The primary reason gamers cry out for a remake of Final Fantasy VII is simple fanservice. Not only is that not a valid enough reason, it could do more harm than good. Here are seven points against remaking Final Fantasy VII.
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
points 2 & 3 basically contradict one another....idk how the author didnt see that....he says they need to modernize it, then gamers wouldnt like that, they just want the original game....a little confusing if you ask me
you only need one point for ff7 remake cash flow
like come on ff7 has been the top ps1 classic since june of last year and it just recently lost the spot of top download overall
either way stupid list is stupid all his reasons for not having a ff7 remake have to do with it not being the original ff7
To be honest FFVII was not my favorite great game do not get me wrong and I would totally buy a Hi Def remake. BUT CC FTW
Well it depends how this will work out because things that work back then won't always work as good now. Games evolved since ff7 idc what anyone says but some changes will have to made or not changes I will say adjustments need to be made. Kinda urks me when people say update the graphics but maintain everything else no offense but ff7 can use adjustments I honestly would love if the have the battlesystem from ff13 into ff7 but also keep the limit breaks im sure they will figure a way to handle this.