Final Fantasy VII Remake Shipping Earlier Than 4/10 for Europe and Australia

<p>Final Fantasy VII Remake&&num;8217&semi;s been the subject of a lot of news as of late&period; Over the course of the past two weeks&comma; new characters were revealed&period; In addition&comma; the developers said that physical copies would not be guaranteed for April 10th&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This statement was in response to the game&&num;8217&semi;s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;final-fantasy-vii-remake-street-date-broken&sol;">street date being broken<&sol;a> and copies surfacing on Reddit&period; However&comma; another bit of info was released&period; Square Enix has shipped Final Fantasy VII Remake &&num;8220&semi;far earlier&&num;8221&semi; in Europe and Australia&comma; due to distribution channel disruptions caused by the COVID-19 spread&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This decision comes directly from Yoshinori Kitase and Tetsuya Nomura&comma; producer and director respectively&period; In an excerpt&comma; they explained&comma; &&num;8220&semi;As a result&comma; there is a greater chance that some of you in these regions will now get a copy of the game prior to the worldwide release date of April 10&period; For other western regions&comma; including the Americas&comma; copies will be shipped this week and we feel optimistic that most of you will receive the game for launch day&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-155975" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;03&sol;30160614&sol;final-fantasy-vii-remake-10&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Final Fantasy VII Remake Shipping" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center">Square&&num;8217&semi;s Full Statement on Shipping<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Square also provided a full <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;square-enix-games&period;com&sol;en&lowbar;GB&sol;news&sol;important-message-final-fantasy-vii-remake-development-team">transcript<&sol;a> of that statement for those interested&period; You can also read it below&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The <em>Final Fantasy VII Remake<&sol;em> team have worked extremely hard to make this game and we are incredibly proud of what you are about to play&period; Our biggest motivator during the development was that so many of you were willing us on&comma; and we felt your enthusiasm and passion every step of the way&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We had some hard decisions to make during the final few weeks before launch due to disruption to distribution channels caused by the spread of the COVID-19 virus&period; These unique circumstances have made it very difficult to align timing of our global shipping&period; Our highest priority is that all of you&comma; including those who live in countries currently facing the biggest disruption&comma; can play the game at launch&comma; so we made the decision to ship the game far earlier than usual to Europe and Australia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As a result&comma; there is a greater chance that some of you in these regions will now get a copy of the game prior to the worldwide release date of April 10&period; For other western regions&comma; including the Americas&comma; copies will be shipped this week and we feel optimistic that most of you will receive the game for launch day&period; However&comma; due to the challenging situation we cannot provide delivery dates for each country and each retailer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We really want all of you looking forward to <em>Final Fantasy VII Remake<&sol;em> to play the game on April 10 and experience everything we have been working on&comma; together&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To everyone we would like to ask one big favor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you get the game early&comma; please think of others and don’t spoil it for them&period; We know there are potential spoilers that have been out there for over two decades as the original <em>Final Fantasy VII<&sol;em> was released in 1997&period; But <em>Final Fantasy VII Remake<&sol;em> is a new game that still has many surprises for everyone&period; All our fans and players deserve to experience the game for themselves&comma; and we ask for the support of our dedicated community around the world to ensure that&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On behalf of the entire development team&comma; and everyone around the world that has worked on getting <em>Final Fantasy VII Remake<&sol;em> to you all&comma; thanks again for your support&comma; and most importantly&comma; please stay safe&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Final Fantasy VII Remake is due for April 10th on PlayStation Store&period; You can preorder it <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;store&period;playstation&period;com&sol;en-us&sol;product&sol;UP0082-CUSA07211&lowbar;00-FFVIIREMAKE00000">here<&sol;a>&comma; and a demo is available <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;store&period;playstation&period;com&sol;en-us&sol;product&sol;UP0082-CUSA07237&lowbar;00-FFVIIREMAKETRIAL">here<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>What do you think about Square Enix&&num;8217&semi;s decision to change the Final Fantasy VII Remake shipping date&quest; Do you think that your country will get the game early&comma; on time&comma; or later than expected&quest; Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;