Do you think a PS3 FFVII remake would outsell FFXIII?

[ChichiriMuyo]

Kasz216 said:

ChichiriMuyo said:

AceRock said:
No way it would outsell it, most of Final Fantasy VII's original buyers have grown up and moved away from gaming I am guessing. I am saying it wouldn't set the world on fire like it did the first time. I know it is hard to believe when all you read are online gamesites like this, but you are reading comments and chatting with the only people who would more than likely still buy it. I would be on the buying side guaranteed.

The average gamer is somehting liek 33 years old.  The idea that people grow up and move past gaming died a decade ago.  If a person was in their 20's when they played it the first time, they are still well within the average gamer age and if they were in their mid-teens then they are still in the biggest, most lucrative demographic gaming has.  Plus, the game is 11 years old already, and there are bound to be millions of gamers who never played it but might want to give it a try just to see what the fuss is about.  Not all will buy new copies, of course, but those people exist.  It's not like the gameplay and story aren't going to be as good as the first time, so it has a lot of merits to sell by.

Including PC gamers.... who play Slingo on Pogo... and online Bridge... etc.

 

 

First, the point was that people keep playing games later in life now than they used to.  There's no stigma against adults who do it. 

Second, the reason why they play simpler games like you mentioned has to do with the amount of time they have.  A person in their mid-30's usually doesn't have time for a lot of gaming, but if it were worth the time they'd do it.  So while I don't play RPG after RPG like I used to, in fact I haven't gotten more than a few hours into any for a couple of years, I would certainly make time to play one that I knew would be good from beginning to end.  Like, you know, FF7.

Third, even after all this time the average FF7 player is still going to be well under 30.  You know the people who spend the most time and money on games?  Those FF7 fans are the people in the prime demographic right now.  The FF7 fans are one of the biggest reasons why KH is the huge success it is, and it's even aiming lower than the FF7 demo.   So not only are most FF7 still playing games, they are putting more money into gaming than average. 

I think that's a damn fine group to target a game towards.  People who love gaming and still spend plenty of time and money doing it.