Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Director Thinks Xbox Is a Great Hardware Platform, Wants to Bring the Remake Trilogy to as Many Players as Possible

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, like its predecessor, hasn’t been released on Xbox consoles so far, but it definitely sounds like the door is still open to seeing the Remake trilogy on Microsoft consoles in the future.

Speaking with GamesRadar+ shortly before taking the stage at this year’s Golden Joystick Awards, game director Naoki Hamaguchi commented on the trilogy as a whole, saying that while nothing could be announced at the time, he certainly wants to bring the Final Fantasy VII remake series to as many players as possible. As such, they want to “create that situation, that environment, where more players can play the games in the future, and we want to look in that direction.”

Square Enix changing its stance on platform exclusivity, which already produced some results with the release of select titles that missed Xbox consoles at launch, isn’t an isolated happening but an industry-wide change, according to the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth director. With so many platforms available, it is no longer possible to release a game on a single platform and get most of the players wanting to play such a game on that single platform. Giving his personal opinion on the matter, Hamaguchi-san, owning an Xbox console, praised it as a great hardware platform, so it definitely sounds like there wouldn’t be any resistance on his part to get the game out on Microsoft’s consoles.

Despite having only released Final Fantasy VII Rebirth earlier this year, Naoki Hamaguchi and his team are already hard at work on the third and final part of the remake trilogy. The story and concept for the game are already completed, so hopefully, it won’t take much to see the first glimpse of the conclusion of Cloud’s story.