--OkeyDokey-- said:
KungKras said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:
KungKras said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:
Every FF after VII has been "love it or hate it" because it continually reinvents itself. Truth is, like every FF before it, it will be a great game that many will absolutely love, but it won't be what many expect, and because it is not what many expect, some people will hate it.
Once again, one of the few series' that continually reinvents itself, and it has such a huge fanbase, that no iteration is going to please them all. Plus, the FF series has a tendency to indulge itself a bit, which means that it won't just barely stray from what fans want, it will turn those expectations on their head.
Basically, Final Fantasy is like a Tarentino movie. You never know what you're going to get, and if you go in with certain expectations, you will be dissapointed, but the end results is pretty much always great, becasue in the end, the guy just knows what the hell he's doing. |
Still, No FF has ever matched the sales of VII, sales has declined since. This means Square must be doing something wrong.
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You can't blame the declining Japanese gaming market or the userbase of the PS3 on Square-Enix. If Square is doing something wrong, it certainly isn't in the quality of their Final Fantasy games, because game quality has little to nothing to do with sales of a game this big. Period.
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That isn't a waterproof argument. Final Fantasy has declined ever since it peaked with FF7 on PS1. I still stand by my point that perhaps square is doing something wrong that is turning off some of the FF7 audience. It doesn't have to be the quality of the game, perhaps it's the design choices or the story. It is something though.
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Be realistic here. It would be almost impossible for another Final Fantasy to match the impact that game had.
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(This is a reply to both you and Kirameo)
Why? Why can't square make a game that would sell just as well? FF7 was a bestseller and the sequel, FF8 had tons of hype and sold more in it's opening weeks AND the install base of the PS1 was much larger. Yet the momentum of the game died out faster than FF7. Something about FF8 must have turned people off. Something must have reduced word of mouth and made less people buy it.
I have my own complaints about FF8 but that's not the point. The FF series has been declining since FF7. FF games aren't selling as well as FF7 and that has to be because the franchise appeals to less and less people.
