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PS3 Final Fantasy VII remake unlikely
31 Aug 2005 07:44 | Dusty | Playstation 3
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Speaking to EGM Square-Enix has now stated that the company is not working on a remake of the popular Playstation RPG, Final Fantasy VII. The reason being that with all their current projects they simply lack the resources for such a huge project, suggesting that to match the quality of the E3 tech-demo would require a team of at least 300 members and likely take in excess of five years to create! However Nomura Director Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children said that it could be an interesting project if they had the resources available. So there might still be a tiny bit of hope, just don’t hold your breath…







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1 - Too bad.
Unregistered - hehe 08.31.2005 08:07
Aww, thats too bad. Maybe they can come out with some original games now instead of a sequel or remake.

2 - GAY SHIT
Unregistered - m$ FANBOY 08.31.2005 12:26
YA THIS GAME WILL SUCK BALLZ

3 - noooooooooooooooooo!!!
Unregistered - Dude 08.31.2005 12:28
argh...i was really hoping for the remake *sniffs* well, with all the sequels going on, and the fact that FF12 takes place in Ivalice (like FFt and FFTA) i think they're running out of ideas... C'mon, they'd do good profit if make a FF7 remake then some FF13 for the PS3...

4 - PS3 limitations being exposed........
Unregistered - who knows 08.31.2005 12:54
Hi ppl...

well, for sure I will buy a next-gen console..wich one,i´m not quite sure...and about ps3 late comments since E3 is not helping a lot..first,the cg killzone´s from E3 as we all are tired to know..and now this statement from Square-Enix could mean that all software-houses with their future projects, won´t be available to spend lots of resources (or simply don´t have resources) in great looking-games and inovative as is expected to see in PS3(like in E3)..in their situations how much a game would cost..I guess that graphics like this,unfortunately, won`t be available in this next-gen console..will be to much for lots of reasons that developers are concerned since E3 about PS3 Hardware,it´s just too much..

About the statement of Nomura Director..Was this a clue about others developers to make PS3 games like shown in E3 unlikely?...


5 - my thoughts
Unregistered - ninja0327 09.01.2005 15:21
I agree with # 4.in my opion i think that sony got i little excited or over excited since the the sucess of the ps1 and ps2 that they thought the only thing missing was to have suprerior technology that they have completly forgeten about the cost of the ps3 and the resources needed for developers to make games.as compared to the x360 which i heard from numerios sources on the web that it is easy to make games for .I can coclude that the ps3 is to advanced
and expensive to produuce and make games for .BUT hey who knows maybe MAYBE it might be success full.but i DOUGHT ITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT.


6 - only time will tell
Unregistered - who knows 09.01.2005 16:40
well...only time will tell if developers will be available to expend lots of time to make games like shown in E3..one thing i am sure!!!!!!..we had this discussion on those great cg games back in E3 1999 for ps2 wich sony said that was in-real gaming..and until now...nothing of it was made...not even a 1/5...and probably having this discussion again in the next 5-7years that ps3 couldn´t made it... :(

7 - but...
Unregistered - Final Rebel 09.02.2005 12:53
http://www.ff7petition.com

have your word and lets show square-enix just how badly we want this game remade.

The site will go live from 01.10.2005

Be there.. or be square!


8 - Pretty Sad
Unregistered - Anonymous Coward 09.02.2005 16:47
It must mean that the Final Fantasy franchise has grown pretty tepid if you guys are whining for a remake of an older game.

9 - They should have made FF7-2instead of FFX-2
Unregistered - The Blob 09.07.2005 18:21
The reason why they should have don this was FF7 was way better than FF10 and FF10-2 was just a stupid dress up game for horny little bms who cant afford an xbox and DOA beach volley ball

10 - OMFGZ
Unregistered - larface 09.09.2005 07:42
I'm glad u ain't baggin Final Fantasy but XBOX and PS2 r da same price

11 -
Unregistered - Anonymous 09.09.2005 11:37
I have a question:

Why the hell did they decide to make a tech demo with Final Fantasy VII? Why not some other popular game? Because they know it is so popular that's why. SThey know how a re-make would bewilder all ff fans alike, and yet they decide to not re-make the game. I do hope this is just a cover-up story and that they are in fact going to re-make it.

I read somewhere that it would take 5 years to re-make FF7. I really don't give a shit how long it takes. They wouldn't half profit from making the effort. What with merchandise and all the rest that spawns from it.


12 -
Unregistered - Cloud37 09.11.2005 04:45
WAD de HECK!!!y dun THEY juz REMAKE DE game IF its in 3D DEN IT would be dam dam dam dam dam KOOl!!!

13 -
Unregistered - Anonymous 09.11.2005 16:16
bull

14 - Stupid Square-Enix
Unregistered - Anonymous Coward 09.11.2005 16:28
Sorry about the title but you would have to be $%^#ing crazy not to remake FINAL FANTASY 7,the best game of all time. I swear to god if i win the lotto the very first thing i will do is come over there and ask how much money it would take to make this happen. Oh you need a team of 300 and five years fine get on it. You know and i know the fans (us!!! the people who pray for a ff7 remake of the best rpg ever) will never shut the hell up until it is remade!!!


RRRRRRREEEEEEEEMMMMMMMAAAAAAKKKKKKEEEEEEEE!!!!

IIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!

PPPPPPPPLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSEEEEE!!!!!!!


15 -
Unregistered - Vivicious 09.11.2005 18:14
Guess I'll just have to hype Advent Children even more, damn that movie is going to great. Oh yea, and guys, being a fanboy is one thing, but putting down certain games: Final Fantasy VII, Ninja Gaiden, Chrono Trigger (if ur a Sega fanboy for example ;-), even Halo, just isn't done. It's better for the whole gaming community that these kind of quality titles are released, and for God's sake FF VII was even released for PC, where you can play it on a Microsoft OS! Happy now?

16 -
Unregistered - Vivicious 09.11.2005 18:17
I absolutely worship the entire storyline and everything about FF VII, one of the few games where you could speculate about theories forever. But the best RPG of all time, I think if everything were to be honest and had played both, should always be CHRONO TRIGGER. It's just an amazing game, especially for it's time. If you haven't played it, get an emulator (ZSNES) and get to it, because there isn't a single RPG out there that deserves it more, with FF VII a close second.

17 - why?
Unregistered - Remake The Game! 09.15.2005 08:47
WWWWHHHYYY????
you gotta make another version of the greatest game ever!!!
do you know how much profit will be made from ff7?
im severely pissed off.
by the way, how much is the ps3 gonna be?


18 - What they should do
Unregistered - Anonymous Coward 09.16.2005 20:35
What they should do is a remake of the most loved FF game in the series, FF-III (Jap VI)

They should remake it all in 3D baby yeah!


19 - FINAL FANTASY VII
Unregistered - T.C. Parmenter 09.30.2005 10:00
WHY NO FF7! IT'S THE BEST FINAL FANTASY! PLZ IF THE SONY DUDE IS LISTENING PLEASE BRING FF7 TO THE PS3 PLEEEEEEEASE!
FINAL FANTASY ROX!


20 - #9 is an idiot
the autistic lemur 10.22.2005 14:58
How dare you talk that way about ffx.
ffx was the video game that got me to love video games.
ffx is the best video game i ever have played.
I want ff7 to come out because i have never played the original
on ps1.


21 - come on
Unregistered - FFman 11.16.2005 06:48
i think all of the ps1 are to be remake to me the ps1 are ok to play but it loke guy to the ps2 game so be for ps3 i think ps1 game are to be remake it's not going to take a live time to remake the game ps1 i thick i can make a game but i have got the right things

22 - Perfect Fantasy
Unregistered - Troy 11.16.2005 08:23
As far as i am concerned SquareEnix should make FF7. Just imagine the graphics! FMV quality graphics! Complete with a perfect storyline this game would put all other FF games to shame and render them all obselete. FF7 would sell loads of PS3s beacause people would buy the game just to play that.

23 - Advent Children?
Unregistered - Troy 11.16.2005 08:26
If they cant make a FF7 remake then why not go for a Advent Chldren game? Just imagine the possibilites.

24 - Reason why and why not
Unregistered - Kraig 01.06.2006 19:15
Final Fantasy 7 shouldn't be put on the ps3 because of problems they would encounter during the production. They could distort the story line with added elements and themes, extra characters. Plus the final fantasy 7 everybody loves already is, so, with that being said, would be physically impossible to please all of the final fantasy 7 fans. It would either be a huge hit or a major flop. If square enix invested all that money and time into a video game that would flop, it wouldn't be worth it. Remember spirits within? Good movie, not final fantasy, major flop. One of the main reasons Square merged with Enix.
But yes, Final Fantasy 7 on the ps3 would be ultimately cool and worth it to me. But I follow 100 percent on whatever Square Enix decides to do. They would be smart not to do it, but if they did, and suceeded, they would profit very much.


25 - This game will decide whether I buy a 360 or a PS3
Unregistered - Claudio 04.06.2006 21:31
I think it would be completeley stupid for Sony not to apply pressure on
square enix not to make this game, the reason why Square enix are being so
vague about a remake of Final fantasy VII is because if they flat out say there not going to make it, a lot of people will buy an Xbox instead, and this will piss of Sony,

If Sony dont want the game than why dont Microsoft get instead they have a lot of money, and if you need 300 people to do it, why not go to other software developers like Sega, Konami and Capcom, and have them do all the programming for you, if they did thsi it would only take a year, year and a half to make,

And about ruining the storyline I dont buy that, you dont have to change the story, only the dungeons, make them bigger and cooler, add a few extra things in like the mythical white and purple Chocobo's, add a few more viechles in, and enable costume changes like in Kotor, Eldar Scrolls, or fable, where you can change the charecters apperence depending on what they wear.


26 - come on guys its a smart move
Unregistered - mcfearson 04.15.2006 08:15
"At last years E3 sony revealed a short tech demo that re created the georgeous opening FMV for ff7 using ps3 hardware theyve been knocking rumours back left right and centre that a remake is in the works claiming it was merely an example of the machines power.Until now that is . At the japanese launch event for final fantsay x11 square enix pers yoichi wada was asked if a new version of the ps 1 classic was beeing remade. He responded by smiling and telling press that a remake was "likely with such high demand"


ITS HAPPENING THERE RE MAKING THE GOD OF RPG's ! AHAHAHAHAH


27 - ASSHOLES
Unregistered - Sephiroth 05.04.2006 11:49
i dont care how long it will take just make the goddamn game ff7 is the best game out there so make a remake so it can at least look good too! anyways there are alot of picture that show they already started it so why not finish it GOD!

28 - MAKE IT
Unregistered - Mark 06.05.2006 16:42
the remake should be made hands down

29 - my oppinion...
Unregistered - keyoftheancients 06.17.2006 09:04
i for one would go out and buy a ps3 just to get ff7. and i cannot be the only one, and i know thet square have realised that ff7 is the best rpg they've done or they wouldnt have made the film. i agree with comment#7 surely if we show them how much we want this game to be made, they'll do something, they made the the film for the fans didn't they?

30 - Totally!
Unregistered - Jenn 06.19.2006 00:26
A remake to the greatest game ever?! Of course! It should be a no brainer, or I would think it would be. Just a demo isn't good enough to the fans including myself. I would love to be able to play a remake version of Final Fantasy VII. It was the whole reason I was even thinking about buying the console. But now that they say they might not make a remake it makes me not want to buy a PS3 *Sniffle sniffle* Just tell everyone soon if you are going to make it or not. Cause if there is no remake there is no PS3 for me and pently of my friends as well.

31 - there should be no thoughts about it
Unregistered - bob00112233445566 07.06.2006 01:52
dey already made the intro to it so y not just finish it?it shouldnt even matter how long it takes to make it. The onli thing dat materz iz dat dey just create d project and finish it. I gurantee dat it will be a grate hit on the sony ps3

32 - JUST MAKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Unregistered - barbeque 07.06.2006 02:02
the game was always a sucess so even if it takes like a bijillion dollars or years that would be all worth it =] the money would be given back and the ppl wwould obvisously want to make the game too, who wouldnt.


33 - JUST MAKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Unregistered - barbeque 07.06.2006 02:04
the game was always a sucess so even if it takes like a bijillion dollars or years that would be all worth it =] the money would be given back and the ppl wwould obvisously want to make the game too, who wouldnt.o n so far d new intro lookz so freakin cool so dey should JUST MAKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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