Ivalice may not continue

[Conundrum]

That's kind of part of the point. It's a form of encouraging people to buy their other games and play them.

Except it's not going to work on most people. People who have no nostalgia for the old games aren't going to feel a need to go buy dated games. Also, many people just don't like the gameplay in older FF games, they don't like turn based combat, and they aren't interested in dated graphics.


EDIT: If anything, I'd say it's a cheap ploy to use nostalgia to make people like the content. Also, transposing existing content is easier than making completely original stuff.

[ReynTime]

Except it's not going to work on most people. People who have no nostalgia for the old games aren't going to feel a need to go buy dated games. Also, many people just don't like the gameplay in older FF games, they don't like turn based combat, and they aren't interested in dated graphics.

Also, saying it's basically just an ad for their older stuff is actually pretty insulting to the devs.

Um, no. I'm sure the devs don't have that thin of a skin.
Besides, that's exactly how it works. It's a common tactic, and it's been done for decades. Yeah they do it out of passion for the franchise (most of the time) but it doesn't change the fact it's also done to incite interest in their other products. Same reason why FE took off in the west right after people got curious about who this Ike guy in Smash Bros Melee was.