Reimagining of Final Fantasy 7 occupies 2 discs on PS5 – because, well, it’s Final Fantasy

09.06.2023

Cloud Strife with a purple glow on his face in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

Even for followers of Final Fantasy, the news that Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth would certainly deliver on 2 discs was distinctive. Like, dang, are we actually still doing this?

Well, yes, also if the PlayStation 5 currently makes use of 100 GB Blu-ray discs, contrasted to the PlayStation 4’s 50 GB discs. It most likely methods one is an information setup disc and also the 2nd is the play disc, suggesting it’s the one that is constantly in the drive when the game is being played. That’s just how plus-sized games on the PS4 rolled.

We think it’s the same due to the fact that this will apparently be the initial PS5 game on 2 discs. (It doesn’t show up that Xbox Series X has actually had any type of multi-disc games, if you were asking yourself.) They utilized to be fairly usual, yet with media capability ever before boosting — and also most gamers changing to on-line acquisitions and also downloads of games — they’re currently unusual sufficient to mention on.

In reality, Square Enix seemed almost proud that the multi-disc custom would certainly continue with Rebirth (calling that out in the last title card). Final Fantasy 7 Remake was 2 discs when it released on PlayStation 4 in 2020, and also obviously the initial Final Fantasy 7 was a three-discer back in 1997.

Image: Square Enix

This doesn’t always hint an entirely outrageous download dimension for those no more thinking about gathering game instances. Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade was 81 GB when that released in 2021. That’s concerning fifty percent of Cyberpunk 2077, and also it’s on a regular basis towered over by yearly sporting activities titles (to state absolutely nothing of Call of Duty’s indulgent sizes). But it does suggest that PlayStation 5 followers with unexpanded storage space will certainly need to budget plan their area carefully when Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth shows up in very early 2024.

We connected to Square Enix reps to see if we might obtain even more of a feeling of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s dimension, and also why 2 discs are still the standard.

Source: Polygon