{"id":46850,"date":"2024-02-29T12:54:47","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T11:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2000633"},"modified":"2024-02-29T14:56:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T13:56:47","slug":"will-final-fantasy-7-rebirth-come-to-pc-ps5-exclusivity-explained","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/will-final-fantasy-7-rebirth-come-to-pc-ps5-exclusivity-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth come to PC? PS5 exclusivity explained"},"content":{"rendered":"

Square Enix and Sony’s exclusivity deal is short – here’s what we know. <\/p>

By Matt Poskitt\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 29 February 2024 at 11:54 AM<\/p>

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Square Enix is known for bringing its Final Fantasy games to PC at some point, so what\u2019s happening with Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth? Is the game actually coming to the platform?<\/p>\n

Now available on PlayStation 5 consoles around the globe, many people are jumping in to experience the highly anticipated sequel.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, there are also plenty of people willing to wait to play the latest Final Fantasy game at the highest possible performance, looking to take advantage of the graphic capabilities that PC offers.<\/p>\n

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How long PC players will be waiting is still unknown. What we do know is that Final Fantasy\u2019s history provides a timeline of when it may arrive on other platforms, as well as details of Sony and Square Enix\u2019s exclusivity agreement.<\/p>\n

Combine all of this and a release window estimation becomes a bit clearer.<\/p>\n

Read on for everything we know about Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth on PC, alongside when we think the game may arrive on the platform.<\/p>\n

Will Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth come to PC?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.<\/span><\/figcaption> Square Enix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Square Enix has yet to announce that Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will come to the PC platform<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This doesn\u2019t mean it won\u2019t arrive in the future, with the developer\u2019s history being a good indicator that Rebrith will eventually come to PC.<\/p>\n

Both Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Final Fantasy 16 \u2013 the most recent releases in the franchise \u2013 arrived on PC or are in the works, respectively.<\/p>

When could Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth come to PC? Our best guess<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Cloud in FF7 Rebirth.<\/span><\/figcaption> Square Enix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

No official release date or announcement regarding Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth coming to PC has been confirmed by Square Enix \u2013 however, we have a sneaky suspicion of when it might happen.<\/p>\n

First off, the trailers for Rebirth feature small text at the bottom stating: \u201cNot available on other platforms until at least 29\/05\/2024.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, this means that the exclusivity deal between Sony and Square Enix is only three months long, ending on 29th May 2024. Yet, with the PC release of Rebirth not yet announced, it\u2019s unlikely to happen that fast.<\/p>\n

The best way is to look at the timeline of Final Fantasy 7 Remake. That game first came to PlayStation 4 on 10th April 2020, before receiving an enhanced version for PlayStation 5 \u2013 known as Final Fantasy 7 Intergrade \u2013 on 10th June 2021.<\/p>\n

The same enhanced version was ported to PC on 16th December 2021, just over 20 months after first launching on the PlayStation platform.<\/p>\n

With this in mind, it\u2019s fair to assume that Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth could come to PC sometime around October 2025<\/strong>. It might be sooner, it might later \u2013 it all depends on Square Enix\u2019s plans and whether DLC will be included too.<\/p>\n

Another example to go off is Final Fantasy 16<\/a>, which launched exclusively on PS5 on 22nd June 2023. It was then revealed in September 2023 that a PC version was in the works, although we\u2019re still to get a release date at the time of writing.<\/p>\n

As a result, we\u2019d expect Final Fantasy 16 to come to PC in 2024, followed by Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth in 2025 \u2013 potentially close to the winter period, as mentioned prior.<\/p>\n

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