| BasilZero said: Its not sustainable for the series to be exclusive to one platform especially considering how different each entry is. FFVII did better due to its recognition and FFXV's sales were a result of a decade long hype from Versus XIII, etc. The cold reception to XVI could be a result of people getting burned out from FFXV since it wasnt what most people wanted it to be on top of the issues that fans had with XVI itself. |
I spoke to a lot of none fans and for them it just wasn't on their radar because its the 16 entries into a series that they're out of the loop with. As somone who really enjoyed 16 despite its flaws and saw it as a return to form in many ways, I recommended it to as many people as I could but no one would budge lol.
I think people really understate the importance of the franchise finding new fans. Its not enough that you rely on the 30+ demographic to keep buying your games because many will gradually just loose investment, loose interest in gaming etc
As far as the core fan base I think you legit have almost 2 decades worth of misfires and inconsistency. A lot of once core fans, just don't value the franchise like they used to and seeing FFXVI in action one friend immediately just said "They're still trying to make it an action game"....
