Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 director says PC is the "highest-end gaming environment" and the "foundation" for the new JRPG's development, while the PS5 Pro is just "mid-range"

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"Speaking in purely technical terms, we categorize PS5 and PS5 Pro as 'mid-range platforms' internally"

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth screenshot showing Aerith, a young woman with long fair hair and a flowing white gown, singing with her arms spread wide
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake director Naoki Hamaguchi claims the team is targeting PC as the foundation for the third entry in the trilogy's development as the current "highest-end gaming environment." Furthermore, the Square Enix lead calls consoles, such as the PS5 Pro, "mid-range."

In an interview with Automaton, Hamaguchi clarifies that the final entry in the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy is made with PC as the "foundation" of development. "As our fundamental principle, we do not design assets to meet the lowest baseline," Hamaguchi says. "Instead, we create them for high-end environments first."

It's then surprising that this last hurrah wasn't developed with PlayStation as the foundation, given the series history, but Hamaguchi explains the reason simply by comparing the hardware. "Speaking in purely technical terms, we categorize PS5 and PS5 Pro as 'mid-range platforms' internally," he says. "Compared to high-end PCs, texture sizes may differ by roughly 1.5 to 2 times, mesh loading by 1.5 to 2 times, and polygon counts by more than three times. That’s how big the difference can be."

George Young
George Young
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