# Preview: Playing Final Fantasy VII: Revelation On PS5 Has Me Worried For The Switch 2 Port

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/preview-playing-final-fantasy-vii-revelation-on-ps5-has-me-worried-for-the-switch-2-port/
- Published: 2026-09-10T13:14:42+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-10T19:17:49+00:00
- Original publisher: Nintendo Life
- Original article: https://www.nintendolife.com/previews/playing-final-fantasy-vii-revelation-on-ps5-has-me-worried-for-the-switch-2-port
- Topics: Art, Celebrity, Culture, Entertainment, Gaming, Offbeat, Weird & Viral

## Key points

- FF7: Revelation launches simultaneously on all platforms, 8th April 2027.
- PS5 preview shows a vastly larger open world than Rebirth.
- Writer doubts Switch 2 can handle the game's scale.

## Summary

Nintendo Life's hands-on preview of Final Fantasy VII: Revelation, played on PS5 ahead of its simultaneous release across all platforms on 8th April 2027, raises concerns about how the game's vastly expanded open world will run on the Switch 2. The writer, who previously found that Rebirth's Switch 2 port handled its open Grasslands area only "well enough" with visual and performance compromises, reports that Revelation's world is so much larger and more densely packed with content that it makes Rebirth look like "a proof of concept" by comparison, casting doubt on whether the less powerful hardware can cope.

During a 50-minute hands-on session set in Chapter 4, the writer freely explored using the Highwind airship, noting that Square Enix said it would take over 20 hours to see everything available at that point in the story. Diving from the airship into the Gongaga jungle and then travelling to Yuffie's homeland of Wutai, the writer followed a main quest investigating the Kurisagi Corps amid a conflict between the Wusheng Loyalists and an interim government, while being repeatedly diverted by side quests, including a cat-hunting photo mission. Despite enjoying the trilogy's combat and Wutai's scenery, the writer remains uncertain whether the scale of Revelation's open world will prove "a step too far" for the Switch 2 port, despite Square Enix's strong track record with the first two games.

## Coverage

- [Nintendo Life: Preview: Playing Final Fantasy VII: Revelation On PS5 Has Me Worried For The Switch 2 Port](https://www.nintendolife.com/previews/playing-final-fantasy-vii-revelation-on-ps5-has-me-worried-for-the-switch-2-port)
- [GameSpot: Final Fantasy VII Revelation Hands-On Preview](https://www.gamespot.com/videos/final-fantasy-vii-revelation-hands-on-preview/)

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