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A thread went up on 5ch’s Hardware/Industry (Geha) board about FF7 Rebirth, which had gone on sale for ¥2,000 on Steam. It opened with an image praising the summon monsters’ 4K high-quality visuals alongside a post claiming “low-spec hardware can’t handle this,” but commenters quickly pointed out the image wasn’t actually from the PS2 — it was from the PSP remaster of Crisis Core. The discussion eventually expanded into a full-blown performance debate over PC, PS5, and Switch 2, with FF7 Remake’s 32.8% clear rate (compared to Witcher 3’s 22%) getting cited as ammunition, fueling a back-and-forth over where the “recommended spec line” really sits.
The 4K max-settings summon monsters look so insanely powerful, it blew me away.
Yeah, no way low-spec-pleb hardware can handle this.
If you haven’t played it yet, you should grab it in this sale.
Source: imgur.com / Original post here
What people said
The PS2 just keeps getting upgraded into a high-spec machine, lol
Isn't this Crisis Core?
Why'd you post a remaster of a PSP game, lol?
You're better off just playing it on PC anyway
It was originally a PSP game, so comparing it to PS2-level specs isn't wrong
No, this is the remaster though
They're probably betting on everyone who posted 'I won't buy it unless it's a single package' finally caving and piling in during this sale
For starters, 'pasokon-ga' is actually a slur for PS5 owners who have an inferiority complex about PC gaming
Let me compare it to Witcher 3 for you
FF7 Remake clear rate = 32.8%
https://steamcommunity.com/stats/1462040/achievements
Witcher 3 clear rate = 22%
https://steamcommunity.com/stats/292030/achievements
Given Witcher 3's clear rate, Witcher 4 is probably going to have it rough too, lol
Where exactly is the line for 'nice-looking graphics,' though? RTX 4090 or better?
At the very least, whatever meets the recommended specs
For FF7 Rebirth, that's RTX 2070 or better
So the PS5 version, which is roughly equivalent to a 2060, is trash then?
Just watching a bit of gameplay footage gives me a weird, creeped-out feeling
Before that, you need to actually buy a PC
Valve: 'The Steam Machine outperforms 70% of all gaming PCs'
https://www.resetera.com/threads/1560352/
Performance ranking: PS5 Pro > PS5 > Steam Machine
Nearly 80% of PC users have specs below a PS5
Also, I love this copypasta, but the source never once says 'gaming PC.' Someone just arbitrarily slapped 'gaming' on it and pulled that 70% figure out of thin air
Well, I'm just stating facts, aren't I?
No, that's not a rebuttal at all
Which part is 'fact'? The part where you dodge and shift the goalposts? lol
Well, required specs vary from game to game, don't they?
Exactly, that's why there's no such thing as 'the line.' You're just drawing it wherever's convenient for you
The line does exist
Recommended specs for games keep climbing
Lately a lot more games list an RTX 3060 Ti as the recommendation
Honestly, you'd get more mileage turning this into a meme image
'Rebirth Comedy Duo' (manzai-style joke images)
Background and Key Points
The PC version of FF7 Rebirth lists an RTX 2070 or better as its recommended spec, and the thread’s “line for good-looking graphics” debate was built around that benchmark. Meanwhile, the 32.8% clear rate cited in the thread comes from Steam’s achievement-tracking page — worth noting that not finishing a game often just means it’s sitting in someone’s backlog rather than reflecting difficulty, so it isn’t a direct measure of how good the hardware or software actually is. The image posted at the start of the thread was initially mistaken for the PS2 version, but replies corrected it to the PSP remaster of Crisis Core, illustrating the risk of judging a platform by looks alone. The back half of the thread veered off into a PC-vs-PS5-vs-Switch 2 performance comparison, turning into the kind of hardware slap-fight where everyone trades insulting nicknames for the other camp.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry (Geha)) thread “I tried buying FF7 Rebirth for ¥2,000 on Steam, and…“.
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