Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy director Naoki Hamaguchi has stated the multiplatform approach for Part Three won’t impact development “whatsoever”.
With Remake Intergrade heading to Switch 2 and Xbox consoles next year, Square Enix confirmed the full trilogy would be multiplatform. That said, we don’t yet know the release date for Rebirth on Switch 2 and Xbox, and it’s unknown if part three will be a simultaneous multiplatform release or staggered with PlayStation leading.
Still, it seems this multiplatform approach is working out just fine, as Hamaguchi told Easy Allies for Part Three “we do have designated teams working on each platform so that our multiplatform approach won’t impact the development whatsoever”.
Yet while “development for both Nintendo Switch 2 Rebirth and the third installment are going very smoothly”, it seems the Xbox consoles are proving a little more problematic.
“As for the Xbox version, like many other publishers, I think we did see some issues with the lack of memory compared with other platforms,” said Hamaguchi. While he doesn’t specify, presumably he’s referring to the less powerful Series S console, which proved tricky for Baldur’s Gate 3 studio Larian among others.