| ironmanDX said: Firstly, Versus is not a spin off of XIII. How isn't it a spin off?, it's called FFXIII Versus. In the same universe with different characters. That's a spin off my friend. |
Versus and Agito/type-0 are pretty clearly not spin offs. They were planned well before XIII released and are therefore not derivatives of XIII. They are all co-equal entries (in theory, since type-0's release was horribly mishandled and Versus' hasn't been handled at all) in the Fabula Nova Crystallis series. There are, as far as we know, no connections to the world or characters of XIII, so how is that a spin off? The vague idea that all the games are set in the same "universe", which was seemingly just Square's way of communicating that they are all part of the XIII compilation, is pretty flimsy evidence for that assertion. Anyway, it would be pretty strange for a spin off to be a more ambitious and far more expensive project than the main series.
Dirge of Cerberus was a spin off. XIII-2 is a direct sequel, not a spin off.
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ironmanDX said: I'm not. If anything you are. You can't compare now to the JRPG golden age! The ps1 sold 100 million did it not? It was the winner that gen while the ps3 sits in 3rd, but will get to 2nd eventually. JRPG's were major system sellers then, now they barely sell at all in comparison. Final Fantasy was possibly the biggest franchise, now to most it is a disappointment. If they haven't spent the 120 million, they should pull the plug now. If they have, I agree with you. They might as well try and get their money back. |
The JRPG golden age is basically a myth. They were a niche genre then, and they remain a niche genre today. The only major system selling JRPGs then, as now, were Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. Final Fantasy's decline is not indicative of a general loss of interest in JRPGs but of Square's terrible, terrible mismanagement of the series. The fact that the most prominent series has stumbled so badly gives the illusion that JRPGs as a whole are in decline, but there are actually more JRPGs being released now than there were in the '90s.
Versus is well past the point of no return. There is no way they can just can it at this point, and even if they could it would be approximately the worst idea ever. Square already has a lot of rehabbing to do of the series' reputation, and this would be more than a mere setback. They've already said that another disaster like XIV could kill the company. The backlash from such a move would probably do just that.
Making it a PS4 exclusive is really not any riskier than making it a PS3 exclusive, and it's certainly less risky than not making it at all.
