Not bad for a game that's over ten years old!
You-know-who is going to die about 100,000 more times in 2009 as gamers relive the classic spoiler, now on their PlayStation 3 and PSPs. Sony says that Square Enix's spiky-headed PlayStation role-playing masterpiece has been downloaded over 100k times in the first two weeks on the PlayStation Network.
Before year's end, Final Fantasy VII will be followed by Wild Arms 2, Mobile Light Force and Special Ops: Stealth Patrol, the latter two of which no one cares about. Let's get more RPGs, eh? How about some Suikoden action? Maybe Xenogears? Vagrant Story? Yes. We appreciate the release of FFVII, but what's the hold up, Sony? We've seen the Japanese offerings, so we know what's possible.
[via Gamasutra]
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3:20 PM on 06.23.2009
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DID YOU!?
Is FF8 coming? I never finished it back in the day, mostly because I didn't like it, but I'd be willing to try it again possibly.
Honestly, I always thought the PC version was far better, anyway. But for $10, you can't beat the PSN download, especially to put it on your PSP.
This, along with the refusal to release the FFXIII demo anywhere apart from on Japanese copies of the film, shows that money may be made from the franchise, but the potential is still there for so much more.
@Dexter - sadly, no. The graphics are the exact same as the PSOne version.
did FFVII always look like that on PC or is it a modded version?
The PSN one looks like the FF7 you remember.
I have no idea why that Pic was chosen, especially as it's a mod.
innovation just got owned.
Give me Tomba!
One the other hand, I'm pretty sure this title from over 10 years ago pretty much outsold the title I just worked on, lifetime for all regions, and that was a new game.
I have to wonder, really, what the hell DID take so long? Will we keep getting awesome games at this rate for a while? What's the deal?
Bowling! Seriously?
You know that when you turn off a psp it picks up exactly where the game was when you turn it back on right? Theoretically you could play through the entire game, turning it on and off, and never have to save. Of course if you die youre screwed though.
Did you end up hating Midgar as much as I did or even more? =P
I cant wait 'til they get on that line of thought!
(though personally I would rather play the new games rather than the older games)
But man, I really need to dig up my PC version and get some rather nice models. Good lord.
Also, this game doesn't need a remake. Let it go.
ALSO REZ HD FOR PSN. DO IT. IT IS FREE MONEY.
And FINALLY we've got a use for "Remote Play" :-) I can't smoke inside because of my fiancee's asthma, but when I'm playing FFVII on PS", I can just save, switch to remote play and continu where I left off :p I just have it on the PSP for the lone moments where there is also no internet... It's kind of a mindfuck though to do 2 playthroughs of the same game at the same time, just with a delay of a few hours of playing... and slightly different stats...