I find this to be a mistake, because I think it would actually sell enough to justify the time and expense

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/20/kitase-final-fantasy-vii-remake-unrealistic-would-take-too-l/

why cant people accept this IS NOT coming, S-E does not want to make FFVII and now are reaching for asnwers to justify not making it

Isn't it possible that they just don't want to mess up something that they may feel is a masterpiece? or they know that no matter what they do it will not live up to fans expectations and may hurt the game.

I hope they don't remake it tbh. Let us remember 7 for what it was.

that's a good point, but it would only be a graphical improvement ( I would hope ),

10 years and potentially a quarter billion dollars is definitely not worth the effort unless it sells better than Mario Kart.

I think this just makes even more sense as to why we won't see a Kingdom Hearts 3 on the PS3. That's right, that overdiscussed can of worms applies here too. KH towns were much larger and detailed then FF7, and if SE were to create anything near as large as KH's universe, and not some linear alteration like FF13, it would take at least 7+ years with the current graphical capabilities of the PS3.