@frictionini

What didn't you like about TLR?

Just making sure since you took the time to respond to it.

We get older too.
New, young gamers might love the newer FF's just like you do the old ones.

So it might be that games now objectively are less good at Square, but you should take in to account that your preception of everything including games and the fun you get out of it, also changes with your age.

The reality of the videogame industry is that... it's an industry. You have to pay the electric bill, fund salaries, plan R & D, and sell lots of copies of games to stay afloat. So it's not fair to bash any individual company for trying to remain profitable, because that's what they have to do to survive -- and Square Enix in particular should be commended for never compromising on the quality of their triple A titles, even if that quality comes at the cost of short-term profits.

Still, maybe we should start thinking about the ways videogames could be financed in non-commercial ways. Why not fund game artists through nonprofit groups or public grants, the same way film artists, theater and dance companies, operas and other artists get public financing and support? Why should industry money be the only way games get made? I don't have any magic answers, but the time has come to think about these issues. Games are a magnificent art form and a powerhouse mass media, which means videogame culture as a whole (the totality of fans, gamers, industry professionals, creators, media regulators and companies) needs to take its social responsibilities seriously.

    That's a good point.

   In one of the recent interviews Yoshinori Kitase said that he thinks it is very natural for gamers to grow out of the Final Fantasy series. And that Square's target audience is 14-20+ years old and will remain that way, despite the fact that former fans grow older.

I know all the series you mentioned. Vagrant Story and Eihander are two of my favorite games. I was asking purely based on what OP stated.

"Looking at it,they haven't made a huge hit after the merger.By huge hit I mean the hit of FFVII AND FFX."

I blame the 360.

Then you're most likely only going to find FF and KH.

Man...I wish the boomarang controller existed...

Why blame the 360?