FF7 Rebirth trailing Behind Remake Launch Numbers!

[IcaroRibeiro]

Chrkeller said:

IcaroRibeiro said:

This discussion is stupid in both sides

Nobody will buy a JRPG with 10 hours campaign, not even in the 80s JRPGs were that small

Padding and filler stuff are cheap to produce, that's why they exist in first place. Removing it will not make cheaper games, only shorter games and Yes people will complain it's a 70 USD game for 10 hours of gameplay

FF remake would never run in an acceptable state on Switch

Releasing low quality ports is a great way to make platform holders don't buy a game. Hogwarts Legacy sold at best 10% of its total on Switch at cost of almost one extra year of downscaling and optimization


FF is dead in Japan because Japanese people stopped liking the IP. For some reason they don't like action games, and photorealistic open worlds are not appealing to them either. With a generation that never played a FF game in their lifes and never touched a Playstation it's hard to grown a new fandom, that's why the fandom kept declining in every release

FF remake will be released on Switch 2 and guess what, it will sell poorly, very poorly. This is not Monster Hunter, it doesn't have a long term relationship with Nintendo, this is not an IP long associated with handhelds either. It's a home console game tied to Playstation brand. If it can't sell well on their fanbase historically is (Playstation) it won't sell well elsewhere. Period.

Cut scenes and voice acting isn't cheap.  Cutting fluff does save money.  In 7 remake biggs, wedge and Jessie aren't that important and could have had many cut scenes cut.  

And nobody said 10 hours, 10 to 20 hours.  Remake could easily be 20 hours and would have been better for it.  And even 30 hours for a jrpg is fine.  This 50 to 100 hours is nonsense.  

Anybody who thinks longer is better is being silly.  FF16 was heavily criticized for long stretches of boredom.  Quality will always trump quantity.

What takes times to build is a extensive overworkd and character models and animations. Adding filler million and items scattered is a breeze. Without the padding the first game would be 10 hours long at best. Which means Square would need to add almost everything from Rebirth to the first game. Here comes the problem, it took LONG time to get the gameplay smooth and running straight. The first game is largely a showcase for them to get the art, character modeling and gameplay running and then starting building the second and third parts

Putting everything together in a single game would have resulted in a new Cyberpunk, or worse

Regardless, the padding is almost completely optional. You can skip it and speed run the game to finish it in 10 hours if that's what you think it will bring you more joy. The padding is there for people who appreciate the gameplay bits and collecting missions, why should they remove something harmless that many gamers appreciate? It's like saying we also should remove all collectibles, missions and hidden items in any game