Amazon has implemented a new policy in response to COVID-19 that will no longer allow it to accept nonessential goods until April 5. Naturally, the retailer included video games such asFinal Fantasy 7 Remakein the “nonessential” category, meaning those thatpre-ordered the game through Amazonwould be at risk of not receiving a copy on the dayRemakereleases.
Amazon, of course, informedRemakecustomers of this new development through email, but whatever wording it chose to use caused some confusion. Some readers mistookAmazon’s delayto mean that the official date ofFinal Fantasy 7 Remakehad suffered another setback. Today, both Square Enix and Amazon have taken to social media with official statements to clear up the confusion.
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In no uncertain terms, Amazon has stated thatFinal Fantasy 7 Remake’s release date has not changed. The retailer understands that its emails may have caused some concern, but the game will still release on April 10. The officialFinal Fantasy 7 RemakeTwitter account corroborated this statement by retweeting it. It then tweeted the announcement from Square Enix.
According toSquare Enix, the situation involving COVID-19has complicated its release plans with partnering retailers.Final Fantasy 7 Remakewill still arrive in April as scheduled, but some players may not receive their copy on day one. The developer isn’t sure either way because its retailers have different policies across different regions, and these policies may change depending on how the situation with the virus plays out.
However, Square is doing everything in its power to ensure that fans that havepre-orderedRemakewill get their copy the day the game releases. It’s monitoring the situation carefully and will come back to fans on Friday, March 20, with more information. All in all, delaying the game’s official release date would be something of a last resort.
Understandably, both of these statements from Amazon and Square Enix have eased the minds of fans worried about a possible delay. Square Enix only recently announced thatFinal Fantasy 7 Remakehad gone gold, so it would be dishearting to hear that it received another setback due to circumstances out the developer’s control.
However, it is admittedly regrettable that some fans who have pre-ordered the game may not receive their copy the moment it releases. If this turns out to be the case, Square’s Friday statement may reveal when they’ll get the game instead.
Final Fantasy 7 Remakewill launch for the PlayStation 4 on August 05, 2025.
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