Square Enix Revises Earnings Forecasts For Major Loss

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I agree with this very much. Although FFXIII is probably my least favorite FF title, it really isn't that bad a game. Of all the PS3 games I bought in 2010, FFXIII is probably the only one I feel like playing again. And I will no doubt buy FFXIII-2, I will just use the money saved from FFXIV being free.

The only reason the Chrono Trigger series never got further then Cross was because of bad sales (http://www.rpgsite.net/news/342/squa...-buy-more.html). No doubt the FF series would have followed same destiny if they weren't succesful.

So, to say FFXIII is a MASSIVE FAILURE (which is often said) is just wrong.

Aye, but most of the response to my post was taken out of context. While XIII was a financial success, the formula was just bad juju, and as a standalone FF, it's best left as is. Until now, X was the ugly baby arguably, and VI before that. In retrospect, it's easy for many of us to enjoy VI or X in-spite of some of the things we disliked. I just think the attempts to refurbish and promote it are a good cause for the roughly 150mil USD ding in SquEnix's pocket (even moreso than XIV bombing). :P Ofcourse having an opinion means it is bound to get taken out of proportion on the interwebs.