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chakkra on 10 September 2023
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derpysquirtle64 said:
chakkra said:

I keep wondering how long is going to take the internet to finally realize that FF is nowhere near what is once was. People have moved on to other types of RPGs since a long time ago.

And pliz don't come with the "most people play it on console" line. Looking at the August 2023 most downloaded games on PS5, we can see that people prefer to download older games like TW3, MK11 (and even No Man's Sky) instead of the newest entry in the franchise.

Having more games is always nice, but I think that FF could remain Playstation exclusive for all eternity and nobody outside of forum users would actually care.

Not sure what you was trying to say here. Is Final Fantasy series on a decline? Yes, nobody argues. Are there more popular games? Obviously yes. But my post was about Tokyo Games Show where Japanese games will be shown. And despite being on a decline, Final Fantasy is still probably the biggest JRPG series or at least one of the biggest anyway. FF16 sold 3m in just one week. It's not nothing. Not that many game series can do that. If you are trying to say that Final Fantasy is irrelevant because it's not as big as it used to be than what about staple Xbox franchises like Halo and Gears. Their latest instalments sold even less than that. Gears for sure. Should we forget about Gears now? I don't think so. It's still big franchise with 7-digit player count at least just like Final Fantasy is. I don't think the rhetoric "let's forget about Gears, it's a declining franchise" is something that Gears fans here would like to hear. Why it should be the same for Final Fantasy? I think there are still a couple millions Xbox users at least who would like to see FF16 to hit Xbox. No need to be petty about this if you don't care about the game personally.

But even though, if you read my post again, you'll see that my statement about not getting FF at TGS would be a disappointment was not made because I set the bar too high or demand something unrealistic, but because Xbox leadership did it to themselves. Phil Spencer himself came out and committed to bringing FF games to Xbox a few weeks ago. And that's why FF appearance will now be strongly anticipated. It's Phil's and Team Xbox choice. They could have kept silent about that and I wouldn't even mention FF in my post. It's all about setting expectations.

My point is that FF not showing up on the show will not be disappointing because not many people outside of the PS fanbase actually care about Final Fantasy. Maybe the Final Fantasy fanbase already gathered around Playstation? Who knows, but the numbers are there for everyone to see, and the other entries are out there available for everyone to play, and the numbers show that not many people actually care.

Oh, and if it makes you feel any better, yes, Halo and Gears are not what they used to be either (not sure why they needed to be dragged into a conversation about Final Fantasy, but anyways).