A new version of FINAL FANTASY VII is on the way. Current version owners will retain access to the 2013 Edition and will be eligible to obtain the new version at no extra cost.
On Steam you can pick your version of choice among the various update.
If it’s some sort of forced update in which the game is made to not work with previous versions (it require special DRM or online activation by the third party): that’s more another issue (planned obsolescence) that’s being addressed with the Stop Killing Games campaign.
Usually you can’t pick older versions of the game. There are cases when developers leave an older build of the game available in the Experimental tab. But that is not always the case and the developer or publisher does not have to do it. It’s not required.
On Steam you can pick your version of choice among the various update.
If it’s some sort of forced update in which the game is made to not work with previous versions (it require special DRM or online activation by the third party): that’s more another issue (planned obsolescence) that’s being addressed with the Stop Killing Games campaign.
Usually you can’t pick older versions of the game. There are cases when developers leave an older build of the game available in the Experimental tab. But that is not always the case and the developer or publisher does not have to do it. It’s not required.