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| The Fury said: I guess basic comprehension isn't something I should expect from the Fortnite generation of gamers. :P 5 seconds of thinking for themselves would know it's they aren't a direct sequel but I just don't think renaming them to like Final Fantasy *insert something to do with the game* will help either. You've mentioned the idea that Final Fantasy has one of the oldest fanbases but it's hard for it to gain a newer younger fanbase with trying to appease old fanbase with a remake (which missed the mark) or taking so long between entries. In the PS1 era, FF7 was released in 1997, then FF8 in 1999, FF9 in 2000 and FFX in 2001. That's 4 of the most critically acclaimed games in general in 5 years. FF11 followed a year after. Square seemed to be doing all they could to give gamers and the market what they wanted, they spent a lot as well at the time and it paid off... then the Enix merger took over and this seemed to slow right down. We had FF12 on PS2 then we've had 1 mainline FF title per gen (so far) since. They havent' even announced FF17 yet. This isn't good enough and as many have rightly said this is all just badly mismanaged. I'd take regular good games over graphical masterpieces that don't offer anything special or different to the sea of action RPGs we get nowadays and I really don't think superficial things like the games names will help. But I can completely understand the points. |
I feel like longer waiting times are inevitable nowadays, even smaller-budget JRPG games like Yakuza are seeing 4 years between titles, Xenoblade was 5 years, and Dragon Quest and Persona will be some 8 years (!). Square has fared more or less well in that regard recently, from 15 to Rebirth they released four massive scope games in less than ten years plus multiple 14 expansions.
The problem is that two of them are partial remakes of an old game, and the other two have little to do with one another in terms of gameplay and premise. Not exactly fanbase-building stuff even among the people crossing the naming barrier, but at least the potential for a mainline game every 3 years or so is there.
