FF7 Rebirth has reportedly sold half what Remake did in the same timeframe

[Chrkeller]

curl-6 said:

Chrkeller said:

Square also ignores platforms not Sony.  FF16 still isn't on PC.  And the thing is I won't pay full price for FF16 when it hits PC.  Given the age of the game I won't pay more than $30.  Square is making some poor decisions.  Square could also cut out all the stupid mini games side quest filler BS to get games out faster and cheaper.  Square is making poor decisions.

Yeah staying platform exclusive in a time where not even Sony first party games still are feels like an anachronistic move.

The irony is, Square's actually pretty good with bringing their smaller stuff to a wider audience; they've arguably given the Switch better support than any other big publisher with stuff like Octopath Traveller 1/2, Triangle Strategy, Harvestella, Dragon Quest 11, Diofield Chronicle, Nier Automata, etc, but when it comes to their heavy hitters they're still doing exclusivity deals like it's 2004.

Speaking of anachronisms, I wonder if like this whole FF7 thing would've faired better if it had happened 10-15 years ago on PS3/360 or PS4/XBO; FF7 nostalgia doesn't seem as strong now as it was back then, now that most gamers under 30 never played it and many that did have moved on or aged out.

There are a lot of bad decisions with the remake.  Just my opinion but splitting into episodes was the largest.  Don't get me wrong as individual games they are good...  but remake was 2020, Rebirth is 2024...  the third I assume will be 2028.  It is hard to keep people interested in something for 8 years.  I think interest is naturally going to fade as years go by.

Basically, should have narrowed scope and size for a two game release.