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Square Enix has slashed the prices of the Switch 2 versions of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade and Rebirth on the North American Nintendo eShop, dropping them to around $7-8 apiece from their usual $49.99. Other titles like Bravely Default and Octopath Traveler 0 have also hit all-time lows in the same sale. On 5ch’s Hardware/Industry (Geha) board, opinions split on the reason for the discount — some pointed out that Rebirth was already cut 40% just a month after its Japanese release, while others suspected this is an early clearance sale meant to mask weak preorders for the upcoming trilogy finale, Revelation.
What people said
Japan already did this to launch-day buyers — the Switch 2 version of Rebirth got a 40% discount just one month after release.
https://jp.finalfantasy.com/news/6094/
They're in a state where, to claw back from bombing on a certain platform, they have to flood the market with copies no matter the cost — even burning user trust, even ignoring profitability.
I figure it'll hit its lowest right before the third game, so I'm planning to buy then.
Not just FF — same goes for the Resident Evil remakes — but seeing a version on another platform going for dirt cheap right next to one priced 2-3x as much just kills any urge to buy.
And it's split into parts, yet they still couldn't fit it on a game card.
Square Enix games are a waste of time.
They should just drop the texture resolution and cut it down to around 50GB.
I'll just wait until the full trilogy bundle hits ¥1000.
Don't want to burn this much storage in an era when storage prices are through the roof.
Square Enix's action games are boring to begin with, though…
It's probably boring because there's a lot of unfair stuff that's brutal if you're bad at it, right?
Not just Square Enix in general — calling anything 'action' since FF15 an actual action game is almost laughable.
At this point you could just put 'FF7' in the dictionary under 'overrated.'
Square Enix self-petitioned the Japan Anniversary Association to create an official 'FF7 Day' — that's beyond self-overrating, that's just unhinged.
The launch title costs more
– Octopath Traveler 0 – $24.99 (was $49.99) –
A simultaneous multi-platform release
https://nintendoeverything.com/square-enix-nintendo-switch-2-and-switch-sale-live-with-final-fantasy-7-rebirth-octopath-traveler-0-more-at-new-low-prices/
Guess this really is their biggest discount ever because it bombed on PS5.
Final Fantasy 7 Reunion – $29.99 (was $49.99)
– Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth – $7.49 (previously $49.99)
– Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade – $7.99 (previously $39.99)
Reunion got knocked down to $30,
but seeing Remake and Rebirth at $7,
this looks like way more than just a 'not selling' discount — it's a handout to get people to buy Revelation lol.
Maybe preorders for Revelation are so bad they're panicking again? lol
I mean, Capcom's doing great running that exact playbook.
it's not that fun lol
The movement feels stiff when you're controlling it, you can't jump at spots where you clearly should be able to (like in Xenoblade), and there's this frustrating feeling of invisible walls blocking normal movement.
And then they wasted effort on a pointless minigame where you move Aerith around with a robot arm.
Total waste of dev resources.
Does Rebirth ditch that clunky control scheme and let you play freely like Xenoblade?
Rebirth takes place in open fields instead of Remake's corridors, and you can climb small ledges, so it feels less cramped.
Though for some reason you still can't pull off the superhuman high jumps you see in the cutscenes.
If you already find that arm minigame tedious, brace yourself — Rebirth is a minigame-fest on a whole different level.
Rebirth is way more fun, tier above, but yeah, that stuff's still there.
I'll just wait for THAT to go on sale.
PS5 already sells them as a 3-pack bundle.
No idea why Switch 2 doesn't have one.
Maybe this is to make up for that?
For Kingdom Hearts, up through 2.5 it was cloud-version-only, so apparently people who already owned the download version could upgrade cheap.
Sounds like it's half price.
Maybe I should've just bought the cloud version.
In Japan the PS5 version looks like it overwhelmingly dominates.
At this point the only people still buying FF in Japan are 'gangimari' diehards (slang for fans who are obsessively, almost deliriously devoted).
Of course it's skewed.
Background and Key Debate Points
The Switch 2 versions of the FF7 Remake series launched in 2025, and reports say they struggled so badly in North America that they didn’t even register on sales charts. As the thread notes, this isn’t unprecedented — the Switch 2 version of Rebirth was already cut 40% in Japan just a month after release, so this discount is likely less an emergency measure and more an extension of a sales strategy that prioritizes reach over margin. Where the thread split was on motive: some saw it as straightforward promotion, while others argued Square Enix is being forced to pull buyers in early because preorders for the trilogy’s finale, Revelation, are underperforming. Both are speculation from 5ch users — it’s worth noting Square Enix has not officially explained the reason for the discount.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry (Geha)) thread “[Fire Sale] US Switch 2 Versions of FF7 Remake and Rebirth Both Hit $7.”
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