Those of you hoping to see the Final Fantasy VII trilogy on the next Nintendo system will have to prepare for disappointment as the trilogy has been confirmed today as a PlayStation exclusive. The news comes from an interview by The Washington Post with a high-ranking Sony Interactive Entertainment employee. It’s unclear how much money was involved in securing the game as a PlayStation exclusive.
“Securing the “Final Fantasy VII” trilogy as a console exclusive is a feather in the cap for PlayStation. It’s part of recognizing the importance of the original game as the game that defines the PlayStation experience, said Christian Svensson, vice president of third-party and third-party content ventures and strategic initiatives at Sony Interactive Entertainment.”
“In that same generation of consoles for the original PlayStation, Sony Computer Entertainment had several franchises of its own, and in order to find our place in the highly competitive video game industry, we sought to win the hearts and minds of key third-party developers like Square,” said Svensson. That focus on third-party partnerships — releasing games made by outside studios — “is ingrained in our DNA to this day,” he said, “and is directly related to how we worked together on ‘Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.'”
