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Because it was available earlier, because it has a subscription fee, because it's an MMO, because it didn't have billion dollar advertisements and declared game of the year before it came out, because the original was a flop, because other excuses.

Despite the fact the game is a huge success and has helped (temporarily) pull Squeenix from the ocean of red ink it was drowning in. Last I checked, 2 million players and counting...