Grab a Physical Copy of Final Fantasy VIII Remastered on PS4

I do own this digitally but I'm still tempted to get a boxed copy especially as its pretty cheap

Although that box art is a bit rubbish

It is cheap. I may get a copy. It this time it is not available yet on Square's mainland Europe store.

I would grab it if they shipped it to the US but it doesn't look like they do.

I was hoping it comes in 4 disc for nostalgia sake hahaha

It is up in the mainland store for 20 euros. Untracked shipping is free. I ordered a copy.
https://store.eu.square-enix-games.com/en_EU/product/615098/final-fantasy-viii-remastered-ps4

@carlos82 your right. That box art is terrible.

ordered, like having physical of Final Fantasy, have a fair few as steelbooks, just because they make me happy. Shame not a steelbook for this.

No idea why, but I’ve ordered a copy. Haha.

Nah. The game sucks. Not interested.

Yeah go on then

Literally just bought it on the big in Japan sale for the second time (Have it on Switch). No chance.

@AJDarkstar Might have something to do with VII and IX oddly having a physical double pack already, I would assume.

One of the best sountracks. Ever.

It should have been 7,8 and 9 together on one disc, but they know most will buy this by itself anyways

I was planning on getting the FFVII/FFVIII twin pack that came out on Switch because I don't own either game physically, nor do I have a PlayStation 1, so this is actually pretty great news since I already have X/X-2 HD, FFXII and FFXV on PS4.

This is the most amazing, most unexpected news ever!!!!

the box art is just 3 google image crops lol

s-e has so little regard for this game it is a sin. how about bundling ff 7-9 remasters on a single disc and give the ps1 era fans something to care about? not asking for too much. of course, i have the originals and can play them in a myriad of ways, including the ps1/ps2 on a crt, ps3 or vita, but the "speed up" feature looks very enticing to me in 2020.

@AJDarkstar IX has been left out out every physical release regarding classic FF games. It's especially weird considering IX was ported to Switch and PS4 first before even VIII and Square neglecting FFVIII as the black sheep of the 32-bit FF games was a constant gag within the community for years.

@AJDarkstar I misremembered that one completely. It was a VII and VIII bundle, not IX. Still, it's odd that the Switch has a bundle while PS4 just gets a singular game.

@Orpheus79V Honestly if anything VII getting a physical Switch release instead of PS4 might be because VII coming to Switch specifically is a much bigger deal than VII coming to another PlayStation console, so they probably did it as a big marketing thing considering now people can point out the irony in VII being on a cartridge. That's what I think anyway at least. Even on the blurb on the back of the Twin Pack for Switch they make a much larger deal out of VII being on Switch than VIII Remastered.

@AJDarkstar VIII was definitely out of necessity because of the source code situation but honestly after seeing how incredible VIII Remastered got polished up outside the blurry backgrounds I really wish at least VII got that treatment as well because I'm actually fine with how the IX port looks, but VII's character models have aged noticeably worse compared to even the SNES games imo

Why can't they put the logo on the spine? I seriously hate it when companies don't do that.

@True_Jehuty I bought maybe ill get a second copy as a present cant wait. 😃👍

Now when will they release FF7 and FF9 cant wait.

@Flaming_Kaiser The more the merrier. Enjoy

@True_Jehuty It was my first Final Fantasy. 😆

@LiamCroft thanks for the heads up liam. I preordered a copy for my final fantasy collection after this article went up and now people can only be added to a waiting list, so it does seem like square are limiting availability!

Also on sale at Simply Games and The Game Collection.

@Rob_230 You’re one of the lucky ones then!