Why the release of Kingdom Hearts 3 and the remake of FF7 were announced early

We saw our fair share of jokes about Kingdom Hearts III& # 39; sand Final Fantasy VII RemakeThe development and exit of Tetsuya Nomura from Square Enix explains why the aforementioned titles were announced "too early".

Nomura told the Italian publication Multiplayer.it (translation courtesy of Kingdom Hearts Insider) that the decision to announce a game is difficult, especially since there is fan pressure, which developers make an announcement or not. "They always ask us" are you working on it? "Or" why do not you make a sequel for that? "He explained. "Even after the announcement, the situation does not change, because then they will ask us" when will he go out? "Or" when will you show a new trailer? "

What is particularly troubling for developers, according to Nomura, is when the games begin to sink and these leaks give rise to "fake" rumors, which fans begin to believe. "It becomes necessary to decide whether to answer and deny," he continued.

Nomura says that leaks sometimes come from the fact that development work is outsourced to other companies. He admits that outsourcing involves the risk that information and images are disseminated online by people outside the core team.

"The same thing happened with the remake of Final Fantasy VII", Nomura revealed." I am well aware of the fact that we announced it too soon but even in the industry, we started to say that we were working on the game, so we decided not to keep it more secret and officially reveal it. "

The full interview is an interesting read so be sure to check.

[Source: Multiplayer.it via Kingdom Hearts Insider]