX 360, they're putting their money on more known franchises. Trying to get any extra perks they can.
I think both strategies have their advantages and disadvantages. The reason PS3 is losing, is simply because it's still a multi gen, and their console is just too expensive.
The PS3 is gonna lose if they don't make lowing price their top priority, that means finding ways to reduce the cost of production. Their blu ray plan didn't work at all. I think because these consoles are purchased by people who want video games not HD movies.
Infact the whole HD movie generation has been slow to pick up, and Sony took a huge risk on blu ray and it's backfired. Blu ray was totally unproven. They also didn't do too much research or think down the road enough, because downloads are most likely the long term future. So, even forgetting about PS3 vs 360, Sony as a company just made an all around very regrettable decision investing so much into blu ray.