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Square Enix: FF7 remake would take "longer than 10 years" to make; huge project

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shinobi602

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Of course, with the FF10 Remasters done and dusted, it's inevitable fans start looking to other entries that could receive the HD treatment. Back in 2010, Kitase said the FF7 remake teased (inadvertently?) by that PS3 tech demo from E3 2005 was an "unrealistic" prospect. Four years and one set of remasters on, has his thinking changed at all?

"I still think it's going to be a very challenging task," Kitase said, before reiterating that remastering the PS2 games was a big enough challenge, and that the gap between today's tech and the PS1 is a lot wider.

"I can tell you personally I would love to do it," he said. "But before I decide to do anything of that kind, I would have to bring my dedication and motivation levels to the maximal high. It's not the kind of project I can start casually working on, it's a really serious project. It would be nice if I got the opportunity to do that in the future, but at the moment no plans."
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So, nearly a decade on: Any regrets over showing that PS3 tech demo?

"No regrets as such," Kitase laughed. "It was the right thing to do at the time. But look, if we look at the possibility of remaking Final Fantasy 7 for high definition consoles, we already took nearly ten years to make the trilogy of Final Fantasy 13 games, ending with Lightning Returns. I think that a high-definition FF7 would be definitely comparable to that scale, an even bigger project maybe. It would probably take a lot longer than ten years, even if we ever do it. So that's what I am saying, I would have to have a complete and utter dedication to the project."
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Via Joystiq
 
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Artea

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If it costs them a decade to produce a shitty jRPG, or even just a remake of a shitty jRPG, it will be only a matter of time before they go bankrupt.
 
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EhoaVash

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lol 10 years ..yeah right even if the ps1 game has aged so badly it probably will take them 3 years ..then again it took them 3 years to release FFX hd lulz -_-
 
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Xater

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If that is the case they have some serious production issue over at SE. Well that is actually obvious looking at FF XIII and FF XV
 
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antitrop

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It's my favorite game of all time, so I think it would be worth it. In hindsight, it would have been better a better effort than the XIII trilogy.
 
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