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Indian Retailer Stocks Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Game's SteelBook Edition
posted on by Adriana Hazra
Indian retailer Games The Shop is listing the SteelBook edition for Sqaure Enix's upcoming Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade game for PlayStation 5 for pre-order. According to NDTV Gadgets 360, PS5 console restocks went live for pre-orders in India on Friday at 12:00 p.m. IST and were sold out within minutes.
Sony announced the Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade game during its State of Play livestream on February 25. The game will launch worldwide on June 10.
The PS5 version will feature improved textures, lighting, background environments, and load times. The new version will also include graphics and performance modes, and a photo mode. In addition, the game will feature an extra story featuring the character Yuffie as a playable character.
Those who own the PlayStation 4 version of the game will be able to upgrade to the PS5 version for free, but will have to purchase the Yuffie episode separately (upgrading the game in Japan from PS4 to PS5 will cost 100 yen or approximately US$1). Those with PS4 versions of the game can carry over their save data to the PS5 version.
The Final Fantasy VII Remake soundtrack became available online via music subscription services like Apple Music, Spotify, and Amazon Music Unlimited on February 26.
Square Enix released the game on PS4 in April 2020 after a delay from March 2020. The game was a PlayStation exclusive until April 10, 2021.
Tetsuya Nomura returned to the remake game as its director after serving as the character designer for the original game, and Kazushige Nojima returned to write the scenario. Square Enix stated in a Japanese news post for the game in May 2019, "production is underway on the work as multiple parts."
Square Enix announced the Final Fantasy VII remake in 2015. Square's original Final Fantasy VII game debuted for PlayStation in 1997.
The previous round of PS5 restocks went live for pre-orders in India on May 17 at 12:00 p.m. IST. The consoles shipped on May 24.
NDTV Gadgets 360 reported via Bloomberg News that Sony revealed in a briefing after reporting its financial results on April 28 that the PS5 will remain in short supply through 2022.
Pre-orders for the PS5 console initially went live on January 12 at 12:00 p.m. IST and were sold out within minutes. The console officially launched in India on February 2.
The PS5 is priced at ₹49,990, and the PS5 Digital Edition (which does not include the disc slot) is priced at ₹39,990 in India.
Sources: The Mako Reactor (Mikhail Madnani), NDTV Gadgets 360 (Akhil Arora)
