For the Final Fantasy physical media sickos among us, today is a special day. For the eBay scalpers out there, less so, as pre-orders for the ESRB version are sold out Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade for PlayStation 5 have appeared on some retailer sites, the results of a very welcome reprint.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake made its long-awaited PlayStation 4 debut just six months before the release of PS5, making the platform exclusive a fitting swan song for Sony’s wildly popular console. And while it was no surprise that a PS5 enhanced version of the game was announced the following year, the distinction between the free and paid components was quite confusing. To summarize: Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade included the PS5-enhanced version of the original game on a disc, as well as PS5-exclusive DLC with Yuffie as the code, while the free upgrade only included the PS5 improvements and no DLC.
Considering the already wide release of Remake on PS4, the retail version of Intergrade on the just-released PS5 was much more limited… which we know, because look at those prices, courtesy of Price charts.
In between everything was pretty normal Intergrades summer release of 2021 and early 2023, when the price for a new copy rose to an impressive $84. But the market went from spicy to Mako Reactor 1 explosion levels after the release of the sequel in February, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Since then, things have returned to Midgar somewhat, if you think $150 for a sealed copy is reasonable.
But thanks to a reprint, courtesy of Square Enix, you can grab a pre-order Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade at Canadian retailers VGP And PNP games for $59.99 CAD ($41.75 USD), with an expected delivery date of February 2025. If you’d rather wait for a US-based retailer, Resetera user says Jawmuncher“It recently appeared for a second on Amazon, so it’s possible this is a large-scale reprint happening at other retailers as well.”