It’s effectively just “this franchise doesn’t come to Xbox consistently”. When the pixel remakes haven’t hit console, and ‘inspired by’ titles like Octopath Traveller and Triangle Strategy are skipping PlayStation too, it seems like a hollow victory. PlayStation isn’t the singular home of Final Fantasy. Outside of the general feel of PlayStation being the home of Final Fantasy, bringing a two-year-old game to Xbox is not going to hurt Sony in the slightest. It feels like the re-release is probably for a reason: Zack’s role in the next game (now titled Rebirth and coming to PlayStation 5 next winter) will be bigger.īut what good does that do to Xbox players? And if it’s a case of “might as well”, why not have the same attitude towards the remake itself? The remake/remaster of the PSP classic was a surprising part of the Final Fantasy VII stream last night.
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This is highlighted by the bizarre decision to bring the new edition of Crisis Core to Xbox Series consoles. You can argue for and against exclusives, and doubly so for third-party exclusives. With its availability slowly expanding, it doesn’t seem like there’s much excuse to keep it away from Xbox players now. We shelled out on the special edition of the Remake, and I thoroughly enjoyed every second of it. It’s time, Square Enix – bring it to Xbox.
It’s been on PC via the Epic Game Store for six months, and was on PlayStation platforms for 18 months before that. Author: Mat Growcott Category: Articles, PC News, PS5 News, Xbox Series X News, Date: 17th June, 2022įinal Fantasy VII Remake came to Steam last night.