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Hiku said:
Shaunodon said:

https://youtu.be/GCQ-RZrz5rI?t=4m12s
Announced and paid for by Sony.

In 3 years since FF7R announcement this is the first glimpse we've had at the game, and it's two hazy shots of a character model.

I was actually wondering if you were going to bring up The Last Guardian, and if I should specify what I'm about to say, but I settled for saying "games some time end up on different systems than intended", as that covers The Last Guardian, among others.
But if that wasn't clear enough, let me be more specific.

Most games don't skip out the initial system they were announced for. This happens in rare cases. On top of that, a financial transaction between two different companies have been made to ensure that people play it first on Playstation 4.
Why does it matter if it's a contractual agreement between two different companies, you may ask? Well if the studio behind The Last Guardian (who are owned by Sony) want to move the project over from PS3 to PS4, it would be Sony's own decision, and they're not at risk of getting sued over a breach of contract, or anything like that. And their reasons for moving it to another platform is ultimately in Sony's own interest. Not the ideal situation, but none the less, it was decided with Sony's own interest in mind. (The story behind that decision was that they realized they couldn't create the game they wanted for the PS3 hardware.)

However, Square moving FF7 up to another system, even if it's for the same reason (that they can't accomplish what they envision on PS4), would primarily be for their own interest. They do not own the Playstation brand.
So the reaction from Sony for a request to move a title from one console to the next from an internal developer who works solely for the interest of Sony will not be treated the same as a request from a third party who primarily work for their own interests.

I'm not saying that their contract makes it impossible for them to agree on moving it to PS5, but I am saying that on top of this rarely ever happening in the first place, it's even less likely to happen because money has been exchanged between two separate companies. Square Enix have more pressure on them to deliver this title for PS4, than if they didn't make that timed exclusive agreement. 

As for your second paragraph about this being the first glimpse we are getting of the game since the initial reveal, this is not the first glimpse we've had of the game since the reveal. We've actually seen screens like this a couple of times.

In February 2017 they released some screenshots. I'll post one example here:



And in October 2017, there were these (a few examples):



And shortly before E3 2018, there was a photograph showing a FF7 developer, and behind him was a PC monitor where we could see a screen from the game we haven't seen before. (Can't be bothered to dig it up now.)

There has been no new trailer since 2015 though.
However, if you're suggesting that this is a sign that it's going to be moved to PS5, I'll have to remind you of games like Resident Evil 2.
It was announced in August 2015, with nothing but a logo, and the phrase "We Do It!". They simply told us that they were working on it.
And after that we actually never saw a single screenshot, let alone trailer, until E3 this year. That's almost 3 years with no screenshot or trailer.

And yet when we finally got to see something from the game, it was also announced that it would be releasing fairly soon after that.
8 months later in fact.
FF7 was announced in 2015 as well, and during these 3 years we've actually gotten more information and screenshots/artwork from the game, than we did with Resident Evil 2.

So while lack of information from a game can be a sign of development getting pushed forward to a new console, it's not as if that's always what that means.
Capcom could have showed us something from Resident Evil 2 at any point in time, but they chose not to. Devil May Cry 5 had a similar situation, except they never told us it was in development, until it was less than a year away from release. (Spring 2019)

Bottom line is, while it could happen that FF7 gets pushed up to PS5, I don't think it's likely to skip out on PS4 due to the fact that two separate companies exchanged money on the premise that it would come to PS4 first. I could see this being cross generational between PS4 and PS5, similar to how Persona 5 is on both PS3 and PS4. But I expect Square Enix to uphold their agreement much more than I expect them to break it.

Forgive me. A few more blurry screenshots and some art concepts. And a pinky promise from Square Enix that even though Nomura's last two big projects took over 10 years (one of them had to be given to someone else), and even though this has been split into three entire games, and even though they had to remake the whole thing after 2 years of CyberConnect2's work was scrapped, and even though Nomura stated recently that he's only just start working full time on it after finally finishing KHIII (13 years after KHII), I'm sure we'll get to play it all on PS4 first.

At best PS4 could get the first game just as PS5 is about to come out, which by then I'm not sure what the point would be. But if it's that important to play it on PS4 first I hope it all works out for you.