00:00Square Enix is shutting down Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis before the remake trilogy concludes.
00:07Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis, the mobile and PC RPG that expanded the wider Final
00:14Fantasy VII universe, will officially shut down later this year.
00:18According to a statement from producer Soichi Echikawa on the game's official website, the decision came after the development team
00:26struggled to maintain a sustainable balance between production cost and player demand for new characters, weapons, and equipment.
00:34Players will still have several months to experience the game before the servers permanently close on October 6th.
00:41Released in 2023, Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis was designed as more than a mobile remake of the original Final
00:47Fantasy VII.
00:48The game featured a streamlined version of the classic RPG's combat system, while bringing together storylines from across the franchise,
00:56including Final Fantasy VII, Crisis Core, Before Crisis, and other entries in the expanded universe.
01:03The game also introduced new narrative content, expanded Sephiroth's history, and added original characters who eventually became connected to the
01:11broader Final Fantasy VII Remake storyline.
01:14Alongside its serious story moments, Ever Crisis also featured more unusual alternate scenarios, including lighter stories that reimagine the cast
01:23in completely different settings.
01:25This is not the first time Square Enix has attempted to expand the Final Fantasy VII brand through a mobile
01:31title, only to shut the project down.
01:33In 2023, the company ended service for Final Fantasy VII The First Soldier, a Battle Royale spinoff that launched in
01:412021 during the height of the genre's popularity.
01:44Although the game's end is approaching, Square Enix says that Ever Crisis's team still has plans for its remaining months.
01:52Developers will bring back previous events and release a final story update intended to provide a proper conclusion for players
01:59who have followed the game since launch.
02:00The shutdown has disappointed some fans, especially those who enjoyed the game's unique costumes, character designs, and additional lore.
02:09Some players have expressed hope that elements from Ever Crisis, including its outfits and story concepts, could eventually appear in
02:17future Final Fantasy VII projects.
02:19With the final installment of the Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy still in development, the closure of Ever Crisis marks
02:27the end of another attempt by Square Enix to expand one of its most popular franchises through a long-term
02:32mobile experience.
02:35It sounds like you're going after the long-term mobile experience.
02:38It sounds like you're going after the long market for mobile.
02:43I don't know many mobile gamers that want something that's going to be tied down to a Final Fantasy game
02:51if this game is as long as normal Final Fantasy games are, or were.
02:57You know, if this game is as long as, you know, 15-20 hours, I don't see many people caring.
03:06And they said this isn't the first mobile game that they had to shut down with Final Fantasy.
03:11Why aren't they bringing this to the console?
03:14I would think it would do better there.
03:19And maybe make it free to play, but make it, you know, like the other Final Fantasy games, like the
03:29Final Fantasy VII trilogy.
03:32It's, you know, make it where it doesn't have to be online.
03:41One price gets everything.
03:44I would just think it would do better on console.
03:49Especially if it's the average length of a Final Fantasy game.
03:54I just don't know.
03:55Many mobile players that I would know, you know, they'll, yeah, they'll play that game.
03:59They'll play it for like 10, 15, 20 minutes at a time.
04:02But you know how many times you're going to have to play that game if this is a normal Final
04:06Fantasy in length?
04:08If you're playing it like in 10, 15, 20 minute bursts?
04:13So I'm just thinking, especially with this not being the first mobile project that shut down from Final Fantasy VII,
04:20I'm just wondering, why isn't this stuff being brought to console?
04:24I mean, you know, you can't, okay, we don't have the PSPU, we don't have the PS Vita.
04:32I don't even think the 3DS is a thing anymore.
04:34I think that's done ever since the Switch came out.
04:39But bring it to consoles.
04:42Why are we putting Final Fantasy games on mobile?
04:49But, you know, I've never gotten into mobile gaming, but the games that I have played and enjoyed, they were
04:55games that, like, you play for 5, 10 minutes.
04:57So it's kind of like, you know, I just don't see the appeal of Final Fantasy games appearing on mobile.
05:07And maybe with this being the second mobile project that shut down, maybe this is getting, maybe this is actually
05:15delivering the message.
05:19But, at the same time, I can see the appeal, I can technically see, I can see the appeal of,
05:27you already have your phone.
05:28So you don't have to buy a Switch or a PlayStation.
05:33But, wouldn't you already have that if you were a fan of Final Fantasy?
05:38Wouldn't you at least have a Switch or a PlayStation 5?
05:42Or even, um, if, or even the PS4 at least?
05:48Although I don't think they make games for PS4 anymore.
05:51I think they finally finished that, uh, bringing games to both systems.
05:58But, I just don't understand, I just don't understand what audience, what audiences were clamoring, um, for a mobile Final
06:08Fantasy game.
06:09If you want it to play on the go, you can just get it on Switch now.
06:13Or, you should try to get it on Switch.
06:16And when I say you should try to get it on Switch, I mean the people who made it.
06:21Um, so, yeah, um, it sucks that they're shutting this down, but they're not, they're not out yet.
06:28Uh, it's one, uh, there's still, um, some more content to come out for that, um, game before it does
06:33shut down.
06:37Um, so, but unfortunately, yeah, this is gonna be the second Final Fantasy game on mobile shut down.
06:47Next.
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