people will still buy it regardless of quality simply because it has Final Fantasy on the cover. However, it's obvious that the series has taken a nosedive with the dual atrocities of XIII and XIV. XIII has some of the WORST story-telling in the series and probably the most annoying cast since VIII. And it is NOT possible to defend XIV. Oh dear GOD is that a travesty. Square NEEDS to stop handing this series off to bad writers (XIII) and rushing things (XIV) otherwise the amount of fans this series has will keep dwindling faster and faster.