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

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haxxiy said:

Otter said:

Ever since the series starting deviating so strongly from it's old styling, it's crazy to me that square haven't done a spinoff final fantasy series which is essentially made in the vision of the PS1 classics (7, 8, 9).... 

Similar level of narrative ambition, same ambition with art direction, so fully proportioned characters, not chibby esque (Bravely Default/WOFF) or HD pixel art. Same level of commited effort for battle animations and camera angles, so the camera actually being active/cinematic (unlike Bravely default etc), characters fully running up to enemies when attack, still turn based....

That's kind of what Ever Crisis is. Also the rumored remake of FF9.

Beyond that unfortunately SE  has said they're going to cut down on AA releases if anything. Like the rest of the industry, they're going to be leaning more on safe AAA multiplatform releases of known franchises instead of experimenting.

That’s like the opposite of what they should do…