{"id":2074102,"date":"2026-08-02T20:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T17:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2074102"},"modified":"2026-08-02T20:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T17:43:09","slug":"as-hype-builds-for-final-fantasy-7-revelation-remake-and-rebirth-continue-to-sell-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2074102","title":{"rendered":"As hype builds for Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, Remake and Rebirth continue to sell well"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/final-fantasy-vii-revelation\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Final Fantasy VII: Revelation<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">As hype builds for Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, Remake and Rebirth continue to sell well<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">A materia world.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/final-fantasy-7-revelation-gameplay-screen-1.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"final-fantasy-7-revelation-gameplay-screen-1.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Square Enix.<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1533038852.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1533038852.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/vikki-blake\">Vikki Blake<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-08-02T20:43:09+00:00\">Aug. 2, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"1973d739-5176-47cd-92d6-7b42a211a02b\" data-name=\"Final Fantasy VII: Revelation\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Final Fantasy VII: Revelation\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Final Fantasy VII: Revelation\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Final Fantasy VII: Revelation\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Final Fantasy VII: Revelation\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Final Fantasy VII: Revelation\" title=\"Follow Final Fantasy VII: Revelation\"><br \/>\n  Follow Final Fantasy VII: Revelation<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/final-fantasy-7-remake-review-a-faithful-remake-with-a-few-missteps-along-the-way\">Final Fantasy 7 Remake<\/a> and Rebirth have been selling &#8220;several times better&#8221; than expected in the wake of Revelation&#8217;s Summer Game Fest 2026 reveal.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s according to trilogy director Naoki Hamaguchi, who told <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/interviews\/after-final-fantasy-vii-revelations-reveal-the-trilogy-has-been-selling-extremely-well-director-naoki-hamaguchi-on-player-feedback-the-blessing-of-a-heated-fandom-and-physical-games\/\">Automaton<\/a> that both games are &#8220;performing even better than most people probably imagine&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Back when Rebirth was announced, every time it became a hot topic, sales of Remake would rise,&#8221; Hamaguchi said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Similarly, I&#8217;m sure every time Revelation attracts attention, more people will become interested in Rebirth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Final Fantasy 7 Revelation - Official Reveal Trailer | IGN Summer of Gaming 2026\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mvA8n5e7DeA?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/mvA8n5e7DeA\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Final Fantasy 7 Revelation &#8211; Official Reveal Trailer | IGN Summer of Gaming 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Final Fantasy 7 Revelation &#8211; Official Reveal Trailer | IGN Summer of Gaming 2026.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mvA8n5e7DeA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He wasn&#8217;t able to share specific figures, citing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/square-enix\">Square Enix<\/a>&#8216;s investor relations policy, but said: &#8220;I can say they&#8217;re performing even better than most people probably imagine&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Hamaguchi also pointed to PC as a growing factor behind the trilogy&#8217;s performance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The English-speaking market remains very strong on PC, but the Simplified Chinese PC market has also grown to a comparable level,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>In the same interview, the director credited player feedback with shaping some of Revelation&#8217;s design changes, saying minigames are being made skippable and rewards adjusted based on community responses to Rebirth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When it comes to gameplay and game design, especially playability, I believe we absolutely have to keep listening to players and minimize points of frustration wherever we can,&#8221; he said. He also addressed the games&#8217; famously vocal fanbase: &#8220;When people discuss and get heated about the minigames, the story, or the relationships between characters in FFVII, I think that only happens because they see value in those elements.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most notably, Hamaguchi said more than 90 percent of the staff who worked on Remake have stayed with the project through to Revelation &#8211; something he said surprised people overseas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think the fact that so many people are working on this project with a firm commitment to seeing it through to the very end is certainly due in part to the strength of the FFVII IP, but also because we were able to create this project surrounded by fans who have tremendously high expectations for it,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The third and final part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/final-fantasy-vii\">Final Fantasy 7<\/a> remake trilogy, Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/final-fantasy-7-remake-part-3-is-called-revelation-coming-to-ps5-xbox-and-switch-2-simultaneously\">is set to arrive in spring 2027<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Nintendo Switch 2<\/a>, PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X\/S. <\/p>\n<p>Though a full year before Sony phases out physical discs, publisher Square Enix has apparently not made a decision whether to ship the game on disc or not.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/final-fantasy-7-remake-review-a-faithful-remake-with-a-few-missteps-along-the-way\">Final Fantasy 7 Remake<\/a> and Rebirth have been selling &#8220;several times better&#8221; than expected in the wake of Revelation&#8217;s Summer Game Fest 2026 reveal.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s according to trilogy director Naoki Hamaguchi, who told <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/interviews\/after-final-fantasy-vii-revelations-reveal-the-trilogy-has-been-selling-extremely-well-director-naoki-hamaguchi-on-player-feedback-the-blessing-of-a-heated-fandom-and-physical-games\/\">Automaton<\/a> that both games are &#8220;performing even better than most people probably imagine&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Back when Rebirth was announced, every time it became a hot topic, sales of Remake would rise,&#8221; Hamaguchi said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Similarly, I&#8217;m sure every time Revelation attracts attention, more people will become interested in Rebirth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Final Fantasy 7 Revelation - Official Reveal Trailer | IGN Summer of Gaming 2026\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mvA8n5e7DeA?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/mvA8n5e7DeA\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Final Fantasy 7 Revelation &#8211; Official Reveal Trailer | IGN Summer of Gaming 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Final Fantasy 7 Revelation &#8211; Official Reveal Trailer | IGN Summer of Gaming 2026.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mvA8n5e7DeA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He wasn&#8217;t able to share specific figures, citing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/square-enix\">Square Enix<\/a>&#8216;s investor relations policy, but said: &#8220;I can say they&#8217;re performing even better than most people probably imagine&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Hamaguchi also pointed to PC as a growing factor behind the trilogy&#8217;s performance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The English-speaking market remains very strong on PC, but the Simplified Chinese PC market has also grown to a comparable level,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>In the same interview, the director credited player feedback with shaping some of Revelation&#8217;s design changes, saying minigames are being made skippable and rewards adjusted based on community responses to Rebirth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When it comes to gameplay and game design, especially playability, I believe we absolutely have to keep listening to players and minimize points of frustration wherever we can,&#8221; he said. He also addressed the games&#8217; famously vocal fanbase: &#8220;When people discuss and get heated about the minigames, the story, or the relationships between characters in FFVII, I think that only happens because they see value in those elements.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most notably, Hamaguchi said more than 90 percent of the staff who worked on Remake have stayed with the project through to Revelation &#8211; something he said surprised people overseas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think the fact that so many people are working on this project with a firm commitment to seeing it through to the very end is certainly due in part to the strength of the FFVII IP, but also because we were able to create this project surrounded by fans who have tremendously high expectations for it,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The third and final part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/final-fantasy-vii\">Final Fantasy 7<\/a> remake trilogy, Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/final-fantasy-7-remake-part-3-is-called-revelation-coming-to-ps5-xbox-and-switch-2-simultaneously\">is set to arrive in spring 2027<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Nintendo Switch 2<\/a>, PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X\/S. <\/p>\n<p>Though a full year before Sony phases out physical discs, publisher Square Enix has apparently not made a decision whether to ship the game on disc or not.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Final Fantasy VII: Revelation As hype builds for Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, Remake and Rebirth continue to sell well A materia world. 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