FF7 Rebirth trailing Behind Remake Launch Numbers!

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KLAMarine said:

Chrkeller said:

There is no doubt modern games have far too much filler and random crap. FF7 remake literally has cloud chasing down cats..... horizon is filled with worthless collectibles. I cannot explain why developers force their games to be 2x as long as needed. Just focus on the actual game and move on. FF7 could easily be 2 games, 3 is a bit absurd.

Side content can help a world in a game feel more alive. Helps immersion.

Developers pad games with filler content because people demand 30-50 hours play time for "epic" games. The problem is to fill that 30-50 hours will "real" gameplay would require another 8-12 months of development time and another $30-$40 million in budget. 

That's actually the reality of what's going on. So developers just pad the shit out of these games with mindless filler content. 

The problem with FF7 Remake isn't that it's three games, it would likely have taken them 8-9 years to remake the entire 3 game trilogy at the current quality, the problem is they didn't embrace the Switch, XBox, and PC platforms as well. Yes, you would have to tweak things a bit for Switch, but ultimately you need to have a high roof of userbase to do the 3 game anthology thing, not doing that was a mistake that probably is costing them 2.5-3 million copies per installment. 

Last edited by Soundwave - on 11 March 2024