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

[Chrkeller]

Soundwave said:

Chrkeller said:

We will have to simply agree to disagree.  Graphics are not going to be capped.  It just isn't how gaming works.  RE9 will be the best looking RE to date.  FF17 will be the best looking FF game to date, etc, etc, etc.  Graphics are not going to stop.  

The "cap" is fairly evident already, MH6 looks barely better than World. Street Fighter VI doesn't look a full generation better than V. They can make games look "better" by making smarter use of art style, but huge generational leaps forward for franchises that are not even selling 10 million copies? Ain't happening. Games don't magically make themselves and won't for a quite a long time. 

They can continue to use the FF7 Rebirth engine and make other games from that. 

But I doubt you are going to see anything from Square-Enix that is a massive leap beyond that any time soon. They don't have the sales to support a $300+ million dollar budget. 

Those types of "top end" visual showcase games are going to become the domain of a small handful of mostly Western studios that have massive funding behind them and probably things like a Marvel or Harry Potter license IP attached to them. For Square-Enix, you can't actually be going *backwards* in sales and think you are going forwards in your budget spend, not realistic at all. 

Agree to disagree.  AI tools are coming, just look at NVIDIA stock.  Development costs will drop and graphics will continue.  PC is already ahead of the game and demonstrates this.