haxxiy said:
That's why the decision to split the remake was strange, SE already had market experience on how sequels go. One could argue that it's different since it's one story split in three but each act of the game has become its own self-contained thing, even ending with Sephiroth battles. A person with some passing FF7 itch might be satisfied playing only Remake or Rebirth and not bother with the others. Some fans once thought the FF7 remake would be this emergency button for Square Enix, and maybe the company bought into that idea when greenlighting the project, but these games sell in line with the other FF titles at best. |
Looking at just Remake and Rebirth; they had no choice. To develop this game in one go would mean they would still be developing the game now and after the 13 Saga and all the criticisms it had with loooong development times, I'm sure they wanted to avoid that.