This demonstration didn't focus too much on describing the game's plot, but rather showcased a subsequent boss battle.
It was an impressive boss battle, different from the initial first boss in that this one clearly required more meticulous strategy to defeat.
And this was just a demo video; obviously, it couldn't satisfy the players.
The closer the release date approached, the more impatient the players became.
This reminded Takayuki of the mindset he had when eagerly awaiting some popular games.
Like when the countdown to the release of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake began, Takayuki remembered taking a day off and staying up all night to finish it.
There's also the legendary Elden Ring, and the controversial Cyberpunk 2077.
The reactions of these players are exactly the same as his own back then.
However, the release date won't change.
When the release date of March arrived, other gaming companies seemed to reach a tacit understanding.
Even Lirlda, who always wanted to bring down Gamestar Entertainment, deliberately avoided any conflicts with them during this month.
Because this month is the release day of Final Fantasy 7.
Honestly, even their own employees wanted to experience this groundbreaking game firsthand.
In the remaining months of development time, Takayuki's task was to continuously polish the game's CG, striving to make the CG animations of this game reach the pinnacle of the current standards.
These CG animations, after the final calculations, cost a staggering $110 million.
This can truly be considered a huge investment.
If you also consider the long-term promotional costs, labor costs, and so on, the total development cost has exceeded $170 million, truly a massive investment.
Some investors from Wall Street are also closely watching Final Fantasy 7.
From the inception of Final Fantasy 7, it seemed to attract considerable attention, much stronger than in the previous world.
Although in the previous world, Final Fantasy 7 had the groundwork of previous installments, it didn't have such a huge impact right from the start.
At that time, Final Fantasy 7 was actually Square Enix's desperate effort.
They almost placed all their bets on this game; in terms of promotion, they were clearly inferior to Gamestar Entertainment.
On the day of release, all retail stores were lined up with long queues.
Even players who weren't interested in role-playing games were attracted because of the initial plot experience.
They were completely immersed in the storyline, and this group of narrative experience enthusiasts could rival the faithful players of role-playing games in terms of numbers.
From this, it can be seen that this plot is truly captivating.
When Final Fantasy 7 was officially released, people rushed into retail stores like crazy just to grab a copy of Final Fantasy 7 game disc.
At first, a group of savvy businessmen immediately realized the business opportunity in this.
They quickly pooled some money and prepared to go to major retail stores and department stores in advance to queue up for the game discs.
In their view, such a popular product must sell well.
However, they seemed to have underestimated Gamestar Entertainment's production capacity.
Or perhaps the manufacturing cost and scale of the discs themselves are terrifying.
As long as Gamestar Entertainment hands over the game data to the disc production factory, their factory can work tirelessly through the night to produce discs.
For this reason, Sho Matsubashi also contacted the disc production factories in North America to temporarily increase production.
Perhaps the production base of game consoles cannot be built in the United States in the short term, but there is no problem with the mass production of discs.
So this time, the supply is quite abundant.
Takayuki decisively instructed Sho Matsubashi to prepare at least five million copies in the United States.
In Japan, they also prepared three million copies.
This is almost half of the current sales volume of the GS1 game console.
A game occupying half of the game console sales volume also counts as a gamble for Gamestar Entertainment.
However, he is still very confident.
Because he has confirmed one thing through the feedback from players who have tried the game.
Final Fantasy 7 is popular in this world, and they are also very interested in the setting of this world.
So, the remaining task is to produce as many game discs as possible.
For those savvy guys, also known as scalpers.
They completely did not expect Gamestar Entertainment's supply to be so abundant, but as a result, they suffered a big loss.
However, this has nothing to do with Takayuki; he has already put down Final Fantasy 7 and is ready to follow up with the next new project.
However, the three teams that have completed the development of Final Fantasy 7 were given a week off to relax. This allows them to fully experience their own game and enjoy the gaming feast they have brought themselves.
Up until now, there aren't many people who truly understand the overall plot of the game.
Even among the game development teams, they are only responsible for their own content, and generally don't have much contact with others.
On the contrary, the special effects team, due to the production of special effects, knew the plot of the game in advance. At this moment, they were feeling melancholic because they knew the plot in advance.
"Thank you very much for your hard work. Today, you can relax. I'm giving you a week off. Go back and play this miracle game that you have created, and enjoy the gaming feast that we have brought to ourselves."
When the game was officially released, Takayuki gave each employee involved in the production a game disc that belonged exclusively to them.
Upon hearing Takayuki's announcement of their holiday, they immediately cheered, and then excitedly took the disc and prepared to go home to play.
As the head of a development team, Sugi is most infatuated with Final Fantasy.
Apart from being a producer, he also prefers to call himself a gamer.
A sentence that Gamestar Entertainment said a long time ago is still vivid in Sugi's mind, that is, the famous saying of the previous world's congee.
And now, when he got the complete version of Final Fantasy 7 game disc, he felt somewhat emotional.
This game is created by himself.
Everything in it bears his imprint.
Although he already knows all the plot of this game and is very familiar with the gameplay, when he took the disc home, he couldn't wait to put the complete version of the disc into the GS1 game console.
Accompanied by the familiar Final Fantasy crystal prelude melody, a tear couldn't help but appear in the corner of Sugi's eye.
Finally, I'm going to play with you, my old friend.