SE to churn out a FF title/year?!

[OMEGA_HACK]

FF: Warriors of the Light (good game to get that classic FF nostalgia on), just gonna leave that there.

[Scherwiz]

Not sure how you can stand the people in this community. All they do is vehemently defend anything SE touches. I guarantee you if SE captured their farts in a bottle, these same people would buy two bottles. They would put one up on display as a collectors item, and the other they would release right down their throat.

Right, so... did you buy FFXIV?

[Scherwiz]

Top selling != Good game.

From my observations of game prices in the video game industry, a good indication of a game that goes bad (despite its sales) is if its price falls within a month (OR LESS) of its launch.

Example - FFX was the first PS2 version of FF, and it retained its value for a VERY long time after that. It sold like hotcakes, yet it stayed in the $40-$50 price range for a LONG time.

FFXIII, after its first few months, was already selling for bargain bin prices ($20-$30). So sure, it sold well, but people were probably returning their copies and moving on to other games due to many glaring issues that plagued it.

Also, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 is one of the most top selling FPSes in this current generation. That doesn't mean it's good. It just means it sold well. Justin Bieber sells well. Twilight sells well. Need I go on? SE just figured that with FF13, if you cater to the lowest common denominator, you'll get great sales, and they did just that, and it worked.

And for the record, I didn't mind FF13 - I hated the straight-line gameplay and the automated battles, but I definitely think it could've been a lot worse than reviewers panned it out to be. I think it just suffered the DNF syndrome - after 5+ years of development, was this all they were really capable of creating?

Edit: Also something to note, arguing about which FF is the best is as bad as trying to argue politics or religion with someone. Everyone will have their own views and you will never convince the opposing party to see your side. In other words: it's a waste of time and space. Just saiyan.

Yes, look at Uncharted 2, quite possibly the most overrated game of all time.

[Ruisu]

FFVII - 1997
FF Tactics - 1997
FFVIII - 1999
FFIX - 2000
FFX - 2001
FFXI - 2002
FFX-2 - 2003

Well look at that. Also I fail to see how this topic relates to FFXIV. This is simply discussing Square Enix in general, and that is not what these forums are about.

[Lucifer]

Right, so... did you buy FFXIV?

I did. Collectors edition too.
How is this relevant?

[Atomisk]

I'll be one to admit, XIII was a little slow at the begining, and i was dissapointed that there was no open world untill chapter 13 or so. I really did feel though that as i leveled up i was able to do more in battle and was alot stronger as i progressed. The battle seemed fast paced due to the characters dancing all over the place and the graphics were pretty. Overall i liked 13 and was kinda hoping the battle in 14 was going to be like it. They definately need to make auto attack and magic effect graphics flashier like they are in 13. I'm unsure about 13-2, but i can't wait for 13-versus. And this is coming from an old guy.

[northernsky]

While I was a teenager, my tastes were different and the FF series' story (made for my demographic) was compelling. Naturally my tastes have changed since then, just like yours, so the FF series and especially it's story (still made for the same demographic) most likely wouldn't have the same effect on you than it did back then.

Hopefully needless to say, the now-pre/teens enjoy playing FFXIII for its story, while the grumpy old men that played the previous entries are not as compelled by it yet still cling to the franchise anyway.

Fair enough.
That said, I played my first FFs as a teen, and still enjoy those ones the most. There was that "little something" (best word that comes to mind is '"atmosphere") that could not be achieved with just gameplay or graphics.

[Scherwiz]

I did. Collectors edition too.
How is this relevant?

You bought something possibly worse than a fart in a bottle, atleast then, and ... I bought... 2 CE... shit.

[Cyan]

Forget a FF title a year, and hurry up and give me Kingdom Hearts 3 for crying out loud!

/even more off topic

[OMEGA_HACK]

They said no KH3 until Vs13 is done.

By then Nibiru will have crashed into the Earth D:>