While there are a lot of people that do look down on the Final Fantasy franchise (mind you, after the Skyrim/PS3 debacles quite a lot of people aren't exactly tender with the TES franchise either), there also are a whole lot of people that still believe that SE can do no wrong and that will buy anything with the Final Fantasy name on top.
It's a franchise that can still count on a very large fanbase.
If this game wasn't a numbered Final Fantasy Square Enix wouldn't probably even bother with remaking it to try and repair the damage they did to the brand.
