{"id":90049,"date":"2026-10-04T02:46:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T18:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=90049"},"modified":"2026-10-04T02:46:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T18:46:58","slug":"final-fantasy-7-revelation-director-responds-to-fans-asking-for-full-disc-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=90049","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Director Responds to Fans Asking for Full Disc Version"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><u>Final Fantasy 7 Revelation<\/u> Naoki Hamaguchi said he did his best to fight for a disc release as the industry heads toward a &#8220;future where physical media is essentially disc-less.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The lead developer in charge of next year&#8217;s new remake chapter opened up about the state of gaming during an interview with <u>Radio Times<\/u>. It&#8217;s a topic he&#8217;s touched on before, but this time, he explained how his own appreciation for physical media led him to push for Final Fantasy 7 Revelation to get at least one disc as the industry speeds toward an all-digital future.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;Personally, obviously, I bought lots of physical editions of games as a child. Sometimes I buy digital editions of games, but if I&#8217;m particularly attached to a title, I want to get the physical version,&#8221; Hamaguchi said, noting how the topic of a fully digital future has become &#8220;particularly sensitive&#8221; in recent months. &#8220;And you know, being in the industry, sometimes I want to get my friends or acquaintances who&#8217;ve worked on something to sign a copy of their own game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is confirmed to have a disc option when it launches in 2027, but there are some caveats. When physical owners on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, for example, pop their discs in, they should know the full experience will require an additional download \u2013 and a <u>hefty one at that<\/u>. It&#8217;s a decision that has some fans split, but <u>not one Hamaguchi and the team at Square Enix took lightly<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;I do really like and appreciate physical media,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I see a lot of people on social media saying, &#8216;No disc, no purchase,&#8217; and I understand where they&#8217;re coming from.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Hamaguchi acknowledged that Final Fantasy 7 Revelation does have a disc alternative for those who want it, even if it&#8217;s just a &#8220;key disc&#8221; that only has &#8220;the opening.&#8221; He added that he understands that &#8220;there are people out there with a lot of opinions&#8221; about the future of physical media and shared a message to those who feel most passionately about the issue.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-slideshow\"><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Preview Screenshots<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2277167929 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;First of all, I&#8217;ve got people saying to me on social media, &#8216;Give us a full disc version!&#8217; And so, from an overall perspective, let me first say that as the director, it&#8217;s my responsibility to look after the content of the game to make sure it&#8217;s fun, really exciting,&#8221; he said. Then, smiling, he added, &#8220;The product line-up, the SKUs (stock keeping units), how it&#8217;s going on sale; that is the responsibility of the publishing team. So, my authority there is somewhat limited.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Despite the &#8220;pressure&#8221; for disc-less editions and digital editions, Hamaguchi said he &#8220;used my position to put forth an argument for the physical version as much as possible.&#8221; That resulted in negotiations, &#8220;both internally and with first parties,&#8221; leading to Final Fantasy 7 Revelation&#8217;s one-disc strategy. He added, &#8220;I completely understand there are those out there who may not really agree with that direction or approve of that direction,&#8221; but it&#8217;s what he fought for, and it&#8217;s the best result he could conjure.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;I completely understand there are those out there who may not really agree with that direction or approve of that direction,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But I would just say that I hope you understand that I completely see where you&#8217;re coming from, and that I did my best.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">He added with a laugh, &#8220;It is a very tricky subject.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Final Fantasy 7 Revelation will release with a disc when it releases for PC, Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox Series X\/S April 8, 2027. Although its launch strategy hasn&#8217;t pleased everyone, it&#8217;s a date that will see it arrive <u>months before PlayStation phases out physical releases for new PS5 games<\/u>. Even after Rockstar signaled changing times when it announced a disc-less release for Grand Theft Auto 6, Sony&#8217;s decision sent shockwaves through the industry.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Gaming fans have expected an all-digital future to arrive at some point, but it seems to be here sooner than most expected. Elsewhere in the interview, Hamaguchi said he thinks &#8220;physical media will remain in some form going forward,&#8221; but it&#8217;s impossible to deny that change is coming.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;But the PC market, for example, is going from strength to strength, and lots of people already purchase digital copies of games and just download them.<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"poll-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;So, I can see a world in the not-too-distant future where physical media is essentially disc-less. You would have a copy of the code on a piece of paper inside the physical box or something like that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">For more on why the Square Enix team chose to approach Final Fantasy 7 Revelation&#8217;s physical release the way it did, you can see <u>Hamaguchi&#8217;s explanation here<\/u>. You can also read <u>more about the director&#8217;s love for physical media<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"author-sign-off\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"author-sign-off\" data-cy=\"author-sign-off\"><span class=\"stack jsx-59817748 jsx-1927875859\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-444076027 jsx-1730475047 profile-thumb jsx-2141281959 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-1-1\"><img alt=\"Michael Cripe Avatar\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image profile-thumb-img jsx-249361588 jsx-2338608387 expand\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/avatars\/5205bf6a08586a205a834928\/Michael_blue_red_2-1700460435246.png?crop=1%3A1&amp;width=56&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=80 1x, https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/avatars\/5205bf6a08586a205a834928\/Michael_blue_red_2-1700460435246.png?crop=1%3A1&amp;width=56&amp;dpr=2&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=80 2x\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-2509706801 jsx-3630940851\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"interface jsx-1132626198 sign-off-text\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Michael Cripe is a freelance writer with IGN. 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