PS3 Final Fantasy VII Tech Demo more than a demo?

We check in with Square to see whether we can expect to see anything more come out of the popular PlayStation 3 tech demo.

CHIBA CITY, Japan--One of the highlights of the trailer compilation shown in one of the main theaters on the show floor of the Square Enix Party 2005 is the PlayStation 3 technology demo of the opening sequence of Final Fantasy VII. Ever since the short clip's debut in May during Sony's E3 press conference, there has been talk that the footage shown is evidence that Square Enix intends to release a remake of the FFVII. The talk started up again with renewed interest, as the clip took centerstage during a compilation of trailers shown of upcoming Square Enix games. We took the opportunity to talk to a Square Enix rep for the internal division within the company, whose focus is on the properties relating to Final Fantasy VII, to get the scoop.

FFVII Tech Demo

Square's PS3 technical demo at E3

Square Enix's initial response to our inquiry about whether the tech demo is suggestive of a full game in the works fell in the realm of a carefully worded corporate response. The reps noted that, as was mentioned at E3, the demo was created to show just how powerful the PlayStation 3 technology is. As a result, it's a tech demo only and is not intended to indicate that a PS3 remake of FFVII is presently under active development by the company.

However, when pressed, the reps also noted that further plans for content based on FFVII haven't been set, per se. They affirmed that the resulting reaction from fans over the demo footage and the content related to FFVII shown at the party has been overwhelmingly positive. As a result, provided fan reaction continues to be feverishly positive over the demo, and the very notion of a FFVII remake is certainly something Square Enix would bear in mind when planning future projects.

Does this mean it's on? Probably not at this exact moment, but at this point, we're willing to bet it's not a matter of if an FFVII remake will happen, but when.

174 Comments

  • Sociopath138

    Posted Jun 7, 2009 8:56 am PT

    So this game is out now if I'm not mistaken. I'll be pissed if I paid for and am downloading a demo, I was under the impression that it was the full working version.

    Anyway I wanna say it's about bloody time. You could download a pirated version of the game to play on your psp a couple of years back, so I have no idea why it's taken sony so long to release it through PSN for psp and ps3. Oh well, it's here now so who cares?

  • skywalkerforce

    Posted May 5, 2009 2:36 pm PT

    PS Dave says FFVII makes him j i z z in his pants!!!

  • skywalkerforce

    Posted May 5, 2009 2:34 pm PT

    WOW I remember posting a comment on here years ago about this and look nothing has happened, I still keep high hopes for the remake, I think a nice PS3 exclusive would be awesome with a special edition console to go along and then release it on the xbox 360 because i am not bias but i do think since this game is a sony exclusive in the first place it should stay that way. Also, who here thinks a prequel on Sephiroth would be cool, being able to play him as he became a legend in soldier and then being there for his downfall in Niebelheim. But seriously Square hurry up and finish your projects so you can start working on FFVII again. Oh yea and Crisis Core is an awesome game too.

  • foofightersrule

    Posted Apr 29, 2009 9:41 am PT

    Why hasn't this happened yet??? Talk about a console mover, even in this economy people would buy this thing like there were no tomorrow!!!

  • luis1234

    Posted Apr 25, 2009 7:16 pm PT

    i would pay extra to get a copy of a remake.....we need a remake it would make the Final Fantasy series even better than they already are....

  • Keikogi

    Posted Apr 24, 2009 9:43 pm PT

    ill buy a ps3 for it.

  • Mysticgray

    Posted Apr 8, 2009 2:12 pm PT

    They really need tothink about making a remake of FFVII! It is like the Holy Grail of the RPG's and so many people love it!! As long as they kept it as close to the original as possible (obviously with the much better graphics) and didn't include lots of stuff that wasn't in the first one i think it'd be a huuuugge hit, especially with all the original fans! Im still trying to gett my hands on the original version for the PS so's i can play it again! It still rates with any of the best of nows RPG's

  • alm42980

    Posted Apr 6, 2009 11:42 am PT

    Again I say they need this we fans needs this I own both PS3 and 360 so I'd buy it for both systems thats a fact Square Enix should really do this if they do they will prove they are the greates RPG makers of all time but only if they include Hironobu Sakaguchi of Mistwalker on this project because he is the father of all the FINAL FANTASYs' if it wasn't for him there would be no FINAL FANTASY. Hironobu Sakaguchi created Final Fantasy and should lead the project.

  • xtoperchris

    Posted Mar 21, 2009 5:48 am PT

    imagine how much money it will be if SE remakes FFVII. i'll be one of the many people to give you a profit SE. remake FFVII now!

  • oskuuu

    Posted Mar 19, 2009 10:03 am PT

    FFVII remake is all the reason i need to buy PS3

  • FstrthnU

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 7:18 pm PT

    I think at the very least Square should rerelease the game as the original playstation version, as all PS3s can play them and upconvert them. But I'm still waiting for the PS3 remake, or at least hoping.

  • NAWAF005

    Posted Mar 3, 2009 9:58 am PT

    i will buy it ,
    il buyit , buy it
    aaaaaaah i neeeed this game so soo baadly ......

  • TheClown24

    Posted Feb 16, 2009 3:10 pm PT

    i want to get into ff so badly and its so hard because all the games are practically antiques, ill be getting any future releases and apparently VII was the best so this one would be a must buy

  • Aumadyan

    Posted Jan 10, 2009 5:27 am PT

    i have a 360 and would sell it and all games/accessories for a ps3 if they had ff7 on it

  • Dantefan1

    Posted Dec 12, 2008 7:40 pm PT

    if i may shed some light on the topic of console wars here, to end it?
    everyone is a fanboy/girl for their system, so stop arguing about that.
    I, however, have the wonderful joy of hating them both, and therefore sticking with my ps2.
    So here's how it is, from a totally neutral standpoint.
    FINAL FANTASY VII.
    take that statement in. realize everything it means to so many people. understand what it was, and still is, to everyone that grew up with it [myself included].
    Now, don't you think if this was released as a PS3 exclusive, it would have the highest rate of console sales due to a single game?
    This IS FFVII we're talking about, and whether you worship it the way I or millions of others do or not, there is still that majority out there that loves it more than anything. I know I would buy any system this game was released on, just to play it. [assuming there's a remake/port]

    so forget system.
    focus on the game, because with a game like FFVII, people WILL buy new systems if they have to.
    theend.

  • OniSwordsman

    Posted Nov 13, 2008 1:57 pm PT

    Recently this discussion has turned into the microsoft and sony loyalists whoever has one system will vote for that one regardless of they themselves bought it or received as a present. Now i am not saying i dont do this, because i own a 360 i will argue to the death about its superiority to any PS3 fan. but when it comes to FFVII a game that has influenced my life of gaming and i can say this for a fact that when i found my old copy without a memory card i played it through without saving and remembered the childlike joy i felt when i would come home and play the game. if i remember right i maxed out almost every character (except Yuffie and Cait Sith, especially the latter. any character whose limit break can end the game for you is not worth leveling) so i think that yes if Squeenix does decide to make it a PS3 exclusive, we are guaranteed a game that will break the realm of gaming as we know it, and if they want to make a shiny penny they will dull down the graphics and the gameplay (if they make it as action packed as advent children combined with the freeze action gameplay of crisis core we are looking at something truly amazing... tetsuya nomura please for the love of god dont let us down) to satisfy the masses, but we always say graphics dont play a part but i would say it gives a game a bigger flare when your not bugged by small mistakes in lack of solidarity or their graphics engine doesn't quite agree with fabric. you have seen it in dynasty warriors and we know that if a movie looks better in graphics the more likely you are to enjoy it. So i have addressed the console aversion problem as well as console unity. i just hope they actually come out with the game otherwise this has been pointless. anyone thought about that? ttfn

  • Teh_AnimaL

    Posted Oct 31, 2008 11:12 am PT

    Now I'm just voicing my opinion, if you want to waste your time flaming at me go for it. If the do make a remake for FF7 I'm hoping that they will make it on the Xbox360 as well. They'd definitely get ALOT more sales being that I have friends, and I myself, that were loyal to Sony for a long time before they came out with PS3, and have now switched to Microsoft because they f*cked up royally on that console. And I'm ranting now...

    One thing that does make this a probability is that SE is releasing FF13 on the 360, they just might do the same for FF7. Hell they'd make a lot more money, after that announcement the PS3 is working its way to scrap.

  • js0823

    Posted Oct 16, 2008 7:14 am PT

    @Brenton_2
    I'm also a hge fan of FF7, I've played FF5 and 6 before it but never realized the fame FF had until FF7 came to me.
    I do not agree wth your comment however, I believe FF7, if there is indeed a remake, should be made for more than just PS3. I would like to share the amazing experience with more than just PS3 owners. If FF7 was made for PSone in 1997, it should now be remade not for the sake of FF7 fans to squeeze out some more money off us(which I would still buy lol), but for those who didn't have the chance to feel FF7 experience.
    Also, the console didn't bring FF7 to the masses,FF7 brought the console to the masses. Game brings the console to the masses, not the other way around.

  • Brenton_2

    Posted Oct 15, 2008 2:02 am PT

    Not too long after having been presented with the first PlayStation, I was very curious with all the holiday commercials depicting "Final Fantasy VII." I have been gaming since I was a young lad, and I have heard of the 'Final Fantasy' games prior to VII. What I've seen on the commercials convinced me to get it; and I've never regreted having bought it. "Final Fantasy VII" was indeed a great game to introduce me into the role-playing genre. A great experience can be had when good gameplay is combined with an engrossing story. When I first saw the PS3 Tech Demo, I knew I had to make an effort to share, every chance I got, how I agree with the idea of "Final Fantasy VII" to be remade exclusively for the PlayStation 3. XBox 360 owners please excuse this PS3 Fan, because he strongly feels that a 'reunion' of this magnitude should be exclusively left to the console that brought FFVII to the masses. Also, I believe that an enhanced remake of the world of "Final Fantasy VII," and characters therein, can only be realized on the SONY PlayStation 3 and it's Blu-ray discs. To the publishers and developers of SquareEnix, I implore you all to take on this remake. Take your time with this masterpiece, and make it a reality.

  • Angrytreeanimal

    Posted Oct 14, 2008 6:15 pm PT

    I have one BIG Douht that FFVII will be remaded and that's mainly Becouse FFVII was a BIG LONG GAME!. These days Final Fantasy Games are getting shorter & shorter on every release mined you mined you they shore have change since FFI :p But on a better note... me wont ME WONT!

  • agehaelhaym

    Posted Oct 10, 2008 5:31 pm PT

    So when is it coming? My PS3 is collecting dust and I don't want to buy a noisy 360.

  • Douken

    Posted Sep 22, 2008 6:40 am PT

    Please don't flame. I would get the PS3 just to play this game, since I haven't played it at all in the PS1. I would like to hope they make it exactly as the 1st one. I think I'll never play the 1st one until I play the PS3 version.

  • fabio_21

    Posted Sep 5, 2008 6:38 am PT

    I wonder how many would go suicidal if this came out as a 360 exclusive.

  • JPaulC

    Posted Aug 12, 2008 3:08 pm PT

    make this http://www.petitiononline.com/ff7remke/petition.html for ff7

  • MGSteve

    Posted Aug 8, 2008 8:32 pm PT

    Well, I've finished Crisis Core and I'm wanting to play FF VII now. Wish I hadn't found out that Aeris dies though, she's lovely. :*(

    Anyway, maybe this is why they haven't released the PS One version on the PSN.. If they remade VII for the PS3, I'd buy it in a heart beat.

    Hell, if they remade it for the PSP, I'd buy it on that too!

  • MarkNika

    Posted Aug 3, 2008 3:07 pm PT

    I love how this was posted over 3 years ago and it is STILL getting hits and comments. That should tell Square-Enix and Sony something.

    For a Final Fantasy 7 remake, in addition to redone graphics, audio, and voice acting, I want something else: more sidequests and trophies. Yes, the game is excellent, and already features a ton of sidequests... but I want more! A remake alone is great, especially given the excellence of the game, but additional content would be icing on the cake for me. Trophies are a must as well. That's a game I wouldn't have any problem mastering completely (again), and a platinum trophy to show for it would be just grand.

  • JamesDayman_08

    Posted Jul 21, 2008 11:59 pm PT

    I find it surprising that they have not released final fantasy 7 into the Playstation Store unders PSOne Classics. I like to think that this means that they are planning on making a remake at some point in the future and dont want people to download the PSOne classic of it and loose their appetite for the remake.

  • Born4this

    Posted Jul 19, 2008 8:24 pm PT

    everything i've read agrees with the last statement of this article... everyone is saying that it's not in the works it's not in production NO ONE at Square has said "it's not happening" one excuse was that the original development team is busy... that doesn't constitute that the game isn't being planed, just that currently it's not being developed... My heart would drop and I would be the happiest man if FFVII made it's way to the PS3 but I would not be surprised either...

  • The_Warhammer

    Posted Jul 18, 2008 11:24 am PT

    Well at the end of Crisis Core credits they started the FF7 trailer (PS3 style)and added 5 seconds extra from the PS3 demo just for Cloud to say some words. So it could be a sign of saying that they are remaking the game but probably after XIII is done. Besides they don't need to do much, they got the story,characters, etc.. finished all they need to work on is the graphics and the music Let see the reactment of Aeris death on a PS3 that would make anyone cry.

  • Miteme

    Posted Jul 17, 2008 8:44 am PT

    Why doesn't Square just listen to FF fans and do a next-gen FF7 . It would make fans of the series go mental and they'd rake in millions from it.

  • YamiGuzz

    Posted Jul 8, 2008 1:26 pm PT

    i'll find a ps3 if they make it, and who knows it's been 3 years since they said that so i'd give it another year before they finally approve it

  • planetgloom

    Posted Jun 23, 2008 2:38 am PT

    This would be the game that would make me buy a PS3 for. Pity they have no intention of doing it.

  • Sveintore111

    Posted Jun 14, 2008 10:38 am PT

    I'd love to se a remake of FF7, even though i dont own a ps 3 I might think about buying one just for the FF7 remake.
    I also agree that the only thing they should do is to remake the graphics...
    If you want to see a remake of FF7, then please sign this petition:
    http://www.petitiononline.com/ff7remke/petition.html

  • The_SlaY3R

    Posted Jun 11, 2008 4:24 pm PT

    I rly want to see it as a game on PS3 or even PSP/PS2 but I think the ONLY thing that should be done is to re-do graphics cuz If they touch on the battle system or even the side quests I think it will kill the game, don't you guys agree that FF I is WAY better than FF XII. That last one is more of an MMORPG than FF... Anyway just redo Graphics and I'm sure all people have FFVI will pay another 60$ to get that one too.

  • blitznic

    Posted Jun 7, 2008 10:20 am PT

    Making the remake would end up being the best game of all time.It should be released for ps3 psp and ps2 if games are still made for it at the time of the release.

  • invalid0225

    Posted Jun 5, 2008 9:35 am PT

    they should definitely make the remake. no offence but i would like to see the in-game 'movies' in better graphics and with voices to, IT WOULD BE THE GAME OF THE CENTURY!!!

  • fall_out_boy96

    Posted May 30, 2008 7:43 pm PT

    Fine, just as long as they don't make it a **** shooter.

  • og4life107

    Posted May 27, 2008 10:01 pm PT

    this is definitely something to spend 60 $ on it would be worth every single penny

  • Gamer_XYZ

    Posted May 26, 2008 8:16 am PT

    With what everyone has been saying, I actually think it would be great Idea to remake this game. Just redo the graphics and sort out a few bad things in the previous game and hey presto, perfect game in every aspect.

  • urmother_14

    Posted May 22, 2008 10:01 am PT

    if this actually comes out ill buy a PS3 and the collectors edition of it warranty and all

  • AbyssD

    Posted May 13, 2008 12:18 am PT

    if this game ever come dam its will be the best game ever made of all time

  • carddude

    Posted Apr 12, 2008 7:50 pm PT

    Of all games that NEED TO BE REMADE , this game is #1. I saw advent children, and if they can do that, why not remake the whole firsy game. I understand that Crisis Core needed to be made, but come one square enix! I wanna get right to the heart of the whole thing. Throw me a frickin bone here!

  • kidflash2000

    Posted Apr 5, 2008 3:41 pm PT

    that would be so cool

  • FaithCollapsing

    Posted Apr 4, 2008 5:29 pm PT

    If they made a remake of Final Fantasy VII, I'd be so happy, I'd burn down churches! I agree with the other guy a few comments ago though. They really should port FF7 to the PSP!!! I was so happy when I was able to play Symphony of the Night on the PSP. They really need to re-release FF7 again.

  • woods0419

    Posted Apr 1, 2008 11:23 am PT

    If Square knows that this game would make the millions of fans literally begging for this game to be remade happy, as well as make them a TON of money, what is keeping them? I would be willing to wager that a remake of Final Fantasy VII would sell equal, if not MORE, than any game Square has coming out in the near future. A remake of FFVII would seriously swing Playstation's superiority over the other consoles. I just don't get why Square wouldn't take on an FFVII remake knowing what an impact such a venture would have.

  • Blood_Diamond

    Posted Mar 31, 2008 6:21 pm PT

    I don't like this "free form fighting" Final fantasy has always used a form of ATB system. A true remake should use this, failing that, they should just make sure they don't change too much when it comes to the story or locations that part of the game had always been sound in my eyes.

  • KingX

    Posted Mar 29, 2008 3:27 pm PT

    I would soo like a re-make of FF7 but a good remake. just like Capcom did with Resident Evil 1 on the GC. It almost felt like a new game due to new locations etc.
    Damn, If FF7 were to be remade in that same way

  • XExPiReD08X

    Posted Mar 29, 2008 2:16 pm PT

    I think they should put FF7 on the psp =].
    Not a remake, just the same, portable.
    I'd like that..

  • kmxxx

    Posted Mar 29, 2008 1:13 pm PT

    You know, it would be nice if there was a remake of ff7 on the ps3. I would love to play this game again, but with better graphics and maybe more stuff features, and maybe some voices here and there.

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