Highlights
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will require a whopping 150 GB of storage space to install, thanks to its highly detailed world and immersive gameplay.
- The game will offer nearly 100 hours of content, including mini-games and various means of traveling around the world, in addition to the main story and quest.
- The two-disc release of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth allows the development team to preserve their vision and create a more detailed and immersive world, without having to scale back elements or compromise on their vision.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has a massive file size, as players will need 150 GB of storage space to install it. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth received an exciting new trailer at the recent PlayStation State of Play event, and Square Enix has been revealing new information about the game in the lead up to its launch.
As an example, Square Enix has confirmed that Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will offer nearly 100 hours of content. The trailer shown at the State of Play presentation included glimpses of various mini-games present in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, along with different means of traveling around the world. So, it looks like there will be a ton of things to do in the game in addition to the story and main quest. Now, Square Enix has revealed that players will need to free up 150 GB of storage space to play Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.
In an interview with Game Informer, director Naoki Hamaguchi has confirmed that Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will take up 150 GB of space, reminding players that it will be available on two discs. The two discs of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth contain 100 GB and 50 GB of data, but fans will only need to insert one disc to play the game. The interview makes note of the PS5’s architecture as the reason, stating that unlike the original Final Fantasy 7, gamers will not need to swap discs after it's done installing.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth was confirmed to be on two discs at the end of its Summer Game Fest trailer, and it seems like fans are pretty excited about it being such a large game. In the interview, Hamaguchi has explained that this allows the development team to preserve its vision for the title, allowing them to make a highly detailed world that is more immersive than Midgar in Final Fantasy 7 Remake. It also mentions that squeezing the game on a single disc would mean that the developers would have to scale back some elements, so making it a two-disc release was a clear solution.
The full interview contains more details on Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, such as how much of the story is covered in this sequel and some insight into the expanded mini-games present in the title. It also states that fans will receive unknown summon materia if they have save data from Final Fantasy 7 Remake, but players will not be able to carry over stats or abilities.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will launch for PS5 on February 29, 2024.
Source: Game Informer
