During an interview with the Daily Star,Final Fantasy VII Rebirthdirector Naoki Hamaguchi confirmed that there are no DLC plans for the second entry of the trilogy. Instead, Square Enix is going full steam ahead with development for the conclusive title of theFinal Fantasy VIIremake trilogy.
“I think, from my perspective, what the fans really want to see the most is not necessarily DLC,” said Hamaguchi to theDaily Starin a Thursday interview. “They want to see the third part of the series as quickly as possible.”
Hamaguchi explained that they don’t want to “focus the development resources on creating additional extra episodes for [Final Fantasy VII Rebirth] DLC at the moment” and get the “third game out as quickly as [they] can” instead.
The first entry in the three-parter,Final Fantasy VII Remake, received an expansion story focusing on new member of the group Yuffie. It introduced her in a new narrative that spans between the first and second parts and was exclusive to theIntergradeversion of the game, which had better visuals and a photo mode. Additionally, it made use of the PS5’s SSD.
Unfortunately,Final Fantasy VII Rebirth‘s sales haven’t been the best for Square Enix. While discussing Final Fantasy XVI and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth in afinancial report back in May 2024, Square Enix said that “profits unfortunately did not meet [its] expectations.”
Hopefully, this doesn’t mean the third and final entry in theFinal Fantasy VII Remakeseries won’t be rushed. What may help sales, however, is thatFinal Fantasy VII Rebirthis listed as a nominee for Game of the Year atThe Game Awards 2024.
