Final Fantasy VII Revelation is getting a boxed edition, and it already carries a warning: to play it you will need an internet connection and a download. In this arrangement the disc or the card is not the game, it is a pass to it.
An internet connection is required to download additional game data in order to play the physical version of the game.
The notice on the edition's listing
On Switch 2 the card is just a key
Here it is spelled out. The Switch 2 game card does not hold the game: you put it in the console and download all 130 gigabytes. That is more than half of the console's built in 256 gigabytes, so a single game eats half the storage of a new Switch.
What sits in the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series boxes has not been explained yet. Two options are open: part of the game on the disc plus a top up download, or the disc as a key exactly like on Switch 2. The file sizes for those versions have not been given either.
What else is known about the game
- It ships on 8 April 2027, a date director Naoki Hamaguchi gave on Sony's State of Play.
- Every platform on the same day: PS5, Switch 2, Xbox Series X and S, PC. A first for the series, where versions used to be months or years apart.
- 69.99 euro on Steam, published by Square Enix, protected by Denuvo. System requirements are still a placeholder on the page.
We covered the Sony showcase itself in our State of Play write up, with the full list of announcements.
This is not a one off any more
In the autumn of 2026 a box with no game inside it is turning into the norm, and Square Enix is not the first through the door.
Rockstar puts a download code in the GTA 6 box instead of a disc and explains it as insurance against leaks. CD Projekt has promised a Witcher 4 box even without discs so that people are left with an object on the shelf. Sony has a running row over dropping discs, and its latest State of Play chat was flooded with protests again.
The practical takeaway is simple. A box on the shelf no longer means the game will start without a network in ten years. If that is what you are buying, look past the existence of a physical edition and read the small print on the back.
Sources
The internet notice, the key card on Switch 2 and the 130 gigabyte figure: Eurogamer, 4 September 2026.
Release date, platforms, price and DRM: the FINAL FANTASY VII REVELATION page on Steam, checked 5 September 2026.
