A look at what lies ahead for Final Fantasy

http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/next-chapter-never-ending-story-look-lies-ahead-final-fantasy/

by nzonbi • 13 years ago

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mhurron• 13 years ago

Final Fantasy XIV is a re-launch of a failed 2010 MMO. Final Fantasy XV, due out on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in the near future, is actually just Final Fantasy Versus XIII

And yet the only Final Fantasy I'm looking forward to is the X/X-2 HD re-releases. After the horrible XII and XIII, of which I never would have even finished XII if it wasn't for bubble auto-leveling, XIII sits unfinished and XI was basically just destroyed, I just stopped caring about anything new SE was putting out.

I used to buy consoles based on where Final Fantasy was, now I just ignore them if they show up on a Playstation and don't care if they jump to the XBOX.

enko• 13 years ago

I think a lot of people are hoping for a "remaster" of FFVII, including me. I'd buy a PS4 solely for FFVII in an instant, assuming they did a good job of course.

FFX would be great, but I'm annoyed it's only on PS3, which I skipped.

ffk• 13 years ago

This was quite a while ago, but Square announced they would not do a FFVII remake until another FF outsells it. FFVII had around 10 million sales. The closest was FFVIII with 8.15 million sales.

Sales data: http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Best_selling_Square-Enix_games

CrazedGeek• 13 years ago

The X and X-2 remasters are coming out on the Vita too, FWIW.

uchi• 13 years ago

Final Fantasy XIV is a re-launch of a failed 2010 MMO.

It is indeed a re-launch. But such a successful re-launch that they had to temporarily shut down digital downloads for nearly a month because they didn't expect such a large influx of players.

A relaunch that was so successful that they had to revise their earnings report from an estimated 20 million dollar operating loss for the financial year to a 48 million dollar profit[1]. The game has 1.5 million registered accounts[2]. But I guess mentioning that would certainly detract from the supposed doom and gloom of the franchise that author is trying to perpetrate.

I'm playing it. It's very fun. Here's a small article on it[0].

[0]http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/09/final-fantasy-xiv-a-re...

[1]http://www.vg247.com/2013/11/05/square-enix-financials-final...

[2]http://www.siliconera.com/2013/10/25/final-fantasy-xiv-realm...

zinssmeister2• 13 years ago

"you can fit so much more game into one unit, of course you want to put in more content so you come up with even more ideas" I actually wish they wouldn't keep adding more and keep future games a bit shorter in play time. Focus.

A look at what lies ahead for Final Fantasy

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