Naoki Hamaguchi,director final fantasy 7 apocalypsereiterates that he must Insisted on convincing Square Enix to make a physical copy As far as gaming is concerned, though, the Japanese company and the market as a whole are accelerating towards a “diskless” future.
The director’s words are not groundless. Back in July, before the physical release of Revelations was officially announced, Hamaguchi told GamesRadar+ that the game might not be coming to stores on disc or cartridge. He explained at the time that release plans had not yet been finalized and that he was making an “internal push” to get at least “some kind of physical version.”
Through “Final Fantasy 7: Revelations”, we can already observe the market changes described by Hamaguchi: The physical version of JRPG will be launched in stores on April 8, but There are big restrictions. It will be coming to PS5 and Xbox Series single disk Contains the beginning of the adventure, The rest of the game must be downloaded Through the Internet. However, the Nintendo Switch 2 version will be a game key card, a card that contains essentially no data: the entire game must be downloaded from the Internet.
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Some users have criticized these solutions, but judging from the words of the director, the alternative is a completely digital release or a physical copy with a simple form containing the download code, like in GTA 6.
In an interview with the Radio Times, Hamaguchi said he had a Personal contact with physical copyTo this day, he still buys a stock when he “particularly likes it.” However, he saw the future clearly The physical version will have “basically no discs”simplified to the code printed inside the package, this model has been adopted by Switch 2 and some special versions.
Despite this scene, the director Claims to have done “everything possible” Getting a physical version of Revelation: “We managed to keep a physical version. You can’t play the entire game from that disc (on PS5 and Xbox), but it contains the beginning, which is a kind of game key disc (word game, refer to Switch 2 Game Key Card, ed.), and then it asks you to download the rest.”
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Hamaguchi is Realize that this option is not being received positively: “I’ve had people write to me on social media: ‘Give us a full version on disc!’ But the product lineup and SKUs are the responsibility of the publishing team. My authority there is limited.”
Director reiterates need for two-disc version like ‘Rebirth’ Technology and quality compromise This is something the team is unwilling to accept. Therefore, we decided to opt for a single disc that is a forced download on PlayStation and Xbox.
