Square has become a Sony 2nd Party this generation

[bunchanumbers]

Michelasso said:

bunchanumbers said:

Oh its not that. Its just that I don't think that some DQ spinoffs and a remake of a game from the mid 90s will singlehandedly revive the console market in Japan. It would need to be something like a cultural phenomenon to do this feat.

But FF VII is a cultural phenomenon. As the console market in Japan is all but dead with 4 million "new gen" consoles sold. Even if FF VII will be trashed because "not true to the original" (lately any excuse is good to bash any FF game) it's undeniable that it will sell well, no matter if just out of curiosity from people to judge it themselves.

Then if it will be impressive it will remind some Japanese how the real games look and play, unlike that mobile junk.

FF7 WAS a cultural phenomenon. In 1997 when prerendered backgrounds and FMVs were mindblowing high end graphics. Today people will end up demanding the game be full 3D with full voice acting and a different battle system because the old system won't be relevant. There are just too many places where this game can go wrong and ends up not appeasing everyone and sales just tank. I just don't think that its magically going to turn the console situation in Japan.