After a wait at the limit of torture, PC players have been able for a few days to enjoy Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade via the Epic Games Store. What about Steam in all of this?
Since the release of the version vanilla Final Fantasy VII Remake in April 2020, PC players knew that it would be necessary, whatever happens, to take their troubles patiently before being able to discover a version not so master race after all, since one of the aesthetes of Digital Foundry recently judged the portage “horrible“.
Intergrade, an intergaduelle outing
The story does not say (yet) if a new port would correct some of the technical flaws in Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, Still, the clues around a future arrival of the game on Steam are starting to emerge.
Indeed, a user of a famous social network has not failed to analyze the game files since its release on the Epic Games Store on December 16, and to make some potentially predictive discoveries:
I can confirm that Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade is slated for release on Steam once the exclusivity deal with Epic ends.
The AppID key used for development testing is 1462040.
The app premiered in October 2020, six months after the game’s release on PS4.
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And indeed, the curious who will follow the link in question will indeed come across a SteamDB page explicitly mentioning Final Fantasy VII Remake … period. If the game’s release is confirmed, it may allow Square Enix to rethink its pricing policy, since the price recently posted on the Epic Games Store had known generate a controversy which only the small world of video games has the secret.
So, are you ready to wait another six months?