Is PS4 timed exclusivity of FF7 a big deal?

Final Fantasy VII is an old game, this is not, it's not even of the same mechanical design, it's wearing an XV suit so to speak.

It's a reboot of that game, not a remake.

It's their biggest franchise, there is no IF BUT or coconuts here. it WILL be on both Xbox and PC. (maybe not day 1, but it will be.)

Exclusivity vs PC not vs the xbox one,the game was announced for PC and PS4 but the PS4 get it first,PC latter and the xbox one was never mention.

And not is not overrated it was a fantastic game i put more than 100 hours on it back on 2007.

Ugh no, literally the only thing said about Final Fantasy VII on other platforms was "Play on PlayStation 4 first"...

Well without an announcement that's just opinion dude. No one knows.

Timed exclusives blow on all platforms but the 'big deal 'with FF7 remake is actually the episodic format which has no place whatsoever in a remake of a classic RPG.

It's SE so you know they will cut it into tiny little pieces to be sold off seperately over three games just like they did with Deus Ex MD. It's a shame SE publish a great many of the franchises I really like as I am growing to hate them and their endless horrible anti-gamer practices.

It depends what happens...

If Part 1 is a FFXV equivalent size world that includes everything from "Disc 1" and more (added extended lore, and correcting some of the poor translations/plot ends) then I'm all for it, even if there is *some* minor aesthetic DLC.

There will probably be extra open world elements, like Shinra outposts to stealth/attack/bypass... driving between Midgar and Kalm will be more than 5 seconds (I wouldn't be suprised if the story is altered slightly so that Cloud will have a bike as a standard road-transport and the others in the van....)

IT will be FFXV and Advent Children theme'd I would imagine... the scale of the world should be quite large, but have semi modern open world elements.

Can't wait to see a giant Midgarsomr ... the minature one in FFXV was nice fan service.

Death Stranding is being published by sony,also i just love how you use PC on this game when all xbox one so call "" exclusives"" this year are also on PC and online free.

Yes play it first on PS4 because it is also coming to PC latter the xbox one was never mention what so ever just PC and PS4 and the PS4 version comes first.

But who knows.

You don't even need an xbox one this day with a good enough PC you have live and xbox exclusives without buying an xbox.

I know you would love to say the same thing about all sony exclusives..lol

It was debate here for long time that the game supposedly was coming to PC after the PS4 version,and the play it first on PS4 comment doesn't necessary mean coming to xbox one,who knows it may come it may not.

This is your idiotic problem, you equate the simple explanation of things into some fanboy vitriol, you're so fucking annoying...

The game is big enough to accommodate three seperate fully fleshed out releases like you said. I just don't trust SE to handle it with anything other than cock-handed exploitative cynicism with total disregard for the actual game experience and perceived value for their customers.

I would love to see them do this properly and I admire your optimism and actually, I know I will probably buy the first 'installment' day one as I am a huge FF fan but in the hands of SE I will hope for the best but prepare myself for the worst.

Not really. The majority of Xbox One owners don't care about Final Fantasy or JRPGs. Chances are if you're a fan of those then you have a PS4. Square Enix Japan hasn't announced a game for Xbox One since 2013.

Indeed I see where you are coming from, I am skepticle, how they going to manage character progression (strictly speaking RPG elements) across 3 games? maybe a hard cap of level 30 for part 1? 60 for part 2? 99 for part 3? (in which... part 3 should contain the entire world.... but can they really pull off a moving highwind of that scale?

There are so many questions.... somehow, I have the feeling we will be left disappointing.

A game being a timed exclusive really means nothing. It's like saying hey we at best buy are the only place to buy an PS4 for the first 3 months after launch but then every other major retailer will have the system. Yeah it sounds nice but means nothing in the end.