Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is apparently a super heavyweight 200GB installation: 'We need to overcome the hardware to a certain extent'
Better start cleaning up your hard drive.
In a recent interview with VGC, Final Fantasy 7 Revelation's director, Naoki Hamaguchi, disclosed that the highly anticipated JRPG is expected to require a massive 200GB download. This installation size far surpasses the average for singleplayer RPGs, making it an outlier among its genre counterparts. Hamaguchi's comments came in response to a query about the game's retail, physical version, which will also necessitate additional downloads beyond the two blu-ray discs included in the box.
Hamaguchi clarified that the 200GB figure is still being finalized, but it's clear that overcoming hardware limitations will be a crucial aspect of the game's development. The director acknowledged the mixed opinions surrounding this issue, emphasizing that the primary concern is meeting the hardware requirements. For perspective, Final Fantasy 7 Remake demands 100GB of hard drive space on Steam, while its sequel, Rebirth, requires 155GB. Revelation's full system specifications have not been officially published yet.
For comparison, the original Final Fantasy 7 game shipped on three CDs, with a total data size of around 1.3GB according to TheGamer and 1.7GB according to GamingBolt. The 200GB installation size for Revelation is a significant leap forward, even though it falls short of the 455GB requirement for the entirety of the FF7 Remake trilogy.
While larger installations like Destiny 2's 150GB are manageable for many players, 200GB is a considerable hurdle, particularly in the current context of brutal storage markups. Despite these challenges, the star power of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation may be enough to overcome the storage obstacle.
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